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Premiere of the Month: Michael Zev Gordon’s new work for viola and piano

2026-11-13T09:44:02.237

MASTERCLASS VIOLIN WORKS

A new viola and piano work based on contrasting fragments

 ‘I’m very interested in the expressivity that is created when juxtaposing different things,’ says UK composer Michael Zev Gordon of his new piece Upshaw Fragments written for violist Stephen Upshaw, which will be premiered in Cardiff and Birmingham. The work comprises contrasting fragments that, according to Gordon, ‘lead from turbulence to a sense of something gradually settling’…

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