"Gitango" from my album Moontide - Helmut Lipsky on the Melosphere Label.

Helmut Lipsky - MOONTIDE

Gitango

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A timeless and highly critically acclaimed collaboration between three internationally renowned artists from the Canadian music scene: violinist Helmut Lipsky, pianist James Gelfand and bassist Michel Donato.
The group has toured nationally and internationally starting in 1995 and played in the context of classical chamber music and jazz festivals for many years, including the Montréal International Jazz Festival and the International Music Festival of the Domaine Forget. It also has recorded numerous radio and TY shows.

Tricycle

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Special Love (Michel Donato)

Renaissance Men (Helmut Lipsky)

A voyage through musical time and space. Original release in 2009.
This album won the OPUS Prize of the "Conseil québécois du Québec" (CQM), Canada, in 2011 in the "World Music" category.

An Die Musik (Franz Schubert / Helmut Lipsky)

Libertango (Astor Piazzolla)

Tempi Con Variazioni, I  Gothic - Renaissance - Baroque - Classical (Helmut Lipsky)

Fuyu (Helmut Lipsky)

Renaissance Men Live (Helmut Lipsky)

Gitango Live (Helmut Lipsky)

Helmut Lipsky - UNCLASSIFIED - feat. Karen Young
À la fois accessible et éclectique, acoustique et électrique, familier et exotique, contemporain et nostalgique, le répertoire original de ce disque envoûtant du violoniste Helmut Lipsky, se situe quelque part entre le profane et le sacré, au carrefour de différents univers musicaux. On y entend Lipsky et ses complices, la chanteuse Karen Young, le claviériste Yves Léveillé, le contrebassiste Jean-François Martel et le batteur Jacek Kochan. Une musique qui étonne par sa créativité, son lyricisme et sa modernité.

Helmut Lipsky, acoustic and electric violins
Karen Young, vocals
Yves Léveillée, piano and keyboards
Jean-François Martel, acoustic bass
Jacek Kochan, drums

Martha Will Like It (Music: Jacek Kochen, Lyrics: Karen Young)

Helmut Lipsky - UNCLASSIFIED - feat. Karen Young
À la fois accessible et éclectique, acoustique et électrique, familier et exotique, contemporain et nostalgique, le répertoire original de ce disque envoûtant du violoniste Helmut Lipsky, se situe quelque part entre le profane et le sacré, au carrefour de différents univers musicaux. On y entend Lipsky et ses complices, la chanteuse Karen Young, le claviériste Yves Léveillé, le contrebassiste Jean-François Martel et le batteur Jacek Kochan. Une musique qui étonne par sa créativité, son lyricisme et sa modernité.

Helmut Lipsky, acoustic and electric violins
Karen Young, vocals
Yves Léveillée, piano and keyboards
Jacek Kochan, drums

Lady In The Moon (Helmut Lipsky)

Helmut Lipsky - UNCLASSIFIED - feat. Karen Young (1991)
À la fois accessible et éclectique, acoustique et électrique, familier et exotique, contemporain et nostalgique, le répertoire original de ce disque envoûtant du violoniste Helmut Lipsky, se situe quelque part entre le profane et le sacré, au carrefour de différents univers musicaux. On y entend Lipsky et ses complices, la chanteuse Karen Young, le claviériste Yves Léveillé, le contrebassiste Jean-François Martel et le batteur Jacek Kochan. Une musique qui étonne par sa créativité, son lyricisme et sa modernité.

Helmut Lipsky, acoustic and electric violins
Karen Young, vocals
Yves Léveillée, piano and keyboards
Jean-François Martel, acoustic bass
Jacek Kochan, drums

Orien Tale (Hong Kong) (Helmut Lipsky)

World Premiere Recording of Enrique Granado's Piano Trio Opus 50 in 1990
Piano Trio by Gabriel Fauré Opus 120
World Premiere Recording of "Rouages d'un rève" by Helmut Lipsky (1990)
Recorded in 1992 for the Atma Label
Producer and Artistic Director: Michel Laverdière
Recording Engineer: Jacques Boucher
Sound Recording: Maurice LeBel, Studio Mobil
Recorded at L'Église de Saint-Ligouri, Lanaudière, QC, Canada

