CD release of my first solo album!

I'm very excited to finally announce the official release of my first solo album "Give my regards to 116th street" on Carrier records!! The album will be released on february 8th!  

“Give my regards to 116th street” is a solo guitar program that consists of all new pieces written by composers I encountered or worked with during my three-year long stay in New York City. For one reason or another most of these composers were or are affiliated with the music department of Columbia University located at 116th street. This program could be seen as my humble homage to a particular part of the new music scene in New York City.

 

Strata (6:37), Alex Mincek - 2012

Sui Generis (10:58), Taylor Brook - 2014

Spindle (8:56), Rama Gottfried - 2012

Silent Screen (6:38), Aaron Einbond - 2012

1950 C (7:28), Paul Clift - 2011

Really Coming Down (10:49), Christopher Trapani - 2007

 

There will be an official release event in Paris on february 8th as part of Soundinitiative's "Speakeasy"-concert series. For more info and reservations click here or contact info@soundinitiative.fr. There's very limited seating for this event, so if you're around Paris on the 8th, quickly reserve a spot and get your copy first hand!

The CD will be released on Carrier records, an independed label that quickly became an invaluable part of the new music scene in New York and elsewhere. You can order a physical copy or download through my website or through Carrier records. The album will also available as a download through all regualr channels, although if you want to make sure the money goes straight to the artist, I recommend buying it directly from this website or from Carrier.

This album was made possible with the generous support of the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation. 

"Give my regards to 116th Street" in Berlin!

On tuesday 09/12 I'll perform my solo program "Give my regards to 116th street" in Berlin as part of the Unerhörte Musik series at the BKA theater!

“Give my regards to 116th street” is a solo guitar program that consists of all new pieces written by composers I encountered and/or worked with during my 3 year long stay in New York City. For one reason or another most of these composers were/are affiliated with the music department of
Columbia University located at 116th street. This program could be seen as my humble homage to a particular part of the new music scene in New York City.

Program

Alex Mincek, "Strata"

Christopher Trapani, "Really Coming Down"

Taylor Brook, "Sui Generis"

Aaron Einbond, "Silent Screen"

Paul Clift, "1950C"

Rama Gottfried, "Spindle"

09/12, 20h30, Unerhörte Musik, Berlin (BKA-theater) 

12€/8€

for more info and tickets click here or here

Zwerm - Electric Consort

I'm very excited about the premiere of Electric Consort, a new Zwerm production, at the AlbaNova festival in Bilzen on june 29th!

Zwerm delves into the repertoire of the English Renaissance music! Inspired by the popular genre of consort music, Zwerm will transform its instrumentation of an electric guitar quartet into a contemporary consort  - or “electric consort” -  and pay tribute to some of the old masters in a contemporary setting.


By re-interpretating the very popular “In Nomine”-tune, which inspired composers like John Taverner, Christopher Tye, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd and John Dowland, just to name a few; or by making new adaptations of consort-songs with often obvious links to folk music; Zwerm will playfully revisit certain classics of the repertoire in its alter ego of “Electric Consort”. Lastly also the deep fascination with melancholy, so typical for their time, will be addressed in different ways.

Check out our trailers:

Click here te read an interview with yours truly (in dutch) about Electric Consort.

 

Performance dates:

29/06/2014 AlbaNova Festival, Alden Biezen

03/08/2014 MA-festival, Bruges

03/05/2015 Festival van Vlaanderen, Kortrijk

09/05/2014 deBijloke, Ghent

 

 

"Give my regards to 116th street" solo-recital at La Maison du People in Brussels!

Coming up next! On friday 20th of juin I'll perform my solo-recital "Give my regards to 116th street" again, this time at the Maison du People in St-Gilles, Brussels as part of Sonar's "Grand soirée de la fête de la Musique". The music presented in this program are all solo-guitar pieces written by composers I met during my 3-year long stay in New York City. The program will include 2 premiers by Alex Mincek and Taylor Brook next to solo pieces by Aaron Einbond, Paul Clift, Rama Gottfried and Christopher Trapani!

There will be other events on the same evening, a piano recital by Stephane Ghinsburgh and a performance by the legendary American composer/performer Charlemaigne Palestine!

For more info about the event click here! Free entrance!