CDs of Ilda Simonian (Armenia), El Juntacadáveres (Argentina), Vladimir Denissenkov (Ukraine).
1/ The singing of mezzo-soprano Ilda Simonian is rooted in the age-old Armenian musical tradition which reached from mediaeval liturgical singing and the traditional folk music of East Anatolia and the Transcaucasia until the Armenian classical music by composers like Komitas, Melikian and Avedissan. Ilda Simonian has lived in Amsterdam since the nineties. CD: Armenian Songs by Ilda Simonian. Label: Kalan (2008, cofe: CD442. Website – Video
2/ El Juntacadáveres. The vultures is the translation of the name of this Belgian Argentinian band. The sevens called themselves after a novel about a pimp who wants to set up the perfect brothel. What the men of El Juntacadáveres wanted to say is: our music is the music of the street. They play a mix of traditional tango orchestras and music of the contemporary music scene. CD: Twists and Turns by El Juntacadáveres. Label: Music & Words (2015), code: MWCD3048. Website – Video
3/ Vladimir Denissenkov was born in Chernovtsy (former USSR, now Ukraine) in 1956. He graduated at the conservatory of Moscow in 1979. He won the “The Accordion World Contest” in Caracas in 1981. From 1981-1990 Vladimir played in the “Moscow Philharmonic”. Since 1995 he has lived in Italy and regularly performs with local and international musicians. On this CD he plays solo with tribute to the Russian Nikolay Rimskiy-Korsakov on one hand and on the other hand the Soviet bayan player Viktor Gridin. CD: Feeling & Passion by Vladimir Denissenkov. Label: Felmay (2014), code: fy 8215. Video
