I had a great concerts in Lisbon at my favorite Kiosk at Miradouro de Sao Pedro de Alcantara. I play Carlos Seixas Sonatas on this video.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Fun and Jam Session in Napoli
When we were in Napoli after my concert we did a jam session playing mostly Italian songs with my great freind Luigi Caramielo (singing) and Gennaro Romano (guitarist of the band Letti Sfatti). Luigi is a writer, sociologist and journalist. We had so much fun playing together. In the meantime the women cooked and took spaghetti as well as wine on the table. Then we had a nice dinner together.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Concert in Napoli
I had a concert in Napoli on last Sunday.
It was spontaneously organised by a friend of mine Luigi Caramiello who is a writer and sociologist living in Napoli. The concert was in the concert room of Hotel Costantinopoli 104. Very nice and romantic place for a concert. It was great. I played different pieces including Portuguese (Carlos Seixas, Carlos Paredes) and Hungarian music by Bela Bartok.
On the video I play Carlos Seixas Sonata
In the yard of the hotel
It was spontaneously organised by a friend of mine Luigi Caramiello who is a writer and sociologist living in Napoli. The concert was in the concert room of Hotel Costantinopoli 104. Very nice and romantic place for a concert. It was great. I played different pieces including Portuguese (Carlos Seixas, Carlos Paredes) and Hungarian music by Bela Bartok.
On the video I play Carlos Seixas Sonata
In the yard of the hotel
Thursday, April 1, 2010
"DRAMATICANTO" COM ISABEL RUTH E SANDOR MESTER
"DRAMATICANTO" COM ISABEL RUTH E SANDOR MESTER
Isabel, Ruth é uma das actrizes portuguesas de teatro e cinema mais respeitadas. Recentemente integra o espectáculo Dramaticanto onde toca com o guitarrista clássico húngaro Sandor Mester. A primeira apresentação pública deste espectáculo será no dia 15 de Abril pelas 22h30 no Cabaret Maxime.
Isabel Ruth é uma artista versátil e talentosa, começou como bailarina tornando-se actriz por acaso. Após ter estudado no Royal Ballet School de Londres, Isabel fez o seu primeiro filme Verdes Anos realizado por Pedro Rocha em 1963. Verdes Anos que é hoje um dia um dos filmes mais significativos. Destaca-se também uma pequena participação do filme Oedipus King de Pier Paolo Pasolini (1967).
Fez perto de 50 filmes e trabalhou com Manoel de Oliveira entre muitos outros. Agora começa a sua carreira de poetisa, compositora e cantora, embora já escreva poemas e canções há 20 anos no entanto só agora os leva até aos palcos.
Em Outubro de 2008 Isabel Ruth conhece Sandor Mester também conhecido por MS3 um guitarrista clássico húngaro de Budapeste. Toca essencialmente no interior do país, em pequenas aldeias, igrejas, centros culturais e escolas na Europa de Leste. Trabalhou também em software musical entre 1998 e 2006 no projecto Digimpro que foi depois utilizado por nomes como Moby, Erasure ou Robbie Williams.
Sendor Mester toca música com centenas de anos, desde renascentista, a barroca, até a peças de Bela Bartok e Carlos Paredes. Toca sonatas do compositor barroco Carlos Seixas bem como composições e improvisações de sua autoria. Faz tournées por Portugal quase sempre com casas cheias, tocou para centenas de crianças de escolas secundárias (Elvas, Lourinhã, Setúbal), bem como em universidades (Évora e Coimbra) no Centro Cultural da Lourinhã ou na Igreja de Colares. Tocou também no Conservatório do Funchal, na Madeira. Em Lisboa, toca todos os meses no Tejobar.
Começaram a trabalhar como duo em 2008 e encontraram um reportório único e completamente novo para voz e guitarra clássica. O espectáculo baseia-se em músicas de Isabel Ruth e poemas em português, italiano e francês re-arranjados por Sandor Mester. Interpretam também algumas canções de Alain Oulmann, ou o poema “ Amantes de Novembro” de Alexandre O’Neill, Verdes Anos de Carlos Paredes ou algumas canções napolitanas.
