[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thank you very much to Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Sophie Renshaw (viola) and Alexei Sarkissov (cello) for the wonderful work on my new album “Las Olas de Niebla”.
Natalia Lomeiko (violin)
Music track: “Las Olas de Niebla”[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5416″][vc_column_text]Sophie Renshaw (viola). Music track: “Virginia Renshaw”[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5420″][vc_column_text]Alexei Sarkissov (cello). Music track: “Viento Triste”[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5418″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Pavao Quartet rehearsing for recording my composition “Tree”, which also features on “Las Olas de Niebla” – we had such fun memories recording it and also presenting it at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London.

PAVAO QUARTET: Kerenza Peacock (violin), Jenny Sacha (violin), Natalia Gomes (viola) & Bryony James (cello)[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5422″][vc_column_text]Queen Elizabeth Hall London (from left to right): Adele Clarkson (voice) Lorena Paz (voice), Matthew Robinson (voice), Carl Herring (guitar), Dharmesh Parmar (tabla), Jenny Sacha (violin), Kerenza Peacock (violin), Natalia Gomes (viola), Bryony James (cello), Eduardo Niebla, Katherine Alvarez. Music track: “Tree”.[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5424″][vc_column_text]Thank you very much to the wonderful Dante Quartet for premiering “Tree” for the first time with me and Carl Herring.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dante String Quartet
Krysia Osostowicz and Giles Francis (violins), Rachel Roberts (viola), Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello)
http://dantefestival.org/Musicians2011.htm
Thank you very much to Prima Vocal Ensemble (Musical Director: Eva Salecka), Queen Mary’s Choir (Musical Director: Nick Carter), Ackworth School Choir (Musical Director: Richard) for the vocals on “Tree” and other pieces.

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[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5427″][vc_column_text]Ackworth School Choir

[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5429″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We were very fortunate to do a number of projects in Yorkshire with local communities (Open Your Doors, Ripon International Festival 2007), My Yorkshire Road, Ryedale Festival 2011) From Tree to Sea, “Hull City of Culture 2018, East Riding). For the lyrics and spoken word it was so important to me to work with somebody local who is totally submerged in the local culture and who better than Ian McMillan for that. He wrote the words for these projects which are gorgeous. The first time I worked with Ian was on a project for the new Planetarium that was eventually built in Harewood House grounds. Ian he composed the spoken words and I did the guitar part for the animated journey into space at the Planetarium – what a beautiful idea that was.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the early period of my life in London I was really lucky to come across such a variety of musicians from different disciplines and it was a great opportunity for me to work with Judy Gerratt (violin). She was such a supporter of my music, especially the orchestration part of it, and she and Denis Milner (double bass) strongly encouraged me to dig into composing in a really serious way, so I started composing for strings and orchestra (what a monumental struggle). I never studied music myself so always it’s been trial and error and still is, but it’s a great world of sound there inside of an orchestra, so much colour, and it has helped me also the way I approach the guitar with more sound landscapes in my mind. I am trying to stretch the guitar to occupy the same field as an orchestra. Always a world of new discoveries.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Judy Gerratt (violin) & Elise Lorraine (voice)[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5434″][vc_column_text]Denis Milner (double bass)[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”5436″][vc_column_text]Fran Landesman and friends… At this period of my life this was the group of friends who used to hang out a lot together, just playing songs, jazz standards and having fun. We were like a family.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has always been a great source of inspiration and admiration for me to work with Indian artists and here are some of the collaborations I have been fortunate to have been involved in.

Kala Ramnath (violin), Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar) & Satyajit Talwalkar (tabla).

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kala, Purbayan and Satyajit recorded several of my pieces on the cds “Natural” and “Lights from the Inner Side” including:[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I have since performed with Kala and Purbayan on a number of occasions, including with Purbayan at the Strings of Unity Concert in Kolkata, celebrating Indian Independence. This concert also featured The Violin Brothers (Deb Shankar and Jyoti Shankar), percussionist Shubhankar Banerjee, Kunle Ayo from South Africa and ghazal legend Jagjit Singh.[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage thumbsize=”medium” target=”_self” image=”3436″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534655558635{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)

Jyotsna worked with me on my “My Gypsy Waltz” album, which I launched at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London and St. George’s Bristol, and this is my dedication to the country and all the Indian artists with whom I have collaborated:[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”3442″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534655558635{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Deepak Ram (bansuri – bamboo flute)

Deepak invited me to record on his album “Searching for Satyam” along with Achim Tang (bass), Partha Sarathi Mukherjee (tabla) and Patrice Heral (drums, percussion). I then toured with Deepak in South Africa and the Lebanon and the album subsequently won Best Instrumental Album at the 2000 South African music awards.[/vc_column_text][kentha-shortimage target=”_self” image=”3445″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534655558635{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Other artists with whom I have performed and recorded include:

Nishat Khan (sitar) and Wajahat Khan (sarod)

Paban Das Baul (gypsy Singer & percussionist)

Adel Salameh (gypsy Singer & percussionist)

“Jardines del Corazon”, Riverboat Records[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Rony Barrak (darbouka), Henry Raad (bass), Hugo Elizalde (guitar)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]With Matthew Robinson (guitar)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Carl Herring (guitar), Eduardo Niebla, Salvador Niebla (drums)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]With Ricardo Garcia (guitar) & friends at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]With Giorgio Serci

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]With Michele Cea

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]With Dominic Grant (guitar)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]With Antonio Forcione (guitar)

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The following pictures bring me back to my experimenting times in London with different artists. Lol Coxhill was a colourful man and a great free-jazz improviser with an amazing quality and depth. Very inspiring to me.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Lol Coxhill

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Towards the Sun
I started this band – in my dream I wanted to create a band of musicians of different disciplines and backgrounds from the classical and jazz world and I was very privileged to have such great talents part of it. Great memories that have stayed with me through the times.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Salvador Niebla (drums) and Zandy Gordon (keyboards)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]John McKenzie (bass)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]John McKenzie (bass), Judy Gerratt (violin), Lol Coxhill (sax), Salvador Niebla (drums), Eduardo Niebla, Elise Lorraine (keyboards, voice).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]