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Today five new works came from the printing company: Imibala yenjabulo for Solo Recorder and Piano - my African Suite No.18, which I composed for Meng-Heng Chen and me and which we performed at July second and third during my stay in Taiwan in Hsinchu and Taipei. A true concert piece! Then Ixesha, my African Suite No. 20, composed for the fantastic Boreas Quartet from Bremen, first performed by them on September 23 at the ERTA-Congress in Michaelstein. Umoya - commissioned by the Hamburg Recorder Orchestra Nordwind (wind from the north), first performed in June 24 in Hamburg under the conduct of Antje Susanne Kopp; and two Solo Suites for Contrabass, composed for my polish friend Marcin Oles, that we recorded end of September in beautiful Krakow: Ayiyeki (Never Stop), my African Suite No. 13, and Umbalisi mabali (The storyteller), my African Suite Nr. 14. From now on you can order the pieces here on the website!

I wish to thank the Ensemble Elb'an Flutes and Philine Zadow for the very special event on Saturday: they played my first two African Suites, Djaboué and pina ya phala, and the Gallery showed the pictures Philine Zadow painted ABOUT my music. Amazing pictures! You can see some of them on my FB page, and soon here. I am really thrilled by this art-to-art-translation! The concert will be repeated in the Kulturschloss Wandsbek, 28.10. at 8pm!

In the beginning of October I will publish four new music sheet: UMOYA (Wind) is a well playable piece for recorder orchestra that had its premiere in June by the recorder orchestra Nordwind (north wind). IMIBALA YENJABULO (the colours of happiness) is my first Suite for Recorder Solo and Piano. It's a real concert piece, I wrote it for amazing Meng-Heng Chen from Taiwan and played the Premiere with her on July 2 and 3 this year. Ixesha is my African Suite No. 20, that I wrote for the BOREAS-Quartet from Bremen. The Premiere will be this Saturday at the ERTA-Congress in Michaelstein. Last but not least I will edit my first two Suites for Double Bass Solo: Ayiyeki (Never Stop!) und Umbalisi Mabali (Der Geschichtenerzähler.) I wrote them for the amazing double bass player Marcin Oles from Poland.

What a travel! For ten days I was invited to the world capital of the Recorder, Taiwan. I gave a master class to more than 150 recorder students in Hsinchu, and there were two concerts dedicated to my pieces, on the second of July in Hsinchu and on the third of July in Taipei. Just look at the photos on my Facebook page. It was overwhelming! Soon there will be many videos on Youtube. Now I am looking forward to the Premiere of my 20th African Suite IXESHA by the famous Boreas Quartet at the ERTA-Congress in Michaelstein on the 23th of September. Hope to see you there!