14 September 2023, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ

Marés is a video project exploring the vast and captivating world of Brazilian classical and traditional music. The project, officially launched in 2021 as a commission from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is filled with aesthetic experimentations drawing on the visual possibilities of music performance. This will be the first live presentation of the project by part of the ensemble of fantastic creative professionals who brought this great project to life. This event will also celebrate a relaunch of Marés as a series of individual 'creations' on the NEW STAGES CREATIONS video platform, with special features specifically designed for the platform, including interviews with the performers and creators, and ‘behind the scenes’.

This event counts with the institutional support of the Embassy of Brazil in London.

05 October 2023, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

Accordionist Alise Silina offers a mind-blowing exploration of the universe of possibilities contained within the sounds of the accordion. This event is carefully designed to entrance the audience in a reflexion about the nature of love, following a storyline conducted by a narrator, who might be real or not. This event will also include the launch of the 'Creation' of 'Aethereally', by Bernardo Simões, on the NEW STAGES CREATIONS video platform, a work for accordion and oboe that invites listeners to a nearly psychedelic journey of lights, colours and textures translated into an enthralling piece of audio-visual art.

03 November 2023, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

In this unusual combination, two Brazilian virtuosos, double-bassist Gustavo Quintino and guitarist Fabricio Mattos will explore Brazilian music for double bass and guitar by living composers from many regions of the country. Interspersing solos with duets, Quintino and Mattos will journey around many soundscapes of Brazilian and South-American music, with works by composers such as Rodrigo Lima, Fabiano Borges and Sonia Ray, with special emphasis to the music of Villani-Côrtes.

Edmundo Villani-Côrtes: Choron | 5 Miniaturas Brasileiras | Ponteio
Edigar Monteiro: Caatinga
Fabiano Borges: Suite Sudamericana
Sonya Ray: Ondas
Rodrigo Lima: Matiz X

Gustavo Quintino, double bass
Fabricio Mattos, guitar

This event is not part of the NEW STAGES SERIES, but a collaboration between the NEW STAGES CREATIONS and The Iberian & Latin American Music Society (ILAMS) and Instituto Cervantes as part of Echoes Festival 2023.

23 November 2023, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

In this event Lucas Jordan (flute), Daryl Giuliano (cello), Fabricio Mattos (guitar) and Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade (accordion) will create an unforgettable palette of emotions with Astor Piazzolla’s music, deeply valuing his absolute compositional control over a vast range of musical ideas. This will also mark the launch of the emblematic Histoire du Tango, for flute and guitar, on audio platforms, recorded by Lucas Jordan and Fabricio Mattos. Recorded at Abbey Road, each of the movements were creatively engineered and mixed by Lucas Jordan in order to recreate the sound of each era of the tango, resulting in a unique and breath-taking rendering of this masterpiece of chamber music.

PROGRAMME:

Ave Maria (Tanti Anni Prima)
Histoire du Tango (I. Bordel 1900, II. Café 1930, III. Nightclub 1960, IV. Concert d’aujourd’hui)
Le Gran Tango
Adiós Nonino
Suite del Ángel (I. Milonga del ángel, II. La muerte del ángel, III. Resurrección del ángel)

14 December 2023, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door with card payments)

Since the launch of her book in 2019 Doing the Rounds published by Indigo Dreams, the poet Audrey Ardern-Jones has received many enthusiastic reviews, including Paul Stephenson’s comments ‘…a poet with an artist’s painterly sensibility, a musician’s fine ear, a nurse’s affinity for strangers and their plight.’ This event of readings from her book will be accompanied by the Poetry & Music Ensemble, with Lucas Jordan on the flute, and Fabricio Mattos on the guitar. The ensemble offers a unique take on the musicality of poetry and on the poetics of music, and was founded in the 1980s by Audrey and revived in 2013 for performances in venues such as the Royal Overseas League and the Royal College of Nursing.

18 January 2024, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

Although counting with centuries of playing tradition, the piano is an instrument that can still surprise even the most specialized listeners with its idiomatic character and captivating sound. Its power to transport listeners to other dimensions was explored by a vast array of composers from many eras and styles, and in this event pianist Nicolas Ventura will present a unique programme of original works and his own transcriptions of some of Prokofiev’s orchestral music, recently recorded in a dedicated album. Nicolas will play on SEACC’s Broadwood & Sons from the late 19th century, a mature piano with a unique sound palette, which, together with the pianist’s virtuosic lyricism, will add to the fascination of this event.

