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09/21/2017 - 08:30
Next Workshops

I am looking forward to the next workshop: on the weekend 16./17.th of June 2018 there will be a full-weekend Workshop at Mollenhauer in Fulda about my African Recorder Music. I hope to see you all there!

07/07/2017 - 23:09
Taipei

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!

06/25/2017 - 23:00
Premiere in Taiwan

I would like to thank the recorder orchestra NORDWIND, conducted by Antje Susanne Kopp, for the great Premiere of my new work UMOYA (Wind) on Saturday in Hamburg. Now something very special is expecting me: a workshop and two concerts in Taiwan! I will give a Masterclass at the first of July in Hsinchu, Chupei City. The concerts will be on the 2nd July in in Hsinchu and on the third of July in the KHS Music Hall in New Taipei City. During the two concerts, that are dedicated to my works, I will do the Premiere of my 18th African Suite Imibala yenyabulo (The colors of Happiness) for solo recorder and piano with Meng-Heng Chen. I am looking forward to it!

06/20/2017 - 16:23
What a weekend!

What a weekend! I wish to thank the Emsemble Tastissimo for the Premiere of my piece THE CIRCLE for eight hands at two pianos in Oldenburg on Saturday and the Flanders Recorder Quartet for the wonderful performance of INXAXHEBA on sunday in Bamberg at the presentation of their new and last CD FIVE. You can order and buy the CD here on this website - it contains a breathtaking recording of the 16th African Suite, I wrote for them. And now I am looking forward to the Premiere of UMOYA (wind) on coming saturday (24th of June) by the recorder orchestra NORDWIND in Hamburg, conducted by Antje Susanne Kopp!

06/13/2017 - 12:17
Uraufführung in Oldenburg

I am proud to announce that the Ensemble TASTISSIMO will do the Premiere of my piece THE CIRCLE for eight hands at two pianos the next Saturday (17.6.) in the long night of the Music in Oldenburg! You listen to the piece at this moment here.
I am also looking forward to the Flanders Recorder Quartet: they will present their latest and last album this Sunday (18.6.) in Bamberg. It contains my African Suite No. 16 INXAXHEBA - a great recording! Of course I will be there in Oldenburg as well as in Bamberg!

05/16/2017 - 15:39
New Music Sheet

In December last year I published a lot of new music sheet: The recorder quartets KUNJANI (How are you?), WAKATI NJEMA (The Best Moment) and INXAXHEBA (Opportunity), the Suite for two Flutes and Marimba INJABULO (Happiness), the Flute Quintet Njagala Nnyimba (I love Music)) and the pieces for recorder orchestra JOURNEY TO JINJA, UMCULO WAMANZI (Water Music) and SIKU NJEMA (The Great Day - for Solo Recorder and recorder orchestra). Just look through this page! The next editions will follow in the end of the year: THE CIRCLE for eight hands at two pianos, SIKU SIYO MBALI for eight hands at one piano, the African Suites No. 18, 20 and 21 and JABAL RAM and UMOYA for recorder orchestra!

05/16/2017 - 15:18
The next Premieres:

The next Premieres: On June 17 the Ensemble TASTISSIMO will play the Premiere of THE CIRCLE for eight Hands at two pianos in Oldenburg. I am looking very much forward, because my long-long-time composer friend Ronald Poelman will also play. On May 24 the recorder Orchestra Nordwind will play the premiere of the commissioned piece UMOYA (Wind). On July 17 the Berlin Recorder Orchestra will play my arabic piece JABAL RAM in the Emmaus-Kirche in Berlin-Kreuzberg. And on July 2nd Meng-Heng Chen and me will play the Premiere of my African Suite No. 18 IMIBALA YENYABULO (The Colours of Happiness) for piano and solo recorder in Hsinchu in the Performance Hall of Cutural Bureau in Taiwan!

05/16/2017 - 15:02
Workshop in Paris!

My biggest thanks to Marie-Theres Eloi, Carole Benchetrit, Hélène Bricault, Jean Noel Catrice, Béatrice Delpierre, Bertrand Lemonnier, Sungmin Son and all the others for the fantastic workshop and the following concert on May 13 and 14 in Issy Les Moulineaux near Paris! I hope I will be back next year. The next workshop is on July first in Taiwan, Hsinchu County, Chupei City, in the Hsing Lung Primary School!

03/28/2017 - 15:21
New Music Sheet

NEW MUSIC SHEET: Since the end of last year I published many new pieces: the recorder quartets KUNJANI (quite simple), WAKATI NJEMA (medium) and INXAXHEBA (difficult), the flute quintet NJAGALA NNYIMBA (also available as recorder quintet), INJABULO (Happiness) for two flutes and marimba (also with piano instead of marimba) and three new pieces for recorder orchestra: UMCULO WAMANZI (Water Music) for big recorder orchestra, JOURNEY TO JINJA for recorder quartet and recorder orchestra and SIKU NJEMA (The great day) for solo recorder and recorder orchestra. Just look through this page, there are a lot of recordings where you can listen to the pieces!

03/28/2017 - 15:10
New CD

The Ensemble Pipelife has just published their new CD TIDES AND TUNES , including a wonderful recording of my 16 Variations on the Swallowtail Jig! Very soon available here. The next Premieres: 7.5, Berlin: JABAL RAM for Recorder Orchestra, Recorder Orchestra Berlin. 24.6. Hamburg: UMOYA for Recorder Orchestra, Recorder Orchestra Nordwind. 17.6, Oldenburg: THE CIRCLE for eight hands at two pianos, Ensemble Tastissimo. 2.7. Taipeh: Imibala Yanyabulo for Recorder and piano, Meng-Heng Chen and me. 23.9., Michaelstein: Tomo tomo, African Suite No. 20 for Recorder Quartet, Boreas Quartett. 23.9.: Siku Siyo mbali for eight hands at ONE piano (!), Ensemble Tastissimo. Looking forward!!