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Thursday, August 26, 2010
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Monday, August 23, 2010
The Mexican film La Pantera Negra features the theremin prominently in the score and it is being distributed in theaters in Mexico this month.
The theremin part was recorded by
Ernesto Mendoza. This is the first Mexican feature film to actually use a real theremin, and musically too! Although Mexican film companies released a lot of horror films in the 50s and 60s, they used a musical saw for the theremin-like tones.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Taking a cue from Carolina Eyck, Sting is now playing a theremin live in concert.
According to the Interwebs and OC Weekly, Sting brought out a theremin during the song "Moon Over Bourbon Street" (iTunes) during a recent stop on his "Symphonicity" tour.
So, here are some World Thereminization kudos to Sting for helping spread theremin awareness! |
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Friday, June 11, 2010
TW member Thierry Frenkel has taken on the mantel of event organizer and announced the
Theremin Summer Academy with Carolina Eyck & Thierry Frenkel in Colmar, Alsace-France from July 29th to August 1st 2010.
No simple task, good going Thierry, wish we could all be there! |
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
In her column, Gear Stories, Sylvia Massy presents a good overview of the history behind the theremin. Her background information is fairly solid, though it's probably safe to say if her theremin "farts, groans, weedles and screams as its being played", perhaps she needs to read some of the tips from our Learn to Play Theremin section ;)
Read:
Gear Stories With Sylvia Massy: Whole Lotta Theremin (MixOnline.com) |
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Kudos to G4TV for a huge contribution to World Thereminization! Last night's Attack of the Show episode featured a 3 minute spot about theremins and how to build an Etherwave kit. Excuse them for flubbing a couple of tiny details (those aren't capacitors) - they're TV hosts. Still, we'll give them credit for bringing the theremin out into the open for their hundreds of thousands of tech saavy and creative fans.
For anyone who happened to find our little community after watching the segment, welcome to Theremin World!
Watch: The Science Behind Theremins (G4TV.com) |
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Hands Off has quickly grown into a thousand-hand, all embracing, theremin convergence of players, builders, and aficionados from across Great Britain and the globe.
This year will feature performances by
Lydia Kavina,
who will also give a talk and master class,
and ThereminWorld Memebers(!):
Chris Conway,
Alexander Thomas,
and Beat Frequency,
aka Gordon Charlton, founder-director-publicist-&-handyman of Hands Off.
There will be a
Theremin Cello duet
too, and a Grand Finale of twenty thereminists!
A public interactive theremin installation will up up for the week.
The installation uses 16 custom built theremins by
Fred Mundell of
Fundamental Designs Ltd.
I couldn't possibly thank and congratulate GordonC (and Mrs. GordonC too I'm sure!) enough for Hands Off. It has become a major and inspiring theremin event and has been the most consistent and fastest growing festival for the theremin.
Saturday, 17 April 2010
Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall,
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road SE1 8XZ, London
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
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Sometimes our work as musicians intersects with works of humanitarianism much greater than our normal sphere of rehearsal and performances.
Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau was born in 1929 in Leipzig, Germany and grew up during the horrors of the second world war. After studying medicine during the 1950's Ruth joined the order of the 'Daughters of the Heart of Mary' and was sent by the order to work in India. In 1960, while awaiting a visa in Karachi, Ruth visited the McLeod Leper Colony, little more than a beggar's camp at the time, deciding to stay to serve the leprosy patients and her great work began.
In less than five years, Sister Ruth established the Leprosy Control Program and working with a Pakistani dermatologist initiated training programs for local medical workers. In 1979, she was appointed Federal Adviser on Leprosy to the Government of Pakistan and by 1996, leprosy had been controlled in the country and Dr. Ruth Pfau's work was assisting leprosy and public health initiatives across the word.
During March 2010, the German and Pakistani governments are celebrating Dr. Ruth Pfau's work in Karachi. March 6 - 9 Theremin player Carolina Eyck and her music ensemble from Berlin will be performing at the German Consulate and three of the schools where Ruth worked and founded.
Carolina tours almost constantly, this Pakistan trip however
is considered by her and her musicians (Peter Schmidt - lead-guitar, Axel Merseburger
guitar, Roman Eyck bass, Jan Bilk keyboards, leader) to be the most important concert series they have presented.
More information will be available at
Carolina's site
and the Goethe-Institute in Pakistan.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Dutch Thereminist
Thorwald Jorgensen
has hit quite a stride with his 2009-2010 concert tours. Spanning styles and venues, Thorwald will be performing intimate classics in the
Cultureel Cafe Bacchus in Aalsmeer (near Amsterdam), and as soloist with a wind orchestra at the
Amsterdam Concertgebouw, famous for it"s splendid acoustics.
The Symphonic Wind Orchestra ATH grew out of the immense popularity of wind orchestras in the Netherlands. They introduce new soloists across the country in commissioned arrangements of orchestral classics and will be featuring Thorwald in concerts this year.
Welcome to ThereminWorld Thorwald,
and Viva World Thereminization! |
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