Programme Blue Deer (Misha Mullov-Abbado) Por Toda (Antonia Carlos Jobim) Brazil (Misha Mullov-Abbado) Shir Lelo Shem (Shalom Chanoch) Caico (Trad
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Programme Blue Deer (Misha Mullov-Abbado) Por Toda (Antonia Carlos Jobim) Brazil (Misha Mullov-Abbado) Shir Lelo Shem (Shalom Chanoch) Caico (Trad. Brazilian) Sonata No.1 in B minor BWV1014 mvt I: Allegro and mvt II: Adagio (J.S. Bach) Sabia (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Little Astronaut (Misha Mullov-Abbado) Shanti Bell (Misha Mullov-Abbado) O Silencio Das Estrellas (Osvaldo Lenine & Dudu Falcaõ) O Cabo Pitanga (Laércio De Freitas) Celestial Terrestrial Commuters (John McLaughlin arr. Gary Husband) Träumerei from Kinderszenen (R. Schumann) Tico-Tico No Fubá (Zequinha de Abreu) Viktoria Mullova, violin Misha Mullov-Abbado, double bass Viktoria Mullova “To hear Mullova play Bach is, simply, one of the greatest things you can experience”, wrote The Guardian. One of the world’s great- est violin virtuosos, Viktoria Mullova’s musical horizons continue to expand. She has journeyed into the world of jazz and world music, she works regularly with the period ensembles such as Or- chestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Il Giardino Armonico, Accadem- ia Bizantina and Venice Baroque as well as appearing each season with top international orchestras and conductors. This season, Viktoria performs Classical and Romantic repertoire with several major orchestras and conductors. Highlights include performances with Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Helsinki Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Bar- celona Symphony and NHK Symphony Orchestras. Her chamber music pro- jects include ‘Music we Love’; a duo with Misha Mullov-Abbado, double bass, featuring his original compositions, arrangements of Brazilian and Hebrew songs and works by Schumann and Bach. With Alasdair Beatson she plays Beethoven recitals on gut strings and fortepiano, which they have recently recorded for release in 2021. Her most recent project, “Stradivarius in Rio” sees her exploring the music of Brazil. A CD of the same name has been enthusiastical- ly received and she is presenting the project in concerts through- out Europe. As well as her own projects, she has also commissioned works from composers such as Pascal Dusapin, Fraser Trainer, Thomas Larcher and Dai Fujikura. Viktoria plays either her ‘Jules Falk’ 1723 Stradivarius or a Guadagnini violin. Misha Mullov-Abbado Winner of the 2014 Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize, Misha Mullov-Abbado is an in-demand bass player, composer and arranger based in London. He is a 2017 BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, a 2014 City of Music Foundation Artist and has released two albums on Edition Records as a band-leader and composer; Cross-Platform Interchange (2017) and New Ansonia (2015), both of which have been extremely well-received in newspapers and magazines across Europe and the latter of which has been included in “Best Jazz Albums of 2015” by The Telegraph and BBC Radio 3. His long-awaited third album Dream Circus, pro- duced by fellow Edition Records bassist and bandleader Jasper Høiby, is being released in June 2020. As an experienced band-lead- er but also a versatile sideman Misha has performed at many of Lon- don’s top venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, the Vortex, 606 Club, Pizza Express and Royal Albert Hall, as well as venues in the rest of the UK and around the world. Having won the 2014 Dankworth Prize for jazz composition Misha is an experienced composer and writes for various jazz groups as well as classical soloists and ensem- bles, and is influenced by a variety of jazz, classical and pop music. In November 2019 Matthew Barley along with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Michael Seal gave the world premiere of Mi- sha’s cello concerto at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London’s South- bank Centre as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival and commis- sioned by BBC Radio 3. After graduating from Gonville & Caius College Cambridge Misha re- ceived a scholarship to study double bass at the Royal Academy of Music on the prestigious Masters jazz course. During his final year at the Academy Misha started his group and has since been perform- ing regularly with it, with winning the Kenny Wheeler Prize in his final term leading him to record his debut album. As well as writ- ing for his band Misha has been commissioned by a variety of musi- cians and ensembles such as Viktoria Mullova, Thomas Larcher, the LSSO, the Pelleas Ensemble, the Hermes Experiment, and the North Sea Ensemble. Since leaving the Academy Misha has been performing with a variety of musicians such as Stan Sulzmann, Paul Clarvis, Enzo Zirilli, Sam Lee, Nessi Gomes, Alice Zawadzki, Tom Green, Tom Millar, Ralph Wyld and Liam Dunachie. He co-directs the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra, an exciting young big band in London that plays original compositions written by members of the band, that won the 2015 Peter Whittingham Award..