Another great track, love the piano and trumpet part again. So chilled

Great instrumentation, composition, and sound quality. Keep grovin!

So peaceful, like sitting in a cafe in Athens city and listening live to you on a sunny afternoon. Lovely!

Sehr gefühlfoller Track, gefällt mir sehr

This is so beautiful. I love melody and sound

From The Athens To Amsterdam And Back

An acoustic guitar duet. Shael and I have different, complimentary playing styles heard here in this simple recording. Just two guitars...and  a little rainfall.

The Tequila Monday Project

Social Life

Social life (Acoustic)

Art Cover by Steve Johnson https://www.pexels.com/@steve

Beautiful Jazz tones for Igor Iofe (@igor-iofe-1).

Days that gone never come back again. The name is of this project is representative of the process that music goes from Athens to Amsterdam and came back as feedback. I wish a beautiful week to all!
Athens 5/12/2021

From The Athens To Amsterdam

From The Athens To Amsterdam And Back I [ Piano: Thomas Nakas | Trumpet: Igor Iofe ]

Beautiful Jazz tones by Thomas Nakas @to_mi_nor and Igor Iofe @igor-iofe-1

Days that gone never come back again. The name is of this project is representative of the process that music goes from Athens to Amsterdam and came back as feedback.

Usually, when I'm composing I have a strong imaginative concept that motivates me and lures me to the result.  
As an exception in these types of projects, I imagine just where the trumpet should go and how can boost and highlight the overall try. 
So these compositions even if that alone, are fair enough to get listened to and enjoyed, are not complete without trumpet because their existing purpose was to get paired and accompanied by the trumpet's element. 
Here is our second try with https://soundcloud.com/igor-iofe-1 . So great progress on our two-month journey and still on the start point of this cooperation try. Happy Holidays for the days that are remaining.

From The Athens To Amsterdam and Back no2

From Athens To Amsterdam And Back II [Trumpet: Igor Iofe | Piano: Thomas Nakas]

From Athens To Amsterdam And Back III

From The Athens To Amsterdam And Back III [Trumpet: Igor Iofe | Piano: Thomas Nakas]

I made this song thinking about how unimportant material things are and how little they mean in our lives.

There Is No Material World

Days Of Wrath

The Knight who became a Legend

https://youtu.be/OA8Tofa3cMY

(Translation above)

Sur une musique de Frank Dana  https://soundcloud.com/dana-instrumental/jattends-im-waiting qui m'a permis d'y poser une mélodie et des paroles.
Voix additionnelle : Frank Dana

On a music by Frank Dana https://soundcloud.com/dana-instrumental/jattends-im-waiting which allowed me to put a melody and lyrics.
Additional voice : Frank Dana

J’attends
		          (à Frank Dana)

J’attends depuis que je m’ennuie
À noyer mes rêves
(J’attends)… J’attends le jour, j’attends la nuit
Que le jour se lève

J’attends le bus de mes envies
Mais c’est jour de grève
J’attends de sortir de ce puits
Dans ma vie sans sève

J’attends de pouvoir dire merci
Si on me relève
J’attends de revoir l’infini
Que mes yeux s’élèvent au

Ciel, qu’on me donne un ciel
Un grand ciel d’azur !
(break)

Je m’y envolerai
Sans aucun appareil
Et je m’y laverai
De rayons de soleil

Et si les anges rient
Je leur rappellerai
Qu'avec la poésie
La vie résiste au vrai

Là, pieds et poings déliés
Les yeux écarquillés
Je pourrai dérider
Tous mes rêves fanés

(J’attends)… Et je retrouverai
(J’attends)… Mes plus belles années
(J’attends)… Repartir à zéro
(J’attends)… Redevenir Zorro
(J’attends)… Croire aux soleils levants
(J’attends)… Avec des yeux d’enfant
(J’attends)… Mais sur l’île aux trésors
(J’attends)… Ne jamais trouver l’or
(J’attends)… Redécouvrir l’amour
(J’attends)… Sans son bec de vautour

Myckaël Marcovic, le 25 octobre 2022.

I am waiting
		          (to Frank Dana)

I've been waiting since I was bored
Drowning my dreams
(I'm waiting)... I'm waiting for the day, I'm waiting for the night
For the day to break

I'm waiting for the bus of my desires
But it's strike day
I'm waiting to get out of this well
In my life without sap

I'm waiting to say thank you
If I am relieved
I'm waiting to see the infinite
That my eyes rise to the

Heaven, that they give me a sky
A great blue sky!
(break)

I will fly there
Without any device
And I will wash myself
With rays of sunshine

And if the angels laugh
I'll remind them
That with poetry
Life resists the true

There, untied feet and fists
Eyes wide open
I will be able to cheer up
All my faded dreams

(I'm waiting)... And I will find
(I wait)... My best years
(I am waiting)... Start again
(I wait)... Become again Zorro
(I am waiting)... Believe in rising suns
(I am waiting)... With childish eyes
(I wait)... But on the treasure island
(I am waiting)... Never find the gold
(I am waiting)... Rediscover love
(I wait)... Without his vulture's beak

Myckaël Marcovic, October 25, 2022.

