Grup Instrumental de València - Lars Graugaard: Engage and Share (2018)

Engage and Share is the title of the new record by Danish composer Lars Graugaard. Graugaard composed three pieces for the release: Engage and Share, Slonk, and Blind Lemon for sinfonietta, which was commissioned by the Spanish ensemble El Grup Instrumental de Valencia. In the piece Engage and Share we have birdlike clouds that move rapidly in close harmony. The first part of Slonk brings back rhythmic memories. Making reference to Lars earlier pieces, in Blind Lemon hints of the melodies are regularly disturbed by dissonant, parallel lines. Lars Graugaard was born in 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He finished his degree in flute performance at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen in 1983, and in 2006 was awarded a PhD on the artistic and technological challenges of interactive music from Oxford Brookes University. A self-taught composer, he has over 200 score compositions to his credit that range from symphonic, chamber, and solo settings, to vocal, performative and multi-media works including three operas, with performances in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.