For "Explorations," Rudess will be creating an entirely virtual orchestral experience, bringing virtuoso instrumental players into the studio and not only make an audio recording but also capture them on film with the goal of creating a unique, visual experience.
The lean 10-person team includes a virtuoso animator, a cinematographer, and experienced producer Edward Saatchi.
For the inaugural issue of Rolling Stone, in 1967, he panned Jimi Hendrix's classic "Are You Experienced?" The next year, he walloped Cream for the loose bombast of their live shows, adding that Eric Clapton, the band's lead guitarist, was a "master of the blues clichés of all the post-World War II blues guitarists... a virtuoso at performing other people's ideas".
The experience of the VIRTUOSO platform will be used to illustrate this strategy.
For all I cared, he could have been a virtuoso.
Great music is written by brilliant composers and when performed by virtuoso musicians is an experience to hear, understand, interpret and, above all, enjoy.
Surrounded by an entire United Nations of musical prodigies, Cody must pass himself off as a clarinet virtuoso, although his only experience with the instrument consists of three years of faking it in his high school's marching band.
It was after the premiere of Harold en Italie that Berlioz had the astonishing experience of seeing the famous violin virtuoso Paganini fall at his feet and declare that he was a genius destined to carry on the new musical tradition initiated by Beethoven.
Some companies, like Virtuoso, recommend 20 years of experience before you start working with them.
The 30-minute piece is a "virtuoso cello concerto but also a fascinating multimedia experience that defies simple classification," Marc Satterwhite, the award director, said in a statement.
