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Composition News:

Stop It! For Contrabass and Violoncello premiered in Indianapolis and Chicago by Bassist David Murray. Commissioned for Mr. Murray by the Chicago Composers Consortium.

A new Violin Concerto and a Chamber Symphony for Three Female Voices and Dark Orchestra are now in progress -- soloists to be announced

Kertsman's Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion premiered in November 2005 at the Konzerthaus, Vienna by Marina Piccinini and the Vienna Classical Players (of the Vienna Symphony). Commissioned by the Austrian Flute Society and Ms. Piccinini -- Chair of the Flute Department at Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Conservatory.

Miguel Kertsman's "Amazon, Symphonic Poem" performed at the Brucknerhaus, Linz Austria in June 2005 by conductor Dennis Russell Davies and the Bruckner Orchester Linz. ORF 1 Radio Broadcast and live interview.

New Compositions for the Opera Viva Company performed in Vienna's Herbert von Karajan Center, Zurich Opera, Beethovenhaus Bonn, and Luxembourg's Philharmonie

MK: Miguel Kertsman composes a new concept album home to sounds ranging from symphony orchestras to outrageous electronics... hold on this will freak you out!!!

Recording Projects in progress :

MK: A new sound, a new band, a new show -- get ready!

Miguel Kertsman: BRASIL! Three Orchestral Works
Dennis Russell Davies conducting the Bruckner Orchester Linz
Wolfgang Schulz, flute (principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic)
Chamber Symphony No. 1 – “Boa Viagem Shoreline”
Sinfonia Concertante for Flute and Orchestra
Amazon, Symphonic Poem

Miguel Kertsman on stage and the Road:

Open air concert in Karlsplatz, Vienna September 2005

Amazonica Universal Orchestra regroups and will start touring in 2007

MK will hit the stages soon thereafter

 

47th GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATION :

Joseph Marx: Orchestral Songs
(Songs For High & Middle Voice; Verklärtes Jahr)
Angela Maria Blasi, soprano
Stella Doufexis, mezzo soprano
Steven Sloane, Bochum Symphony Orchestra

Produced and Engineered by Miguel Kertsman

Nominated in " Best Classical Vocal Performance"
Label: ASV, Sanctuary Classics -- US Distribution: Koch Entertainment

 

Recent Releases :

"Rhythmic Fission" Digital Revisions of Classic Trax

Featuring Dan the Automator (of Gorilazz fame), Miami based star remixer Tracy Young, Humbucker versus The Sofa Surfers, Miguel Kertsman, among others...

Underground 21st century Electronica meets the “classical world” spanning 400 years of music. Check it out!

Joseph Marx: The Piano Concertos
To be released on ASV / Sanctuary Classics
David Lively, Piano
Steven Sloane and the Bochum Symphony Orchestra

The Essence of Viennese Music
Peter Guth conducts the Bruckner Orchester Linz
Herbert Lippert, tenor, Edith Lienbacher, soprano

Joseph Marx: Orchestral Songs
Steven Sloane conducts the Bochum Symphony Orchestra
Angela Maria Blasi, soprano, Stella Doufexis, mezzo-soprano

THE MUSICAL GOES SYMPHONIC:
Chesky Records
Broadway classics and newer gems. Vienna State Theaters Orchestra, Caspar Richer. Available in surround and audiophile CDs

The Ahn Trio: Groovebox.
EMI Classics
Featuring music by The Doors, Michael Nyman, Maurice Jarre, Piazzolla, etc.

ORCHESTRAL SURROUND SPECTACULAR
Chesky Records - Surround hybrid SACDs
Strauss, Berlioz, Dukas, etc...
Bernhard Klee, Bruckner Orchester Linz

GUSTAV HOLST: THE PLANETS
Chesky Records - Surround hybrid SACDs
Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz.
Women of the Mozart Choir

WAGNER and VERDI: GREAT OPERA CHORUSES
Chesky Records - Surround hybrid SACDs
Bernhard Klee, Czech Philharmonic Chorus of Brno, Bruckner Orchester Linz.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Opera Excerpts
ASV / Sanctuary Classics
„ Der Sturm“ (World Premiere), Cello Concerto, etc.
Caspar Richter and the Bruckner Orchester Linz, The Linz State Theater Choir, featuring Wendy Nielsen, soprano; Zuill Bailey, cello;

And several other releases...