Cabaret Maxime
Praça da Alegria, 58 Lx
telf: +351 21 346 7090
Duration of the show: 80-90minutes
http://www.cabaret-maxime.com
Isabel Ruth one of the most respected actresses of Portuguese theatre and film recently came out a new show called Dramaticanto. She plays with a Hungarian classical guitarist Sandor Mester. First Dramaticanto show will be in Lisbon at 15th April 22.30h in Cabaret Maxime in Lisbon at Praça da Alegria 58.
Isabel is a versatile talented artist started as a ballet dancer then became an actress by chance. After having studies in the Royal Ballet School in London Isabel did her first movie in Lisbon 'Verdes Anos' in 1963 directed by Paulo Rocha. Verdes Anos became the most significant Portuguese movie of all times. She took a small part in the film 'Oedipus King' by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1967). She made close to fifty films. She worked with the director Manoel de Oliveira and lots of others. And she now she starts her poet, composer and singer carrier. She has been writing poems and songs for twenty years but never set them up for stage.
She met Sandor Mester (also known as MS3) Hungarian classical guitarist from Budapest in the October 2008. Sandor is the most active Eastern-European classical guitarist living in Lisbon. He playes mostly in coutryside in small villages in churches, cultural centres and in schools in Eastern-Europe. He was also working as a music software inventor 1998 - 2006 in Digimpro porject that was used by Robbie Williams, Erasure and Moby.
Sandor Mester MS3 plays music of 600 hundred years: from renaissence, baroque to the pieces by Bela Bartok and Carlos Paredes. He plays sonatas by the Portuguese baroque composer Carlos Seixas as well as his own compositions and improvisations. He is touring around in Portugal mostly full house concerts. He played for more then thousand kids in Portugal in secundary schools (Elvas, Lourinha, Setubal) at Evora and Coimbra university he played also in the cultural centre in Lourinha, in the chruch of Colares. He did concerts in Madeira island this January in Funchal Conservatório - Escola das Artes in Calheta Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas and played live at RTP Madeira. He goes to play in Tejobar every month in Lisbon.
They started to work as a duo in October 2008 and found out the way of a completely new and unique program for vocal and classical guitar. The show is based on Isabel Ruth's songs and poems in Portuguese, Italian and in French language re-arranged by Sandor Mester. They also play some songs by Alain Oulmann - the „father of Fado”. There is a well-known poem by Alexandre O'Neil "Amantes novembro". Oulmann composed music for this wonderfull poem he did for Isabel Ruth. This songs was not played before on stage. In Dramaticanto they play Isabel's first movie's soundtrack called „Verdes Anos” by Carlos Paredes and French chansons as well as some Napoletan songs.
The Dramaticanto show will be set up on stage first time Lisbon at 15th April 22.30h in Cabaret Maxime in Lisbon at Praça da Alegria 58.
Cabaret Maxime
Praça da Alegria, 58 Lx
telf: +351 21 346 7090
Duration of the show: 80-90minutes
http://www.cabaret-maxime.com
Isabel, Ruth é uma das actrizes portuguesas de teatro e cinema mais respeitadas. Recentemente integra o espectáculo Dramaticanto onde toca com o guitarrista clássico húngaro Sandor Mester. A primeira apresentação pública deste espectáculo será no dia 15 de Abril pelas 22h30 no Cabaret Maxime.
Isabel Ruth é uma artista versátil e talentosa, começou como bailarina tornando-se actriz por acaso. Após ter estudado no Royal Ballet School de Londres, Isabel fez o seu primeiro filme Verdes Anos realizado por Pedro Rocha em 1963. Verdes Anos que é hoje um dia um dos filmes mais significativos. Destaca-se também uma pequena participação do filme Oedipus King de Pier Paolo Pasolini (1967).
Fez perto de 50 filmes e trabalhou com Manoel de Oliveira entre muitos outros. Agora começa a sua carreira de poetisa, compositora e cantora, embora já escreva poemas e canções há 20 anos no entanto só agora os leva até aos palcos.
Em Outubro de 2008 Isabel Ruth conhece Sandor Mester também conhecido por MS3 um guitarrista clássico húngaro de Budapeste. Toca essencialmente no interior do país, em pequenas aldeias, igrejas, centros culturais e escolas na Europa de Leste. Trabalhou também em software musical entre 1998 e 2006 no projecto Digimpro que foi depois utilizado por nomes como Moby, Erasure ou Robbie Williams.
