RUEHR, Elena
Name: RUEHR, Elena (b. 1963)
Musical genre: Orchestral, Chamber Music, Choral Music, Opera/Musical Theatre/Dance/Stage, Vocal Music/Art Songs, Solo Instrument
Country of birth: USA
Country of location: USA
Notes:
  Elena Ruehr says of her music “the idea is that the surface be simple, the structure complex.”
She has a major list of recordings including her orchestral works (O’Keeffe Images, BMOP Sound) as well as the opera Toussaint Before the Spirits (Arsis Records), her cantatas Averno (with the Trinity Choir, Julian Wachner, Avie), and her Six String Quartets (the Cypress String Quartet, Borromeo Quartet and Stephen Salters, Avie). Her other recordings include Icarus (Avie), Jane Wang considers the Dragonfly (Albany), Lift (Avie), Shimmer (Metamorphosen Chamber Ensemble on Albany) and Shadow Light (The New Orchestra of Washington with Marcus Thompson, Acis), as well as many others.
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