Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Best birthyday surprise

They sang Happy Birthday for me... My birthday was on last Friday. They were so nice and it was touching... All the guests on the wedding were singing...

Someone said VIVA BUDAPEST.

Verdes Anos



I was playing on a wedding in Aveiro at the north of Portugal organised by Belmira. Her parents did a 25th a anniversary of marraiage that is called "silver marriage". I played VERDES ANOS for the couple...

Monday, December 7, 2009

Videos from Tejobar

... Last night I played in Tejobar. I just went there as usual. It was my third time there. My favorite place. You go there and I just play. It was Staruday night at 1:40 when I got there with my wife. It was full there was no place to sit down. All the videos were shot by Jorge Carlos Amaral de Oliveira - owner of Tejobar.

I am learning Portuguese repertoir. I started to learn pieces by Carlos Paredes. I am playing four pieces by him. In Tejobar I played Carlos Paredes: Verdes Anos that is a very famous Portuguese song.



There was a girl came to me asking "are you Sandor Mester?" yes I am - I said. "I am looking for musicians and I would like to play with you. Joao showed me your music in Fabula Urbis." Ok, lets play.



and Then I played my piece Serenade

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Madeira

I will try to play in Madeira where we will go in January. They are very helpful there as well as here in the continent.

You can find at their music blog in Madeira Blogue de Musica

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Fabula Urbis concert

I played in Fabula Urbis last week. Nice and cute bookshop in Alfama district very close to Sé Chatedral - nicest chucrch of the world. Fabula Urbis has a small and very ambient concert room on the first floor.

We made a video about it there.

J.S. Bach: Fuge (BWV 998)

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Video about Fabrica Braco de Prata concert

Video about Fabrica Braco de Prata concert. pieces of works of Francisco Francisco, Fernando Sor and J. S. Bach.

Fabrica Braco de Prata pictures

I played in Fabrica Braca de Prata in Lisbon last Friday - 20th November. It was great and went fine. One of the coolest places in Lisbon.









Friday, November 20, 2009

Colares

Photos from Colares church. This concert was organised by a friend of mine, by a girl called Lurdes, she is from Sintra.

The old lady who was helping us to get to the lunch and the church.



At the lunch place



In the church





A nice house from Colares



We had an amazing lunch there and a great concert. I mean they liked it very much.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Fabrica this Friday

I will play this Friday in Fabrica Braco de Prata. One of the best and coolest cultural centres in Lisboa. I practice a lot. I was in Budapest for a long weekend. I played on the 50th anniversary of the secondary school where I was studying.

More info on Fabrica's website.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Monsaraz

I played in Monsaraz Yesterday night in Sem-Fim. It is an amazing restaurant with a view to Monsaraz castle has an unbelievable garden as well. Run by Tiago a dutch guy. Very much professional. Nicest restaurant with a galery. That rebuilt an old factory that became a restaurant. I played 3X1 hour there...









Having dinner in Sem-Fim.

Lourinha concert at the evening

I did the concert at the hall of the local cultural centre, the ocean was behind me - there were 60 people. Lourinha has six thousand inhabitants so it was a great day!

Vania did all of the pictures









Lourinha

I played in Lourinha on Friday organised by Vania. We slept at Vania place on Thursday and Friday as well. Vania organised my concerts s a real pro. In the secondary school there were two hundred kids - it was like a rock concert...









Tuesday, November 3, 2009

And some more videos from LX Factory

Some more videos from LX Factory. Open Day 03, it was on 23rd October in Lisbon.

Serenade - my piece. I improvise always during this piece.



Bela Bartok pieces. The title is "For Children" and this



Evora pictures

Pictures from Auditorio of Evora University's Music College. 26th October during my concert







I took a walk after the concert...


Partying...


Partying...

Ester nice - me tough...

Monday, November 2, 2009

Radio Zero

I did my concert at Radio Zero as well - it was a live play - they were broadcasting that online! Vanessa - journalist student, organiser of Radio Zero concert and live program - sent me two pictures about that



More videos from LX Factory

Some moments of Mozart Variations (Fernando Sor) at LX Factory's Open Day 03



D-major Praeludium by Mauro Giulliani


Villa-Lobos Gavotte-Choros in LX Factory

Me in Lisbon night life

We went a week ago or something like that to the nightlife in Lisbon - it is amazing!!!









Photos about Tejobar last time we went there

Couple of photos from Tejobar the nice place for guitarists in Lisbon.

me feeling good! very good!




Jorge Carlos Amaral de Oliveira owner of Tejobar (on the right) with his friend (wearing glasses)



me playing


visual arts in Tejobar


And one bonus photo from the Hungarian Embassy in Lisbon - we went there to celebrate

Audience

Outside of the bookshop - the main street of LX Factory



The audience was changing a lot in LY Factory - it was a free program everyone was running around continiously




Concert Photos in LX Factory

Photos from my concert