Sonora wants their patrons to discover and re-discover works that are worth hearing, but got lost in the midst of standardized performance programs. SONORA WINDS was formed in 2016 with the goal of bringing accessible, lesser-known music to audiences through transformative performance experiences. He has performed and recorded with: Katie McMahon (the original voice of Riverdance) Laura MacKenzie Heart of the City Boiled in Lead Glen Helgeson/Axis Mundi Louis and Clarke and many others. He has mastered percussion instruments from around the world including the berimbau, cuica, and pandeiro from Brazil the doumbek from the Middle East the djembe, log drums and caxixi from West Africa the Irish bodhran and the American drum kit. Michael Bissonnette’s varied musical career has taken him from Massachusetts to California to Minneapolis, where he has become one of the area’s most beloved drummers. Greg is: a recipient of artistįellowships and grants from the Bush and McKnight Foundations and the Metro Regional Arts Council a soundtrack artist and music director for film and theater and author of instructional music books for Hal Leonard Publishing, specializing in world music for guitar. A virtuoso performer and award-winning composer, his music and writing have found international recognition. His primary instruments are the guitar and bouzouki (Greek lute). Greg Herriges creates "whirled music" that mixes Asian and other world styles with progressive rock and Western classical influences. 16 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Ī freewill donation to Friends of the Hastings Arts Center is welcomed and appreciated! Ukrainian Suite (12 min) by Igor Shamo (1925-1982) Konev is a member of the piano faculty at the University of Wisconsin -River Falls and St. Konev performs regularly with faculty members of University of Minnesota School of Music, Hamline University amembers of the Minnesota Orchestra and SPCO. An active performer in the United States and abroad, Ivan has appeared numerous times in solo and chamber music concerts in such venues as Embassy of the United States in Moscow, Great, Small and Rachmaninoff Halls of the Moscow Conservatory, Sundin Music Hall and Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis among others. Konev has won prizes in a number of international and local piano competitions, including the Andorra International Piano Competition, Corpus Christi International Piano Competition, Schubert Club Scholarship Competition, University of Minnesota School of Music Concerto Competition, and the Bell Scholarship Competition. In 2010 Ivan finished his Doctoral degree in Piano performance from the University of Minnesota.Īs a soloist, Mr. Upon his graduation he came to study piano and Liberal Arts at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Ivan Konev was born in Ukraine and educated in Moscow where he completed his Bachelor degree in Piano performance from the Music College affiliated with the Moscow Conservatory and Master degree in Piano performance from Gnessin’s Music Academy. We welcome back to the HAC Stage, Ivan Konev giving a FREE concert! Flutist Paul Jacobson plays on modern replicas of flutes made by some of the great woodwind makers of the late 18 th century. Our three string players use violin, viola, violoncello and bows which are either from the 18 th century or are carefully modeled after 18 th century instruments. Like Mozart, who often played on a Viennese fortepiano by Johann Andreas Stein, Gail Olszewski, keyboardist for The WolfGang, plays a copy of a Stein fortepiano. We play on classical era flute, strings, and keyboard. Playing on musical instruments of the type that were used during Mozart’s life and in a style that “fits” that era, The WolfGang has been performing, recording, and touring for over 22 years. Bach were active up to the music of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven and their contemporaries. Its repertory includes works from the mid 18 th century when the sons of J.S. The WolfGang performs music from the era of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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