Kertsman, Miguel
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Kertsman, Miguel

Biography:
Miguel Kertsman was born in Recife, Brazil, and grew up in a European home, surrounded by traditional Western classical music as well as the multi-ethnic music and rhythms of Northeastern Brazil.

In 1984 he was awarded The Oscar Peterson Jazz Masters Incentive Award and The Berklee Professional Music Scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, from where he graduated in record time in 1986. He studied conducting with Attilio Poto at the Boston Conservatory, and composition with Jeronimas Kacinkas and later Stanley Wolfe at Juilliard.

His first symphonic work, "Amazonia", written at age 19 in 1985, was performed by orchestras across Brazil, among others at Bienal in Rio de Janeiro, in Sao Paolo and at the international IDRIART festival, conducted by the late Eleazar de Carvalho.

Early performances of his chamber music and jazz works were presented by Carnegie's Weill Hall, the Knitting Factory and BargeMusic in New York while more recently two of Kertsman's symphonic works and his flute concerto saw performances and recordings with conductor Dennis Russell Davies and as soloist Vienna Philharmonic's principal flutist Wolfgang Schultz in Austria and Slovakia - the commission of a second flute concerto by Marina Piccinini and the Austrian Flute Society premiered at Vienna's Konzerthaus in late 2005.

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"Four choros and lullabies" for flute and piano

Each individual part of the "Four Choros and Lullabies for Flute and Piano" cycle was written in New York in the late 1980's and early 1990's under diverse circumstances and for various reasons or occasions. They were conceived during a rather bohemian phase when I was heading an original jazz ensemble, Amazonica Universal Orchestra, and often participating in studio recordings besides writing for the concert stage.

The collection of works is a rather personal one since each piece, "part" or "movement" was written for a friend or extended family member. "Serenade" was originally written to celebrate "aunt and uncle" Mildred and Aaron Rosenfeld's 50th wedding anniversary in New York... dear relatives no longer among us. Brazilian composer / musician extraordinaire Hermeto Pascoal provided me with great inspiration and much incentive to start Amazonica Universal Orchestra... I then wrote and dedicated "Campeao" to Hermeto, a "brother of sound" as he would call us. Birita in Boston came about having some beers with an old friend, Sidor Hulak, at a sidewalk cafe on Newbury Street, Boston, and as the drinking went on so did the piece written right there on a paper napkin... Serenade, Campeao and Birita were initially written to be performed by Amazonica Universal Orchestra and indeed the works were often performed (and also recorded) arranged for the ensemble. Later on, I decided to re-write them as stand alone chamber music pieces for flute and piano. Nocturne, Lullaby  was dedicated to the memory of a good friend's mother who had just then passed away. Listenning to Hal Zoref speak of his beloved mom, Anita, was indeed sad but also very beautiful and moving...

                                                                                                  Miguel Kertsman, October 2005

  1. Serenade
  2. Campeao (Champion)

  1. Carnival Etude - "Birita in Boston"
  2. Nocturne - Lullaby

 

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"Concerto" for flute, strings and percussion