duo runedako is dedicated to exploring
and expanding the repertoire for multiple keyboard instruments. From traditional
literature for two pianos and piano four-hands, to interactive works for
electronics and computer, the duo presents a wide spectrum of concert
music. Pushing the boundaries of contemporary music and pulling from classical,
jazz and electroacoustic traditions, duo runedako often
blurs the lines between musical styles. Committed to widening audience
appreciation for art music of the 21st century, the duo encourages listeners
to span the bridge between past and present. Described by Keyboard magazine
as “Engaging, intelligent and unpretentious” and praised for their “dazzling
élan and finesse” (Saginaw News), duo performances feature programs designed
to delight and challenge.
duo runedako has toured extensively throughout the United
States and in Europe and has presented innovative programs in Finland,
the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and the Netherlands. In residence on a 2008
Fulbright Scholarship Award, the husband and wife team toured Ukraine
with a series of concerts devoted to the music of American composers.
They will return in 2009, again under the auspices of the Fulbright program,
for the purpose of presenting concerts in collaboration with Ukrainian
composers. Active in commissioning and premiering new works, duo runedako
presented David Gillingham's Interplay: A Concerto for Piano Four Hands
and Orchestra in Prague, with Vladimir Valek conducting the Prague Radio
Symphony Orchestra. Other orchestral highlights have included guest appearances
with the Greenville, Grosse Pointe, Birmingham-Bloomfield and Furman Symphony
Orchestras. Koppelman’s research on the development of a new tactile performance
system for electroacoustic music has led to residencies at the Studio
for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM) in Amsterdam, the Institute of
Sonology in The Hague and the Center for Research in Computing in the
Arts (CRCA) in La Jolla, California. In addition to their duo compact
disc, Neville and Koppelman have recorded with the SONOR Ensemble for
CRI, with George Lewis for New World Records, and for Celestial Harmonies,
Neuma Records, Capstone, Everglade Records and C74. They hold performance
degrees from the University of Michigan, Indiana University and the University
of California, San Diego and are currently on the faculty of Furman University
in South Carolina.
RUTH NEVILLE brings a wealth of experience as performer
to the concert stage. Featured in numerous appearances as concerto soloist
and chamber musician, Neville is described by the Greenville News as "a
deft, sensitive chamber music player whose idiomatic playing is remarkable
for color and control." Her performance of Messiaen’s staggering
and complex Oiseaux Exotiques with SONOR was deemed “easily the best work
on the program for its artistic quality and performance standard” by The
San Diego Union. Other activities have included residencies at the Ferienkurse
für Neue Musik in Darmstadt and the Bayerische Musikakademie Marktoberdorf.
Neville has recorded for Celestial Harmonies, MMC, CRI, New World Records
and Neuma Records. Currently, she is a member of the piano faculty at
Furman University.
Born in New York and raised in California, DANIEL KOPPELMAN has gained experience with many different musical traditions—classical and popular, composed and improvised, acoustic and electronic—which has led him to explore their intersections in search of new possibilities for performing, teaching, and creating music. Koppelman's current performance interests include digital signal processing of acoustic piano and improvisation with various real-time controllers in conjunction with Cycling '74's Max/MSP and STEIM's LiSa (live sampling) software. He has recorded for CRI, New World Records, Neuma Records, Capstone, SEAMUS and C74; he recently released Escapement, a 2-disc CD/DVD set of 21st century music for piano and electronics, which Keyboard Magazine called "engaging, intelligent, and unpretentious." Koppelman holds degrees from San Francisco State University (B.M.), Indiana University (M.M.), and the University of California at San Diego (Ph.D.), where he was a Regents Fellow; his piano teachers have included Wayne Peterson, James Tocco, Cecil Lytle and Aleck Karis. Currently Associate Professor and Director of Music Technology at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, Koppelman has been a resident artist at STEIM in Amsterdam, the Institute of Sonology in The Hague, and the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts in La Jolla, CA. In 2008 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to lecture courses in contemporary American music (jazz, classical, electronic) and the creative use of new technological tools.
