Stuart Mitchell
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Stuart Mitchell (born December 21, 1965) is a Scottish
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 pianist and composer, best known for his Seven Wonders Suite (2001). The Seven Wonders Suite has been recorded by The Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mario Klemens. A performance of part of the Suite was performed in The Dvorak Hall in Prague in 2005. This major symphonic work has put Stuart currently at #189 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2010 and is regularly requested by their listeners.

Stuart Mitchell is the son of pianist and composer Thomas J. Mitchell. In 2005, the Mitchell's received media coverage from Reuters, ITN, BBC, and CNN/Fox News when they claimed to have deciphered a musical code carved into the ceiling design of Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel, properly named the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew, was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Roman Catholic collegiate church in the mid-15th century...

. Stuart recently gave a concert and tour of The Rosslyn Motet for TED
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 Global Conference, in Edinburgh during July 2011.

Mitchell was voted #222 in the Classic FM
Classic FM
Classic FM may refer to:*Classic FM , a British classical music radio station**Classic FM TV, a British classical music television channel*ABC Classic FM, an Australian classical music radio station run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 Hall of Fame 2005/2006. He began composing music in the early 1980s and began ‘Seven Wonders’ in 2000, completing the work in 2003.

His musical interests are wide and varied embracing jazz, electronic and avant garde. Classical music has always been his first love, however, and his primary influences of Mozart, Chopin, Debussy and Satie have inspired much of his output, particularly ‘Seven Wonders’.

Stuart is presently working on a symphony stimulated by Edinburgh’s history, architecture and cultural development. His completed works include a cello sonata, a symphonic suite entitled ‘The Design of a Tear’, an experimental piece based on the musical possibilities of DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...

 research and various chamber works. He is also in negotiations to perform one of his compositions at an open air concert at The Great Pyramid of Giza in 2012.

2005 saw Stuart's first major classical CD release of his score Seven Wonder Suite for Orchestra, performed by The Prague Symphony Orchestra
Prague Symphony Orchestra
The Prague Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1934 by Rudolf Pekárek. In the 1930s the orchestra performed the scores for many Czech films, and also appeared regularly on Czech radio. An early promoter of the orchestra was Dr...

, The Kuhn Mixed choir and conducted by Mario Klemens and has received a great deal of acclaim from listeners and critics worldwide. The work received its 'Premier' performance in Prague in November 2006 performed by The Czech National Orchestra conducted by Paul Freeman at the Rudolfinum
Rudolfinum
The Rudolfinum is a music auditorium in Prague, Czech Republic. It is designed in the neo-renaissance style and is situated on Jan Palach Square on the bank of the river Vltava.-Overview:...

 Concert Hall in Prague.

Stuart now feels that the most fulfilling and spiritual aspect to music is the inspirational and creative development of your own musical 'inner voice' and researching the healing aspects of music and its beneficial effects for all life on Earth.

Works

  • Cello Sonata in A - 1995'
  • The Design of a Tear - 1998'
  • Seven Wonders Suite for Orchestra (2003) Stuart Mitchell - Seven Wonders Suite - Official Website
  • The Rosslyn Motet (2005) The Rosslyn Motet
  • Songs of the Chartres Labyrinth (2005) Cymatics and Geometry
  • DNA
    DNA
    Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...

     Variations Volume's I, II and III
    (2004-2009) Stuart Mitchell - DNA Music Website
  • Transit of Venus
    Transit of Venus
    A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun...

     - 2010'
  • The Celestial Song of the Stars - 2010'
  • Fanfare to Tutankhamen - 2009'
  • Symphony No.1 - Edina - 2008'
  • Beethoven's DNA Song - 2010'
  • The Eve Project (2011) The ancestral music of mankind
  • Calypso Borealis (2011) Earth Day 2011
  • The Emerald Tablets - Orchestral Choral Suite'
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