On Becoming a Musician

David speaks of his unanticipated evolution as a musician, from early piano lessons with his father, to the 2021 publication of the new Tall Poppies CD of several of his compositions for cello, two cellos, and piano – “David Pereira Cello Works.” The presentation will be self-revelatory rather than didactic.

From the cd’s liner notes: -

  “It took ages for me to become a composer. Call me a slow learner. For an even longer time I’ve been busy becoming a better cellist – an occupation I still pursue with determination. The exquisite game of score interpretation [sometimes] played by cellists has… striving for personal authenticity that serves the personally authentic utterances of others. This is, perhaps, Method Acting. The playing of others’ notes as if they were my own made me more and more curious what my own notes would be (if I wrote them!). …The inspiration for my sounds is drawn from emotion and imagination. I find something that matters to me and then look for sounds that evoke it. I also like to write for players that I know. Both Lianah Jaensch and Edward Neeman had influenced my writing through their unique playing personalities.”

Clearly, as musician I’ve been subject to a rich process of acquisition.  Unusual childhood discoveries, like that being able to read music matters to me, as do the tiniest expressive details of celebrated musicians on LP, apparently presaged a persistent need to seek more and more insight into the nature of Music, and so also into my own nature and that of the existential labyrinth that contains me.

David Pereira's bio can be found here.

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