Tanya Ekanayaka
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Naxos Records- REINVENTIONS: RHAPSODIES FOR PIANO - Released in 2015, this album introduces a new musical genre developed by Tanya Ekanayaka and also represents the first album of compositions entirely by a Sri Lankan composer to be launched globally by a major record label.
About the album: https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=GP693&catNum=GP693&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English# - BBC World Global Television : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emLkxivhW0o
- BBC Radio 3 Asian Network : https://soundcloud.com/grandpiano records/tanya-ekanayaka-bbc3-asian-network-interview-20150415
- Works
- Adahas : Of Wings Of Roots
- Dew Encounters: Of Scottish Walks, Vannam (Udara ) & Sri Lanka’s Bugs Bunny
- Dhaivaya: Alter(ing) Hue
- Vannam (Gajaga, Mayura &Hanuma) & You
- In Lotus: Olu Pipila With Moment
- Labyrinth; Vannam Lent
- 2013/14 June Echoes
- Naxos Records - THE KEY COLLECTION: THREE CENTURIES OF RARE KEYBOARD GEMS - http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=GP753-55
- Naxos Records – TWELVE PIANO PRISMS - https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=GP785
Tanya Ekanayaka’s Twelve Piano Prisms extend the concept heard on her album Reinventions: Rhapsodies for Piano (GP693). They correspond to the twelve primary notes of the keyboard, and combine Sri Lankan melodies with music from other countries in a deeply personal representation of diverse cultures; their style inspired not only by a rich heritage of Western classical and indigenous world music, but also by pop, rock and film music.
About the album: https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=GP785&catNum=GP785&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English# - Works
- Piano Prism No.1. E Flat – July 2016/17
- Piano Prism No. 2. B Flat – Armenia to a Pearl
- Piano Prism No. 3. C – Emerald Lapwing Karpet
- Piano Prism No. 4. D Flat – Intuition, Auld Lang Syne & an Asian Sacred
- Piano Prism No. 5. G - With Paaru Kavi
- Piano Prism No. 6. F - Renewal & Goyam Kapuma
- Piano Prism No. 7. E – Arrow-and
- Piano Prism No. 8. A –Zuni Sea
- Piano Prism No. 9. A Flat Scintilla: Komitas Unto Childhood
- Piano Prism No. 10. B - Of Vannam & Zhuang Tai Qiu Si
- Piano Prism No. 11. F Sharp–Kitty & Bambaru
- Piano Prism No. 12. D - Hana Hare
- Naxos Records – THE PLANETS & HUMANITY – PIANO REFLECTIONS - https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=GP879 The eight works of this album correspond to reflections on the eight planets of our solar system and the seven continents comprising our home, Earth. With the exception of ‘Earth – Life’ and ‘Mercury with Antarctica’ embedded within each work are trans-created echoes of fragments of six secular traditional melodies belonging to six traditional communities of Earth’s six continents containing permanent human habitation, namely, Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America and South America. The peoples whose music thus inspires the works, are the Asháninka, Cree, Gond, Hadzabe, Numbulwar and Sámi. In the case of Antarctica which is paired with Mercury, the work represents an imagined connection between them through a reflection on elements which may render them both similar and distinct. ‘Earth – Life’, a reflection on pain, resilience hope and healing is dedicated to each and every human being confronted by the Covid-19 global pandemic.
- Works
- Neptune: Asháninka Kindled
- Mercury with Antarctica
- Uranus: Numbulwar Sustaining
- Venus: Sámi Traced
- Saturn: Gond Inspired
- Earth – Life
- Jupiter: Cree Cast
- Mars: Hadzabe Touched
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About the album: https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=GP879&catNum=GP879&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English#
International Piano Magazine Interview