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Neoclassical Suite is a column that will present 7 recent, distinctive tracks of the neoclassical-modern classical-contemporary -and beyond!- music field. 

The Players

William Ogmundson

(neoclassical, instrumental)

William Ogmundson is a pianist, lyricist and EMMY-nominated composer. He has performed all over North America and Europe (including the Vatican) and released nine solo CDs to date. For more information, go to WilliamOgmundson.com

Fiamma Velo

(neoclassical, modern classical)

Fiamma Velo is an italian composer and pianist, produced by Roberto Cacciapaglia.

www.fiammavelo.it

Steve Luck

(neoclassical, contemporary)

I am an award winning composer, pianist and producer developing my work as a solo artist in the contemporary modern classical genre. In 2018 I founded the Atmospherica Composer concert series which features regular performances from contemporary classical composers. For details about the series please click here

As well as my work as a solo artist I am also an experienced film and media composer. I write beautiful, compelling, emotional music from my own recording studio in Newcastle Upon Tyne UK. From simple heartfelt piano solos to large scale bombastic orchestral masterpieces. From glitchy electronica to uplifting, feelgood, folksy instrumentals, you can hear my music on over seventy five professional productions including feature films, TV documentaries, shorts, and animations. I regularly work with a variety of music libraries. Recent track placements have seen my music used on BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 5, RTL ,Direct Star and TV2 .In 2007 I won two awards from the Royal Television Society for professional excellence in music.I am a member of the music writers committee of the Musicians Union and founder of the Guild of Northern Media Composers.

Daniel O`Rhys

(neoclassical, contemporary)

Daniel O Rhys is thinking in musical suites. “Slow Book” is the first piece from the “Black Forest Suite”, whichis now going to be released song by song. Piano music that seems to be written for nature. With the forest as audience, animals appearing in the fog, silence as the sustaining element. The pieces by Daniel O’Rhys are miniatures of a calm world, fragile and beautiful. “Slow Book” is the beginning of a story about peace. “I am thinking of myself as a piano player, a traveller and a collector. My consciousness can not separate these things. Everything is just a trail sign if you are in a constantly travelling state of mind. I welcome you to be part of this journey!”

Lauri Porra

(neoclassical, post rock)

Lauri Porra is a Finnish composer and musician. Porra comes from a family of professional musicians stretching back four generations, the most famous of which is the iconic composer Jean Sibelius. His music has been performed by the Finnish Radio Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and the New Bedford Symphony among many others.

Something of a musical polymath, and a graduate of the Helsinki Pop Jazz Conservatory, Porra has deep roots in classical and rock music to draw on. An award-winning artist, Porra has considerable experience of playing different contemporary, popular and ethnic styles of music and a long and successful track record of international collaborations. To date he has released four critically acclaimed instrumental solo albums, with the latest, ‘Entropia’ (a collaboration with Lahti Symphony Orchestra), released in January 2018 on BIS-records. Alongside his composition work for orchestras, films and other media, Porra is currently the bassist in the renowned Finnish power metal band Stratovarius, with whom he has recorded four albums and performed concerts in over 60 countries.

Mark Korven

(neoclassical, soundtrack)

Mark Korven is a Toronto based composer for film and television. He is best known for his work on the 2016 period Horror film The Witch, which won the best director award at the 2015 Sundance festival for director Robert Eggers. Mark also scored Egger’s follow up The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. It won the Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2019. His scores have been nominated 14 times for Canadian film and Television awards, winning several. His client list includes AMC, CBS, CTV, CBC, E1, PBS, and BBC. He has also composed feature film scores for acclaimed directors Deepa Mehta, Patricia Rozema and Vincenzo Natale. Currently he is composing for AMC’s critically acclaimed The Terror. Mark is also a multi-instrumentalist specializing in world music.

Raphaël Novarina

(neoclassical, instrumental, solo piano)

Raphaël Novarina is a French composer and Pianist born in Paris in 1980. He composes mainly for the contemporary classical piano. But also works on collaborative projects in various musical styles. He also manages an “easy listening” music label

The Music

Christos Doukakis