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Sunday, November 20th, 2022, 7:00 PM ET - Welcome; 7:30 PM - ZALON. (Philadelphia, USA: GMT-4)
November 20th ZALON Program!
Leandro Ragusa will play a bandoneon solo set, from his home studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sheridan Seyfried will perform a movement from his Sonata for solo piano, from his home in Oreland, PA
Flutist Tessa Brinckman and guitarist Dan Lippel will perform Charlotte Bray’s Here Everything Shines (based on Cesaria Evora’s song, Petit Pays), from Tessa’s studio in NYC
From her home in NY, composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh presents her music video aria “Solitary Confinement” from the opera “we the innumerable”, a heroic journey of an Iranian woman to protect truth in the face of fear and violence
Tania Stavreva will play her original works for solo piano “Rhythmic Movement”, “Resonating Crystals” and “A Gift of Light”, from her home studio in NYC
Singer Noelia Moncada will share a new original tango and two classical tangos, Marioneta and Mi tango triste with guitarist Leandro Nikitoff, from her studio in Buenos Aires
Maurice Wright will present his work PHOENIX, for flute, computer sound and projected video (Chelsea Meynig, flute), from his studio in Wyncote, PA
Flutist Lindsey Goodman performs two evocative solo flute works, Bruce Babcock's Soliloquy and Arthur Honegger's Danse de la Chèvre, from her home in Pickerington, Ohio
Singer/songwriters Tom Begich and Sarah Sledge perform original guitar and vocal compositions that touch the human condition, from their home in Anchorage, Alaska
Performing from his home in Gravesend Brooklyn, composer/author Bert Lee presents two tunes from his cycle of cowboy inspired music, Butterfly: Songs of the Haunted Prairie
Leandro Ragusa
Born in Buenos Aires, Leandro Ragusa, composer, bandoneonist and musical director, has developed his career both in Argentina and abroad, having performed in concert halls such as Lincoln Center in New York, Lithuanian Center in Philadelphia, Huis Ten Bosh in Nagasaki, Kirchner Cultural Center, Teatro 25 de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Portugues Theater in New Jersey, Diese Once in Montreal, among others. Ragusa is the musical director of the Tango Orchestra "La Guardia Imperial" with whom he performed at the Lincoln Center in New York and of the acclaimed show "Souls of Tango" which premiered at the White Plains Art Center in New York. He recent discography includes: El Aleph (Epsa music - Argentina - 2021), El Charrúa (USA - 2021), Intimo (GLM – Germany -2022), Eolia (Aula Records - Chile - 2022). Ragusa has been commissioned by several chamber music ensembles such as Sylvan winds (New York), Choros quintette a vent (Montreal), Arrhythmia Quartet (Alabama), Quinteto USACH (Santiago de Chile). As a soloist, he participated in various concerts with the Argentinian National Radio Youth Orchestra (Buenos Aires), Longueuil Symphonic Orchestra (Montreal), San Martín Symphonic Orchestra (Buenos Aires), Les flutistes de Montreal Wind Orchestra (Montreal) and Polyphonic Choir of the University of Morón (Buenos Aires – Argentina).
https://www.instagram.com/ragusaleandro/?hl=es-la
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Sheridan Seyfried
Composer Sheridan Seyfried is a native of Philadelphia. Educated in composition at the Curtis Institute and the Manhattan School of Music, he worked with composers including Richard Danielpour, Jennifer Higdon and Ned Rorem. His music has been performed by musicians including Ray Chen, Ida and Ani Kavafian, Jonah Kim, Anne-Marie McDermott, David Shifrin, Steven Tenenbom, and Peter Wiley. His 2013 Violin Concerto was written for and premiered by violinist Dennis Kim with the Tampere Philharmonic (Finland). In 2017, the Lake George Music Festival Orchestra, under the direction of Roger Kalia, premiered his Double Concerto with Nikki and Timmy Chooi as violin soloists. His catalogue of orchestral, chamber and vocal music includes a Bass Trombone Concerto (written for soloist Zachary Bond), a concert length choral arrangement of folk music from the Holocaust (Voices of the Holocaust), and a Sextet for clarinet, piano and string quartet which has recently been championed by Belgian clarinetist Roeland Hendrikx. Sheridan previously served on the music theory faculties of both the Curtis Institute and Mannes College. He is active as a music educator, choir director, concert producer and arranger.
