Colin Currie
Colin Currie is a Scottish percussionist known for performing adventurous contemporary repertoire. He has worked closely with composer Steve Reich and recorded and performed many of his compositions. He was born in Edinburgh in 1976, and he started learning the piano when he was five years old. The next year he became inspired to play the drums after seeing legendary jazz drummer Buddy Rich perform, and he started taking drum lessons. Later he developed an interest in orchestral percussion, and from 1990 to 1994, he was a student at the Junior Department of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where his percussion instructor was Pamella Dow. This was followed by studies at the Royal Academy of Music. After he graduated in 1998, he released his first recording, Striking a Balance: Percussion Music, which featured the work of Chick Corea, Steve Reich, and others. Two years later, he won the BBC Young Artist Award and became a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2003 to 2005, when he also won the Bortletti Buitoni Trust Award. During this period, he toured the United States with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and with 11 other musicians he formed the Colin Currie Group to perform the works of Steve Reich. Its repertoire includes Music for Pieces of Wood, Music for 18 Musicians, and several other works. In the 2010s, the ensemble toured extensively and visited France, Germany, and Tokyo. Reich joined the group to perform Clapping Music at a concert in 2014, and in 2017 the CCG crowdfunded a recording of Drumming, which was released in 2018 on the Colin Currie Records label. That same year, Currie formed the Collin Currie Quartet with percussionists Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett, and Sam Walton. The quartet is focused on performing the works of Reich and other contemporary composers, including Julia Wolfe and Dave Maric. In 2019 Currie recorded the album Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton, and later releases include HK Gruber: Percussion Concertos (2021) and Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (2023). Based in Scotland, Currie continues to be a leading performer of contemporary percussion music.
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Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Minimal Music - Lançado por Colin Currie Records em 21 de abr. de 2023
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Steve Reich: Drumming
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Classical - Lançado por Colin Currie Records em 9 de mar. de 2018
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Colin Currie & Steve Reich : Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton (Live)
Colin Currie, Steve Reich, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Classical - Lançado por Colin Currie Records em 12 de abr. de 2019
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Concerto pour violoncelle n°2 - Modificata - Concerto pour percussion
Truls Mørk, Colin Currie, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Classical - Lançado por Ondine em 1 de fev. de 2012
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Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
John Wilson, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Colin Currie
Symphonies - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de nov. de 2017
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Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Colin Currie, John Wilson
Classical - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de nov. de 2017
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Bryce Dessner: Tromp Miniature
Minimal Music - Lançado por Colin Currie Records em 28 de out. de 2022
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Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians: Section VI (Single Edit)
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Minimal Music - Lançado por Colin Currie Records em 10 de mar. de 2023
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The Scene Of The Crime
Colin Currie, Håkan Hardenberger
Duets - Lançado por Colin Currie Records em 26 de out. de 2018
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Dawn to Dust
Utah Symphony Orchestra, Colin Currie, Thierry Fischer
Classical - Lançado por Reference Recordings em 8 de abr. de 2016
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Kalevi Aho: Sieidi & Symphony No. 5
Colin Currie, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
Classical - Lançado por BIS em 4 de set. de 2020
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Spin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Colin Currie
Classical - Lançado por Telarc em 28 de mar. de 2006
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Holt: A Table of Noises, St. Vitus in the Kettle & Witness to a Snow Miracle
Colin Currie, Chloë Hanslip, Hallé Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Classical - Lançado por NMC Recordings em 24 de mar. de 2017
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Goehr: Since Brass, nor Stone...
Colin Currie, Pavel Haas Quartet, The Nash Ensemble
Classical - Lançado por NMC Recordings em 2 de set. de 2013
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MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni Emmanuel / Tryst
Colin Currie, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de ago. de 1998
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Rapture / An American Abroad / Jasper
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Colin Currie, Marin Alsop
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Naxos em 24 de nov. de 2002
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Tiger's Nest (Live)
Colin Currie, Rolf Hind, Zubin Kanga, Isabelle Carré, Robert Campion, Southbank Gamelan Players
Chamber Music - Lançado por NMC Recordings em 24 de abr. de 2020
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2003 WASBE Jönköping, Sweden: National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain
National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain, Colin Currie, Phillip Scott
Classical - Lançado por Mark Records em 3 de jul. de 2012
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