ceturtdiena, 2013. gada 26. decembris

Siltie saulgrieži

Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (17.05.1866 - 01.07.1925) ir franču komponists un pianists. Jau sākot ar savu pirmo komponēto skaņdarbu 1884. gadā parakstījās ar vārdu
Erik Satie.
Satie darbus mūsdienās bieži vien uzskata par impresionisma, neoklasicisma, dadaisma, sirreālisma, konceptuālās mākslas, minimālisma un ambientās mūzikas priekšteci. Satie ir lieli nopelni arī dažāda veida skaņu tehniku, tai skaitā sagatavoto klavieru un filmas un skaņu celiņa sinhronizēšanas, radīšanā un attīstīšanā.
Satī savu darbu nosaukumos bieži izmantoja vārdus, kādi līdz tam nebija sastopami, kā arī izaicinošus, pārsteidzošus, negaidītus vārdu titulus.

"Ogives"
"Gymnopédies"
"Vexations"

"Gnossiennes"

"Je te veux"
"Embryons desséchés"
"Parade"
"Sonatine bureaucratique"
"Musique d'ameublement"
"Relâche"
(Smailloku arkas, 1886)
(Ģimnopēdijas, no sengrieķu valodas, 1888)
(beznozīmes vārds
ar dažādām asociācijām un skaidrojumiem, 1893)
(Gnosjēnas, beznozīmes vārds ar dažādām
 asociācijām un skaidrojumiem, 1889 - 97)
(Es tevis alkstu - balsij un klavierēm, 1901)
(Izžuvušie embriji, 1913)
(Parāde - balets, 1916 - 17)
(Birokrātiskā sonatīne, 1917)
(Dzīvokļa iekārtojuma, tapešu, fona mūzika, 1920)
(Pārtraukums, starpbrīdis, atelpa - balets, 1924)



Alexandre Tharaud is a French pianist, born Paris, 9 December 1968, active on the concert platform and with a large and diverse discography. Alexandre Tharaud discovered the music scene through his mother who was a dance professeur at the Opéra de Paris, and his father, an amateur director and singer of operettas. Tharaud thus appeared as a child in theatres around northern France, where the family spent many weekends. His grandfather was a violinist in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. At the initiative of his parents, Alexandre started his piano studies at the age of five, and he entered Conservatory of the 14th Arrondissement, where his teacher was Carmen Taccon-Devenat, a student of Marguerite Long.

He entered the Conservatoire de Paris at age 14 where he won first prize for piano in the class of Germaine Mounier when he was 17 years old. With Theodor Paraskivesco, he mastered the piano, and he sought and received the advice of Claude Helffer, Leon Fleisher and Nikita Magaloff. In 1987, he won third prize at the International Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona and, a year later, the Senigallia Competition in Italy. In 1989, he received 2nd prize at the Munich International Competition. His career developed quickly in Europe as well as in North America and Japan.

In 2009, he took part in a show devoted to Erik Satie with actor François Morel. Alongside the singer Juliette, he organised a Satie Day at the Cité de la musique, recorded for France Télévisions. He has also worked with the French composer Thierry Pécou, giving the première of his first piano concerto in October 2006 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and later recording it.

In 2012, Tharaud took part in the French cinema film Amour by Michael Haneke where he played himself, alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert, although he said that it would not be the start of a film career for him.

The New York Times described his Bach playing at a recital in 2005 as "crisply articulated and vividly etched".

trešdiena, 2013. gada 11. decembris

Meldiņš, kas pielīp XIX

Konstantin Sibold is a Stuttgart-based DJ, producer, mastering engineer and cofounder of the COMMON SENSE PEOPLE event series. Back in 2009 he became the youngest resident DJ of the club Rocker 33 in Stuttgart, where he was asked to play with people like Ellen Allien, Adam Beyer, Marco Carola, Josh Wink, Michael Mayer and many more.
In 2010 his first vinyl “Neuland” was released on Salon Rosi Rec., which was founded by the same guys who were responsible for the techno imprints Neue Heimat and Mutter in the mid 90s. Kompakt Köln was so stunned by the demo files they’ve heard that they asked for an exclusive distribution deal for Konstantin Sibold’s release. With the support of Kompakt, it became one of the big techno records in the Cologne scene 2010, with people like Michael Mayer and Âme playing it.
In 2011 his much-noticed classic house release “Leif” / “Mariam” followed on the french label Caramelo and reached place #6 in the decks house buzz charts and was and still is heavily played by acts like Move D, Soundstream, Sven Weisemann and Lovebirds. Move D was asked in an interview for a favourite track and he answered: “Leif by Konstantin Sibold.”In 2012 his second house release “Aleks” on Caramelo even reached place #2 in decks house buzz charts with place #1 in the categories Disco, Chicago House and Detroit House. Following in June 2012 Snork Enterprises released Konstantin Sibold’s Stuttgart EP, which became the labels best selling record up to today, with all three tracks being in the top 100 Minimal Charts. “Matze P” even reached place 8 of Beatport minimal charts and “Nils” peak position 11. The release was charted by Joris Voorn, Steve Bug and many more and was one of Innervisions most beloved records of the summer. Dixon & Âme even played two of Konstantin Sibold’s tracks in their Ibiza season opening set at We Love Space 2012.
Attracting the attention of Dixon & Âme has led to his next release “Madeleine” on their Innervisions imprint, which will be followed by the “Aristoteles” release on also Berlin based Mojuba and then later in 2013 to Konstantin Sibold’s Remix of Jazzanova “I Can See” which will be licensed by Dennis Ferrer from Universal Music for his New York based label Objektivity.