NO one To kNOW one, by Andy Akiho

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NO one To kNOW one, by Andy Akiho

Fay Wang | soprano
Gina Izzo | flute
Isabel Kim | clarinet
Jeffrey Zeigler | cello
Erika Dohi | piano
Candy Chiu | vibraphone
Ian David Rosenbaum | percussion
Andy Akiho | steel pan

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ABOUT THE PIECE:
NO one To kNOW one was commissioned by The Newman Center for the Performing Arts for the Mile High Voltage Festival. It was premiered by the Playground, directed by Conrad Kehn, on February 18, 2010 in Denver, CO. This recording was engineered by Greg DiCrosta at Firehouse 12 in June, 2010. It features Fay Wang, Soprano; Nicole Camacho, Flute; Inhyung Hwang, Clarinets; Mariel Roberts, Cello; Tiffany Kuo, Piano; Ian Rosenbaum, Percussion; Candy Chiu, Vibraphone; and Andy Akiho, Steel Pan.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:
Andy Akiho was born in 1979 in Columbia, South Carolina and now resides in New York. His musical interests run from steel pan to traditional classical music. Akiho's debut CD No One To Know One, on Innova Records, features brilliantly crafted compositions that pose intricate rhythms and exotic timbres around his primary instrument, the steel pan.

Recent engagements include commissioned premieres by the New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT! series and Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble ACJW, a performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and three concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His rhythmic compositions have been recognized with awards including the 2014-15 Luciano Berio Rome Prize, the 2014 American Composers Orchestra Underwood Emerging Composers Commission, a 2014 Chamber Music Grant with the Friction Quartet and Jenny Q. Chai, a 2012 Chamber Music America Grant with Sybarite5, the 2011 Finale & ensemble eighth blackbird National Composition Competition Grand Prize, the 2012 Carlsbad Composer Competition Commission for the Calder Quartet, the 2011 Woods Chandler Memorial Prize (Yale School of Music), a 2011 Music Alumni Award (YSM), the 2010 Horatio Parker Award (YSM), three ASCAP Plus Awards, an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award, and a 2008 Brian M. Israel Prize.

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Andy should compose for movies and such. Imagine this song in a horror film or something of the like. Wicked

jacobkoch

I feel like I'm facing the boss in the very last level

weesnipes

My apologies for being an unmitigated fanboy, but Andy Akiho is among the best active composers out there. I see no reason why time won't see him become one of the best composers period.

stupidhatonthefloor

Vibes and steel drums together sounds really cool, kind of like a bonang in Gamelan!

cpatlynch

that bass clarinet tho. this is probably the coolest thing i've listened to this week.

epistolaris

I keep coming back to listen to this piece. So impressed with it.

ems

This should have a million views by now

daljoe

Wonderful!!! One of those pieces that makes me say"I wish I had written that".

thespian

This is still my favorite small ensemble piece ever written to this day

ecksluss

I saw Andy Akiho perform live just last year and it was simply amazing. This piece was played and it had me on the edge of my seat the whole time!

kiaramorris

Absolutely love it. My favorite of Andy's work, for sure!

DrumUltimA

It's hard to imagine this piece without Fay Wang's highly individual voice. I think she may be part of Andy's first-call "house band" - several of the players here seem to be. And it wouldn't surprise me if he wrote it for her specifically.

Baribrotzer