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Interiorem by Tobias Messerschmidt

December 14, 2017
in News
by admin

Tobias Messerschmidt, is a professional Percussionist with the main focus on Marimba. He started his musical life with playing drums in the age of 10. At the age of 17 he was studying with Günther Peppel a well known Percussion Player. After Finishing studying with Günther Peppel, Tobias Messerschmidt moved to study Classical Percussion in Wiesbaden. Tobias Messerschmidt started to create in this time of studying his own marimba sound and playing style. Marimba Concertos in Europe, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany etc. brought Tobias Messerschmidt to ALEX JACOBOWITZ, one of the best Marimba players of our time, where he get influences to Barrock and Jiddisch music. In 2016 Tobias Messerschmidt played in Wiesbaden at the „deutsche Medienpreisverleihung“.

With this CD, all pieces of the last 2 years of playing solo concerts are recorded presenting a collection of the different sounds/colors/genre that you can play with Marimba. Every Piece of the this CD is dedicated to a person that is part of my life.

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Vincent van Laar releases Bach Organ chorales.

December 14, 2017
in News
by admin

Vincent van Laar performs frequently in the Netherlands and abroad as an organist, harpsichordist and continuo player. Besides his greatest passion, the music of J.S. Bach, he has a predilection for the music of J.P. Sweelinck and the North German repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. As a continuo player and soloist he is a member of Concerto d’Amsterdam and The Northern Consort; as a guest he plays frequently with Musica Amphion.

This CD features 24 chorale preludes for the organ (BWV 645-668). Without exception, they stand in the tradition of the chorale-based music of Bach‘s predecessors. They therefore include pieces with the unornamented chorale tune in the pedal (BWV 651 and 661), others with the melody ornamented (BWV 653, 654, 659 and 662), chorale trios (BWV 655 and 664), and works employing traditional contrapuntal techniques like canon, fugue and imitation (BWV 652 and 665).

In the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), the chorale – the Lutheran congregational hymn – plays a central role. This is hardly surprising, since for the greater part of his life Bach was a church musician, composing music suitable for liturgical use. At the same time he was very familiar with the chorale from his youth, for it was standard material in the music tuition of his age. Moreover, as a student Bach became acquainted with the music of his predecessors, the North German organists Reincken, Böhm and Buxtehude and the South German Pachelbel, for whom the chorale was a musical point of reference. Without the chorale, Bach‘s oeuvre would have been inconceivable.

Vincent van Laar has a lage discography including: – the complete organ works of Melchior Schildt on the Schnitger organ in Norden; – the 24 Capricetten by Jacob Wilhelm Lustig on the harpsichord and the Hinsz organ in Appingedam; – cantatas by J.S. Bach with obbligato organ, with the countertenor Maarten Engeltjes and Concerto d’Amsterdam; – the complete organ works of Johann Adam Reincken and Nicolaus Bruhns on the organ of the Martinikerk in Groningen. Vincent van Laar also recorded organ works by Sweelinck, which was awarded an Edison.

This CD forms a fitting compliment to this already impresive list. Find out more..

Tobias Messerschmidt

December 13, 2017
in Artists
by Jos Boerland

Tobias Messerschmidt (1995) started his musical life with playing drums in the age of 10. At the age of 17 he was studying with Günther Peppel, a well known  Percussion Player, who was a good Friend of Prof. Dr.  Peter  Sadlo. At this period of studying Tobias Messerschmidt, joined a Extreme Metal band „Chamber of Malice“, where he was touring and studio drummer. With the Band he played shows in Europe for the next 3 years and recorded 2 CDs.

Since 2015 Tobias Messerschmidt is AGNER DRUMSTICKS Endorser. After Finishing studying with Günther Peppel, Tobias Messerschmidt  moved to study Classical Percussion in Wiesbaden. Tobias Messerschmidt started to create in this time of studying his own    marimba sound and playing style. Marimba Concertos in Europe, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany etc.  brought Tobias Messerschmidt to ALEX JACOBOWITZ, one of the best Marimba players of our time, where he get influences to Barrock and Jiddisch music. In 2016 Tobias Messerschmidt played in Wiesbaden at the „deutsche  Medienpreisverleihung“.

