Mihael Paar » Blog https://mihaelpaar.com Clarinetist Mihael Paar - Official Site Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:55:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Premiere album released https://mihaelpaar.com/premiere-album-released/ https://mihaelpaar.com/premiere-album-released/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:00:28 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3593 The Big Day has arrived! My album is OUT! The Album is called Premiere, it is released by Cantus label and it features completely new repertoire! Pianist Filip Fak has joined me on this ‘long and winding road’ but some of the works have been recorded together with the authors! Jazz virtuoso Matija Dedić and crossover specialist Matej Meštrović are thus listed as my composer-pianist guests! Other works include Concertino by Silvije Glojnarić (brilliant, absolutely first-rate) and Sonata by Bruno Vlahek (major work by any standard). Plus two solo pieces – Silver Bird by Alfi Kabiljo (never has the bird sounded so silverish ?) and Capriccio No. 6 by Ante Grgin (‘My best Capriccio’ Ante says?). Watch this trailer to see how ‘Premiere’ was made –> Premiere is available on download and streaming services: iTunes ▶️ https://goo.gl/fiDfbrs Amazon ▶️ https://goo.gl/TfD2Zh Spotify ▶️ https://goo.gl/qnNqSs Deezer ▶️ https://goo.gl/FVBvtm Google ▶️ https://goo.gl/xZTRWs CD is available at the publisher: ▶️ http://goo.gl/fkVyFZ Last but not least, listen to my thoughts about the pieces featured on the Premiere –>

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]]> The Big Day has arrived! My album is OUT!

The Album is called Premiere, it is released by Cantus label and it features completely new repertoire! Pianist Filip Fak has joined me on this ‘long and winding road’ but some of the works have been recorded together with the authors! Jazz virtuoso Matija Dedić and crossover specialist Matej Meštrović are thus listed as my composer-pianist guests! Other works include Concertino by Silvije Glojnarić (brilliant, absolutely first-rate) and Sonata by Bruno Vlahek (major work by any standard). Plus two solo pieces – Silver Bird by Alfi Kabiljo (never has the bird sounded so silverish ?) and Capriccio No. 6 by Ante Grgin (‘My best Capriccio’ Ante says?). Watch this trailer to see how ‘Premiere’ was made –>

Premiere is available on download and streaming services:
iTunes ▶️ https://goo.gl/fiDfbrs
Amazon ▶️ https://goo.gl/TfD2Zh
Spotify ▶️ https://goo.gl/qnNqSs
Deezer ▶️ https://goo.gl/FVBvtm
Google ▶️ https://goo.gl/xZTRWs

CD is available at the publisher:
▶️ http://goo.gl/fkVyFZ

Last but not least, listen to my thoughts about the pieces featured on the Premiere –>

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/premiere-album-released/feed/ 0 Announcing the interview as a host https://mihaelpaar.com/announcing-the-interview/ https://mihaelpaar.com/announcing-the-interview/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2017 07:29:13 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3534 I briefly crossed over to explore the world of hosting a talk show. You can see me here conducting the interview with one of the legends of the clarinet world. The legend is about to be unraveled with the full-length interview for your viewing pleasure.      

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]]> I briefly crossed over to explore the world of hosting a talk show. You can see me here conducting the interview with one of the legends of the clarinet world. The legend is about to be unraveled with the full-length interview for your viewing pleasure.

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Interview taking place in Prica Gallery Samobor 02/06/2017

 

 

 

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/announcing-the-interview/feed/ 0 “It needs 2 to Tango” i.e. Mendelssohn for 2 Clarinets https://mihaelpaar.com/it-needs-2-to-tango-i-e-mendelssohn-for-2-clarinets/ https://mihaelpaar.com/it-needs-2-to-tango-i-e-mendelssohn-for-2-clarinets/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:04:09 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3543 I once said it needs two to play Mendelssohn on the clarinet. His Concert Pieces for two clarinets are so popular they can not be omitted when you play in a duo. Masterpieces by a master composer! Enjoy this photo from Saturday 10/06/2017 as I performed the Pieces with Bruno Philipp & Camerata Cantilly @ Koncertna dvorana Vatroslava Lisinskog  

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]]> I once said it needs two to play Mendelssohn on the clarinet.

His Concert Pieces for two clarinets are so popular they can not be omitted when you play in a duo. Masterpieces by a master composer!

