See our featured compositions and read an intermezzo with our new member Shingo Matsuura.

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MatchingArts Collective

Newsletter #5 - January 2016

New members, new music

We are very happy to keep welcoming new musicians and composers in the MatchingArts Collective. Every month we are able to publish new music and it’s great to see the diversity of compositions expand! In this newsletter we will highlight some of the new publications and give you an overview of our member's events that take place in January.

Events calendar

Are you a member of the MatchingArts Collective? Don’t forget to place your events in the calendar (you may need to login) and we will show your event in our newsletter and on facebook!

Are you, or do you know a musician or composer without a MA-Collective profile? Register here or tell your friend about our collective. It's free!

Featured compositions

Shingo Matsuura - Midnight
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Berman Demodokos - Meyerke
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Henry Kelder - Chess
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Tim Coenen - Suite
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Did you know there are several options for composers to expose their work on our website?
1. We can place a link to the composition on your website in our webshop;
2. We can place a link to the composition on your publisher’s website in our webshop;
3. You can sell your self-published pieces through our webshop;
4. You can publish your unpublished pieces with Edition MatchingArts for free.

Intermezzo

Every month we'll put one of the MatchingArts members in the spotlight and tell you something about them.

Intermezzo with Shingo Matsuura

Shingo Matsuura has a very diverse and broad musical background. He plays many instruments, including the bandoneon, saxophone and piano, and followed masterclasses and lessons in Japan, France, Switzerland, Austria and Argentina. He finished his Masters of Composition at the Osaka College of Music in Japan.
His composition ‘Midnight’, for piano and saxophone quartet, won the first prize at the 2nd International Alkema Composition Contest in the Netherlands in 2014. Shingo tried to put the materials of hardcore club music (especially European house and techno music) into this composition. He created a piece with powerful forces, relentless repeated rhythms and sharp accents.
Are you curious to hear Shingo’s music? Check his website!

Henry Kelder will be one of the jury members during the 5th Macau Piano Competition in China. Before this competition he will play several concerts during a tour in the Guangzhou region. At his recital in Nanhai Cultural Centre in Foshan he will perform Lullablues by Anne-Maartje Lemereis and Sonatina in Blue by Daan van den Hurk, both members of the MatchingArts Collective.

Events January

22: Western Dances Connected - Foshan, China (Concert)
23: Jazz at the WineClub - Foshan, China (Concert)
26: 5th Macau Piano Competition - Macau, China (Competition)
31: Allerlei Fantasieën en Wereldpremière 3 composities van Mari-Anne Hof - Utrecht, NL (Concert)

Become a member of MatchingArts Collective to post your own events on our calender.

Did you attend a concert with pieces by MA-C members and do you feel like sharing your experience? Or are you a musician and are you planning to play pieces by our members? Please send an email and we would love to get in touch with you!