Stephen Whittington

Stephen Whittington (an haife shi a ranar 13 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1953) mawaƙi ne na Australiya, pianist, malami kuma marubucin kiɗa.

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haifi Whittington a Adelaide, Kudancin Ostiraliya, a shekarar 1953. Ya yi karatun kiɗa a Elder Conservatorium of Music, inda malamin piano ɗinsa Clemens Leske Sr. 

A cikin shekarun 1970s Whittington ya fara yin kiɗa na zamani a Adelaide, yana yin kiɗa ta George Crumb, Christian Wolff, Terry Riley, Cornelius Cardew, Howard Skempton, James Tenney, Alvin Curran, Alan Hovhaness, Terry Jennings, Peter Garland, Claude Vivier, Morton Feldman da sauran mawaƙa na zamani. Ya inganta kiɗa na mawaƙa na Australiya, wasu daga cikinsu mazauna Adelaide, ciki har da Quentin Grant, David Kotlowy da Raymond Chapman-Smith, duka solo da kuma tare da Breakthrough Piano Quartet. A cikin 2011 Whittington ya buga kiɗa na Erik Satie a wani kide-kide da aka gudanar a Elder Hall a Jami'ar Adelaide. Baya ga rubuta wata kasida a kan Vexations,   ya shiga cikin wasanni da yawa, ciki har da Vienna (2009),  da Annecy (2010).

A shekarar 1988, Whittington ta shirya bikin Breakthrough Festival, wani taron kwanaki 3 na gwajin kiɗa a Kwalejin Fasaha da Ilimi ta Adelaide, wanda ya gabatar da ayyukan Morton Feldman, James Tenney, Malcolm Goldstein, Christian Wolff, Alvin Curran da mawakan Ostiraliya. Ya haɗa da wasan kwaikwayo na Cage mai tsawon ƙafa 4 da ƙafa 33 a kan piano ashirin. Ya kuma kafa ƙungiyar Breakthrough, wadda ta ba da wasanni na farko a Ostiraliya na manyan ayyuka na Simeon ten Holt ( Horizon ), Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, Peter Garland . Ƙungiyar ta kuma ba da umarnin sabbin ayyuka daga mawakan Ostiraliya. Ta kuma buga shirye-shiryen kiɗan da aka fi so daga The Doors, The Beatles da Joy Division . A shekarar 1989 ya ziyarci kuma ya yi wasa a Burtaniya. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2015)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ] Haɗuwa da mawaƙa a can ya ƙara tabbatar da alkiblar aikinsa a matsayin mai buga piano da mawaƙi. Injin Injin Iska, wani aiki na ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta kirtani daga 1991 inda 'yan wasan suka kwaikwayi sautin famfon iska mai tsatsa. Ɗan jaridar kiɗa Graham Strahle ya rubuta game da waƙar "Idan Ostiraliya ta samar da wani abu na gargajiya na kiɗan minimalism, to wannan shi ne, yana bayyana soyayyarmu da daji."

 Bayanan da aka yi 
A yau, Ostiraliya ce. Galun Records, 2003. Kirsimeti na Australiya. [Hasiya] Tafiya zuwa Kashi na Duniya. Domenico de Clario (piano) da Stephen Whittington (piano, piano da aka shirya, piano na wasa, cymbal). 4-CD saiti. Gidauniyar Nazarin Fasaha ta Australiya, 2010.

Kiɗa don kayan aikin filin jirgin sama. Zephyr Quartet. Cold Blue Music, 2013 

Ginin iska.  (Ya haɗa da igiyoyin Windmill da ... daga wani hutun da aka rufe da ita.) Zephyr Quartet. Cold Blue Music, 2017 

 Manazarta 

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