Classical Californians: Chad Cannon

This week’s Classical Californian features composer and violinist Chad Cannon, whose work spans film, games, and the concert stage, with credits including the Oscar-winning Netflix documentary American Factory and BAFTA-winning PlayStation game Ghost of Tsushima. Alongside his media scoring, he performs his own music as a violinist, including the multimedia project Music for the Ocean. Chad shares music by Joe Hisaishi, Toma Otowa, and Bach’s Violin Partita performed by Midori.

Claude Debussy, Arabesque No. 1 from Deux arabesques, Cate Cannon Todd, Harp

J.S. Bach, Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Courante, Midori

Joe Hisaishi, Doves and the Boy ~ The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Joe Hisaishi conducting New Japan Philharmonic

Chad Cannon, Earthscape, Vladimir Kulenovic conducting Hollywood Studio Symphony, Andrew Lowy, Clarinet, Benjamin Salisbury conducting the Salt Lake Singers

Takuma Ito, Faded Aura, Hub New Music with Kojiro Umezaki on Shakuhachi

Toma Otowa, Ghost of Yotei, from Ghost of Yotei Original Soundtrack

Toma Otowa, The Yotei 6 - from Ghost of Yotei, Justin Johnson, Slide guitar

Chad Cannon, White-Spotted Pufferfish Sculptures, Hui Wu, piano

Chad Cannon, Mother Jellyfish, Chad Cannon, Violin, Hui Wu, Piano.