A Mexican-born and World-Class
By B. K. Lake, Nov 24, 2006
| Pro Musica Concerts Adrian Justus & Mauricio Nader Monday & Tuesday, December 4 and 5, 5pm St. Paul’s Church, Cardo 6, 50/150 pesos azz & Blues Festival adds fourth night By B. K. Lake, Nov 17, 2006 |
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Two Mexican-born musicians who are regulars on the international concert schedule will perform in the San Miguel el Grande Pro Musica series.
Violinist Adrian Justus recently made his debut in London’s Wigmore Hall and has performed at other major venues, including New York Carnegie Hall, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Prague Castle Spanish Hall and Mexico City’s Bellas Artes. He has appeared as concert soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, Kyoto Philharmonic, Mexico City Chamber Orchestra, Israel Soloists Orchestra, Sinfónica del Estado de Mexico, Philharmonic de Veracruz, Filharmonia de Jalisco in Guadalajara and the Prague Festival Orchestra.
Justus has also recorded several CDs, including the Sibelius concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, released on the Carlton Classic label. His most recent release, Tapestry, includes contemporary chamber music by Pablo Ortiz, Matthew Nicholl and Leonardo Velázquez.
Pianist Mauricio Nader has played in over 500 performances in the US, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Canada and Cuba.
Since his debut at age 19 in Mexico City’s Bellas Artes as a soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, he has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras in Europe Central and South America. In 1996, Nader won first prize in the Bartók-Kabalevsky International Piano Competition, and in the same year the President of Austria decorated him with a Commemorative Medal of the Millennium. He also has been awarded first prize in several other international competitions.
Tickets are available at Casa de Papel, Mesones 57; La Conexión, Aldama 3; the Sierra Nevada Hotel, Hospicio 46, and at the St. Paul’s Church office weekdays between 11am and 2pm. Tickets can be reserved by calling 152-0387 during those hours and purchased at the door one hour before concert time.
Get the blues … and all that jazz
International Jazz & Blues Festival
November 24, 7pm, Bob & Joe Blues Show
Saturday, November 25, 7pm, Betsy Pecanins Blues Group & Trio de Jazz
100–300 pesos
Teatro Ángela Peralta, cnr Hernández Macías & Mesones
Workshops
Friday, November 24, noon, “El Jazz en México”
Saturday, November 25, noon, “The Blues”
Bellas Artes, Hernández Macías 75
Free Concert
Sunday, November 26, 5pm, San Miguel Jazz Cats & friends
Plaza Cívica, calle Insurgentes
How well do you know your jazz? Take this test and find out!
1. Where in San Miguel is evidence of the blues?
a) The cloudless sky
b) The cobblestones that result in bruises
c) The ongoing Jazz & Blues Festival
d) All of the above
2. What are the origins of the word “jazz”?
a) Temne, yas, be extremely lively or energetic
b) French, jaser, useless talk for the pleasure of hearing one’s own voice
c) Arabic jazib, one who allures
d) All of the above
3. What do Charlie Parker & Bill Clinton have in common?
a) Both were born in Arkansas
b) Both famously played the saxophone
c) They were both President of the United States
4. Dixieland music is
a) a form of jazz
b) a theme park in New Orleans
c) southern whistling music
5. What was Fats Waller’s real name?
a) Johnny Walker
b) Skinny Waller
c) Thomas Wright Waller
6. Who was the “Father of the Blues”?
a) W.C. Handy
b) Dizzy Gillespie
c) Billie Holiday
7. Latin jazz was played by
a) Dizzy Gillespie
b) Pancho Villa
c) Fats Waller
8. The origin of the Blues is
a) bad, sad days
b) call-and-response shouts
c) crying at musical events
9. What is bebop?
a) style of jazz that dominated the 1940s
b) a flyswatter
c) a hairstyle popular in the 1960s
10. Where do the Jazz play ball?
a) Salt Lake City
b) New Orleans
c) Nashville
Answers
1. d,
2. d (no one really knows),
3. b,
4. a,
5. c,
6. a,
7. a,
8. b,
9. a,
10. a