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A new album in 2009: “THE WHITE INDIAN - A Tribute to Heitor Villa-Lobos”

2009 Villa-Lobos-Duo will release their new album “THE WHITE INDIAN - A Tribute to Heitor Villa-Lobos”.

“The White Indian” is conceived by Villa- Lobos-Duo as a homage to Heitor Villa-Lobos on the 50th anniversary of his death with special appearance by Ahmed El-Salamouny.

With interpretations and adaptation of works by Heitor Villa-Lobos and his contemporaries and friends like Guinga, Darius Milhaud or Claude Debussy, Villa-Lobos-Duo once again prove to be one of the best duos of their kind.

And like Villa-Lobos in his days tried to fill the gap between European classical music and the Brazilian music of the street, Villa-Lobos-Duo again dares a modern approach to classical music.

Presentation

The Duo

Duo Villa Lobos: Boyan Karanjuloff (Guitar) et Sven Holger Philippsen (Violoncello)

It is the rare cast of violoncello (Sven Holger Philippsen) and guitar (Boyan Karanjuloff) that makes Villa-Lobos-Duo so innovative and exciting, but also the interpretations of modern classical music that provide attraction. With exquisite chamber music and an extraordinary repertoire from North- to South-American, from South- to East-European music the duo surprises and enthuses international concert scene.

Original composition, own adaptation, pleasure in improvisation and a very communicative presentation of their music turn a concert of Villa- Lobos-Duo into a lasting effect.

Empathetic playing inspires not only listeners but also composers for new creation. Among debut performances and first recordings it is most of all
the mixture between classical, jazz and popular elements that creates such versatile and vivid programs.

Mr. Karanjuloff plays "New Cristal Normal Tension" as E and A string, "Alliance High tension" on D, and "Corum High Tension" for the rest, (sometimes"540 CRJ").

Mr. Philippsen plays "Corelli".

Boyan Karanjuloff (Guitar)

Boyan Karanjuloff was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he studied at the Academy of Music, as well as later on at the conservatoire of Bremen with Prof. Hebb.

Moreover, he completed several master courses with experts like Roland Dyens (France), Aniello Desiderio (Italy), Monika Rost (Germany), Oscar Ghiglia (Italy), Eric Franceries (France), Celso Machado (Brasil), Pavel Steidl (Netherlands), Carlo Marchione (Italy), Margarita
Escarpa (Spain).

Beside numerous concerts, performances with renowned orchestras and TV productions Karanjuloff accompanied international stars like Bulgarian violinist Prof. Yossif Radionov, mezzo-soprano Christina Angelakova or Norwegian flutist Torunn Reigstad.

Solo concerts lead him to Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Denmark and Bulgaria where he also appeared for five productions of the TV show “Master works for classical guitar".

Sven Holger Philippsen (Violoncello)

Sven Holger Philippsen studied at the Hochschule of Hanover and Frankfurt on Main with Prof. Sellheim and Prof. Mantel. Moreover he completed master classes with Daniel Schafran (Moscow), Klaus Heitz (Paris), Michael Flaksman (Boston) and Anner Bylsma (Amsterdam).

With the ensemble Libertango Philippsen won 2nd prize at the Concorso Internazionale Astor Piazzolla in Castelfidaro (Italy). Furthermore, he was first awardee at Indiana State Solo Contest (USA) and at the 7. Chamber Music Competition Hanover.

After several engagements as solo cellist of the Internationale Philharmonie and the Westfälische Kammerphilharmonie, today Sven Holger Philippsen is cellist with the Barockorchester L’Arco, the Niedersächsische Staatstheater Hanover and a permanent guest musician with the Freiburger Barockorchester. Moreover, he contributed at the German debut performance of Ennio Morricone’s "Reflessi" (1992), at the world debut performance of "Assoziationen zu K208" (1999) by Peter Koch, as well as the world debuts of the musical "Hundertwasser" (2004) by Konstantin Wecker and ”Kleider machen Liebe" (2007) by Heinz Rudolf Kunze/ Heiner Lürig.

Within numerous tours (i.e. with Amadeus Guitar Duo in 2002 and Duo Eden-Stell) and recordings for Acoustic Music Records, Thorofon, Ars Musici, hänssler, Peppermint JAM.