Megatrax Teams with Virtuoso Pianist Mikhail Korzhev on Piano Classics

Posted on July 18, 2012 by AmateurPianists No Comments

North Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) June 12, 2012

Megatrax has raised the bar for clas­sical piano in production music with their first foray into world-class clas­sical recordings, the upcoming double album Piano Classics. Featuring 39 of the most-requested and best-loved clas­sical compo­si­tions, this collection will delight with its concert-grade authen­ticity, compli­ments of pianist Mikhail Korzhev and a Hamburg Steinway-D grand piano.

When embarking on the production of Piano Classics, Megatrax CEO and Co-Founder Ron Mendelsohn decided to go the distance by engaging a virtuoso concert pianist with access to a world-class instrument. After an exhaustive audition process, Megatrax teamed with Russian-born pianist Mikhail Korzhev, who is currently on the faculties of Cali­fornia State University, Fullerton, and Chapman University.

Mendelsohn says that this is the first time in our 21-year history that weve reached out to a clas­sical artist and teamed up to do a double album, and the results speak for themselves.

This double album, which includes beloved compo­si­tions from the Baroque, Clas­sical, Romantic and Modern eras of clas­sical music and features composers like Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Debussy, was recorded in a spacious concert hall using high fidelity audio­phile equipment. Korzhev performed on a nine-foot Hamburg Steinway-D concert grand piano, and his personal tuner was on hand during the sessions to freshen up the tuning of the piano during breaks.

Korzhev holds a doctorate in piano perfor­mance from the University of Southern Cali­fornia, and since 2008 he has been the faculty member at the Beverly Hills Inter­na­tional Music Festival. He has just released his second CDpiano compo­si­tions as well as works for violin and piano by English composer Gerard Schurmann. The Salt Lake Tribune has said of him, Korzhev belongs to that exclusive club of super musi­cianshe already performs like a keyboard legendhe is a major talent.

Piano Classics is scheduled for release on June 15. To learn more, please call 818.255.7100 or email info(at)megatrax(dot)com.

Megatrax Production Music, the leading inde­pendent production music source for film, broadcast, adver­tising and multi­media, was founded in 1991 and has been serving the media and enter­tainment indus­tries for more than 20 years. Orig­i­nally estab­lished by composers JC Dwyer and Ron Mendelsohn in a studio adjacent to ABC Network, Megatrax is currently based in North Hollywood and main­tains a 14,000 square foot facility housing multiple recording studios, edit rooms and offices.

Its staff has grown to include dozens of full– and part-time employees and a growing network of award-winning artists, composers and producers. The company has expanded beyond its original flagship Megatrax library to a total of eleven premium music catalogs including Amusicom, Beat Bites, Intervox, LA Riot, Mega­sonics, Sensacion, Sound Adven­tures, The Scene, and Tonal Injection, plus their indie artist Marquee Music label. In addition to their music catalogs, the company now offers a host of addi­tional services including custom scoring and broadcast news/ID packages through their Aircast Custom Music division.

Megatrax has always striven to be a leader in tech­no­logical advancement, most recently leading the charge with their unequalled music search and hard drive music delivery systems.

Among the notables who have contributed to Mega­traxs body of music in the last 20 years are:

Acclaimed Film/TV composer Chris Hajian
Emmy-nominated Film/TV composer Donn Wilk­erson
Emmy-nominated Film/TV composer Craig Stuart Garfinkle
Emmy Award-winning Film/TV composer Danny Pelfrey
Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger Jorge Calan­drelli
Trailer Music veteran producer Robert Etoll
Veteran urban/hip-hop producer Christian Salyer
Acclaimed Chronic Music producers Eric Cunningham and Chris Lang

Find Megatrax and Aircast Custom Music online at: http://www.Megatrax.com and http://www.AircastMusic.com.

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