Website: www.sheridanseyfried.com
A video of a recent piece of mine:
Tessa Brinckman and Dan Lippel
New Zealand flutist Tessa Brinckman has been described by critics as a “flutist of chameleon-like gifts” and “virtuoso elegance” (Gramophone), an “excellent…flutist” (Willamette Week) and “highlight of Portland” (New Music Box), who “play(s) her instrument with great beauty and eloquence” (Music Matters New Zealand). As an interdisciplinary flutist she has premiered over a hundred (and commissioned more than twenty) new works, within many classical music ensembles and concert series in the United States, South Africa, France and New Zealand, and has recently moved to New York City. Her orchestral, chamber and solo music performances include the Oregon Symphony, Britt Festival of Music & Arts, Festival of New American Music, Ashland Independent Film, Oregon Bach, New Haven International Arts and Astoria Music Festivals. Performing on flute, piccolo, alto, bass, contrabass and baroque flutes, and miscellaneous keyboards, Ms. Brinckman also co-directs the ever-polymathic bi-coastal duo, Caballito Negro, with percussionist Terry Longshore. She has recorded, composed and performed in major regional theaters across the United States and internationally, as well as for radio, TV and film. Ms. Brinckman has received local and international grants to create unique programs which blend technology, tradition, and contemporary geo-political themes. Her own work as a composer is evolving to include experimental animation, installations and video.
https://tessabrinckman.bandcamp.com/releases
http://www.northpacificmusic.com/Glass.Sky.html
https://caballitonegro.bandcamp.com/
FB = https://www.facebook.com/TessaBrinckman
IG = @tessabrinckman
Venmo = @Tessa-Brinckman
Guitarist Daniel Lippel, called an “exciting soloist” (New York Times) has a multi-faceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, collaborator, and recording artist. Recent recital highlights include Cleveland International Guitar Festival, Le Poisson Rouge (NYC), Sinus Ton Festival (Germany), the National University of Colombia in Bogota, and the Triangle and New York Classical Guitar Societies. As a contemporary chamber musician, he has been a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble since 2005 and counter)induction since 2019, and played as a guest with many other ensembles, including St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New York New Music Ensemble, Wet Ink Ensemble, and Ensemble Dal Niente. He has worked closely with many composers including Mario Davidovsky, Nils Vigeland, Ken Ueno, Dai Fujikura, Tyshawn Sorey, Wang Lu, Reiko Fueting, and Du Yun. He is the co-founder, owner, and director of New Focus Recordings, performing and producing on several of its albums, as well as appearing on many other labels. Lippel has given presentations and masterclasses to guitar and composition departments at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule (Berlin), Curtis Institute, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Peabody Institute of Music, and San Francisco Conservatory, among others. He completed his DMA at the Manhattan School of Music, with earlier studies at Cleveland Institute of Music and Oberlin Conservatory.
https://danlippelguitar.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063462185852
IG: @danlippel
twitter: @danlippel
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Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Described as “stark” by WNPR and “darkly lyrical” by the New York Times, a winner of the Second International Hildegard commission award, a 2019 recipient of Opera America’s Discovery Grant, and winner of 2022 Beth Morrison Projects Next Generation competition, Composer/pianist Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s music has been performed at numerous festivals and venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. A founding member and co-director of Iranian Female Composers Association, Nourbakhsh is a strong advocate of music education and equal opportunities. She is currently an adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University as co-artistic director of Peabody Conservatory Laptop Orchestra. Niloufar holds a doctoral degree from Stony Brook University and regularly performs with her Ensemble Decipher.
"Solitary Confinement" is a music video aria from the opera We the Innumerable
About We the Innumerable: After the 2009 presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Roya and her husband, Siavash, become targets of the state for participating in nationwide protests against the election result. Siavash is murdered, and Roya is imprisoned and put under extreme pressure to record a confessional stating that her husband was a Revolutionary Guard force who was killed by the enemies of the state. The opera is the heroic journey of an Iranian woman who protects the truth in the face of fear and violence.
