2009, January 24th

Ara Malikian, Susana Cordón, Daniel del Pino

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

Los Conciertos de La 2

Delayed transmission of the III World AIDS Day Concert

“La 2”, the second channel of Radio Televisión Española, will broadcast next Saturday, January 24th, 2009, at 8.00 a recording of the Concert of the World AIDS Day. The concert was performed the first of December in the Conde Duque auditorium of Madrid by Ara Malikian and the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra together with Susana Cordón and Daniel del Pino. It was sponsored by CHI & Partners in support of Doctors Without Borders. The following pieces were programmed:

Joan Valent (1964-)

Quatre Estacions A Mallorca

for Violin, Piano, String Orchestra and Percussion

Jorge Grundman (1961-)

Four Sad Seasons Over Madrid

for Soprano, Violin, Piano and String Orchestra

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Four Seasons in Buenos Aires

Arr. Leonid Desyatnikov (1955-)

for Violin and String Orchestra

December 1st, 2008

World AIDS Day Concert

Ara Malikian

Susana Cordón. Daniel del Pino

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

On the occasion of the awareness campaign carried out by Doctors Without Borders in the World AIDS Day, a concert will be held the first of December at 19:30, in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio Nacional of Madrid. It will not be possible to gain access to the hall once the concert has started. The concert is sponsored by CHI & Partners and will be recorded by RTVE.

The name of the concert is the 12 Seasons. It includes the work by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires), scored by Leonid Desyatnikov (1962-) for violin and string orchestra; the work by Joan Valent (1964-) Cuatro Estaciones de Mallorca (Four Seasons of Mallorca), for violin, piano, percussion and string orchestra and the work by Jorge Grundman (1961-) Cuatro Estaciones Tristes Sobre Madrid (Four Sad Seasons Over Madrid), for soprano, violin, piano and string orchestra. The concert will count on the collaboration of Susana Cordón and Daniel del Pino.

The tickets are already available at the box offices of the Auditorio Nacional, Teatro María Guerrero, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Teatro Pavón and ServiCaixa.

September 2008

TVE, Recordings, SACD publications

Trio B3 Classic

Jesús Amigo

Ara Malikian

Extremadura Symphonic Orchestra

Ara Malikian, Susana Cordón and Daniel del Pino

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

This summer begins with lots of late news, presented below in chronological order:

The B3 Classic Trio will appear in “Los Conciertos de La 2”, TVE, next September 7th and 14th. They will premiere works by Kahn, Juon, Hartmann, Gyrowetz.

Our Non Profit Music record label is going to deal with many of the new publications in the new Hybrid SACD Multi-Channel format. This will guarantee compatibility with CD players and will allow audiophiles to enjoy the quality of 5.1 Multi-Channel. This way, fruits of the collaboration with the Extremadura Symphony Orchestra and its conductor Jesús Amigo, we will see very soon the publication in this format of the Concert for Violin and Orchestra and the Masquerade Suite by Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), performed by Ara Malikian.

Ara Malikian together with the soprano Susana Cordón, the pianist Daniel del Pino and the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra will raise the publication of the orchestra’s third work. They will work on the project from next September 14th, when the rehearsals will start, until October 15th, when the recording will end. Its name will be 12 Seasons and it will include a Spanish American view of the four seasons with these pieces: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) for violin and string orchestra; Las Cuatro Estaciones de Mallorca (Four Seasons of Mallorca) by Joan Valent (1964-) for violin, piano and string orchestra and, finally, Cuatro Estaciones Tristes Sobre Madrid (Four Sad Seasons Over Madrid) by Jorge Grunman (1961-) for soprano, violin, piano and string orchestra.

This work will be performed next December the first at 19:30 in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio Nacional of Madrid, on the occasion of the World AIDS Day. The concert will be held in aid of Doctors Without Borders and sponsored by CHI & Partners.

May 2008

New Chamber Music Discoveries

Trio B3 Classic

New Chamber Music Discoveries is the new work by the B3 Classic Trio, published by Warner Music. This research and musicology project where the B3 Classic Trio performs a brilliant interpretation has been financed by the Non Profit Music Foundation. The work contains world premiere recordings of pieces written by Adalbert Gyrowetz, Emil Hartmann, Paul Juon and Robert Kahn.

This work is already on sale at iTunes.

