Theater am Marientor, Duisburg, Germany18th April 2007
Lisa Gerrard
On 16th February 2007, the best of compilation ‘The best of Lisa Gerrard’ was released. With this compilation, one thing becomes quite sure: LISA GERRARD is a unique and fascinating singer and composer. Her career extends over nearly two decades with DEAD CAN DANCE, award-winning movie soundtracks, several celebrated solo albums and collaborations. The fifteen track grasping best of album gives a precise and convincing view into the different directions of her musical producing.
Her musical road trip started in the early 80s, when she founded the exceptional and hardly classifiable band DEAD CAN DANCE together with Australian Brendan Perry. The band released nine albums in-between 1984 and 1995. The musical variety of DEAD CAN DANCE was remarkable, grasping from world music influences over medieval chants, folks and baroque styles to Celtic influences and electronica.
In the mid-nineties, LISA’s musical vision was overgrowing the work of DEAD CAN DANCE. On her first solo album ‘The mirror pool’ (1995), the Victoria Philharmonic Orchestra was supporting her breathtaking voice. Several other collaborations followed: on ‘Duality’ she was working together with Pieter Bourke; later on, the melancholic and majestic ‘Immortal Memory’ was released which she composed and recorded together with Irish composer Patrick Cassidy.
Over the last few years, LISA GERRARD reached the status of a demanded soundtrack composer – not very surprising thinking of the cinematic quality of her music. To the movies she was working at, belong: Gladiator, Heat, Mission Impossible 2, Layer Cake, Insider, Nadro, Ali, Whale Rider, Black Hawk Down, Tears of the Sun, Constantine and El Nino de la Luna. LISA received ‘Golden Globe’ nominations for Insider and Ali, ‘Grammy’ and ‘Oscar’ nominations as well as a ‘Golden Globe’ for the music to Gladiator as well as several more international awards for Whale Rider.
‘The best of Lisa Gerrard’ was compiled by herself and merges a collection of soundtrack titles, DEAD CAN DANCE highlights and selected solo songs together to a fascinating piece of art.
On 18th April, this unique and great artist can be seen live at the ‘Theater am Marientor’ in Duisburg / Germany. Tickets vary between 30 and 53 euros.
More information: http://www.lisagerrard.com/ / http://www.beggarsgroup.de/ / http://www.schoneberg.de/
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