Duo Gastesi-Bezerra Serbian Tour

Duo Gastesi-Bezerra is pleased to announce our first Serbian tour.

We will be playing on 28 December at the Studentski Kulturni Centar in Belgrade and at Novi Sad’s City Hall on 29 December.

The programs will include twelve Serbian premieres! Among them, works by Dimitri Cervo (Toccata), Carme Fernández-Vidal (Caprici), Charles Griffin (Four movements from From the Faraway Nearby), Piotr Lachert (Risposta a la bella postina and Amalo mio), Terry Winter Owens (Ariadne’s Crown), Justin Rubin (A Rebours), Rodolfo Coelho de Souza (Em Verde e Amarelo), Ricardo Tacuchian (Estruturas Gêmeas), Tim Thompson (seven fleeting moments), and Marlene Woodward-Cooper (Sombras and Deceptions). We also be playing Dual by distinguished Serbian composer Vladimir Tosic.

Mireille Gleizes plays Gilberto Mendes in Paris

29th November 2007 // 20:00 // L'Entrepôt
(7/9 rue Francis de Pressensé / 75014 Paris / France)

In the New Consonant Music Cycle, Belgian pianist Mireille Gleizes will play a recital dedicated to the Brazilian composer Gilberto Mendes.

- Prelúdios (1945-1953)
- Étude de Synthèse (2004) (*)
- Um estudo? Eisler e Webern caminham nos mares do sul... (1989)
- Henri Oswald : Il Neige!... (1902)
- Il neige... de nouveau (1985)
- Sonatina à la Mozart (1951)
- Recado à Schumann (1983)
- Viva villa ! (1987)
- Simplesmente uma Valsa (2005) (*)
- Estudo magno (1993)
- Três Contos de Cortazar (1985)
(*) creations

Jean Catoire in Paris

11th November 2007 // 18:00 // L'Entrepôt (Paris)

Jean Catoire's works will be performed by Kentaro MORI (clarinet), Daniel NAVIA (piano) and Christine TURELLIER (flute).

This concert belongs to the Parisian cycle "New Consonant Music" orchestred by Dominique Dupraz!

Chronographie VIII

23th October 2007 - 20:15
Académie de Musique - Salle Emile Fabry
Avenue Charles Thielemans 95 - 1150 Brussels - Belgium

For its XXIVth Autumn Concert, the Music school of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Brussels) proposes the fantastic Michel Lysight's Chronographie VIII for cello and piano by Émilie Koang (celllo) and Pierre Brunello (piano).

Ronald Van Spaendonck and Eliane Reyes

14th October 2007 17:00
Atelier Marcel Hastir (Rue du Commerce 51, 1000 Brussels, Belgium)

Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet) and Eliane Reyes (piano) will play the following program.

Francis Poulenc, (1899 - 1963) : Sonate
Allegro tristamente
Romenza
Allegro con fuoco

Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) : West Side Story
Something's coming
Maria
One hand, one heart
Tonight
Somewhere

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) : 3 Préludes
Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Andante con moto e poco rubato
Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

~ Pause ~

Michel Lysight (°1958) : Palimpsestes (piano seul)

Joseph Horovitz (°1926) : Sonatine
Allegro calmato
Lento, quasi andante
Allegro con brio

Reservation : roland.schmid@pandora.be

Las Vegas, again...

September 28-30, 2007
Las Vegas 6th International New Music Festival
North Las Vegas, NV

The Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be performing at the College of Southern Nevada’s 6th International New Music Festival in Las Vegas! Their recital will take place at the Cheyenne Campus on Saturday, Sep. 29 at 4:00 p.m.
On the program, works by Charles Griffin, Symeon Waseen, Piotr Lachert, Justin Rubin, Carme Fernández-Vidal, and Marlene Woodward-Cooper. On Sep. 28 they will be featured at the Festival’s Grand Opening Gala performing music by Marlene Woodward-Cooper.

Lysight in the Fine Arts Museum of Brussels

23th January 2008 // 12:40 // Concerts de Midi - Middagconcerten (Brussels)

Eliane Reyes (piano) and Sébastien Wainier (cello) will play works of Michel Lysight and Rachmaninov in the prestigious Fine Arts Museum. The performance will take place in the Auditorium Carel & Dora van Creveld.

