Symphony No. 1 - by Anna Larsen (10) - ASCAP Award!

This is Anna's first original symphony composition, in three movements. It won a prestigous ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award (2011). She is the youngest winner in this years competition and was specially honored with the Charlotte Bergen Scholarship.
http://www.ascap.com/press/2011/0404_Morton_Gould.aspx?rss=1
The second movement begins at 4:04 and the third movement begins at 7:32. People familiar with her Symphonic Etudes will recognize the themes. It took a year to finish this work and a lot of perserverance! This recording was produced by Ravel Virtual Studios (www.ravel-vs.com). They were very professional and efficient. You can see more examples of their work at http://www.youtube.com/user/ravelvs

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Music

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• Symphony No. 1
• Anna Larsen
• E flat major
• age 10
• original composition

[esmine86]

Congratulations! This must have been such a difficult work. But the result is outstanding! It may seem 'only' 11 minutes but just look at all those notes and instruments... Just reading it is a lot of work! By the way, I can't read the name of the instrument between oboe and bassoon, what is it?

[LarsenPiano]

@esmine86 That instrument is the clarinet in B flat. :-)

[ravelvs]

Congratulations Anna! You're a very talented young lady.

The Ravel-VS team is thrilled to have had the opportunity to work on the performance and recording for you!

[LarsenPiano]

@ravelvs Thanks for the feedback. You did a great job with it, and we are very happy with the result. I hope other people will see this and check out your website and channel. We put both links in the video description.

[pianofreak1993]

Wow you are so talened....

you play the piano like an angel and you compose symphonies!!

keep up the good work!

[LarsenPiano]

@pianofreak1993 Thanks, it's a first try!

[robertslistening]

Move over Mozart! At 10! I was wondering who she got most of her feedback from to get to this point. I know she took some lessons from Lang Lang. I have no doubt she has perfect pitch and can compose away from the piano. Give a talented child the right influences and they can do amazing things.

[descara3]

Incredible! Makes me rather envious of your talent. ;(

[thomandy]

Very impressive! :) I was wondering, did she compose this using what? Sitting only at the piano, or with sheets writing etc - Or did she also use a program to help her hearing it etc.. Im curious! I my self want to learn more before I start a major work, and since Im going at it alone it takes some time to learn to maneuver the maze :) Also one more thing I would like to know - what is her general approach to learning how to compose, via teachers, online etc etc.. I did enjoy listening to it!:)

[bobblewobblesqueeg]

Wow, very impressive, Anna! It is amazing to see such talent in a rising star. It's great that you compose away from the piano - I personally think using feedback from the piano to compose symphonic works like these can often miss a lot of important information (since it produces an entirely different sound, after all).

Anyway, congratulations, and keep up the great work!

[EmilyBearfan]

And you know, people will probably call you "The next Mozart", just like they do Emily Bear, but you're Anna Larsen, and that's important. Don't forget to be you!