22 February 2024, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

In every woman, lives a girl. Throughout life, they will experience many different colours of emotion, some corresponding more with the woman whilst others touch more so the girl; the integration of the two is the challenge. Singer Georgia Knower and guitarist Fabricio Mattos have chosen three paths for the lives and experiences of three imagined women: Red Velvet, White Silk and Black Leather, each with their own set of pieces and storyline. Travelling freely between several musical genres and sung in various languages, each path is a unique cross-cultural experience filled with powerful and unforgettable moments. This event features the Red Velvet path, and marks its launch as a 'creation' on the NEW STAGES CREATIONS video platform.

21 March 2024, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

London Central Brass is an exciting new name in the world of brass chamber music. At their core, the group believes in promoting new and overlooked music and reinventing classic quintet repertoire in a new and exciting way. In this event, they will perform music that originates from across the Americas, including composers from the United States, Uruguay, and Brazil, showcasing modern brass quintet classics by composers such as Jan Bach and Enrique Crespo, as well as a world premiere of a work by Bernardo Simões. This will be a powerful demonstration of the varying styles and influences throughout the Americas, supported by the rich musical palette of a brass ensemble.

This event counts with the partnership of Poliphonia.

25 April 2024, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

Concert programmes, particularly in Europe, have been historically dominated by male
composers, with very few exceptions. And it seems that our societies and institutions in the 21st century, although praising equality and diversity, are still not dedicating to women composers the space they deserve by their own merit. In this event, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, who is also founder of the highly-praised charity DONNE – Women in Music, will perform a fascinating programme featuring works by women composers from past and present, alongside pianist Richard Leach. DONNE has just been awarded a Guinness World Record for the longest broadcasted music event, so this will be a great opportunity to celebrate with some of the people who made it possible!

This event counts with the partnership of DONNE – Women in Music.

16 May 2024, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

This event will take you through an infusion of contrasts guided by music and the Tao of tea. 靜 is stillness, tranquility, silence. 勁 is strength and power, reflected not only in one’s appearance, but also in the flow of their movements. Finally, 境 is a state of being that can be reached by exploring and experiencing contrasting states such as soft and hard, yin and yang, slow and fast. Just like the art forms of Chinese calligraphy and martial arts, music has the power to convey these profound concepts beyond the barriers of language. In this event, Yi-Hsuan Chen 陳 邑 瑄 (flute) and Anqi Qu 曲 安 琪 (guzheng) will perform their rendition of 靜 勁 境, transporting you into a world of tranquility, strength, and diversity.


PROGRAMME

Bang Tshun Hong 望 春 風
by Teng Yu-Hsien 鄧 雨 賢 (arr. Zhenyan Li 李 祯 岩)

渔舟唱晚 Song of the Homebound Fishermen
by 娄树华 Shuhua Lou

Syrinx
by Claude Debussy

The Edge of the Water (world premiere)
by Sun Keting 孫 柯 亭

Poem 笛 韻
by Chi-Jen Chang 張 己 任

Disappearance 山 語 逝
by Jing-Mu Kuo 郭 靖 沐

13 June 2024, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

From Monteverdi to Radiohead, this event will feature new arrangements of music spanning over four centuries, centred on the art of selfaccompaniment across different genres. Intesa Duo, formed by viol players Lucine Musaelian and Nathan Giorgetti, was brought together by their common passion for the sound of the viol and its combination with the voice, as well as the overlap between folk and baroque music and the performance of new music on viols. Supported by their knowledge and experience with the historical performance of music in a contemporary context, this is a one-of-a-kind event marked by their ability to tell stories through their art, creating musical moments of unique depth, beauty and originality.

11 July 2023, 7.30pm
SEACC, Main Hall
London SW6 3EZ
(Tickets also available for purchase at the door)

Apart from being an important environmental asset to the whole world, the Amazon is also home to numerous multi-influenced cultures forged over many centuries. Igarapé is a Tupi word to the tributaries of rivers that cut through the forests; such arteries are well known by natives, just like we know streets and avenues in big cities. In this event, we will present a sample of the complex and rich Amazonian cultures, where ancient and contemporary worlds merge seamlessly in everyday life. An event to be experienced with open eyes, ears, and minds. This is also the first event where the NEW STAGES CREATIONS founders, Bernardo Simoes and Fabricio Mattos, will both participate as performers, together with the multi-instrumentalist Seu Gaio.