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Rivers and Mirrors: Part I & II Concert for piano, voice & dance-video Piano & Composition: Oscar Edelstein In this enigmatic and hypnotic mix of music and images, Edelstein creates a concert with an atmospheric sense of history, memory and longing. His non-standard, “un-classical” approach to the piano conjures up new possibilities of sound in the piano and opens new windows of expression. Rivers and Mirrors is a concert by Oscar Edelstein (Argentina) based on a poetic reflection on the theme of rivers and mirrors, that poses the question “to be in the mirror or to cross the river.” It is one of those rare performances in which you feel that something has been added to your life, some new insight, a different kind of association, or the sheer pleasure of having great music, images and poetry combined in a subtle way. Oscar´s piano playing and improvisations are really quite extraordinary. Gloria Carnevali, Director of the Bolivar Hall [Edelstein] possesses a formidable pianistic technique…The piano sound-scape is quasi-orchestral & quite striking, and includes an element of improvisation. The wordless vocals are brought in gradually, and become inseparable from the images…The interaction of live & recorded performance is very effectively achieved, & the timing impeccable. Ray Picots, ILAMS A popular, imaginative, easy to stage concert of 1 hour 15 minutes. A night of music with a broad appeal for music, theatre, dance and film lovers, from an international artist with a first- class reputation. An opportunity to programmed Latin American music with a difference. -An un-classic piano, an abandoned factory, an empty library - The silent presence of the dancer Sandra Grinberg (Trisha Brown Dance Company) moving alone amongst dust, concrete and bare bookcases in the library where Borges once worked; and the evocative vocals of Deborah Claire Procter add new layers of meaning as they combine with the virtuosic piano playing of Edelstein.
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Oscar Edelstein\'s lyrical piano recital with voice and video
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Rivers and Mirrors: Part I & II
Concert for piano, voice & dance-videoPiano & Composition: Oscar Edelstein
In this enigmatic and hypnotic mix of music and images, Edelstein creates a concert withan atmospheric sense of history, memory and longing. His non-standard, “un-classical”approach to the piano conjures up new possibilities of sound in the piano and opens newwindows of expression.
Rivers and Mirrors is a concert by Oscar Edelstein (Argentina) based on a poeticreflection on the theme of rivers and mirrors, that poses the question “to be in the mirroror to cross the river.”
It is one of those rare performances in which you feel that something has beenadded to your life, some new insight, a different kind of association, or the sheerpleasure of having great music, images and poetry combined in a subtleway. Oscar´s piano playing and improvisations are really quite extraordinary.Gloria Carnevali, Director of the Bolivar Hall[Edelstein] possesses a formidable pianistic technique…The piano sound-scape isquasi-orchestral & quite striking, and includes an element of improvisation. Thewordless vocals are brought in gradually, and become inseparable from theimages…The interaction of live & recorded performance is very effectivelyachieved, & the timing impeccable. Ray Picots, ILAMS
A popular, imaginative, easy tostage concert of 1 hour 15minutes. A night of music with abroad appeal for music, theatre,dance and film lovers, from aninternational artist with a first-class reputation. An opportunityto programmed Latin Americanmusic with a difference.
-An un-classic piano, an abandoned factory, an empty library -
The silent presence of the dancer Sandra Grinberg (Trisha Brown Dance Company)moving alone amongst dust, concrete and bare bookcases in the library where Borgesonce worked; and the evocative vocals of Deborah Claire Procter add new layers ofmeaning as they combine with the virtuosic piano playing of Edelstein.
Deborah Claire Procter is a vocalist and multi-media artistfrom Wales who makes performances for theatres, galleriesand site-specific spaces that are a hybrid of live art, dance andtheatre, and have been seen in America, India, Denmark andas well as the U.K. In 2005 she received the Creative WalesAward to work with video. Her collaboration with OscarEdelstein began through British Council funding in 2003. Forher vocals in the disc “The Acoustic Grid” with the ensemble ofEdelstein, reviewer Carlos Marín said “To the singer it is onlynecessary to be grateful to her for the opportunity to be able tore-discover the incomparable and inimitable singularity of thebeauty of the human voice… simply dazzling for the technicalsolvency in the range and her versatility.”
Master-classes available. Tech: Concert GrandPiano (tuned on day of concert) e.g. Steinway Aor D / Data Projector / Projection Screen / BasicP.A. system / Microphone / Minimal lighting –blue gel in a special / Lighting operator.
Sandra Grinberg began working with the Trisha Brown DanceCompany as an apprentice having started dancing as a childin the the national ballet school of Poland. After graduatingshe went to on to study at the dance school P.A.R.T.S. inBrussels and from there to New York. She joined Trisha Brownin 2000 and for seven years was one of their senior dancersand workshop leader until taking a career break.RECENT REVIEWS OF OSCAR EDELSTEIN’S MUSIC
…A deeply touching work. Thiele - Südwestpresse…cult, absolutely original, ultra-powerful and new. Marín - El Diario
…works like an unpredictable journey around a kind of sonorous poetry. Fischerman - Pagina 12
Oscar Edelstein opens new horizons for modern music and opera in Argentina. Liut - La Nación One of the most original & hard to pigeonhole experiences in the current music scene. Monjeau - Clarín …rhythmical, multilayered sound fields develop like waves. Edelstein’s close woven music…has a forcethat goes under the skin with great vitality. Fluri - Basellandschaftliche Zeitung It is music in physical sense, authentic dithyrambic music, realized simultaneously with millimetricprecision... Monjeau - Clarín
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Oscar Edelstein is an award winning Argentinean composerand pianist, is renowned for his inventiveness and originality.He is frequently described as leading the avant garde fromLatin America and opening new horizons for modern music.His music crosses the lines between the classic, the popularand the contemporary, winning enthusiastic audiencescaptivated by his compelling use of rhythm, theatricality,passion and emotion creating what leading critic FedericoMonjeau called “profound and fascinating music.” In 2011 hiswork Cristal Argento I was commissioned and premiered byBasel Sinfonietta. He has many operas and a close connectionwith theatre and dance.
