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"distinguished composer"
International Piano
"At 2pm it was the turn of Hanif Kureishi reading extracts from The Buddha of Suburbia accompanied by Lola Perrin at the piano - which made it really engaging and atmospheric and in contrast, made the funny moments really stand out." Nutshell Magazine reviewing the Literary Arena at Latitude, 2010
…Lola Perrin's Piano Suites….enormously resourceful and pianistic, attractive and lucid, worthy of a champion to bring it to a wide audience…"
Piano Magazine
"Lola Perrin does not necessarily identify herself with Jazz. She has invented the fantastical term "Rave Music for Butterflies"…achieves the gentleness of her playing by the very fact that she holds herself back, doesn't want too much…." Kreuzer Magazine, Germany
"Lola Perrin…in the ancestral line of Satie, Reich, Glass and Jarrett."
Berliner Morgenpost
"This stuff is really beautiful. I’m speechless. So different than anything else I’ve received in the past few months."
Ivan Ilić
"…very close to the best period of Keith Jarrett but with a musical structure that is slightly more minimalist, and thus repetitive. Indeed, Lola Perrin could appear as a feminine version of a Steve Reich, or a rural Moondog, in love."
France Musique
"I know By Peculiar Grace and other loves is going to be one of my favourite albums ever – just what I need to put on for some peace and beauty"
Lynne Franks
"I loved your musical contribution to Hanif Kureishi's reading at Latitude. My friends in the audience said the same"
Laura Barton
"a wonderful recital"
Simon Ible - Director of Peninsula Arts & Director of Music, University of Plymouth
"to get an attendance of over one hundred for a lunchtime music recital at a scientific conference off the beaten track has to be a historic first"
Martin Coath - Music, Science and The Brain 2008
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BBC3 (TV)
BBC Radio 3
BBC World Service
BFI (Cinema & TV)
Channel 4 TV
Classic FM
Classic FM TV
Danmarks Radio
Deutschlandradio Kultur
FAB TV Berlin
France Musique
ITV Networks
Jazz Aktuells NDR
Jazz FM
Lyric FM on RTE
TV Halle (Germany)
XFM Satellite Radio
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Lola Perrin is a London-based American composer & pianist performing to festivals, jazz and classical audiences on mainland Europe and in UK.
She has played live on Radio 3 and FabTV (Berlin) and appeared at the First International Conference of Minimalist Music.
Tracks from 'Fragile Light' CD appear on UK TV broadcasts and European & USA radio playlists. She has been published by Boosey & Hawkes; "Breakfast in Milestown" in Elena Riu's R&B Collection. Lola has a writing credit on a Brian Eno album.
Lola has a close affinity with visual art and has created works after Edward Hopper, Ansel Adams, Rachel Whiteread, Nazarin Montag, Roberto Battista, Carsten Hoeller and Hussein Chalayan.
She is currently preparing a piano score for the 1912 Romanian film “The War of Independence”.
Other projects include an opera-in-progress, "Hanif Kureishi's The Flies" and a book series.
Filmmakers making projections from Lola's music are Roberto Battista, Phil Maxwell & Hazuan Hashim, The Gray Circle, John Bryson, Vincent Buller and Mahesh Mathai
Other collaborators are Alexis Kirke, John Kennedy and Diane Gorvin & Phil Bews.
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Check the shows/live page for the forthcoming dates of Lola's live performances
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Lola Perrin is an independent artist and gratefully acknowledges the following Sponsors who have supported her recording costs
Walter Braunsteiner
Julian Diggle www.jazzmonk.co.uk
Lidewy Isings
Roland Perrin www.rolandperrin.com
and two anonymous donors
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July 2010
Artist Maria Ines Aguirre and Steinway & Sons are currently making a work of art using a Steinway Concert Grand piano as a canvas upon which the artist is creating a painting.
Lola has been asked to compose music on this piano inspired by the painting which will cover the outside and inside of the piano, before the instrument is auctioned for charity in the autumn.
May 2010
John Eyles reviewed Lola's new CD By Peculiar Grace and other loves for Paris Transatlantic
Click here to read the review
March 2010
Lola Perrin plays from her forthcoming Double CD release "By Peculiar Grace and other loves" and is interviewed by Carl Corcoran and studio audience.
Broadcast 11pm on April 7th and can now be streamed
Lola and Rolf Hoppe launched the CD "HOPPE spricht SCHÖNE FRÜHLINGSLIEDER" with a performance at Dresden's Hofttheater.
Lola was interviewed by Carl Corcoran in front of an invited studio audience for RTE Lyric FM's Blue of the Night and played a selection of pieces from her forthcoming CDs.
Broadcast date TBA.
Her preparation was supported by London's Steinway Hall and Dublin's Pianos Plus
Lola was invited, as pianist, to join Alexis Kirke and Cathy McCabe's commission to produce a large scale site-specific multimedia piece which has been awarded development funding by Arts Council England, through the Part Exchange Co.
Lola has been commissioned to compose Études for James Cockman
Lola produced her forthcoming CD releases at Real World Studios. Andy Kitchen recorded, mixed and mastered.
A Steinway was brought in from Coach House Pianos, Swansea, looked after during the sessions by the renowned Steinway tuner Roger Field.
The CDs will be available Spring 2010. Roberto Battista has produced a behind-the-scenes film documenting Lola's recording process, see video clips.
2010 collaborators; Hanif Kureishi, Alexis Kirke, neuroscientist Dr Martin Coath, Mihir Bose and Norman Miller
December 2009
The first review of Lola Perrin Piano Suites sheet music came out in Piano (December/January issue). Click here to read
Pianist Elena Riu performed Lola Perrin compositions at London's Southbank in a concert of 17 world premiers by 17 new composers.
November 2009
Lola recorded and gave the premier to Piano Suite VIII "On the gradient road" (2009 dedicated to Tom Prunty), and also premiered her score for the 1912 Romanian silent film "War of Independence" at the opening of Peninsula Arts' five year long Romanian Festival.
June '09: SHEET MUSIC NOW AVAILABLE
Eight volumes of Lola Perrin piano compositions transcribed. Limited first edition, signed bound manuscripts with introductory notes, and cover art by John Kennedy, are available from Lola
For details click on the cover below
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Recordings |
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By Peculiar Grace and other loves (2CD) |
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Fragile Light: works for solo piano and for six pianos
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| To order directly from the artist please visit "Buy CDs" |
New videos: Lola Perrin recording her new albums at Real World Studios, February 2010, click on images to view
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LOLASPACE
Read public artists Diane Gorvin & Phil Bews’ contribution to a collective stream of consciousness at LolaSpace on this site.
Previous contributions:
Composer Roland Perrin, artist John Kennedy, writer /broadcaster Jon Ronson, photographer Nazarin Montag, Cuban writer Ernesto Juan Castellanos
TV MUSIC CHANNELS SHOWING LOLA’S VIDEOS:
O Music (Sky 369) |
The Perrin Siblings with visuals by The Gray Circle
at the South Bank Centre March ’07 (photo: Thomas Gray) |
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The exhibition
"12 works inspired by Lola Perrin’s music"
by award winning Australian artist, John Kennedy, was mounted in March ’07 at London’s South Bank Centre. |
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