 In 2017 Tobias Messerschmidt, performed for VANCORE at the  „Musikmesse Frankfurt“ and became a VANCORE Marimba Artist. Recorded his first Marimba solo CD with ALIUD RECORDS and his VANCORE Marimba.

Also in 2017 he get the 4th Place at the Love2Arts International Competition and visited LUDWIG ALBERT at the Masterclass in Saas- Fee. Tobias Messerschmidt played at the Hildesheimer „Pflasterzauber“    outdoor street concerts, to perform in two days to 30.000 people.

Vincent van Laar

December 13, 2017
in Artists, Featured Artists
by Jos Boerland

Vincent van Laar performs frequently in the Netherlands and abroad as an organist, harpsichordist and continuo player. Besides his greatest passion, the music of J.S. Bach, he has a predilection for the music of J.P. Sweelinck and the North German repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. As a continuo player and soloist he is a member of Concerto d’Amsterdam and The Northern Consort; as a guest he plays frequently with Musica Amphion.

Vincent van Laar‘s teachers included Nico van den Hooven, Harald Vogel, Glen Wilson and Bob van Asperen. He graduated in organ at the Utrecht Conservatory in 1984, and in harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 1988. He won organ competitions in Zeerijp (1981), Toulouse (1983) and Alkmaar (1991). Besides many radio broadcasts, Vincent van Laar‘s CD recordings include: – the complete organ works of Melchior Schildt on the Schnitger organ in Norden; – the 24 Capricetten by Jacob Wilhelm Lustig on the harpsichord and the Hinsz organ in Appingedam; – cantatas by J.S. Bach with obbligato organ, with the countertenor Maarten Engeltjes and Concerto d’Amsterdam; – the complete organ works of Johann Adam Reincken and Nicolaus Bruhns on the organ of the Martinikerk in Groningen. Vincent van Laar also recorded organ works by Sweelinck, which was awarded an Edison.

Yannick Van de Velde

December 13, 2017
in Artists
by Jos Boerland

Passionate, sensitive, intelligent and talented: these are some words used to describe the pianist Yannick Van de Velde. He is one of the leading musicians of Belgium. Yannick Van de Velde participated in numerous national and international competitions and has won more than 20 first prizes. Some notable examples include: first prize at the Dexia Competition, first prize at “Prix de la Fondation Chopin” and “Artiste de l‘année 2014”. In 2016 he won first prize in the Virtuoso & Belcanto Competition in Italy under the presidency of Boris Berman. He was a semi-finalist of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2013 and was awarded the additional prize Walckiers-Carbonnelle. He also won the award Nany Phillepart. In 2014 he won the “Prix d‘Argent”, the “Prix du Public” and the prize for best performance of the compulsary piece at the “Concours International Piano Campus” in Paris. In 2015 he was a finalist of the prestigious Busoni Competition in Bolzano (Italy), which fully launched his career.

Yannick Van de Velde has performed worldwide, both as a soloist as well as a chamber musician: at the Filharmonie in Berlin, the Acropolis Museum in Athens, the Daguan Theatre in Shanghai, and the Lincoln Center in New York, among others. He is also a member of the Nimrod Ensemble Berlin with members of the Berlin Philharmonic. Yannick Van de Velde studied with Klaus Hellwig, Elisso Virsaladze, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden and Jan Michiels.

Piano Trio Impression

December 13, 2017
in Artists
by Jos Boerland

The emerging Belgian piano trio Impression, winner of all three prizes at the international ‘Storioni Toonzaal Prijs’ 2015 (NL), is made up off the sisters Fien and Riet Van den Fonteyne (violin & violoncello) and pianist Florestan Bataillie. These passionate musicians got to know each other at the international chamber music festival ‘Musica Mundi’.

The trio was initially formed as a part of their studies at the Royal Conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels, but it quickly evolved outside the school walls to an appreciated ensemble. They have performed at Flagey, Bozar, Flemish Opera Ghent, Royal Conservatory of Brussels, deSingel, Casa da Musica in Porto, the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw Frits Phillips in Eindhoven …