J'attends (Frank Dana / Myckaël Marcovic)

Written: 2021-22
Duration: 20'
Video: https://youtu.be/X107ODtr54s
for SATB choir (3 choir members each playing a single crotale or Tingshas) and instrumental sextet (flute [doubling alto flute], clarinet, violin, cello, percussion [vibraphone, concert bass drum, four concert tom-toms, large tam-tam, medium suspended cymbal, medium and small triangles, Mark tree, medium and large wood blocks], and piano).
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: https://billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?cPath=103_137&main_page=product_info&products_id=4349
For More Information, Text, and Perusal Score: https://robertpaterson.com/listen

PROGRAM NOTE
Most people want to be heard and want to be loved, and we are usually better at talking than listening. We are often so immersed in ourselves that we not only forget to listen to others in a meaningful, effective way but also to the world around us. With that in mind, Listen is about listening to each other and the world around us more deeply, especially concerning our environment. In that sense, this piece could have been titled “Deep Listening,” but since this work is meant to be more a call to action than an alliteration of a musical concept, I felt that Listen was a more appropriate title. Listen uses a tapestry of quotes from various well-known sources, both ancient and contemporary, that are about or related to the environment. My main goal through this piece is to create a musical call to action, encourage listening, and help to raise awareness about our environment and the natural world around us.

Listen is scored for choir (3 members playing Tingshas or crotales) and chamber ensemble, consisting of a flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano, and was commissioned by and is dedicated to Ember, Deborah Simpkin King, music director, and conductor, in honor of their 25th anniversary.

Listen (for SATB Choir and Chamber Ensemble)

This wonderful song by @matthias_am_klavier is a trip through landscapes and inner realms, a topic that has always fascinated him. Thanks a lot to Matthias for asking me to record the trumpet part and Adam Tucker for doing the mastering.

Approximate translation of the lyrics:

We fill up the bottles,
the goal the horizon.
In the heart no pain, no thoughts,
our worries are gone too.

So far this world,
so wonderful this sand,
With you by my side
With you by my hand

Here no one can stop us any more,
swimming in the horizon
Wide open views, from high cliffs,
deep inside us, the land speaks.

Flying high, circling the coast,
Deep in the sea, we see the ground,
Warm air warms our thoughts,
Deep within us, the land speaks.

Then in the evening under the blankets
Cold air on the face
Infinity in the starry sky
which then engulfs us

Trumpet: Igor Iofe @igor-iofe-1
Mastering: Adam Tucker @adam-tucker-composer

Sea In Sight [Matthias Am Klavier, feat. Igor Iofe]

A few words, right or wrong, can make all the difference in the world! Sung by Sierra Wolfe, Chris Herbsen and Shael Wrinch, and produced by Shael at his Stone Hill Studios on beautiful Bowen Island.
LYRICS
A night, and a day, and a night youve been away
Which words to say, before this all slips away
A phrase takes a turn, Im deaf, Im blind, Im burned
With hearts on the line, the right words are all left behind
Maybe we have learned, theres no more bridges for us to burn
and so much more to say
Were just a few words away
So hard to understand, words fall, soft, from my hand
Youre right, I may be wrong. Weve misunderstood all along
We cry, we laugh, we sing. The right words could change everything
Which words to say, before this all slips away
Maybe we have learned...

Tequila Monday Project

A Few Words

A Few Words Away

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You. Recorded. London, 14th, October, 1943
Alto Sax Ivy Benson

You Danced To These Bands

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Ivy Benson & Her All Girl Orchestra

Autumn Leaves

Igor Iofe is a
composer whose musical
paths lead to diverse stylistic destinations. Currently Igor's focus in music is Armenian traditional duduk repertoire which he performs on trumpet. He brings the beauty and warmth of the duduk into his trumpet playing.

At the Conservatorium van Amsterdam he studied with  Wim Hendrickx,Richard Ayres,  Fabio Nieder,Willem Jeths and Jorrit Tamminga. Igor attended masterclasses with Misato Mochizuki, Dmitry Kourliandski, Tristan Murail andTan Dun. His music was performed at the Composers’ Festival Amsterdam (2012 and 2013), Atlas Academy (2010-12),  Looptail XXX and at such venues as De Link, De Duif, Het Bethaniënklooster, Het Veem, STEIM, Muziekgebouw aan 't Ij and CvA in Amsterdam and other cities of the Netherlands. His piece Y+Ywas performed by the Joint Venture Percussion Duo at several venues in the USA and Europe.

Parallel to his Classical Composition studies Igor studied Composing Music for Film with Jurre Haanstra and graduated as a Master in Composing for FIlm at the CvA. During his studies he wrote music for several movies which were shown at the Beeldbuis Filmfestival, Keep an Eye Film Festival, VERS Awards, Cinekid Filmfestival, M2M Filmfestival and Pleinbioscoop Rotterdam.

Igor is one of the organisers of the Toets des Tijds Concert Series

From The Athens To Amsterdam And Back III [Trumpet: Igor Iofe | Piano: Thomas Nakas]

Igor Iofe

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