Uri Caine: Difference between revisions

| name = Uri Caine

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| caption = Photo by Simon Miele

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| birth_date = {{Birthbirth date and age|1956|6|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.

| genre = [[Jazz]], [[classical music|classical]]

| occupation = Musician, composer

| instrument = Piano

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'''Uri Caine''' (born June 8, 1956, [[Philadelphia]], United States) is an American [[classical music|classical]] and [[jazz]] pianist and composer from [[Philadelphia]].

The son of Burton Caine (1928-2023), a professor at [[Temple University Beasley School of Law|Temple Law School]],<ref>Stearns, David Patrick. "[https://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20140715_Composer_Uri_Caine_finding_new_Philadelphia_roots.html Composer Uri Caine finding new Philadelphia roots]." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ''The Inquirer'', July 15, 2014.</ref> and poet Shulamith Wechter Caine,<ref>Jelkin. "[http://jewishexponent.com/2014/07/16/the-gospel-according-to-uri-caine/ The Gospel According to Uri Caine]." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ''The Jewish Exponent'', July 16, 2014.</ref> Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist [[Bernard Peiffer]] at 12.<ref>Chinen, Nate. "[http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0101/chinen.html Raising Caine]," in ''The Pennsylvania Gazette'', January/February 2001. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania.</ref> He later studied at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], where he came under the tutelage of [[George Crumb]]. He also gained a greater familiarity with classical music in this period and worked at clubs in Philadelphia.

Caine played professionally after 1981, and by 1985 had his recording debut with the Rochester-[[Gerald Veasley]] band. In the 1980s, he moved to New York City, where he continues to live. His solo recording debut was in 1992. He also appeared on a [[klezmer]] album ([[Don Byron]] Plays the Music of [[Mickey Katz]], 1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/plays-the-music-of-mickey-katz-mw0000096709/credits |title=Plays the Music of Mickey Katz - Don Byron &#124; Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref> and other recordings with modern jazz musicians [[Don Byron]] and [[Dave Douglas (trumpeter)|Dave Douglas]], among many others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/uri-caine-mn0000303136/credits |title=Uri Caine &#124; Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=1956-06-08 |access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>

Caine has recorded 16 mostly classical albums. His 1997 jazz tribute to [[Gustav Mahler]] received an award from the German Mahler Society, while outraging some jury members.<ref name="Zwerin">{{cite web|last1=Zwerin|first1=Mike|title=Uri Caine: Interpretive Musicologist|url=http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/portrait/uricaine.html|website=Culturekiosque|accessdateaccess-date=28 September 2016|date=23 May 2002}}</ref><ref>{{Citecite web|url=http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-12-98/boston_music_3.html|title=Music: Caine Mutinies (The Boston Phoenix . 10-12-98)|last=burnhamHazel|first=wil gerken, nathan hendler, doug floyd, amyEd|website=weeklywire.com|access-date=2017-03-12|archive-date=2008-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705140833/http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-12-98/boston_music_3.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Caine has also reworked [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s ''[[Goldberg Variations]]'', [[Beethoven]]'s ''[[Diabelli Variations]]'', as well as music by [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]] and [[Mozart]].

HeIn was2012 Composer-in-Residencehe ofperformed with the [[LosArmenian AngelesState Chamber Orchestra]] from 2005-2009. He became ain [[UnitedYerevan, States ArtistsArmenia]] Fellow in 2010.,<ref>"[httphttps://wwwarmenpress.unitedstatesartists.orgam/Public2eng/Homenews/index685832/amerikaci-haytni-dashnakahar-uri-qeyny-handes-kga-erevanum.cfmhtml Famous American pianist to perform in Yerevan]." Yerevan, {{webarchive|url=httpsArmenia://web.archive.org/web/20101110032536/http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public2/Home/index.cfm|date=November 10''Armenpress'', 2010}}June 26, 2012.</ref> Heand, in 2013-2014, was Composer-in-Residence at [[Mannes College The New School for Music|Mannes College]] for 2013–2014 .

In 2006, he recorded an album of composition from [[John Zorn]]'s second [[Masada (band)|Masada]] book called ''[[Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6]]''. In November 2012, Caine collaborated with drummer [[Han Bennink]] to release a live album entitled ''Sonic Boom''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uricaine.com|title=Jazz Pianist and Composer|date=|publisher=Uri Caine|accessdateaccess-date=2014-07-23}}</ref> In 2008 he was special guest of the [[Italian jazz awards]] red carpet show in [[Genoa]] (Italy) at Teatro delladi TosseSant'Agostino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=8284380|title=Archivio|date=|publisher=Archivio.lastampa.it|accessdateaccess-date=2014-07-23|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328215417/http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=8284380|archivedatearchive-date=2012-03-28|df=}}</ref>

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* ''[[Stargazer (Dave Douglas album)|Stargazer]]'' ([[Arabesque Records|Arabesque]], 1997)

*[http{{official website|https://www.uricaine.com/ Uri Caine.com]}}

*[httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/music/muze/index.pl?site=radio2&action=biography&artist_id=4866&rand= BBC Radio 2]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080924121031/http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2008/8/14/in-conversation-with-uri-caine "In Conversation with Uri Caine"] by Ted Panken, Jazz.com