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Some recollections from summer 2014 in Radziejowice

Some more Synthetis

Here you go with some pics from Maciej Frackiewicz’s magnificent accordion solo recital —with ten premieres by some participants of the course— and from the last meeting/farewell party.

Difficult to forget. I will miss you all!

Pictures by Pietro Dossena’s camera.

From left to right: Adam Porebski, Pedro Gómez, Adrian Tsilougannis, Wei Yang, Mao Zhu, Maciej Frackiewicz, Mauricio Arias, Miguel Frausto, Cristina García Islas, Aleksandra Braumanska, Pietro Dossena, Alejandro Vera, Diego Jiménez Tamame, Gabriel Dufour Laperriere and Xang Zukun.

Me with the man of the course: Maciej Frackiewicz

From left to right: Adrien Tsilougannis, Wei Yang, Alejandro Vera, Diego Jiménez Tamame, Miguel Frausto and Pedro Gómez

From left to right: Alejandro Vera, Diego Jiménez Tamame, Pietro Dossena, Miguel Frausto, Pedro Gómez and Mauricio Arias

Preparing for the late night sitar show, courtesy of Tomek Regulski. People in the pic from left to right: Diego Jiménez Tamame, Alejandro Vera, Adam Porebski, Alaksandr Porakh and Tomek Regulski.

Tomek Regulski offering his Sitar to us after last day's farewell party. Thank you!

Synthetis Radziejowice, August the 4th-16th 2014

Pictures from the lectures, lessons and workshops with all this amazing bunch of composers. You may notice the lecturers in the pictures: Zygmunt Krauze, Paul Patterson, Paweł Hendrich, Chen Yi, Alessandro Solbiati and Maciej Frackiewicz (accordion). Great experience. Tons of music. Many great people. Thank you!

All the pictures are by photographer Adam Walanus. Click here to check his work out.

Group pic with Zygmunt Krauze, Paul Patterson, Maciej Frąckiewicz and Pawel Hendrich after Zygmunt Krauze's piano recital

Group pic with Chen Yi and Alessandro Solbiati

Contemporary Encounters II. Tel Aviv, May 2014

Some pics from the rehearsals, masterclasses, conference and Concert that took place during the Contemporary Encounters II course, with the amazing Meitar Ensemble guys in colaboration with Ivan Fedele and Dan Rappaport, in Tel Aviv. Again, an amazing experience.

From left to right: Bnaya Halperin-Kaddari, Omri Abram, Murat Çolak, Yoav Levy, Gal Frenkel, Ivan Fedele and Diego Jiménez Tamame.

From left to right: Gal Frenkel, Ivan Fedele and Diego Jiménez Tamame.

From left to right: Oren Boneh, Yoav Levy, Omri Abram, Bnaya Halperin-Kaddari, Jay Lin, Murat Çolak, Ivan Fedele, Gal Frenkel and Diego Jiménez Tamame.

Helena Cánovas Parés rehearsing my piece “Don’t condescend (Don’t even disagree)” (2014) with the Meitar Ensemble and Guy Feder. Me, looking at the score, in the back.

Ivan Fedele’s lecture in the Israel Conservatory of Music of Tel Aviv’s Concert Hall.

Guy Feder (first from the left) working on my piece with Helena Cánovas Parés and the rest of student conductors.

Final Concert.

Crossroads [or how to shuffle music like poker cards] premiere in Zaragoza

Some pics from the premiere of my piece Crossroads [or how to shuffle music like poker cards], last Tuesday May the 6th, 2014, by Ana Martínez Pinal and the Academy for the New Music CSMA—conducted by Nacho de Paz— at the “Eduardo del Pueyo” Concert Hall, CSMA, Zaragoza. People in the pictures are Ana Martínez Pinal (Viola Soloist), Nacho de Paz (Conductor), the performers from the Ensemble and myself.

Trio de Magia (TdM) VIII International Academy

Some pics from the VIII TdM International Academy that took place at Cullera, Valencia, from December the 6th to 8th. My piece Expansive movements (2013), for Sop. Sax, Pno. and Perc., was selected or the reading panel hosted by the Trio (Ricardo Capellino, Lluïsa Espigolé and Sisco Aparici), among pieces by Alberto Arroyo and José Miguel Fayos. In addition, we had the pleasure to attend to lessons, conferences and masterclasses by the guest teachers: Ramón Lazkano, Raphaël Cendo and Alberto Bernal. Great weekend!

PluralEnsemble 2013 Tour

Drawings by Spanish Engineer and painter Santiago Ríos. These drawings were made “live” on the concert program from the PluralEnsemble concert at Auditorium of Zaragoza, on Nov. the 11th, 2013, during the PluralEnsemble 2013 Tour. This performance also opened the IV Spanish Contemporary Music Days, Música XXI Zaragoza, with performances by PluralEnsemble, OCAZ Grupo Enigma, Taller Sonoro, bcn216 and Ensemble Sinkro. There’re also some pics from the concert and the little talk Fabián Panisello, Alberto Carretero and I did in between the two parts.

Contemporary Encounters II. Tel Aviv, April 2013

Some pics from the rehearsals of my piece About blood pulse and misty minds before the concert on April the 5th 2013, at Ran Baron Hall, Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, during the “Contemporary Encounters III” Course, with Fabián Panisello and Meitar Ensemble.

People in the pics: Fabián Panisello (Professor), Natalia Salinas (Conductor), Orr Guy, (Conductor), Marta Mc’Cave (Flute), Moshe Aharonov (Violin), Itamar Ringel (Viola), Yoni Gotlibovich (Cello), Gilad Harel (Clarinet), Amit Dolberg (Piano), Bnaya Halperin (Composer), Carolina Carrizo (Composer), Omri Abram (Composer) Avishay Shalom (Conductor).