Address : Fine Arts museum // Rue de la Régence 3 // 1000 Brussels // Belgium

Information : mid.concert@skynet.be

International Contemporary Music Festival "Contrasts"

The 28^th September 2007, at Lviv (Ukraine)

- Gugel's "Music for Piano"
- Piano recital of postmodern music by young Ukrainian pianist Oleg Bezborodko

Festival Contrasts

Myriam

The International Gaudeamus Music Week 2007

Gaudeamus presents : ”The International Gaudeamus Music Week 2007” in the ‘Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ’, Paradiso, Felix Meritis and the Bimhuis

From September 3^rd through 9^th, Amsterdam will be populated with composers and musicians from all over the world. To this city they will bring along the latest developments in contemporary music; you can witness this by going to the concerts during the Gaudeamus Music Week 2007.

www.gaudeamus.nl

Myriam

Hoogfeest van de Sacrale Muziek

Wednesday the 15th Augusts at 08:30 pm

Arvo Pärt

Kanon Pokajanen
Boetekanon

Musica Sacra Castore
Sint-Martinuskerk
Bever

Summer is the time of festivals :
Aquarius and the organizer Johan Vriens from the Musica Sacra Castore from Bever (Flemish brabant) invite you for the fourth time at the extraordinary implementation of the Boetekanon of Arvo Pärt.

Bever, the place where you have to be the 15th Augusts!

www.rosario.be

Myriam

Mikhail Kugel plays Shostakovich.

With Maastricht Conservatoire Orchestra

Contemporary Brazilian music in Paris (2)

"SAO PAULO - PARIS/BRUSSELS"

Thursday, November 29^th at 8 p.m. - L'Entrepôt

Mireille GLEIZES piano

Works of Gilberto MENDES

Contemporary Brazilian music in Paris (1)

"SAO PAULO - PARIS/BRUSSELS"

Thursday, October 18^th at 8 p.m. - L'Entrepôt

Antonio EDUARDO piano

Works of Almeida PRADO - Michel LYSIGHT - Dominique DUPRAZ

The 3rd annual Cortona Contemporary Music Festival

The 3^rd annual Cortona Contemporary Music Festival (Tuscany) will be held July 13-22, 2007.

For information, visit www.cortonafestival.com.

Alcatrasax quartet

14th July 2007 // 11:00 // Frigo des Anciens Abattoirs (Place de la Grande Pêcherie - Mons - Belgium)

Concerto for sax quartet by Philip Glass

Alchemy for sax quartet by Michel Lysight

James Ensor Suite for sax quartet by Frédéric Devreese

Contact : +32(0)65/84.70.44

Cycle NCM : Espaces du Dedans

14th June 2007 - 19:30 - L'entrepôt (Paris)

Mireille Gleizes plays Dominique Dupraz!

If you are in Paris or near Paris on 14th June, just fix your agenda to do the only right thing...

Cycle NCM : Bruxelles-Paris, Paris-Bruxelles

26th April 2007 - 19:30 - L'entrepôt (Paris)

Works of Michel Lysight performed by Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet), Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet) and Eliane Reyes (piano).

Cycle NCM : Cristal - bois tibétains - piano

22nd March 2007 - 19:30 - L'entrepôt (Paris)

Works : Deneuve, Kremski

Performers : Michel Deneuve (cristal) and Alain Kremski (bols tibétains, piano)

21 Feb 2007 - Brussels

21th February 2007 // 20:00 // Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles

Works : Astor Piazzolla, Steve Reich, Michel Lysight, Ivan Bellocq, Piotr Moss, Gaetano Donizetti.

Performers : Ronald Van Spaendonck, Jean-Marc Fessard and the clarinet quartet CLARIAS

New consonant music in Tokyo

07th April 2007 // 20:15 // L'Institut (Tokyo)

Works : Grieg, Massenet, Fauré, Ravel and Lysight.

Performers : Jean-Michel Alexandre (piano), Akemi Suetaka (violin)

Cycle NCM : 4-hand piano

18th Januari 2007 - 19:30 - L'entrepôt (Paris)

Works : Piotr Lachert, Dominique Dupraz, Frédéric Devreese, Michel Lysight

Performers : Mireille Gleizes and Timur Sergeynia (piano)

DO NOT MISS THIS CONCERT !!!

