8th of February at 7 p.m
Hopner House
Marcelo Nisinman (bandoneon, Argentina) and
Baltic Neopolis Virtuosi quartet (Poland/Estonia): Radosław Pujanek (viiul), Łukasz Górewicz (viiul), Emilia Goch Salvador (vioola), Andreas Lend (tšello)
Tickets 15€/7€ via Piletilevi and at the door
PROGRAM
Jacob Gade (1879-1963) – Jalousie
Marcelo Nisinman (b. 1970) – Hombre Tango
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) – Tango D-duur nr.2 op. 165
Marcelo Nisinman – Cuando tu no estás
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) – Jeanne & Paul
Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion (arr. M. Nisinman)
PAUS
Gerardo Matos (1897-1948) – Rodriguez La cumparsita
Astor Piazzolla – Adios Nonino (arr. M. Nisinman)
Marcelo Nisinman – 4 for vogler
MARCELO NISINMAN
is an internationally renowned bandoneon player, composer and arranger. M. Nisinman studied the bandoneon with Julio Pane and composition with Guillermo Graetzer in Buenos Aries and Detlev Muller-Siemens in Basel. His compositions are diverse and original with their origins in Buenos Aires, Nisinman also takes inspiration from other forms and techniques creating his own personal style that breaks the traditions and rules of the ‘Musica Porteña’ (Music from Buenos Aires). He has composed for a diverse range of groups from symphony orchestra, to string quartet. M. Nisinman is much in demand as a soloist playing with orchestras and at festivals around the world. He has performed with, Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Britten Sinfonia, Gary Burton, Fernando Suarez Paz, Assad Brothers, and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit. He has appeared as a soloist with the WDR Big Band under Vince Mendoza, the Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National des Pays de La Loire conducted by John Axelrod and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Belgrad. His work, “Dark Blue Tango” was premiered in 2012 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina under Facundo Agudinwith Nisinman playing the bandoneon. M. Nisinman is frequently invited to work with ensembles and to festival as a composer/ performer. His invitations have included: Oxford Chamber Music Festival (in 2008), Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland), Zeitkunst Festival (Berlin and Paris), Sonoro Festival (Bucharest), Consonances (St Nazaire – France), artist in residence at the Boswil Festival (Switzerland), Vogler String Quartet (in Germany and Ireland), and with Martha Argerich and Friends at the 2013 Ravenna Music Festival. M. Nisinman has composed a number of vocal works including “Desvios”, with the text of Carlos Trafic (released on Acqua Records, 2009) and his New Version of Maria de Buenos Aires (Acqua Records 2010). In 2009 together with the clarinetist Chen Halevi he formed his own quartet Tango Factory, the group brings together four very different musicians to explore the tango, playing works by Nisinman, Porat, and arrangements by Nisinman of works by Piazzolla, Weill and others.
BALTIC NEOPOLIS VIRTUOSI
gathers the artistic potential of the Baltic Sea Region. Its goal is to present the most valuable phenomena and tendencies in Polish music. In 2017 the project included 5 concert tours during which the ensemble performed a series of concerts in six countries of the Baltic area: Poland, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany and Sweden. BNV concerts promote the music of Polish composers, both the prominent and well-known as well as talented young artists alongside music from the Baltic Sea Region for bigger chamber ensembles ranging from quintets to chamber orchestra. The ensemble consists of international renown musicians sharing the passion of chamber music: members of Baltic Neopolis Orchestra and outstanding soloists such as Bartłomiej Nizioł, the winner of three Fryderyk Music Awards; Tomasz Tomaszewski, Deutsche Oper concertmaster; Maria Machowska – concertmaster of National Philharmonic in Warsaw; Andriy Vivytovych – principal violist of Covent Garden Opera Orchestra in London; Gareth Lubbe – professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen; Adam Klocek – winner of the Grammy Award in 2014; Andreas Lend – one of the most titled Estonian cellists and Marcelo Nisinman, one of today’s foremost bandoneon soloist.
BNV has been awarded grants by the Polish Ministry and National Heritage of Poland, Institute of Music and Dance and is co-financed by the City of Szczecin.
