.: Daniel Wolff :.

News

MUSICIANS FROM BRAZIL ENCYCLOPEDIA
Musicians from Brazil: An Instrumental Encyclopedia is already online (in Portuguese). It is the first knowledge base entirely dedicated to Brazilian instrumental music, from the nineteenth century to the present day. Each entry includes, in addition to detailed information, interviews made with the musicians specially for the encyclopedia. The article about Daniel can be read here.

AÇORIANOS PRIZE
	Daniel has won, for the second time, the Açorianos Prize for Best Arranger. The prize was given for the arrangements of Daniel's new CD, New Transcriptions for 2 Guitars Vol. 1. The Music Department of the Brazilian Federal University, where Daniel teaches, was also awarded a prize for its centennial anniversary.

MUSIK IM KRANKENHAUS – Music at the Hospital project in Germany

In December 2007, Daniel has created in Berlin the Musik im Krankenhaus project. It consists of recitals for the patients and the Elderly Home residents of the Elisabeth Klinik hospital, performed by students of the Universität der Künste. Prof. Michael Betzner shares the coordination and shall continue the project after Daniel's return to Brazil. Musik im Krankenhaus aims to bring joy to the patients, while encouraging students to use same of their time and talent to the benefit of those who cannot attend regular concerts. It was inspired on a similar project, Sarau no Hospital, which Daniel has been coordinating in Brazil since 2006. View pictures from the project.

NEW CD RELEASED IN EUROPE
	New Transcriptions for 2 Guitars Vol. 1, is Daniel's new CD, in duo with guitarist Daniel Göritz. Released by the German label Kreuzberg Records, it features new arrangements of works by Beethoven, Chopin and Schubert. The scores will be published by Editions Margaux - AMA Verlag. Listen to sample tracks of New Transcriptions for 2 Guitars

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN GERMANY
Daniel received a grant from the Brazilian Ministry of Education (Capes) for an 8-month post-doctoral fellowship in Berlin. During that period, Daniel will teach and develop research activities at the Universität der Künste and the Hochschule für Musik Hans Eisler. While there, Daniel will be playing recitals to promote his new CD. The return to Brazil is scheduled for 2008.

TWO NEW ARTICLES PUBLISHED
The January issue of the Continente Multicultural magazine has an article by Daniel on the influence of classical music on the work of Tom Jobim (it can be read here). Daniel also published the findings of his joint research with Thiago Colombo on the articulations in J. S. Bach's Ciaccona, in the academic periodical Música Hodie (Universidade Federal de Goiânia - UFG). Soon, both articles will be available for download in the Portuguese version of the site (see Artigos & Partituras)

NEW CD RELEASED
	Daniel’s new CD, Coisas da Vida (Things of Life), with clarinet player Wilfried Berk and special guest Thiago de Mello, has been released. Maria Luiza Kfouri (Music News / Discos do Brasil) wrote about Coisas da Vida: "A repertoire of extremely good taste, performed with rare competence and virtuosity. The best term to define it is delight." Listen to sample tracks of Coisas da Vida

CLARINET CONCERTO RELEASED ON CD IN THE USA:

Daniel’s Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra has just been released in the United States on the CD The 20th Century Clarinet Concerto: Bavicchi, Hindemith & Wolff”. Gary Dranch is the soloist, accompanied by the Ulbra Chamber Orcestra (cond. Tiago Flores) and the Buenos Aires Philharmonic (cond. Arkady Leytush). The repertoire also includes concerti by Hindemith and Bavicchi. Further info is available at(www.msrcd.com/1180/1180.html).

MUSIC AT THE HOSPITAL:

Daniel created and is coordinating the project Sarau no Hospital (Soirée at the Hospital), to promote recitals and workshops for the patients of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Developed as an outreach project at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, its concerts and workshops will be given by the students and faculty members of the University’s Music Department. Sarau no Hospital aims to bring joy and hope to patients of such diverse areas as psychiatry and child oncology.
Click here to see pictures of the Sarau no Hospital project.

<< Back

Home \| About Daniel \| News/Schedule \| CDs & Sound Samples \|
Music Score/Articles \| Photos \| Videos \| Presskit \| Contact

Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.