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Musique Sans Frontieres
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110 years old
United States
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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 9:55 pm
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musicians for harmony
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It was not an easy decision, but after six
wonderful years as Artistic Director and Vice
President of Musicians For Harmony, I have decided
to resign from my positions.
During those years I had the privilege of putting
together some amazing concerts featuring the very
best musicians in western and world music and
organizing fundraising events, as well as starting
the MFH Educational Program.
I also created my own group, “Musique Sans
Frontieres”, with whom I recorded and produced
an album and plan to do other projects.
Thank you for your continuing support during all
these years, and I wish MFH a very prosperous
future.
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Sincerely,
Patrick Derivaz
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Artistic Director (2001 to 2007)~
Musicians For Harmony
(http://www.musicians4harmony.org/)~founded in the
wake of September 11, 2001, to foster and advance
peace and dialogue among individuals of different
cultures, ethnicities, and religions through
musical performances, educational activities, and
cross-cultural exchange.
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Bass player Patrick Derivaz studied music at the
Conservatoire d'Aix en Provence in France and now
lives in New York, where he works as a musician,
composer, producer and engineer. Over the years he
has been involved in all styles of music,
including classical, world, rock and soundtracks,
working with some of the best musicians in each
genre. Mr. Derivaz has been with Musicians For
Harmony since its inception and now serves as
Artistic Director as well as director of MFH's
resident ensemble, Musique Sans Frontières.
. “Musique Sans Frontières” (“Music
Without Borders”) is a multicultural ensemble of
musicians who came together in response to the
tragic events of September 11th to perform for
Musicians For Harmony. Organized by Musicians For
Harmony’s Artistic Director Patrick Derivaz,
these artists represent a blending of many
different backgrounds and cultures who share a
desire to foster global harmony through their
music-making. Their first CD, Musique Sans
Frontières – Volume 1, was released in 2006 to
coincide with the fifth anniversary of Musicians
For Harmony.
. Weatheroutpost12 ~ Barrio Norte was
Engineered, Mix & Mastered & co-Produced by
Patrick.
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Musique Sans Frontieres
Musique Sans Frontieres, Vol. I
www.cdbaby.com/cd/msfrontieres
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the New York Times
VIVIEN SCHWEITZER / September 13, 2007
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Music Review | 'Musicians for Harmony'
Cultures in Combination to Commemorate a
Tragedy
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While many countries try to stem the flow of
anything foreign (whether people or ideas) across
their borders, musical boundaries have become so
porous that it now feels natural to see a pipa
alongside Western strings.
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Wu Man performing at the Concert for Peace
Tuesday.
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That musical combination was featured in the
Concert for Peace, presented by Musicians for
Harmony on Tuesday at Symphony Space in the
group’s sixth annual commemoration of Sept. 11.
Musicians for Harmony was founded after the Sept.
11 attacks to promote dialogue between warring
cultures, and its principal founder, Allegra
Klein, has been working with musicians in Iraq.
The concert featured Western chamber works and
music of West Africa. The mesmerizing pipa player
Wu Man presented a traditional Chinese piece,
“White Snow in a Sunny Spring, ” and the
premiere of “Soliloquio Serrano” by Gabriela
Lena Frank, a California-born composer of
Peruvian, Jewish and Chinese heritage. Ms. Frank,
who has written for the pipa before and has a
remarkable facility with the instrument, provided
Ms. Wu with a virtuosic, expressive tapestry
inspired by the harawi, a melancholy song genre
from the Peruvian Andes.
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Ms. Wu was joined by Colin Jacobsen, a violinist,
and his brother, Eric Jacobsen, a cellist, in a
stellar rendition of Chen Yi’s “Ning.” This
striking, texturally colorful work, veering from
frenzied agitation to meditative resignation,
commemorates the Japanese 1937-38 massacre in
Nanjing. Colin Jacobsen also played with Musique
Sans Frontières, the dynamic multicultural house
band of Musicians for Harmony. Here the ensemble
explored the hypnotic rhythms of West Africa, with
lively contributions from two Malian artists:
Yacouba Sissoko, playing the kora (a West African
harp-lute), and Baye Kouyate, on talking
drums.
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The lineup included “Bambougoudji,” a West
African song; the premiere of Mr. Sissoko’s
“Siya”; and the premiere of “Couleurs du
Marché” (“Colors of the Market”), written
by Patrick Derivaz, the artistic director of
Musique Sans Frontières, who played electric
bass. The ensemble also included Rubin Kodheli on
electric cello and the percussionist Benny
Koonyevsky.
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The concert opened with a somewhat matter-of-fact
performance of Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G minor
by the pianist Claude Frank and members of the
Guarneri Quartet: the violinist Arnold Steinhardt,
the violist Michael Tree and the cellist Peter
Wiley. In contrast, the Shanghai Quartet gave a
stellar account of Ravel’s String Quartet in F,
and its passionate playing — driven, elegant and
nuanced — inspired energetic clapping by the
audience between movements.
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