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„Loco“ awarded with Supersonic Pizzicato

4. Juli 201728. November 2017
von christoph

Sensualistic-mystisc Piazzolla on four Marimbas

The Wave Quartet’s own arrangements of music by Piazzolla and some mother composers certainly make a fascinating alternative to the originals. The very atmospheric performances are exquisite, with a large dynamic range and many, many colours. A superb musical experience!

(The rest of the article was written in german language)

Astor Piazzolla und der ‘Tango Nuevo’ stehen im Mittelpunkt dieser CD, die sich abwechslungsreich zwischen introspektiverer Musik und Stücken mit schärferer Rhythmik bewegt. Am suggestivsten wird das ‘Wave Quartet’ dort, wo es durch einen schwingenden Percussion-Sound eine fast sensualistisch-mystische Atmosphäre schafft (etwa in ‘Oblivion’).

Aber auch in lebhaft energischen Stücken wie ‘Tamacum’ von Sanchez & Quintero kommen die makellose Technik und das faszinierende Ensemblespiel gut zur Geltung.Und was dasQuartett aus Josh Grobans eigentlich unförmigem Popstück ‘The Wandering Kind’ macht, ist eine Veredelung. Da wird aus Blech reines Gold!

Es ist aber auch erstaunlich, wie gut die vier Musiker die Grenzen ihrer Instrumente einschätzen und ihnen so ein Maximum an Raffinement in der Melodik abgewinnen. Man spürt förmlich das, was man in Videos der vier Musiker sieht, nämlich, wie sie eigentlich beim Spielen wie ein einziger Organismus zusammen ‘tanzen’, auch wenn mal hie und da eines der Instrumente auszubrechen scheint und ganz prägnant hervorsticht, um sich dann wieder schnell einzugliedern ins Ganze. Das und auch die dynamischen Veränderungen verleihen dem Spiel etwas Improvisatorisches.

Loco;

Carlos Gardel: Por Una Cabeza; Josh Groban: The Wandering Kind; Astor Piazzolla: La Muerte del Angel, Prologue (Tango Apasionado), Tanguedia, Milonga del angel, Libertango, Oblivion; Rodrigo Sanchez & Gabriela Quintero: Tamacun, Juan Loco; Reentko: Danza non danza;

The Wave Quartet; 1 CD Genuin GEN16403; Aufnahme 2008, 2015, Veröffentlichung 01/2016 (51′) – Rezension von Remy Franck

zum Beitrag: http://www.pizzicato.lu/sensualistisch-mystischer-piazzolla-auf-vier-marimbas/

ECHO Rising Star

4. Juli 20178. September 2017
von christoph

Christoph will be Rising Star of the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation) in 2017/18. He was nominated by the Philharmonie Luxembourg and will be not only be playing there but in many of Europe’s greatest concert halls like the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, The Philharmonie Köln, the new Elbphilharmonie Hamburg or the Palau de la Musica Barcelona.

There he will premiere a new work, comssioned by the ECHO, composed by Stewart Copeland, drummer of „The Police“ and composer of more than 50 film scores.

Find out more here

Exciting Percussion opening of the Mittelrhein Music Festival 2017

3. Juli 201725. Oktober 2017
von christoph

„(…) following breathtaking, fast tangos and particularly fiery, South American music.. The talents presented to the audience the entire range of percussion art at the highest level with immense sounds and an incredible ensemble playing. It was passionate, emotional and varied.

They did not just swing the 16 mallets, but played the music with whole body. Above all, the good mood and the fun with which the quartet played, were so obvious for the audience. The artists were shining and you could sense the connectedness and sympathy of the four. Since 2008, the quartet has been playing together and practicing on a daily basis, so that such interplay is possible at all.

Communication among the musicians was especially impressive. They played their pieces without any notes. They communicated wordlessly through gestures and eye contact during the concert.“

dev.blisk-aktuel.de

The whole article in German.

The Wave Quartet at the Castle in Herten

2. Juli 201725. Oktober 2017
von christoph

WDR 3 Kammerkonzert in NRW with the Wave Quartet. The concert will be broadcast in autumn 2016 on WDR 3. The exact date can be found in our posts on Facebook!

The review about the concert is in German language:

„MusekerIn am Gespréich“

1. Juni 20178. September 2017
von christoph

„MusekerIn am Gespréich“
Remy Franck talking to Christoph Sietzen about our CD „Loco“ on radio 100,7 at 6:30

De Multiperkussionist Christoph Sietzen

Christoph Sietzen was born in 1992 as the son of a Luxembourger in Salzburg and grew up in Austria. He is teaching at the „University of Music and Performing Arts“ in Vienna, is a member of the The Wave Quartet and also plays as a soloist. Remy Franck is talking to Christoph about his career and about the new CD of the Wave Quartet, which was released in January.

https://www.100komma7.lu/program/episode/121923/201602071830-201602071930

„Applause and Bravos for The Wave Quartet“

1. Mai 20178. September 2017
von christoph

„Until now, the Marimba concert repertoire was limited. That will change. The Wave Quartet (Bogdan Bacanu, Christoph Sietzen, Emiko Uchiyama, and Vladi Petrov) gets accepted suprisingly well in the classic stage as well as in the area of pop. Two Bach concertos were first played as a duo, then as a quartet: „Concerto for harpsichord, strings and basso continuo no. 1 d minor, BWV 1052 „and“ Concerto for two harpsichords, strings and basso continuo C major, BWV 1061 „. How do you arrange such pieces? „Not at all, we play every tone as it is in the score“ is the response of the founder of the quartet Bogdan Bacanu, who has taught as a university professor all three of his current colleagues. We switch synchronously the voices between each other and we do not arrange J.S. Bach for Marimba, but Marimba for Bach. The result is fascinating. But to watch the players in their dancer-acrobatic action, it’s a sensation. It is impossible not to listen to them (…) The Applause and braces for The Wave Quartet reached record height.“

Ferdinand Rudolf Dreyer in Neuen Merker Wien (Concert with the Mozarteum Orchestra at the Great Festspielhaus Salzburg)

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