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Brand new: Karungi, 10 simpler pieces for soprano/tenor recorder and piano. On the initiative of Martina Kominkova, my first edition for piano and recorder suitable for teaching! Also, of course, appropriate to the season: African Christmas for recorder quintet ATTBG and recorder quartet ATBG! Here you can see a recording from the premiere on November 27th in Boxtel by Seldom Sene: https://youtu.be/KNSZs_Tooqg. UKUVALELISA is now also available in a version for recorder and cello, here you can see the tenth miniature FAREWELL: https://youtu.be/LLSA3eve5vg. Thanks to Susanne Modrej, UKUVALELISA is now also available in a version for violoncello solo, here she plays the fourth miniature LULLABY: https://youtu.be/NuiHnvXbbv8. In addition, the Siciliano Suite is now also available in a version for recorder, piano and violoncello! Here you can see the second movement, Silver Linings: https://youtu.be/2GNVmlKQQgs. The contemporary bestsellers are still CADIZ for recorder and piano (here is the second movement from the premiere in Sydney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqh8s51HvCU); and TELL THEM I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE in the version for recorder and piano. Here is the video of the second movement THIS ONE MOMENT: https://youtu.be/blrYmSaaEro.

I am very pleased that the long-standing German ambassador to Cameroon, Volker Seitz, has now published a detailed review of "Oh, how beautiful is Africa!": https://www.achgut.com/artikel/oh_wie_schoen_ist_afrika. Volker Seitz himself published his 40 years of experience in Africa in the very good book "Afrika wird armregiert" (dtv). His review is therefore a special honor for me! Before this I was able to report on the absurdities of the so-called "sensitivity reading" in the FAZ from 28.1. and in the Swiss WELTWOCHE from 17.2. (https://weltwoche.ch/story/sie-reproduzieren-kolonial-rassistische-macht...). The Hamburger Abendblatt published a large portrait (https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article236657777/couchsurfing-trip...) and WELT has printed the first chapter (https://www.welt.de/reise/staedtereisen/plus241191741/Couchsurfing-in-Af... Eine-unvergessliche-Nacht-in-Kenia.html). Although Randomhouse really didn't do anything for the book, it has now become my book with the greatest public resonance - which makes me happy, because I have put so much work, time, love and research into my twelfth book! I look forward to all feedback to mail@soerensieg.de. You can also order the book OH WIE SCHÖN IST AFRIKA right here on the site. My CD AMAZING AFRICA is now available on all streaming platforms:
https://listen.music-hub.com/nVJpM0

I am looking forward to the Premiere of my African Suite No. 23 KAMPALA CIRCUS by the fabulous Hanke Brothers tomorrow in Böblingen! The concert is sold out - if you already have a ticket, I am very much looking forward to meet you there! The instrumentation piano, tuba, viola and recorder is as unique as the four brothers and the whole family. This will be great fun!

Many Thanks to Katharine Rawdon (flute), Raj Bhimani (piano) und António Carrhilo (recorder) for the fantastic Premiere of my 22th African Suite INSIDE KAMPALA in the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Bombay on November 27! Now I am looking forward to the recording of my African Suite No. 24, MATHONGO AMNANDI (sweet dreams) on the 14th and 15th of December in Amsterdam by the fantastic quintet SELDOM SENE, who commissioned the piece!