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Ekanayaka: The Planets & Humanity - Piano Reflections / Ekanayaka
Grand Piano

Ekanayaka: The Planets & Humanity - Piano Reflections / Ekanayaka

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Composer
EKANAYAKA, TANYA
Artist
Tanya Ekanayaka
Format
CD
Label
Grand Piano
Released
May 14, 2021
Catalog #
GP879
UPC
747313987924

About

The eight works in this album explore reflections on the eight planets of the solar system and the earth’s seven continents. Most bear echoes of traditional melodies originating from indigenous peoples. Largely composed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tanya Ekanayaka’s passionate awareness of the connections and congruences between the past and present is reflected in her vision of harmonious co-existence. In this cycle she presents a tapestry of moods – tenderness, fantasy and vivid ‘trans-creations’ of ancient melodies. DR TANYA EKANAYAKA is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning Sri Lankan-British concert composer-pianist. Although trained as a pianist, her compositional skills are the result of a purely intuitive and natural development. Influenced by her multifaceted background, multilingualism, ambidexterity and partial color synesthesia her works which she describes as ‘deeply autobiographical’ and which evolve when she is at the piano (and at times in her dreams), have not been scored in any form but remain precisely frozen in her memory once evolved. Consistent with her interdisciplinary background, she holds a doctorate for interdisciplinary research involving Linguistics and Musicology from The University of Edinburgh, where she has also been engaged part time in academic teaching since 2007, as well as advanced academic and professional qualifications in Music Performance, Linguistics and Literature.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Neptune: Asháninka Kindled 16:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    Neptune: Asháninka Kindled
    Duration
    16:44
    Composer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
    Performer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
  2. 2 Mercury with Antarctica 05:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mercury with Antarctica
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
    Performer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
  3. 3 Uranus: Numbulwar Sustaining 05:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    Uranus: Numbulwar Sustaining
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
    Performer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
  4. 4 Venus: Sámi Traced 05:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    Venus: Sámi Traced
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
    Performer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
  5. 5 Saturn: Gond Inspired 10:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Saturn: Gond Inspired
    Duration
    10:12
    Composer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
    Performer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
  6. 6 Earth - Life 05:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    Earth - Life
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
    Performer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
  7. 7 Jupiter: Cree Cast 05:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    Jupiter: Cree Cast
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
    Performer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
  8. 8 Mars: Hadzabe Touched 03:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    Mars: Hadzabe Touched
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Tanya Ekanayaka
    Performer
    Tanya Ekanayaka