Dipped in Radium
Fulmer to compose Dipped in Radium, an operatic monodrama based on the novel, The Radium Girls.
"Fulmer is one of the most important conductors and musicians working with contemporary music...His piece was a gorgeous, abstractly lyrical set of dramatic gestures and juxtapositions." (Sky's Acetylene - New York Philharmonic) – New York Classical Review
Winner of the 2019 Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, David Fulmer has garnered numerous international accolades for his bold compositional aesthetic combined with his thrilling performances. A Guggenheim Fellow, and a leader in his generation of composer-performers, the success of his Violin Concerto at Lincoln Center in 2010 earned international attention and resulted in immediate engagement to perform the work with major orchestras and at festivals in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and Australia.
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Fulmer to debut with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Fulmer will lead the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra this season with a varied program of new and old works.
Fulmer Leads the Meadows Symphony Orchestra
Fulmer will lead the Meadows Symphony Orchestra in a unique program, including Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minore, Fauré's Pavane, Elliott Carter's Instances, and Sibelius' Symphony No. 7. A unique pre-concert discussion and presentation will include Fulmer speaking about the program, and introducting the audience to more contemporary music, to include a performance of Dérive, by Pierre Boulez, and Gra-V, by Vasiliki Krimitza.
Prisms and Antiphons v.1.1 - AbStranded at The Everson
Join the Everson Museum for four thrilling concerts of newly commissioned works realting to AbStranded: Fiber and Abstraction in Contemporary Art. Celebrated composers, conductor, and violinist David Fulmer has curated an eveining of works realting to the Everson's new exhibition. The concept of "weaving and quilting" is synonymous with Fumer's vision of musical architecture; "each note, each gesture, each timbre, and each musical dimension is assembled through a lens that sees and hears a prismatic structure...composers confront their materials, either homogeneous or not, and begin welding musical design together. Each musical layer, each stratosphere represents a texture and sonority - we are constantly weaving a tapestry of sound." The four concerts will feature works for solo violin by J.S. Bach (1721), along with four newly commissioned works composed in 2021 by Vasiliki Krimitza, Bahar Royaee, and Alyssa Regent. These works are inspired by, and composed alongside the visual sculptures and works in AbStranded. Fulmer will take the audience on a physical tour of the Museum - having the audience follow him as he performes each work in front of a different work of art.
Concert dates include, September 18, October 21, Novemer 18, and December 12.
Fulmer and the New York Philharmonic
Fulmer's Sky's Acetylene was commissioned, performed, and recorded by the New York Philharmonic. The work is released on New Focus Recordings, and available on digital platforms and a special edition physical release on August 6, 2021.
Schubert Spinning Chains - Chain by Chain
Jacob Greenberg releases Fulmer's new composition, chain by chain, for solo piano, alongside works by Schubert. Greenberg and Fulmer have collaborated for many years in concerts and presentations with the International Contemporary Ensemble - now Fulmer has written a new work for Greenberg.
Latest Discography
Sky's Acetylene - New York Philharmonic
2021, New Focus Recordings (fcr306)Fulmer's Sky's Acetylene was commissioned, performed, and recorded by the New York Philharmonic. The work was released on New Focus Recordings, and available on digital platforms and a special edition physical release on August 6, 2021.
Schubert Spinning Chains - Chain by Chain
2020, Music At Close RangeJacob Greenberg releases works by Schubert and Fulmer. Fulmer's most recent work for solo piano, chain by chain, is featured in Schubert Spinning Chains.
Les Maudits
2020, Tzadik (8373)Fulmer conducts premiere performances of the works of John Zorn, featuring the International Contemporary Ensemble.
New York - Ensemble Intercontemporain
2017, ALPHA (104,49)Works
The Ensemble Intercontemporain performs Fulmer's within his bending sickle's compass come, a work commissioned by the Ensemble.