March 2008

Nominated at the 2008 Spain Music Awards

Ara Malikian

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

It is a great pleasure for us to be nominated at the 2008 Spanish Music Awards, in its 12th edition, for the Best Classical Music Performer for “Meeting with a Friend”; and also to be the only Spanish orchestra going in for this award. It will be for us a source of satisfaction of a job well done even if we do not finally receive such an honour. The result will be announced next April 3rd at the Manuel Delibes auditorium of Valladolid.

January 2008

Chamber Music Discoveries at iTunes

Trio B3 Classic

Chamber Music Discoveries is already available at iTunes and also in the United Kingdom through the music publishing firm Creighton.

Projects for 2008

Chamber Music Discoveries 2...

Stringendo?...

12 Seasons...

Trio B3 Classic, Ara Malikian & Daniel del Pino,

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

The violinist Ara Malikian and the pianist Daniel del Pino will soon enter the recording studio in order to present a double CD of consonant contemporary music for violin and piano. It will contain works by Barbara Heller, Marjan Mozetich, Alberto Ginastera, Ladislav Kupkovic, Lera Auerbach, Astor Piazzolla, Jorge Grundman, Arvo Párt, Zoltan Kodaly, Gerald Finzi, Darius Milhaud, David Johnstone and Fritz Kreisler.

Chamber Music Discoveries is already on sale in the United Kingdom through the music publishing firm Creighton. Meanwhile, B3 Classic enters again the recording studio to present to the public a new series of Chamber Music Discoveries: world premiere recordings of works by Adalbert Gyrowetz, Emil Hartmann, Robert Kahn and Paul Juon.

The Non Profit Music chamber orchestra, conducted by Ara Malikian, will present the 12 Seasons project. It is a view of the four seasons reflected in the works Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) by Astor Piazzolla, arranged by Leonid Desyatnikov for violin and string orchestra; Las Cuatro Estaciones de Mallorca (Four Seasons of Mallorca) by Joan Valent, for violin, piano and string orchestra and Cuatro Estaciones Tristes Sobre Madrid (Four Sad Seasons Over Madrid) by Jorge Grundman, for soprano, violin, piano and string orchestra. Thanks to this work, the third one for Warner Music, the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra has grown to currently become the best contemporary music chamber orchestra in Spain.

There will obviously be concerts of every one of these projects at important dates, as usual.

Once more we hope and wish to have your attendance. We keep defending beauty.

January 2008

Activities Report

The Non Profit Music Foundation just published the file containing the activities report for 2007, in Adobe Acrobat format. Just click on the image on the right or visit the following link to see the report (Note: The report is only in Spanish). The activities planned for this year will be published in the next few days.

December 4st, 2007

World AIDS Day Concert

B3 Classic Trio presents

Chamber Music Discoveries

A concert in aid of Medicus Mundi will be held next December 4th at 19:30 in the Conde Duque auditorium of Madrid. The concert will also serve as awareness campaign in the World AIDS Day.

Entrance is free until all seats are occupied. However, it is necessary to collect the invitation at the headquarters of Medicus Mundi in the dates that will be announced at this Web page. Besides the concert, the CD Chamber Music Discoveries of the B3 Classic Trio, published by Warner Music, will be available at a special price. The benefit of the sale will be set aside for Medicus Mundi. The concert will start at 19:30. It will not be possible to gain access to the hall once the concert has started.

The concert will basically include the works contained in the CD, concerning the recovery of the works of the composer Robert Kahn as well as other works by the composers Febland, Newton, Grundman and Johnstone. All the pieces are contemporary and tonal.

July-August 2007

Recording of Chamber Music Discoveries

Trio B3 Classic

The B3 Classic Trio, made up of Joan Borrás (clarinet), Davis Johnstone (violoncello), and Joanjo Albinyana (piano), is going to make the first recording of works written by contemporary composers for clarinet, piano and violoncello trio; distributed by Warner Music Spain. Specifically, a work by Khan has been recovered and there are also works by Febland, Newton, Grundman and David Johnstone himself included in the CD. Its release is planned to take place at the end of this year and the presentation concert will be held in aid of Medicus Mundi.

