ichard
Nanes has done what many of his contemporaries have been
unable to do - create a highly appealing musical style that
combines 21st century musical values with the passion and
romance of the 19th century.
The music of Richard Nanes
first came to the public's attention through the beauty and
lyricism of his exquisite keyboard recording, "Nocturnes
of the Celestial Seas".
Nanes' Concerto Grosso for
Brass Trio and Chamber Orchestra was also given its first
performance at this time in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln
Center. International recognition came with the European
premiere of his powerful Symphony No.2 by the London Symphony
Orchestra. His Symphony No. 1, received its initial
performance in a concert televised nationally which included
a featured performance by the late Yehudi Menuhin.
Soon after, the London
Philharmonic presented the world premiere of one of his most
moving and heartfelt works, Rhapsody Pathétique for Violin and
Orchestra at the Barbican, with further performances by
various European orchestras in Paris, Kiev, Madrid, Budapest,
and Beijing. The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony brought Nanes'
Concerto Grosso to the Tokyo public with a special broadcast
on NHK television. Clearly, Nanes was now an
international, as well as a national musical force to be
reckoned with.
During the early 1990s. Nanes
was given the unique honor of not one, but two invitations to
the former Soviet Union, first for the world premiere of his
Symphony No. 4 "The Eternal Conflict" by the Moscow
Philharmonic and then the performance at the Kiev
International Music Festival of the world premiere of his
Symphony No. 3 "The Holocaust".
In 1994, the Brooklyn
Philharmonic presented the American premiere of the Holocaust
Symphony. Performances of this work soon followed by the
Chicago Philharmonia during a season that also brought
performances of Nanes' Symphony for Strings to Alice Tully
Hall and one week later to Carnegie Hall. And it was in
the fall of 1997 that Nanes was appointed
composer-in-residence to the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra.
The Holocaust Symphony received
its widest audience in 1998 when the BRAVO Network presented
four national telecasts of the work as performed at the Kiev
International Music Festival. As a result of these
broadcasts in 1999, Richard Nanes was given an international
Silver Angel Award
for excellent moral quality in national television by the Excellence in
Media Foundation.
Richard Nanes' worldwide
popularity was again highlighted in 1999 when he was awarded
The Medal of Honor and Diploma for Achievement in Fine Arts
for the category composer by the Austrian Albert Schweitzer Society.
The award, presented in Brussels, Belgium, was made in
recognition of Nanes' humanitarian works of music.
Through the years 2000 to 2007, Richard Nanes was the honored recipient of eight consecutive National Silver Angel Awards from the Excellence in Media Foundation. In 2005, Richard Nanes received a second Silver Angel Award for his Symphony No. 3, "The Holocaust°.
In May 2005, the Symphony No. 3, "The Holocaust", was telecast nationally and worldwide three times in observance of the 60th anniversary of the Holocaust.
During this period Mr. Nanes five concert DVDs and nine CDs receive continuous telecast and airplay. He continues to perform piano recitals throughout the continental United States.
In 2006, One of the highest honors in telecommunication was awarded to Richard Nanes. He received yet another Silver Medal by the International Angel Awards sponsored by EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA.
For 2007, he was honored and given the Angel Award for his Recital at the United Nations. This medal marks the eighth consecutive Angel Award presented to Richard Nanes for Excellent Spiritual Programming for National and International Television.
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA
One of the highest honors in telecommunications was given today to composer pianist Richard Nanes, by the International Angel Awards Sponsored by Excellence in Media. Richard Nanes was awarded a silver medal for his Symphony No.4, The Eternal Conflict, as performed by Moscow Philharmonic at Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow. This award was the eighth consecutive Angel award presented to Richard Nanes for Excellent Spiritual Programming for National Television.
Also in 2007, Mr. Nanes 10th CD, entitled "Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra" with the London Philharmonic will be released. A sequel to "The Nocturnes of the Celestial Seas" is also anticipated for late 2007 release.
In 2008, another of the highest honors in telecommunication was again awarded to Richard Nanes. He received yet another Silver Medal by the International Angel Awards sponsored by EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA.
He was honored and given this accolade for his Rhapsody Pathetique -- Symphony for Strings. The medal marks the nineth consecutive Angel Award presented to Mr. Nanes for Excellent Spiritual Programming for National and International Television.
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