Gabriel Fauré - Trio, Opus 120 - 3) Allegro Vivo

Gabriel Fauré - Trio, Opus 120 - 2) Andantino

Enrique Granados - Trio, Opus 50 - 1) Poco Allegro Con Espressione

The German group "L'Art de passage" with the Canadian violinist Helmut Lipsky live at the "b-flat" Rosenthaler Strasse, Berlin on October 20th 2023.
Stefan Kling, piano
Tobias Morgenstern, accordion
Helmut Lipsky (Montréal, Canada) violin
Wolfgang Musick, double bass
Recording: Bernd Schimmler and Julius Krebs
Mastered at "Studio 1058" by Manne Pokrandt
Produced by Tobias Morgenstern and Stefan Kling
Label: Buschfunk (Berlin) and Ecletra (Canada)

Sons Et Parfums Aux Quatre Vents (Tobias Morgenstern)

The wind moves the leaves and the haunting melody is leading you deep into the forest...

Helmut Lipsky - Moontide

Melodia

1 Tricycles (Cycles and Tricycles) - James Gelfand

Cycles and Tricycles

9 Winter Waltz (Cycles and Tricycles) - James Gelfand

8 Green Worms (Vers un verre de vers verts l'hiver sévère) - James Gelfand

7 Fuyu (Cycles and Tricycles) - Helmut Lipsky

6 Suite Of Seasons - Helmut Lipsky (Summertime/Autumn Leaves/Winter Wonderland/Spring Sonata)

5 Vivaldilirium (Cycles and Tricycles) - Helmut Lipsky/Antonio Vivaldi

4 Bar Carol (Cycles and Tricycles) - James Gelfand

3 Running Around (Cycles and Tricycles) - Michel Donato

2 Folky Baroky (Cycles and Tricycles) - James Gelfand

This is the first piece recorded by Helmut Lipsky - MELOSPHERE on Radio-Canada's (CBC) Jazzimage Label in 1986.
Helmut Lipsky, violin and composition, Karen Young, voice, Simon Stone, reed instruments, James Gelfand, piano, Bernard Marchand, synthesizers, Marc Langis, electric bass, James Hillman, drums, Pierre Dubé, percussions.

Lyrics, by Helmut Lipsky:

DREAMACHINE

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Welcome all on board the fabulous Dreamachine,
We will bring you to the land of your innermost fantasies,
Now that you have reached the course,
Close your eyes and choose a favorite dream of yours.
Put your credit card in the slot next to your seat, push the button and
Swing...

Welcome back to the Dreamachine,
Please relax and watch your brain pattern on the screen,
When the signal light blinks, you are ready to enter a different world.
Put your credit card in the slot next to your seat, push the button and
Boogie...

Welcome back to the Dreamachine, we can show you the wonders you've never seen,
If you wish to continue your voyage with us, push the button and
Dance...

Welcome back to the Dreamachine,
Please sit back and check your bank account on the screen,
If your credit is fine and your heartbeat in stable condition,
We'll send you back to your fantasies, free your mind from all idiosyncrasies,
When the signal lights up and you're ready to go, push the button and
Dream...

Helmut Lipsky - MELOSPHERE

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Dreamachine (MELOSPHERE - Helmut Lipsky 1986)

"Mirrors" is the continuation of "Dreamachine", the first piece recorded by Helmut Lipsky - MÉLOSPHÈRE on Radio-Canada's (CBC) Jazzimage Label in 1986.
Helmut Lipsky, violin and composition, Karen Young, voice, Simon Stone, reed instruments, James Gelfand, piano, Bernard Marchand, synthesizers, Marc Langis, electric bass, James Hillman, drums, Pierre Dubé, percussions.

Mirrors (Helmut Lipsky)

A moody, melancholic slow dance with a parfume of tango and the pulse of desire, longing and passion. This piece is part of my soundtrack for the movie "L'Espérance" by Stefan Pleszczynski and is performed here by my group Melosphere. I wrote an arrangement for violinist Angèle Dubeau and her ensemble La Pietà as part of my cycle "The Blue Suite", performed during her tour "Silence, on joue" in 2012.

