Catherine Fearns
*2 November 1978
Works by Catherine Fearns
Biography
Catherine Fearns is a British composer living in Switzerland. As a guitarist and keyboardist for acclaimed all-female heavy metal group Chaos Rising, Catherine is a busy songwriter in the field of extreme music. However she is also a classically-trained pianist, with a fascination for the surprisingly close links between classical and metal music. Indeed it was heavy metal that brought her back to the piano after a twenty-year hiatus. Her unique compositional style explores the links between these two seemingly incongruous musical forms. Catherine is an award-winning novelist, and for her, writing and composing are both part of the same storytelling process. Her first solo piano album 'half life' was released by Blue Spiral Records in January 2022 and is available on CD, vinyl, and across all streaming platforms. Her second solo album, 'solitary walker', followed in 2023. The sheet music to all the pieces is available from Universal Edition.
About the music
half life is an album for solo piano that exploits the full potential of the instrument. Short, cinematic mood pieces, classical in form yet intensely modern, unique yet immensely listenable. Inspired by motherhood, nostalgia and the passing of time, these pieces have powerful personal meanings to the composer but are designed to be enjoyed and interpreted by other pianists. half life is forthcoming as a solo recording on CD, vinyl and digitally from Blue Spiral Records.
