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James Bond/Sam Smith MASHUP - Writing's On The Wall (from Spectre)

Rob Landes
Rob Landes
Violinist Rob Landes and pianist Christopher Janwong McKiggan fight evil villains to perform a top secret mashup of the James Bond (007) theme and Writing's On The Wall by Sam Smith, from the Original Soundtrack of Spectre, to be released on November 6, 2015. ROB LANDES: ---------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/RobLandes FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/RobLandesMusic INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/rob_landes TWITTER: http://twitter.com/rob_landes WEBSITE: http://roblandesmusic.com CHRISTOPHER JANWONG MCKIGGAN: ----------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/christhepia... FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ChrisThePian... INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/christhepian... TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/mckigganpiano WEBSITE: http://www.mckiggan.org ROB LANDES is an award-winning violinist who started playing the violin at 3 years in Orem, Utah. Born to a large musical family, Rob gave his first solo recital at 10 years old, performed in the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on the Disney Channel with the Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, and founded a piano trio that performed actively throughout his teenage years. Rob has won first prize at numerous music competitions and has soloed with the Utah Symphony, Utah Valley Symphony, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, BYU Philharmonic, and BYU Chamber Orchestra. As a first violinist of the BYU Chamber Orchestra, Rob performed in more than twenty cities throughout central and southern Europe, and as concertmaster of the orchestra, gave a concert to a sold-out audience in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Rob was awarded full scholarships to attend Brigham Young University and Rice University where he earned a Bachelor’s in Music and Master’s in Music, respectively. While studying at Rice, Rob began covering rock and pop music, and upon returning to Salt Lake City after graduation, began playing with a looper pedal which he uses to create intricate and stunning arrangements of today and yesterday’s most popular music Rob recently won the award for "Best Instrumental" at the Utah Music Awards for his rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". CHRISTOPHER JANWONG MCKIGGAN's piano playing has been called as “masterful, highly contrasted and sharply characterized” (GRAMOPHONE magazine) and he has been hailed as a pianist "[with] astounding technique… startling poise and control" (KANSAS CITY STAR), "[with] astonishing virtuosity and piano coloration" (The CITIZEN), “proving to be Colossus, converting every piece into a virtuoso composition” (The MANILA TIMES) and been called the best hope for a global music of the future (FANFARE). Christopher won a top prize as laureate at the prestigious 12th UNISA International Piano Competition (WFIMC) and won numerous other awards including the Gold medal in the Seattle International Piano Competition, second prize in the Isabel Scionti International Music Competition, first prize in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition and awards in other national and international competitions around the world. He is also the recipient of the Presser Award for an upcoming international relations project titled "Resonance of Hope".He has been featured in over a dozen magazines in Thailand (Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, L’officiel, L’optimum Thai editions, among others), appeared in many TV programs, and been featured in numerous newspapers around the globe. He has also been featured on multiple TV and Radio programs around the globe including being a resident artist for “Performance Today” on American Public Media. He is currently a Doctoral of Musical Arts Candidate under Professor Jon Kimura Parker. Furthermore, Christopher spends his weekends playing Grand Theft Auto. BIG THANK YOU to the World’s Best Ski Hotel, Stein Eriksen Lodge! www.steinlodge.com || 800-453-1302 Park City, Utah For Video and Audio Production Contact: ARK Studios Media Group www.arkstudiosmediagroup.com Special thanks to production assistants Elias Jessop and Brandon Hoffman for their
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