Moontide

HELMUT LIPSKY - Violinist, Composer and Artistic Director of Melosphere Productions

Violinist Helmut Lipsky is the prototype of the accomplished musician of today: born in Germany, raised in Switzerland in the tradition of classical music, he went on to study with the great masters, including Itzhak Perlman, in New York City, where Lipsky developed as an improviser and composer. He lives now in Montreal, Canada and is very active on the national and international scene.

His mix of musical languages (jazz, tango, classical, popular and traditional music of other cultures), solidifies Lipsky’s very personal and identifiable style. He has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and has been nominated twice in Canada for Felix awards for Best CD, Best Canadian Violinist and Best Concert of the Year. He has collaborated with the likes of GRAMMY winners Swiss harpist Andreas Vollenweider and American cellist David Darling.

His latest album with his group Melosphere, called "Tempi con Variazioni", which includes guest artist soprano Suzie LeBlanc and was produced by Earl McCluskie for the Chestnut Hall Label, garnered the prestigious Prix OPUS by the CQM (Conseil Québécois de la Musique) and can be found on iTunes, eMusic, CDBaby and Amazon.com.

Lipsky has performed in many countries at prestigious events, such as the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Berlin’s Summer Festival, Toronto's IdeaCity Conference, the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the International Very Special Arts Festival at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium and has opened for artists like Dave Brubeck, Stéphane Grappelli and Toots Thielemans.

He has written, interpreted and produced music for cinema, television, theatre and multimedia installations. Special events, like his Concerto for violin and chainsaw, which premiered at the opening of the international Symposium of Contemporary Arts in Amos, and a Harbour Symphony-Concerto for amplified violin, shiphorns, train and cathedral bells at the Montreal Harbourfront, brought his eclectic style to international attention. Sheet music of his works have been published by Doberman Editions and Ovationpress.com.

Helmut Lipsky teaches classical violin at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal, jazz violin at Concordia University and gives master classes in performance and improvisation throughout Quebec and Europe. He has degrees in Performance and Pedagogy from the Conservatory of Zurich, Switzerland, and a Master’s degree from the City University of New York.

Lipsky’s numerous awards include the Order of French Music, the Presidential Scholar Award of the Council of the City of New York and First Prize at the international radio broadcast competition "Jazz à la Carte".

The Melosphere is the realm where there are no boundaries between musical languages — a space where Jazz, Classical, Tango, Latin, Gypsy, Rock, and music from various past and present world cultures interact to create a vibrant and fascinating sound, structured by programmatic and narrative elements.

Violinist, composer and bandleader Helmut Lipsky created the foundation for his very personal sound while still in his teens in Switzerland. He nurtured it during his six years of studies in New York City and further cultivated it after moving to the province of Québec, Canada, in 1980, where he founded his first Mélosphère Ensemble with musicians from Québec City: Yves Léveillé (piano and keyboards),Daniel Charron (saxophone), Gérard Paradis (bass) and François Samson (drums).

Reconstituted in Montréal with Simon Stone (saxophone), James Gelfand (piano), Bernard Marchand (synthesizers), Marc Langis (bass), James Hillman (drums),Pierre Dubé (percussion) and guest vocalist Karen Young, the group recorded the album Mélosphère for the CBC Jazzimage label in 1986. The group appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1987 and, until the late eighties, was a regular guest at the Festival International de jazz de Montréal and many other major Canadian festivals.

The Mélosphère Ensemble also collaborated with artists as diverse as classical flutist André-Gilles Duchemin (Trois Images, Suite for Flute and Jazz Ensemble) and popular singer Sylvie Tremblay (theme songs for Leucan and the international Very Special Arts Festival in Brussels in 1994).

Since the mid-90s, Helmut Lipsky has collaborated in Canada and Europe in numerous concert and recording projects with Berlin-based L’Art de passage musicians Stefan Kling (piano) and Tobias Morgenstern (accordion). Together they recorded Helmut Lipsky’s CD Moontide and introduced the music of Tango Nuevo master Astor Piazzolla into their repertory.

The new Mélosphère Ensemble includes these musicians plus Jean-Francois Martel (bass), Pierre Tanguay (percussion) and Alex Weimann (keyboards), and collaborates with the renowned Canadian Baroque soprano Suzie LeBlanc.

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