quintets
Ensemble "Roundup"
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Nils Wogram |
Matthias Schubert |
Ernst Reijseger |
Tom Rainey |
Simon Nabatov |
In December of 2009 Simon Nabatov realized a three-part project "Roundup" involving four of his favorite musical partners. Four concerts and three recordings were the result of this one-week event.
The first one, the CD "Roundup" was released on Leo Records in 2010
Ensemble "Futurrr..."
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Jaap Blonk |
Frank Gratkowski |
Marcus Schmickler |
Gerry Hemingway |
Simon Nabatov |
In 2010 S. Nabatov was commissioned by MusikTriennale Cologne to write a large-scale piece.
Once again he turned to the Russian literature as the source of inspiration, this time the Russian Futurists.
The result, an almost 90 minute long program "Gilea Revisited" is based on selected texts of Velimir Khlebnikov, Vladimir Mayakowsky, Vasily Kamensky and Aleksey Kruchenykh.
watch videos here
Quintet
"Master and Margarita"
includes
Herb
Robertson (trumpet),
Mark Feldman (violin),
Mark
Helias
or
Drew Gress
(bass), Tom
Rainey (drums)
and
Simon Nabatov
(piano)
Simon
Nabatov
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Herb
Robertson
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Mark
Feldman
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Drew
Gress
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Tom
Rainey
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In
1997 Nabatov was commissioned by NDR Hamburg to write a
piece based on a "classical" work of Russian
literature.
He
chose one of the masterpieces of the 20th century - "The
Master and Margarita" by Michail Bulgakov.
A
10-part suite resulted. Each part follows closely the "plot"
of the book without being strictly "programmatic", thus
allowing each musician enough room for creative "free
associating".
The
band toured Europe In October 1997 and recorded the music
for
WDR
Cologne
in January 1999.
Leo
Records has
released the double CD in October of 2001.
