Erwin's music den

This is just a teaser for LIFETANGO, a project I’ve worked upon for Life Ball 2013.

It’s been a pleasure for me to work on this project, first and foremost for its final purpose, as I expressly did it for a benefical event to which I feel very honoured to take part to, the LifeBall, organised by AIDS LIFE, whose efforts to raise awareness and support aid organizations giving assistance to HIV-positive people and AIDS patients I also praise and support with all my heart.

What we’ve tried to do is to mould a contemporary hymn to life, as that’s what LIFETANGO is for me, so it was twice as exciting for me to work on it, because I have also been given the chance to experiment with electronic music, which I really love, and to do so prompted by a really good cause, the purpose of the LifeBall event, so I’m grateful to all the colleagues, friends and family members too who have generously helped me - from Montevideo, Punta del Este, Vienna, New York, Sydney and Rome.

Thank you to all the people involved in this project (in alphabetical order by name :-)): Andreas Rathammer, Bruno Tortorella, Facundo Latorre, Florencia San Martin, Georg Luksch, Giorgia Meschini, Gonzalo Moreira, Iara Schrott, Mario Pugin, Natalia Villanueva, Rinat Shaham, Rogelio Gracia, Rusanda Panfili, Sebastian Ohrwaschel, Teodora Miteva, and Xavi Kras (with Electrobios & BONG, too, gracias chicos).

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Earlier this morning, before going to rehearsal, I visited the Toccarion here in Baden-Baden — it’s an amazing place where kids can play, study and experiment with music and art, learning to communicate in any possible way. Truly wonderful and inspiring, if you come to Baden-Baden you should definitely visit it, too!

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Rehearsals in Baden-Baden are going great.

The orchestra and Maestro Hengelbrock ROCK, and when I say rock I really mean it!.

Mozart, Led Zeppelin, Piazzolla and Miles Davis zusammen to rock DON GIOVANNI in Baden Baden, there’s nothing better than listening to music changing when you were already thinking that it could be difficult to make it different one more time… Ah, I LOVE MY JOB!.:-)

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Thank you, Munich!

It’s been an awesome run this Elisir, really enjoyed singing Dulcamara once again and working with my talented colleagues, Eri, Dimitri, Fabio and Tara, the orchestra and the chorus and *everyone* at Bayerische Staatsoper, and performing for such a welcoming audience.

Thank you everyone, see you again soon!!.;-)

You know what they say…

…opera is just for posh, elderly people… ;-)

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Signing off with a moustache at the Künstlerhaus…

Thank you to everyone who attended my Künstlergespräch tonight!!.

[voiceover: Salvador Dalí talking about music and musicians… ;-)]

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Yes, I know this is short notice, but…

…tonight at 19:00 I will be at the Münchner Künstlerhaus (Lenbachplatz 8, München) for the Künstlergespräche series of Die Münchner Opernfreunde - an interview/chit-chat moment for anyone who can attend. I hope to see you there. :-)

And, since I’m typing, I’d also like to THANK EVERYONE who was at the Bayerische Staatsoper last night for L’elisir d’amore, it was a blast, and you are an amazing audience! HERZLICHEN DANK!!.

Did you like Dulcamara’s steampunk-ish vehicle? ;-)

Salviamo il Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

I’ve sung several times at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, that’s why I know all the people working there are extremely dedicated professionals who have a genuine passion for opera. Unfortunately, as things stand right now, their professionalism, their passion, their dedication alone aren’t enough to let Maggio Musicale live on. If Maggio Musicale ended, that would mean losing artistic and cultural heritage, not only for Florence, the place where opera was born, but for the whole world. That would mean depriving the world of something beautiful and alive, ad surrendering to the gradual decline of culture. We must ask, indeed we must demand this heritage isn’t taken away from us all.

Please sign the petition http://www.thepetitionsite.com/328/899/674/salva-il-maggio-musicale-fiorentino-a-firenze-save-the-maggio-musicale-fiorentino-in-florence-italy/ , and share the Facebook group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/476314989104788/

Thank you.

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Abrazos / Hugs / Abbracci / Umarmungen / Câlins / Abraços / 抱擁 /  Îmbrăţişări / Objatie / Объятия / חיבוקים / العناق

Matías Haber is a long time friend of mine, a fellow Uruguayan, and an opera singer with a penchant for tango, too.
Together with his girlfriend Andrea Seewald, an Austrian contemporary dancer, he’s started this amazing project: teaching tango to people with Down Syndrome.
They started off in Uruguay and have now taken their project to Austria, too. Here is an inspiring and really moving video of what they do.

Mi amigo Matías Haber nació en Uruguay como yo, y es un cantante de ópera con una pasión por el tango como yo.
Junto con su novia Andrea Seewald, bailarina austríaca de danza contemporánea, empezó este projecto increíble: enseñar tango para personas con Síndrome de Down. 
Después de Uruguay, llevaron este proyecto en Austria también. Aquí está un video muy conmovedor de lo que hacen.

Il mio amico Matías Haber è nato in Uruguay come me, e sempre come me è un cantante d’opera con la passione per il tango.
Con la sua fidanzata, Andrea Seewald, ballerina austriaca di danza contemporanea, ha dato vita a questo incredibile progetto: insegnare il tango alle persone con Sindrome di Down.
Dopo aver iniziato in Uruguay, hanno portato il loro progetto anche in Austria. Ecco un video commovente di quello che fanno.

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The ECHO Klassik Award has eventually landed in the right hands…

:-)