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paul schwartz

About Me

Paul Schwartz is a composer and producer who crosses musical boundaries. He has sold over 700,000 of his own records world wide, and many millions more through his collaborations with Josh Groban, Carlos Santana and others. He is the creator of two popular series of cds: the ARIA series, and the STATE OF GRACE series.STATE OF GRACE III, his most recent record, was released in November of 2006, and won 4 awards in the NAR Lifestyle awards for 2006, including Album of the Year.He is currently working on an ambient piano/electronica recording, music from which he will be performing live in 2007 - 08. Additionally he has been asked to write an opera by Den Fynske Opera in Odense, Denmark, to be premiered in the 2009 - 10 season.

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Member Since: 12/7/2005
Band Website: paulschwartz.com
Band Members: Paul Schwartz
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Record Label: Astor Place, Windham Hill, Sony/BMG, Zakatak Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New CD

My new song cycle CD is now available.GLIMPSES OF SAPPHO is a 30 minute dramatic piece for voice and piano. If you liked some the instrumental music on the ARIA and STATE OF GRACE CDs, you'll like thi...
Posted by paul schwartz on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:16:00 PST

Re Surgery

First of all, thanks to all of you who either posted comments or wrote to me. I really appreciated the comforting thoughts.I am doing better. A lot better. There are still those weird moments where th...
Posted by paul schwartz on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:52:00 PST

Surgery

Oh boy have I had a rough holiday season. I was stricken with back and leg pain shortly before Christmas so bad that I couldn't get out of bed for a week, not even to go to the doctor. Eventually I wa...
Posted by paul schwartz on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:56:00 PST

New Piece

I have just finished recording GLIMPSES OF SAPPHO, a song cycle, with the Danish soprano Susanne Elmark. Susanne was the star of the the ARIA show in Denmark last year.It should be available as a cd a...
Posted by paul schwartz on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:15:00 PST

Germany's Next Top Model

It appears that the German edition of the Next Top Model TV series used my AVE MARIA from ARIA 2 as part of their finale. As a result I have gotten loads of new German friends added on to this page. S...
Posted by paul schwartz on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:17:00 PST

NAR Lifestyle Music Award

Some great news just in.State of Grace III was a 3-time winner at the 2006 NAR Lifestyle Music Awards, taking home Album of the Year; Best Cover Art; & Best Neo-Clasical Album!...
Posted by paul schwartz on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:27:00 PST

LAUDS

I have just uploaded a solo piano piece (with a lot of electronic treatment) called LAUDS. It is part of a larger project I'm working on consisting of nine contemplative piano pieces, grouped together...
Posted by paul schwartz on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:11:00 PST

State of Grace III is Up on iTunes!

After many issues and headaches, State of Grace III is finally up on iTunes.  Just in time for the holidays!  I am very excited about this! click here to purchase    ...
Posted by paul schwartz on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:26:00 PST

Remix and Video Contest

Acid Planet is hosting a remix and video contest in connection with State of Grace III. Anyone can enter....link to contest
Posted by paul schwartz on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:17:00 PST

STATE OF GRACE III pre-order

You can now pre-order STATE OF GRACE III from my website:Paul's Webstore
Posted by paul schwartz on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:23:00 PST