Cycle NCM : Le Temps musical

9th November 2006 - 19:30 - L'entrepôt (Paris)

A tribute to Jean Catoire with Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet), Daniel Navia (piano), Anne-Elly Tevi (voice), Christine Turellier (flute), Maria Favasuli Hoog (recitant) and Armel Marin (recitant).

Enigma concert

1st December 2006 // 20:00 // Péniche culturelle Equisonnance (Ronquières)

Michel Lysight's works (Septentrion, Trois Croquis, Enigma, An Awakening, Palimpsestes etc.) will be performed by Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet), Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet and bass-clarinet), Eliane Reyes (piano).

The composer will introduce his own works during the concert!

Information and reservations : equisonnance@hotmail.com // +32-486-86-4318

Nuove Musiche

28th Octobre 2006 // 20:00 // Brussels (Centre culturel d'Auderghem)

Works by Michel Lysight, Carl Maria von Weber etc.

Performers : Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet), Olga Guy (violin) and Nuove Musiche (dir. Eric Lederhandler)

Astoria concert

Sunday 15th October 2006 // 11:00 // Astoria Concerts (Brussels)

Irena Friedland (piano), Marc Grauwels (flute) and Sarah Mouradoglou (percussion) are invited by Astoria Concerts for a New Consonant Music recital with works by Michel Lysight, Frederic Devreese and Robert Janssens.

Astoria concerts take place in the prestigious Waldorf Hall of the Hotel Astoria (Rue Royale 103, 1000 Brussels, Belgium)

Reservations : astoriaconcerts@skynet.be

Devreese, Debussy and Shostokovich

3rd October 2006 // 20:15 // Congrescentrum Lamot, Mechelen (Belgium)

Festival van Vlaanderen

• Frédéric Devreese - Drie Walsen
• Claude Debussy - String quartet in g opus 10
• Frédéric Devreese - James Ensorsuite
• Frédéric Devreese - Strijkkwartet (creatie)
• Dmitri Sjostakovitsj - String quartet nr. 8 opus 110

Performers : Spiegel Strijkkwartet

New Consonant Music in Las Vegas!

What about a trip to Las Vegas next month?

The 2006 International New Music Festival will welcome the famous piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra with, on 23th September, the following program :

• Tošic : Dual ;
• Thompson : Seven Fleeting Moments ;
• Rubin : Broken crystal...falling gently, falling silently ;
• Coelho de Souza : Em Verde e Amarelo ;
• Lysight : Ripple Marks ;
• Devreese : Mobile ;
• Lachert : Risposta a la Bella Postina.

Here is the Duo Gastesi-Bezerra website.

Cycle NCM : Trio

28th September 2006 - 19:30 - L'entrepôt (Paris)

Works : Dupraz, Lysight, Hovhaness, Harisson, Cowell

Performers : Sarah Mouradoglou (percussions), Elisabeth Deletaille (violin), Leonardo Anglani (piano)

Ronald Van Spaendonck in Norway

4th August 2006 // 19:00 // Elverum Festival (Norway)

Works : String quartet opus 18 nr. 3 i D-dur by Beethoven // Labyrinthes for solo clarinet by Michel Lysight // Sonate for piano opus 2 nr. 2 i A-Dur by Beethoven // Messagesquisse for solo cello and 6 celli by Boulez

Performers : Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet) // Paul Lewis (keyboard) // Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) // Vertavo Strykekvartett // Cellister fra Ungdomssymfonikerne (Rosamund Brown, Einar Halle, Pål Bakken Johansen, Sarah Høigilt, Hanne Kyllingstad, Roar Bye Blåsmo)

L'Entrepôt, in Paris

The next concerts in L'Entrepôt (Paris) are booked, and the programmation is just great. Amongst the performers will be featured Mikhaïl Bezverkhny (violin), Elisabeth Deletaille (violin), Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet), Mireille Gleizes (piano), Patunia Jankowska (recitant), Sarah Mouradoglou (perc.), Eliane Reyes (piano) and many others.

The programmation includes works by Michel Deneuve, Frédéric Devreese, Dominique Dupraz, Lou Harisson, Alain Kremski, Piotr Lachert, Michel Lysight etc.

We shall post the details for each concerts in the next weeks. Please, already reserve the following dates in your agenda : 28th September 2006, 9th November 2006, 18th January 2007, 22th March 2007, 29th April 2007 and 14th June 2007. All at 19:30.

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See you in Paris!