Credits:
Composed by Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Libretto by Lisa Flanagan
Created by Harris Doran & Shadi Ghaheri
Produced by Center for Contemporary Opera
Soprano: Corrine Byrne
Vocalist: Golnar Shahyar
Piano: Dmitry Glivinskiy
Choreographed and Performed by Shadi Ghaheri
Edited by Harris Doran
Cinematography by Lauren Buscemi
Social Justice link to support the Iranian People's struggle for Justice: https://www.ps752justice.com/
https://niloufarnourbakhsh.com/
founding member, co-artistic director
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Tania Stavreva
"Edgy, knockout, Tania Stavreva’s got rhythm" says The Huffington Post about Billboard Top 10 international multi-award winning "Bulgarian-born piano dynamo" (Time Out NY) Tania Stavreva who is one of the most versatile young classical artists of her generation, performing actively at top venues and receiving critical acclaim all over the world. Her latest album RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT reached Billboard Classical Top 10 and won 19 international music awards.
Links to web site and social media:
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Instagram: @tania_stavreva
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Noelia Moncada
Singer, actress, voice professor, producer and ventriloquist, Noelia Moncada is considered to be one of the most distinguished performers of her generation. Her voice balances technique and expressivity, warmth and emotion. From the city of Rosario, Argentina, she moved to Buenos Aires at a very young age to find her calling in music and found the answer in tango. She has shared the stage with great artists such as Horacio Ferrer, Raúl Garello, Leopoldo Federico, Néstor Marconi, Juanjo Domínguez, Julio Pane, Julio Bocca and Daniel Rabinovich, among others.
https://instagram.com/noelia.moncada?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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Maurice Wright
Maurice Wright’s musical life began as a percussionist, when he performed a solo on a toy glockenspiel in a one-room schoolhouse in Buckton, Virginia. Shortly thereafter, he began to study piano, and to experiment with electricity, using parts from discarded telephones. He began to compose, and to play the trombone. At age 13, his family moved to Tampa, Florida. While studying with Douglas Baer, Principal Trombonist of the Tampa Philharmonic, Wright spent a year with the Tampa Police Dance Band, rehearsing with armed musicians who performed throughout the state. He experimented with tape recorders, and studied FØRTRAN programming. After graduating from Duke University, he continued composition study at Columbia University, receiving a doctorate in 1988. Outstanding musicians have performed his work, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Emerson String Quartet, and the American Brass Quintet. He is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Music Studies at Temple University.
Lindsey Goodman
Lindsey Goodman is principal flutist of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, adjunct lecturer of flute at Marietta College, Ashland University, and Glenville State University, an artist faculty member of the Mostly Modern Festival, and solo flutist of the new music ensemble What Is Noise. She is a founding member of flute quartet PANdemonium4 and Chrysalis, a singing flutist and singing pianist duo, showcasing her training as a classical mezzo-soprano. A student of Robert Langevin and Walfrid Kujala, Lindsey received degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Northwestern University, and Duquesne University. She resides in central Ohio with her husband Chris Carmean, and their dog Jack.
Purchase autographed copies of Lindsey's albums for $10 each by sending an email to Lindsey@LindseyGoodman.com.
Donations are welcome via PayPal to ljgflute@gmail.com and Venmo to @LindseyJGoodman1.
Connect with Lindsey at www.LindseyGoodman.com, on Facebook /LindseyGoodmanFlutist, or on Twitter and Instagram @LindseyJGoodman.
Tom Begich and Sarah Sledge
When Singer/songwriters Tom Begich and Sarah Sledge aren’t working for their community – he as an Alaska State Senator and she as the head of an education non-profit – they are on-tour performing their original music around the country. Tom has released 5 solo CDs, a compilation music/poetry CD with acclaimed poet Tim Mason, and has published a book of sonnets “Six Truths”. Tom and Sarah are working on their newest music compilation now, “Stories Told”, with an expected release of Fall 2023.
Recordings of music and poetry books can be purchased at www.tombegich.com. This site provides free shipping and most proceeds go to the artists. Tom’s music is also available on iTunes, Spotify and through other music sites.
For additional information send a note to Tom at cwrecord@alaska.net
Bert Lee
Long recognized as a seminal source in the New York songwriting community, Bert Lee has composed for and performed with groups as varied as the legendary Central Park Sheiks and Rafael Mostel’s Tibetan Singing Bowl Ensemble.
You can find most of Bert’s recent recordings at bertlee.bandcamp.com and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4YWY2uVT20XuKuqYqx_Gw. His novels and short stories can be found at amazon.com
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