Acceptable or not, craftsmanship and the ability to draw and paint without the aid of computer or photography is a positive human compulsion, and is just as valid a virtuosity as singing with a beautiful voice, or a piano concerto played with nimble fingers. (robtwilliamsstudio.com)
Created by the artists behind 1513: A Ships» Opera, performed in 2013 on the Thames in Central London, Whitstable Sounding is a live, moving, balletic scored concerto of ships» steam whistles, bells, horns, hooters, flares and sirens. (whitstablebiennale.com)
Recently completed projects include Azul, a cello concerto for Yo - Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony; the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film Youth Without Youth; Rose of the Winds, commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and premiered by them with Yo - Yo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble and Miguel Harth - Bedoya conducting; and Kuai Le (Joy), premiered by Yo - Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at the opening of the 2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai. (vilcek.org)