Enjoy this photo from Saturday 10/06/2017 as I performed the Pieces with Bruno Philipp & Camerata Cantilly @ Koncertna dvorana Vatroslava Lisinskog

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/it-needs-2-to-tango-i-e-mendelssohn-for-2-clarinets/feed/ 0 Ante Grgin i zagrebački klarinetisti – koncert za pamćenje https://mihaelpaar.com/ante-grgin-i-zagrebacki-klarinetisti-koncert-za-pamcenje/ https://mihaelpaar.com/ante-grgin-i-zagrebacki-klarinetisti-koncert-za-pamcenje/#comments Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:14:32 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3500 Večer koja će se pamtiti! Oproštajni koncert Maestra Ante Grgina u Zagrebu. Prekrasno i emotivno. Jedinstveno! Izveli smo sve Capriccie, Duo, Trio i Kvintet. Ante je potom rekao i dvi-tri riči, a onda i zasvirao onako kako samo on zna. Hvala Bruni, Abdulu, Davidu, Rudi, hvala svim kolegama na podršci, Hrvatskom društvu skladatelja i svima drugima koji su pripomogli da ovu večer učinimo posebnom!

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]]> Večer koja će se pamtiti! Oproštajni koncert Maestra Ante Grgina u Zagrebu. Prekrasno i emotivno. Jedinstveno!

Izveli smo sve Capriccie, Duo, Trio i Kvintet. Ante je potom rekao i dvi-tri riči, a onda i zasvirao onako kako samo on zna.

Hvala Bruni, Abdulu, Davidu, Rudi, hvala svim kolegama na podršci, Hrvatskom društvu skladatelja i svima drugima koji su pripomogli da ovu večer učinimo posebnom!

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S lijeva na desno: Rude Mimica, Abdul-Aziz Hussein, Mihael Paar, Ante Grgin, Bruno Philipp i David Horvatić u Hrvatskom društvu skladatelja u Zagrebu 1.6.2017.

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/ante-grgin-i-zagrebacki-klarinetisti-koncert-za-pamcenje/feed/ 0 Ballad for piano premiered in my hometown https://mihaelpaar.com/ballad-for-piano-premiered-in-my-hometown/ https://mihaelpaar.com/ballad-for-piano-premiered-in-my-hometown/#comments Sun, 21 May 2017 14:08:44 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3492 Wonderful performance of my Ballad for piano by Srebrenka Poljak last year in my hometown of Samobor. The piece has been performed all around Croatia and abroad, but it took more than 15 years to be performed here where it was written in 2000. Srebrenka has indeed captured the soul of the Ballad delivering number of nuances and colors. Thank you and bravo! Recorded LIVE in Samobor, Croatia on April 6th 2016. For free sheet music just send a request through http://mihaelpaar.com/contact

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]]> Wonderful performance of my Ballad for piano by Srebrenka Poljak last year in my hometown of Samobor. The piece has been performed all around Croatia and abroad, but it took more than 15 years to be performed here where it was written in 2000.

Srebrenka has indeed captured the soul of the Ballad delivering number of nuances and colors. Thank you and bravo!

Recorded LIVE in Samobor, Croatia on April 6th 2016.

For free sheet music just send a request through http://mihaelpaar.com/contact

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/ballad-for-piano-premiered-in-my-hometown/feed/ 0 Koncert u hrvatskom Veleposlanstvu u Beogradu https://mihaelpaar.com/koncert-u-hrvatskom-veleposlanstvu-u-beogradu/ https://mihaelpaar.com/koncert-u-hrvatskom-veleposlanstvu-u-beogradu/#comments Sat, 11 Mar 2017 06:05:23 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3440 Hvala hrvatskom Veleposlanstvu u Beogradu u kojem sam 5. ožujka nastupio povodom 25. obljetnice međunarodnog priznanja Republike Hrvatske. Uz djela hrvatskih majstora Grgina i Klobučara, program sam zaokružio klasicima Cavallinia i Kovácsa. Prekrasna večer za posebnu prigodu! Više: goo.gl/KpXCQ5 Photo: s njegovom ekselencijom Veleposlanikom g. Gordanom Markotićem

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]]> Hvala hrvatskom Veleposlanstvu u Beogradu u kojem sam 5. ožujka nastupio povodom 25. obljetnice međunarodnog priznanja Republike Hrvatske.

Uz djela hrvatskih majstora Grgina i Klobučara, program sam zaokružio klasicima Cavallinia i Kovácsa. Prekrasna večer za posebnu prigodu!