Sendor Mester toca música com centenas de anos, desde renascentista, a barroca, até a peças de Bela Bartok e Carlos Paredes. Toca sonatas do compositor barroco Carlos Seixas bem como composições e improvisações de sua autoria. Faz tournées por Portugal quase sempre com casas cheias, tocou para centenas de crianças de escolas secundárias (Elvas, Lourinhã, Setúbal), bem como em universidades (Évora e Coimbra) no Centro Cultural da Lourinhã ou na Igreja de Colares. Tocou também no Conservatório do Funchal, na Madeira. Em Lisboa, toca todos os meses no Tejobar.
Começaram a trabalhar como duo em 2008 e encontraram um reportório único e completamente novo para voz e guitarra clássica. O espectáculo baseia-se em músicas de Isabel Ruth e poemas em português, italiano e francês re-arranjados por Sandor Mester. Interpretam também algumas canções de Alain Oulmann, ou o poema “ Amantes de Novembro” de Alexandre O’Neill, Verdes Anos de Carlos Paredes ou algumas canções napolitanas.
Cabaret Maxime
Praça da Alegria, 58 Lx
telf: +351 21 346 7090
Duration of the show: 80-90minutes
http://www.cabaret-maxime.com
Isabel Ruth one of the most respected actresses of Portuguese theatre and film recently came out a new show called Dramaticanto. She plays with a Hungarian classical guitarist Sandor Mester. First Dramaticanto show will be in Lisbon at 15th April 22.30h in Cabaret Maxime in Lisbon at Praça da Alegria 58.
Isabel is a versatile talented artist started as a ballet dancer then became an actress by chance. After having studies in the Royal Ballet School in London Isabel did her first movie in Lisbon 'Verdes Anos' in 1963 directed by Paulo Rocha. Verdes Anos became the most significant Portuguese movie of all times. She took a small part in the film 'Oedipus King' by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1967). She made close to fifty films. She worked with the director Manoel de Oliveira and lots of others. And she now she starts her poet, composer and singer carrier. She has been writing poems and songs for twenty years but never set them up for stage.
She met Sandor Mester (also known as MS3) Hungarian classical guitarist from Budapest in the October 2008. Sandor is the most active Eastern-European classical guitarist living in Lisbon. He playes mostly in coutryside in small villages in churches, cultural centres and in schools in Eastern-Europe. He was also working as a music software inventor 1998 - 2006 in Digimpro porject that was used by Robbie Williams, Erasure and Moby.
Sandor Mester MS3 plays music of 600 hundred years: from renaissence, baroque to the pieces by Bela Bartok and Carlos Paredes. He plays sonatas by the Portuguese baroque composer Carlos Seixas as well as his own compositions and improvisations. He is touring around in Portugal mostly full house concerts. He played for more then thousand kids in Portugal in secundary schools (Elvas, Lourinha, Setubal) at Evora and Coimbra university he played also in the cultural centre in Lourinha, in the chruch of Colares. He did concerts in Madeira island this January in Funchal Conservatório - Escola das Artes in Calheta Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas and played live at RTP Madeira. He goes to play in Tejobar every month in Lisbon.
They started to work as a duo in October 2008 and found out the way of a completely new and unique program for vocal and classical guitar. The show is based on Isabel Ruth's songs and poems in Portuguese, Italian and in French language re-arranged by Sandor Mester. They also play some songs by Alain Oulmann - the „father of Fado”. There is a well-known poem by Alexandre O'Neil "Amantes novembro". Oulmann composed music for this wonderfull poem he did for Isabel Ruth. This songs was not played before on stage. In Dramaticanto they play Isabel's first movie's soundtrack called „Verdes Anos” by Carlos Paredes and French chansons as well as some Napoletan songs.
The Dramaticanto show will be set up on stage first time Lisbon at 15th April 22.30h in Cabaret Maxime in Lisbon at Praça da Alegria 58.
Cabaret Maxime
Praça da Alegria, 58 Lx
telf: +351 21 346 7090
Duration of the show: 80-90minutes
http://www.cabaret-maxime.com
Friday, March 26, 2010
New York Video
I played two Sonatas by Carlos Seixas Portuguese baroque composer.
And the good old Verdes Anos by the one and only Carlos Paredes.
