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On October 12th in Tokyo there was the the very first concert, where only my pieces were played. In the Ohmi-Gakudo-Saal of the Tokyo Opera City in Shinjuku, performed by the Consort Company lead by Takashi Yasui. And they performed it so brilliant, I was happy as a man can be. I also received a very warm welcome by the Musashino and the Placebo Ensemble, who will publish my works in Japan. I was so impressed by Japan, I definitely will be back! Now I look forward to the 5th of November, where the Recorder Orchestra Berlin, conducted by Sylvia Rosien, will do the Premiere of SIKU NJEMA, a concert piece for solo recorder and recorder orchestra. I also wish to thank the participants of my very first Whole-Weekend-Workshop about my African Recorder Music in Fulda. It was great! There will be more workshops in England, Paris and Taiwan next year. And of course in Germany. More news coming soon!

Eleven hours took the recording of my 16th african suite INXAXHEBA yesterday in Antwerp by the Flanders Recorder Quartet featuring Saskia from the Netherlands, and today will be the Premiere in the same church at noon. I am really looking forward!
And don't forget: On October the 22th and 23th I will give my first workshop about african recorder music for Mollenhauer. There are still places available!

Back from Africa - and now I am writing the 13th Show for LaLeLu: "Muss das sein? Das Trendprogramm." As always, when I am writing for LaLeLu, the ideas come running and flying to me all day! Five pieces are already done. The Premiere will be on the 13th of September in Hamburg!

2015 was my most productive year as a composer: eight new african Suiten and five big other works, most of them will have their premiere next year. I wish to say thank you to all those who have encouraged and accompanied me on this way: Gisela Colberg, Ronald Poelman, Colin Touchin, Gritli Kohler-Nyvall, Ebba-Maria Künning-Zeijl, Katrin Krauss, Iris Höfling, Daniel Koschitzki, Antje-Susanne Kopp, Chris Orton, Joris Van Goethem, Jitka Konecna, Barbara Niestroj, Anna Svejdova, Nik Tarasov, Reinhilde Klinghoff-Kühn, Bettina Haugg-Scheu, Marie-Véronique Bourque, Jan Jaap Langereis and many others. I am really looking forward to 2016 and many more pieces!