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Follow on Google News | Nu-Classical Composer-Pianist Kris Becker To Perform His Creations On New York's Spectrum SeriesNu-classical composer-pianist Kris Becker performs his audience-electrifying music live on New York's Spectrum Series May 17. His individualistic fusion of classical, jazz, and rock has won recent international attention and makes its NYC debut.
Just named highest-scoring composer in the 2013 IBLA European Grand Prize for his Piano Sonata No.1 and one of only two honorees in the Music Teachers National Association Distinguished Composer of the Year Award 2013 for the psychological drama Enticements & Eternity, Becker's music is earning attention from the thoroughly trained ear to the avid music fan. In the words of Sequenza21.com's Garrett Schumann, "Music like that [of Becker's] is worthwhile to the masses of listeners on the fringe of [classical] music because it challenges definitions and breaks down barriers between the music they are familiar with and that which they have never heard (most [classical] music)”. Honored further by ASCAP, NACUSA, National Federation of Music Clubs, and the International Songwriting Competition, Kris Becker has taken his boundary-breaking composer/performer artistry around the globe, from the concert hall to the club. Becker's May 17 concert will feature his award-winning compositions Piano Sonata No.1 and Enticements & Eternity, as well as the nu-classical explorations Retribution, Elegy, The Blowtorch Rondo, and more. From the hefty and complex to the miniature, this event promises to display both large-scale and intimate creations of kinetic virtuosity and potent expression. The on-the-rise Becker will appear in New York for further engagements in the week leading up to his Spectrum debut, playing original works at Carnegie Weill Hall, New York University, and on the Composer's Voice Series. An international prizewinning pianist (semi-finalist Young Concert Artists Int'l Auditions New York; winner Yamaha Young Performing Artist, Lee Biennial International competitions) Serving both a classical and multi-genre audience, Kris Becker's music falls into a genre all its own. Kris Becker can be found online at http://krisbeckermusic.com and heard at https://soundcloud.com/ Located at 121 Ludlow in NYC's Lower East Side, Spectrum is one of New York City's premiere venues for new music. Admission at the door. KRIS BECKER LIVE at SPECTRUM NYC Saturday, May 17 @ 7:30PM 121 Ludlow, Second Floor New York, NY 10002 http://spectrumnyc.com Admission at door: $15 general/$10 students and seniors Frozen Heat Music is a producer, publisher, and promoter of new music with the flavors of genre crossing and the chops of legit artistry. ### To schedule interviews/appearances for print, TV, radio, and internet and for more information on the Spectrum NYC Series concert, contact Kris Becker: management@krisbeckermusic.com Website: krisbeckermusic.com Twitter: @krisbeckermusic Facebook: facebook.com/ YouTube: youtube.com/ End
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