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Joe Brent

Called, “one of the truly exceptional musicians of his generation,” a mandolinist about whom it has been said, “there has never been a mandolinist with greater technical skills,” and a composer whose music, “touches and communicates the essence of what it means to be an alive, feeling human being,” Joe Brent has forged a career as both instrumentalist and composer with unparalleled fluency across multiple genres.

As a classical mandolinist, Mr. Brent has worked closely with many of the great modern composers, premiering works by Elliot Carter, Pierre Boulez, Magnus Lindberg, Olga Neuwirth, David Loeb, Nathan Davis, and Joe Hisaishi among many others. He has performed with many well-known chamber ensembles, including The International Contemporary Ensemble, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Argento New Music Project, Speculum Musicae, A Far Cry, Fireworks Music, Art of Élan, Tres Americas, NOVUS, and nunc. Concurrently, he is thoroughly versed in the traditional orchestral repertoire, having performed with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, New World Symphony, The American Symphony Orchestra, and the New York City Ballet and City Opera. As a solo artist, he has given recitals and clinics in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, made his Carnegie Hall solo debut in 2001, has lectured on contemporary music at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and was the 2017 artist in residence at Marble House Project.

Strum

By 9 Horses

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Strum; Americannia; Gasparilla; Rohri; Long Time Away; Jenny-Pop Nettle Eater; Just Don't Call It That; The House That Ate Myself.

Joe Brent: Mandolin Magic from Vivaldi to Vinegar Hill

by Lawrence Peryer
December 7, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On composer, mandolinist, multi-instrumentalist, teacher, and label founder Joe Brent.Joe has worked with artists ranging from Regina Spektor to the Philip Glass Ensemble, but his collaboration with Grammy-nominated violinist Sara Caswell and bassist Andrew Ryan in 9 Horses was the impetus for our time together. 9 Horses creates music between ...

Meet Joe Brent

by Cheryl K.
July 29, 2024

In this hour, we interview acoustic and electric mandolinist and founder of Adhyâropa Records Joe Brent. His new release on his label is Strum, performed by his improvising chamber ensemble 9 Horses. Playlist ] Laurent Coq “Nawari" from Confidences (jazz&people) 7:180 ] Laurent Coq “Around the Corner" from Confidences (jazz&people) 5:50 9 Horses “The ...

Americannia

July 8, 2024

Album: Strum
By 9 Horses
Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 10:35

9 Horses: Strum

by Neil Duggan
June 26, 2024

There are no prizes for guessing that this album from 9 Horses is called Strum because every track features the sound of a strummed instrument. There are over 20 stringed instruments involved, with mandolins, violins, guitars, banjos, basses and pianos, in various combinations, forming the main components. They are strummed, plucked or otherwise coaxed into life ...

Take Five With Mandolinist Joe Brent

by AAJ Staff
May 22, 2024

Meet Joe Brent Called, “one of the truly exceptional musicians of his generation," a mandolinist about whom it has been said, “there has never been a mandolinist with greater technical skills," and a composer whose music, “touches and communicates the essence of what it means to be an alive, feeling human being," Joe Brent has forged ...

9 Horses

9 Horses is an improvising chamber ensemble featuring Joe Brent (formerly of Regina Spektor’s band) on acoustic and electric mandolin, 2018 GRAMMY nominee Sara Caswell (Esperanza Spalding) on violin and Hardanger d'amore, and Andrew Ryan (Kaia Kater) on bass. Featuring Brent's original compositions and the incendiary, genre-hopping virtuosity of all three members, the trio at the core of 9 Horses represents their vision of a musical future with no barrier between 'folk art' and 'fine art', and as an ensemble are capable of communicating this idea through musical canvases both great and small.

Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

By Lara Downes

Label: Rising Sun Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Prelude from Treemonisha; Weeping Willow; Peacherine Rag; Maple Leaf Rag; The Chrysanthemum; Bethena; The Entertainer; Reflection Rag; Magnetic Rag; A Picture of Her Face; Euphonic Sounds; Solace; Heliotrope Bouquet; Eugenia; Elite Syncopations; Swipesy; A Real Slow Drag

Omegah

By 9 Horses

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Omegah; S7rophe; a new machine; the grain of the wood of the frame; Max Richter’s Dreams; the water understands; all the beautiful Rockwood kids; let’s just make it me and you