Više: goo.gl/KpXCQ5

Photo: s njegovom ekselencijom Veleposlanikom g. Gordanom Markotićem

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/koncert-u-hrvatskom-veleposlanstvu-u-beogradu/feed/ 0 Belgrade Concert & Davorin Jenko Competition 2017 https://mihaelpaar.com/belgrade-concert-davorin-jenko-competition-2017/ https://mihaelpaar.com/belgrade-concert-davorin-jenko-competition-2017/#comments Sun, 05 Mar 2017 06:08:32 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3437 After experiencing some delays in traffic I finally arrived in Belgrade and immediately switched myself into the fast mode for tonight’s concert  It’s going to be a one-man recital feat. unaccompanied pieces of mixed genres. Following the concert I will change the position and sit down to listen to young clarinetists at the Davorin Jenko International Competition. Wish them all the luck and congratulate already for all the preparation, commitment and willingness to compete on the high international level! I know, both as a former competitor and now as a teacher, how much courage one needs to have to take the challenge and showcase her/his talent ?

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]]> After experiencing some delays in traffic I finally arrived in Belgrade and immediately switched myself into the fast mode for tonight’s concert  It’s going to be a one-man recital feat. unaccompanied pieces of mixed genres.

Following the concert I will change the position and sit down to listen to young clarinetists at the Davorin Jenko International Competition.

Wish them all the luck and congratulate already for all the preparation, commitment and willingness to compete on the high international level! I know, both as a former competitor and now as a teacher, how much courage one needs to have to take the challenge and showcase her/his talent ?

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/belgrade-concert-davorin-jenko-competition-2017/feed/ 0 Spanish & Portuguese Premieres of the Fantasy https://mihaelpaar.com/spanish-portuguese-premieres-of-the-fantasy/ https://mihaelpaar.com/spanish-portuguese-premieres-of-the-fantasy/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:34:53 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3404 Just received some fantastic news from top Croatian clarinetist Radovan Cavallin! On December 7th 2016, he was the first to perform my Little Christmas Fantasy in Spain and he did it in style with American virtuoso Robert Spring! The premiere took place on the island of Gran Canaria at the Agaete Clarinet Festival. To make the icing on the top of the cake, Radovan is about to give another performance in the town of Evora making it Portuguese Premiere! Dedos cruzados! Plus, I know now the Spanish name for my piece: La pequeña Fantasia de Navidad [wysija_form id=”1″]

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]]> Just received some fantastic news from top Croatian clarinetist Radovan Cavallin! On December 7th 2016, he was the first to perform my Little Christmas Fantasy in Spain and he did it in style with American virtuoso Robert Spring! The premiere took place on the island of Gran Canaria at the Agaete Clarinet Festival. To make the icing on the top of the cake, Radovan is about to give another performance in the town of Evora making it Portuguese Premiere! Dedos cruzados!

Plus, I know now the Spanish name for my piece: La pequeña Fantasia de Navidad :-)

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/spanish-portuguese-premieres-of-the-fantasy/feed/ 0 Carl Maria von Weber – Tribute https://mihaelpaar.com/carl-maria-von-weber-1786-2016/ https://mihaelpaar.com/carl-maria-von-weber-1786-2016/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:27:45 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=3364 One of the very first conductors to use a baton and (more important) composer of several clarinet masterpieces. Born on this Day in 1786 ~ Carl Maria von Weber. My 2006 Salzburg performance of his Grand Quintet Op. 34 was praised by many. Take a moment to listen to this piece of breathtaking virtuosity and perfect clarinet writing ⬇ [wysija_form id=”1″]

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]]> One of the very first conductors to use a baton and (more important) composer of several clarinet masterpieces. Born on this Day in 1786 ~ Carl Maria von Weber.
My 2006 Salzburg performance of his Grand Quintet Op. 34 was praised by many.

Take a moment to listen to this piece of breathtaking virtuosity and perfect clarinet writing ⬇

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]]> https://mihaelpaar.com/carl-maria-von-weber-1786-2016/feed/ 0 2 Clarinets 2 Perform ‘Little Christmas Fantasy’ https://mihaelpaar.com/2-clarinets-2-perform-little-christmas-fantasy/ https://mihaelpaar.com/2-clarinets-2-perform-little-christmas-fantasy/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:39:05 +0000 http://mihaelpaar.com/?p=2708 Little Christmas Fantasy is about to be performed in a version for 2 clarinets! Tomorrow in Sv. Nedelja (Kerestinec) with clarinetist Bruno Philipp. Make sure to come back as I will post a clip from the concert. For detailed information see the event. In the meantime, let’s recall the original version:-) 

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]]> Little Christmas Fantasy is about to be performed in a version for 2 clarinets! Tomorrow in Sv. Nedelja (Kerestinec) with clarinetist Bruno Philipp. Make sure to come back as I will post a clip from the concert. For detailed information see the event. In the meantime, let’s recall the original version:-) 


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