On tour with the Amstel Quartet

On tour with the Amstel Quartet. We started in LA and we are now in Park City, near Salt Lake City in the mountains in Utah. The hotel is a lodge, with huge rooms, apartment-like. Tonight we will play a concert for the Utah Symphony sponsors and Thursday is the 'real' concert.
This weekend we will come back and then the final preparations for the Grachtenfestival will start: two soloconcerts with Wilson, Berio, Bach and Burtner in Arcam, one solo concert with the Amstel Wind Orchestra: Glazounow in an arr. for wind orchestra and accompanying Danielle Deniese for the Prinsengrachtconcert with Porgy and Bess and My Fair Lady (as always, arr. by Wijnand!)

Amstel Quartet tour coming up

Amstel Quartet tour coming up. Preparing, studying, rehearsing, and celebrating holidays. Berio SequenzaVIIb is coming along nicely, even with the right hand! Come check it out at the Grachtenfestival on August 18 in the architecture centre Arcam.

Reserve your tickets for Ties Mellema's concerts at the Amsterdam Grachtenfestival here

An interview with Ties Mellema in the Grachtenfestival News Paper

Grachtenfestival in Echo, Amsterdam newspaper: http://www.echo.nl/ec-zu/uitgaan/lees/890835/russische.muziek.op.grachten/

Holidays

Holidays!
An exciting year behind me. Lots of stuff happened. My hand is getting better and I am dealing with it. I might even be playing Berio Sequenza in August at the Grachtenfestival! (the soprano one!)
Saúl is doing great. He's an easy baby... He is my zen master and he is teaching me a lot about life....

Editing the final version of my new CD 'On the Other Hand'

Editing the final version of my new CD 'On the Other Hand'. Almost finished. It all sounds very well! Thank you Guido and Azazello. It will be released on BVHaast together with Amstel Records.