And the good old Verdes Anos by the one and only Carlos Paredes.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
MS3 plays in New York
I played in New York last week. I play two piece by John Dowland (Melanclholy Galliard and Allemande).
Friday, March 12, 2010
Photos from TejoBar
Last time when I was in my favorite place in Lisbon in Tejobar in Alfama there was guy called Raul Pinto who did some photos about me. He is a great guy and made really great photos in TejoBar in Lisbon. I know him from DocLisboa2009.
Monday, March 8, 2010
MS3 in Musea da Musica
I had a full house concert in Musea da Musica here in Lisbon. It was great! It went well the audience liked it very much I did one encore.
A young guy came to me after the concert that he wants to learn to play the guitar from me...
We did two videos about the concert: pieces by John Dowland and Carlos Seixas.
Two sonatas by Carlos Seixas - Portuguese baroque composer:
Two pieces by John Dowland:
A young guy came to me after the concert that he wants to learn to play the guitar from me...
We did two videos about the concert: pieces by John Dowland and Carlos Seixas.
Two sonatas by Carlos Seixas - Portuguese baroque composer:
Two pieces by John Dowland:
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Valentine's Day in Hotel Folgosa Douro
... I had a concert last week at the Douro River (Rio Douro). That region is up at the North of Portugal, actually very far from Lisbon where we live.I played one hour three times, so it was a long play. They had a Valentine's Day party there. Romantic, nice, elegant - classical guitar music fits to that very much. The hotel was fantastic. Nice persons there, perfect food and wine. I ate bloody beef stake...
...Valley of Douro it is a wine producing area with lots of quintas where you can taste and buy high quality wines. Douro river region is amazing, it is great that I could get there. Our friend Belmira helped a lot to organise it.
Nice pictures from the hotel.
...Valley of Douro it is a wine producing area with lots of quintas where you can taste and buy high quality wines. Douro river region is amazing, it is great that I could get there. Our friend Belmira helped a lot to organise it.
Nice pictures from the hotel.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Madeira Bela
I played in Madeida Island in Funchal and in Calheta.
I played a full-house concert in the Consarvatory in Funchal called Escola das Artes da Madeira run by Inês Costa Neves. She is a great school manager. She managed to get two articles in the two biggest daily paper of Madeira as well as a live performance in the program Lado a Lado at RTP Madeira. It was on last Thursday 21th January.
You can read the articles in Portuguese at the website of Jornal da Madeira and Dnoticias
I scanned the printed version of the Jornal.
Next day I played in the cultural centre of Calheta which is at the other side of the island at Centro das Artes | Casa das Mudas. I played for kids. There were around two or three hundred I dont know exactly.
We did a quick video diary about the concerts. You can see the some moments of my tv performance as well as pictures from Funchal and Calheta concerts.
I played a full-house concert in the Consarvatory in Funchal called Escola das Artes da Madeira run by Inês Costa Neves. She is a great school manager. She managed to get two articles in the two biggest daily paper of Madeira as well as a live performance in the program Lado a Lado at RTP Madeira. It was on last Thursday 21th January.
You can read the articles in Portuguese at the website of Jornal da Madeira and Dnoticias
I scanned the printed version of the Jornal.
Next day I played in the cultural centre of Calheta which is at the other side of the island at Centro das Artes | Casa das Mudas. I played for kids. There were around two or three hundred I dont know exactly.
We did a quick video diary about the concerts. You can see the some moments of my tv performance as well as pictures from Funchal and Calheta concerts.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
New Years Eve in Sem Fim in Monsaraz
I was playing on a New Years Eve party in the wonderfull Sem Fim in Monsaraz which is in the Alentejo region very close to Spain. I played a lot there all together two hours.
OPn this video I am playing J.S. Bach: D-major Praeludium and Francisco Tarrega: Capriccio Arabe
I met a very good guy there. There was a rock-blus band plaing during the party and the bass player - he is an incredible musician - was trained in the USA by Jeff Berlin. His name is Sergio Juliao and we became friends. We were talking about music a lot.
OPn this video I am playing J.S. Bach: D-major Praeludium and Francisco Tarrega: Capriccio Arabe
I met a very good guy there. There was a rock-blus band plaing during the party and the bass player - he is an incredible musician - was trained in the USA by Jeff Berlin. His name is Sergio Juliao and we became friends. We were talking about music a lot.
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.
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
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
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)
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
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