Achim Breiling wrote:
>MarcoPolo released last year 3 CDs with music by Aaron Avshalomoff
>(1895-1964). They contain the sumphonies 1 and 2 and three concertos
>(flute, piano and violin). I remember I read somewhere that this composer
>lived for long time in China and was thus influence by Asian music.
>Anybody knows something about this composer, the above mentioned works
>or these recordings?
I know *something*, basically what you've just said. I've heard a couple
of works, including the piano concerto, which failed to make much of a
dent. I much prefer the music of his son Jacob Avshalomov, long a stalwart
of the Northwest Pacific music scene.
Steve Schwartz