July 2007

eMotive

USA release of first compilation

album of Non Profit Music artists

The first compilation CD of electroacoustic music by the Non Profit Music label has just been published in the United States. It includes twelve works by the composers Eduardo Laguillo, Jorge Grundman, David Caballero and Joaquín Taboada. All these works have been extracted from the different albums published all around the world by the Non Profit Music label, except for two of them that are unpublished: Cliodhna by David Caballero and The Girl With The Stolen Smile (Nanjing, 1937) by Jorge Grundman. This work is already available in the United States and at Amazon and iTunes. Once again, all the benefits obtained from the CD sale will be entirely donated to Doctors Without Borders.  

June 2007

Meeting with a friend

Ara Malikian conducts the

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

The Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the prestigious violinist Ara Malikian, tries once again to move the public which is not familiar with instrumental contemporary music. The CD includes works by Pelecis, Jenkins, Sibelius, Mozetich and Grundman and its prologue has been written by Josep Pascual. It has been published by Warner Music Spain and is already available in shops. Unlike Tears of Beauty where calm and serenity prevailed, this work includes pieces of outstanding beauty and rhythmic nature within consonant music.

April 2st

Meeting with a friend

Ara Malikian conducts again the

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

Next April 2nd Ara Malikian will conduct the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra again to record a new project called Meeting with a friend. This new project is waiting to appear around the middle of May and will show the discovery of new consonant works by contemporary composers. Even if their works have already been selected, the names of these composers are strictly confidential for the time being. The album will be performed next June in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio Nacional of Madrid.

February 11st, 2007

Ara Malikian in Los Conciertos de La 2

Broadcasting of the Concert for the

World AIDS Day

The second channel of Radio Televisión Española will broadcast next Sunday February 11th at 8.00 a recording of the Concert of the World AIDS Day. The concert was performed last November 29th in the Conde Duque auditorium of Madrid by Ara Malikian and the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra, in support of Doctors Without Borders. The following pieces are programmed:

KURT ATTERBERG: Suite nº 3 for violin, viola and string orchestra.

MICHAEL HURD: Sinfonía Concertante

GERALD FINZI: Romance

JORGE GRUNDMAN: Largo for violin and string orchestra

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: Invierno porteño

SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI: Yumeji's Theme

February 7st, 2007

Concert at Galileo Galilei's Hall

for Doctors Without Borders

Eduardo Laguillo

Next Wednesday February 7th at 21:30 a concert will be held at the Sala Galileo Galilei of Madrid, in support of Doctors Without Borders. It will be performed by Eduardo Laguillo, whose last CD Ya Wadud will be also on sale at the concert. The tickets can be purchased in the hall itself for the price of 10€.

November 21st, 2006

Tears of Beauty

Ara Malikian conducts the

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

This ambitious project, subsidized by the Consejería de Cultura y Deportes of the Comunidad de Madrid, means the presentation of the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by the prestigious violinist Ara Malikian, it tries to move the public which is not familiar with instrumental contemporary music. The CD includes works by Attenberg, Hurd, Pärt, Shostakovitch, Finzi, Johnstone, Iglesias, Grundman and Umebayashi. Its prologue has been written by Álvaro Marías, Professor of Recorder at the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid and conductor of the Zarabanda baroque music ensemble. The CD has been published by Warner Music Spain and will be available in shops next November 21st.

November 15st, 2006

Ya Wadud

Eduardo Laguillo

Eduardo Laguillo is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and scholar of Indian music that studied at the Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and has decided to join the aim of Non Profit Music. It is the forth album of electroacoustic music by the Non Profit Music, in support of Doctors Without Borders in Spain: a numbered edition of 500 copies signed by the composer himself is. It will be available at the Doctors Without Borders headquarters and shops from next November 15th.

November 29st, 2006

World Aids Day Concert

Ara Malikian conducts the

Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra

A concert will be held next November 29th in the Conde Duque auditorium of Madrid in support of Doctors Without Borders. The concert will also serve as awareness campaign for different crisis that have been forgotten and the World AIDS Day. For that reason, as well as the concert a multimedia exhibition will be held and the Tears of Beauty CD will be on sale at a special price. The benefits obtained from the sale will be set aside for Doctors Without Borders. The concert will start at 20:30 and it will not be possible to gain access to the hall once the concert has started.

The invitations for the World AIDS Day Concert are sold out. Thank you all for your collaboration. The concert will be recorded and broadcast by RTVE. In the next days we will indicate the programme planning dates.