Live Music: You are invited!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
This is amazing!
Was it poss to record the performances?

A great and successful evening filled with the most delightful music. Thanks to 2 Music Masters and my Chennai friend.

Thangadorai Samuel (guitarist and piano player) and Balakrishnan (flute and recorder player) and 5 of their students gave fine performances.
Music of many composers: Schubert and several Spanish composers were played.
Some of the music included:
1. Recorder solo
2. Three guitar piece
3. Guitar and flute duet
4. Piano and guitar duet
5. Flute duet

The highlight was acoustic un-amplified music allowing us to appreciate the natural rythms of the guitars and the soaring highs of the wind instruments.

I would suggest that forum members offer their homes for live concerts by deserving talented musicians. It will to mutual benefit as LIVE far exceeds the quality of the Rs 1 crore audio setups!

On Saturday 21st Sept, the Signum Quartett from Germany played at the Music Academy in Chennai, courtesy Max Mueller Bhavan.

Signum Quartett:
Violine: Kerstin Dill, Annette Walther
Viola: Simon Tandree
Cello: Thomas Schmitz

Unfortunately, the organisers didn't give a printout of the composers and pieces. I understood that they played the works of Mozart, Haydn, and Robert Schumann. The violin pieces were mostly very beautiful and played with a great deal of skill. The Signum Quartett are true musicians and totally involved in their music. They played unamplified and faced each other so that they could give each other cues. I was on the 2nd row of the balcony and could watch their every movement. They mentioned that one of the composers was schizophrenic. Sounded all the better. One piece by a modern composer had a crazy tempo, which I didn't take to.

To sum up, I am really grateful to the Signum Quartett for initiating me into the magic of violins. Do attend their shows, if they visit your cities.

Hi Neutral !

Welcome to the world of live unamplified western classical music !!! It's an addiction that you just can't succumbing to.

Signum Quartet were supposed to perform in Delhi in early September but I belive that the concert got cancelled. I got the information only on the last day, so I would have missed it anyways. But if they come to Delhi again, I'm sure to attend.

Sunday fun:
Carnatic:
I attended 2 Carnatic concerts early evening on Sunday at YGP auditorium in T Nagar Chennai. The first one was a flute recital by a 11-yr boy Visweshwar backed up by a violin and a tabla. Amazed that such a young person can play so many tunes for a full 1 hour.
This was followed by a Carnatic vocal concert with backing by violin and tabla.
I enjoyed the instruments more than the vocals, which to me were too strident.

Jazz:
I then walked down to the 'Park' hotel in Nungambakkam to attend the Fun Horns concert organised by the Max Mueller Bhavan. This Berlin-based jazz horns quartet consists of:
Volker Schlott (saxophone & flute)
Falk Breitkreux (saxophone & bass clarinet)
Jorg Huke (trombone)
Rainer Brennecke (trumpet)

These guys played mostly new tunes, which were unknown to me. This is the first time that I have attended an all-horns session and it was an interesting experience. Unlike the common perception of horns as aggressive, these musicians were focusing on melody and pleasant strains. No attempts to show off or blow your brains away. A very pleasant evening made better by the beautiful poolside location, comfortable floor furnishings and a great view from the 8th floor.

In this informal setting, the musicians roamed around and played at our places. Very unlike, a stiff concert setting. And did I mention that the hotel bar provided an 'on the rocks' experience with barbecue too.

October 2007



Berthine van Schoor - Cello

Prof. Albie van Schalkwyk – Piano





Berthine van Schoor is one of the leading cellists in South Africa. With the Gustav Mahler Orchestra, she has performed at all the major music festivals in Europe – the Berlin Festival, Schleswig Holstein Festival and the Salzburg Festival. She has worked as the principal cellist of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bad Reichenhall, Germany and performed regularly as a soloist. She also plays with the Indian classical musicians Vevek Ram, Rabin Ram, Chats Devroop and Haren Tanna.



Prof. Albie van Schalkwyk is one South Africa’s most eminent chamber musicians and vocal accompanists. He has toured as an accompanist with leading international artists and in particular, singers. He is currently Associate Professor in Piano at the University of the Free State.



The concert will be presented in collaboration with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the NCPA.



Thursday, Oct 11, 2007 at 7:00 pm Experimental Theatre, NCPA

Limited passes available at

Mehli Mehta Music Foundation

from Oct. 1, 2007 – Monday to Friday, 11 am – 5 pm



Domenico Nordio – Violin

Simonetta Tancredi – Piano



Domenico Nordio was born in Venice and studied violin with Corrado Romano and Michèle Auclair, analysis and composition with Fabio Vacchi, and orchestral conducting with Paul Corboz. At the age of 16, he won the Vercelli Viotti International Competition, on whose jury Yehudi Menuhin served as president.



He gained international repute as a prizewinner in the following competitions: Thibaud in Paris, Eurovision in Amsterdam, Sigazll in Viña del Mar and the Francescatti in Marseilles. Mr. Nordio tours extensively throughout Europe, Asia and South America.



He has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of France, Dutch Radio Orchestra, National Orchestra of Dublin, Suisse Romande Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra of Istanbul, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Chile, National Orchestra of Lithuania, Chamber Orchestra of Vienna, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Spanish Radio Orchestra in Madrid and the chamber orchestras of Stuttgart, Geneva and Budapest.



As a soloist he has appeared at festivals in Antibes, Macao, Brescia and Bergamo, Tokyo, Prague and Schleswig-Holstein, and performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Wigmore Hall in London, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Carnegie Hall in New York, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.



He has an extensive discography on the Velut Luna and also records for the DECCA label, which include the six Ysaÿe sonatas, op. 27, and the Brahms sonatas for Violin and Viola.



He is currently Professor at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and holds regular Master Classes at various Festivals in Holy Musica Riva Festival in Riva del Garda and at the Romanini Foundation in Brescia. Mr. Nordio performs on a Guarneri del Gesù, loaned to him by the Pro Canale Foundation of Milan.



Simonetta Tancredi studied at the Majella Conservatory and the Santa Cecilia Conservatory and specialized in chamber music at the Chigiana Academy in Sienna and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. She has won several piano competitions and was the finalist at the International Alfred Cortot Competition. She has worked with Jose Carreras and Andrea Bocelli and performed under the conductors Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Abbado and Msitslav Rostropovich. She has recently been invited to record with Placido Domingo for the Deutsches Grammophone label.



The concert will be presented in collaboration with the Italian Consulate of Mumbai and the NCPA.



Friday, Oct 12, 2007 at 7:00 pm Tata Theatre, NCPA

Limited passes available at

Mehli Mehta Music Foundation

from Oct. 1, 2007 – Monday to Friday, 11 am – 5 pm





Workshops



In addition, the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation will host workshops by the visiting artisits. Please contact Parvesh Java at the Foundation, Oct. 4, 2007 onwards for more details.



Thursday, Oct 11, 2007 Piano Workshop by Simonetta Tancredi



Friday, Oct 12, 2007 Piano Workshop by Prof. Albie van Schalkwyk



Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 Violin Workshop by Silvia Crastan

Do give the contact details of the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation. Bombay, sure is a hot place to be. But, getting to the NCPA is a hassle. Travelling in Chennai is so much easier and there is at least one concert each month!

Neutral schrieb:

Bombay, sure is a hot place to be. But, getting to the NCPA is a hassle.

I am confused; NCPA is a great place. Has a lot of parking etc. what seems to be the problem ? Please do shed some light. Thanks.....