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Concert in Antwerp, 14th of March 2019

Toccanti, the première

Ensemble Toccanti: Gerda Abts, Marte De Leeuw, Elina & Maria Markatatou, Saar Wijns,
mandolin, mandola
Sam Vertommen, guitar

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vids:

Toccanti plays Danza delle Streghe

Toccanti plays Impressioni Orientali

 

Concert in Kapellen, 3th of June 2018

Mandoline-duo

Marina Eckhardt and Gerda Abts,
Baroque mandolin, mandolin and mandola

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Concert

Four traditions Greek music

A project by Elina & Maria Markatatou

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Foto's & film op de site Markatatou

 

Gerda Abts plays Partita IV by Filippo Sauli

 

Concert ''Mare Nostrum' by the group 'Bel Griego', May 2017

group 'Bel Griego'

videos

Thalassa-Pikrothalassa by Michalis Staurakakis

Thalassa-Apocheretismos by Konstantin Moudakis

Misirlou (instrumental), Greek traditional

 

International mandolin festival Lier - Antwerp

Saturday 18 Feb 2017, Jesuit church at Lier
Daniëlle De Rover (Nederlands) conducts the BMO -
the BMO with pupils and students of Gerda Abts -
Gerda Abts conducts her pupils and students

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Video 'FusionEm' by Daniëlle De Rover. She conducts the BMO with pupils and students of Gerda Abts

Video 'Prelude' van Charpentier, better known as the 'Eurovision song'. Gerda Abts with pupils and students

Video Themes from 'The four seasons' by Vivaldi

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The duo Katsia Zabairachnaya (mandolin) & Natalia Mikhaylova (harpsichord)
from Saint Petersburg

Saturday 18 Feb 2017, Jesuit church at Lier -
Sunday artists' Mass Carolus-Borromeus church -
Sunday Sant Catharina church, beguinage Antwerp
Thursday 16 Feb masterclass with Katsia

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Video 'Suite in the old style', 1 menuet, by Alfred Schnittke, duo mandolin and harpsichord

Video 'Suite in the old style', 2 fugue, by Alfred Schnittke, duo mandolin and harpsichord

 

Concert 'Joy Reflection', 22th of December 2016 in Millegem church at Ranst

Gerda Abts, Maria and Elina Markatatou on a concert in Millegem church, Belgium, with mandolins and guitar on gevoeligesnaar_be

Vids from the concert to see and hear

2 Traditional Christmas carols

Amigas by J.A. Zambrano Rivas

Never on Sunday by H. Hadjidakis

S'agapo giati eisai oraia Smyrna, rebetiko

Erotoktitos, 1713, on 2 baroque mandolins

Adagio by C. F. Abel

Trio baroque mandolins life at concert on gevoeligesnaar_be

 

 

Rehearsel on the 30th of April 2016 with Daniëlle De Rover, for the concert on the 18th of February 2017 in which Daniëlle De Rover performs her own composition 'FusionEm' with the BMO, together with pupils and ancient pupils of Gerda Abts. Organisation Gerda Abts.

Repetitie met Daniëlle De Rover, n.a.v. optreden op 18 februari 2017 Repetitie met Daniëlle De Rover, n.a.v. optreden op 18 februari 2017 Repetitie met Daniëlle De Rover, n.a.v. optreden op 18 februari 2017
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Masterclasses with Ricardo Sandoval, conservatory Antwerp 23 March 2016, organisation Gerda Abts

Masterclasses met Ricardo Sandoval, conservatorium Antwerpen 23 maart 2016, organisatie Gerda Abts Masterclasses met Ricardo Sandoval, conservatorium Antwerpen 23 maart 2016, organisatie Gerda Abts
Masterclasses met Ricardo Sandoval, conservatorium Antwerpen 23 maart 2016, organisatie Gerda Abts Masterclasses met Ricardo Sandoval, conservatorium Antwerpen 23 maart 2016, organisatie Gerda Abts
 

Concerts Saint Petersburg 2016, The Antwerp Baroque ensemble & Gerda Abts
photo 1, repetition
photos 2 t/m 5, concert in the Russian Museum,
photos 6 t/m 9, concert in the Gatchina palace
photos 10, t/m 12 master classes (12 with Gusli player)

Optreden Sint-Petersburg 2016, Het Antwerps Barokensemble & Gerda Abts Optreden Sint-Petersburg 2016, Het Antwerps Barokensemble & Gerda Abts Optreden Sint-Petersburg 2016, Het Antwerps Barokensemble & Gerda Abts
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Una Corda di Gioia Fête de Saint-Jean on 28 June 2015 at 16 h in "La vieille Eglise Saint Jean de Narosse" in Santenay (burgundy, France), org. Les Amies du Vieux Santenay

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Una Corda di Gioia on friday 2 July 2015 at 20.30h in the church Marie de Poisson, Poisson, burgundy, France

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Una Corda di Gioia on 4 July 2015 at 20.30 h in la Chapelle de Domange (burgundy, France)

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Photos of the artist's Mass in the Saint Carrolus Borromeus church in Antwerp on 1th March 2015
(click the thumbnails)

Photos of the artist's Mass in the Saint Carrolus Borromeus church in Antwerp on 1th March 2015 Photos of the artist's Mass in the Saint Carrolus Borromeus church in Antwerp on 1th March 2015
Photos of the artist's Mass in the Saint Carrolus Borromeus church in Antwerp on 1th March 2015 Photos of the artist's Mass in the Saint Carrolus Borromeus church in Antwerp on 1th March 2015
Photos of the artist's Mass in the Saint Carrolus Borromeus church in Antwerp on 1th March 2015 to the photo interior of Carrolus Borromeus Antwerp
 
The Belgian students of prof. Gerda Abts at the masterclass at prof. Wilden-Hüsgen
The Belgian students from prof. Gerda Abts, on a masterclass with prof. Marga Wilden-Hüsgen in Germany. From left to right: Johan Corrales, prof. Marga Wilden-Hüsgen, Marte De Leeuw, Gerda Abts, Elina and Maria Markatatou.
 
The Belgian students of prof. Gerda Abts at the masterclass at prof. Wilden-Hüsgen The Belgian students of prof. Gerda Abts at the masterclass at prof. Wilden-Hüsgen
 

Photos from the full dress-rehearsal of the concert in the beguinage church Sint-Catharina in Antwerp on 15 February 2015
(click the thumbnails)

Photos from the full dress-rehearsal of the concert in the beguinage church Sint-Catharina in Antwerp on 15 February 2015 Photos from the full dress-rehearsal of the concert in the beguinage church Sint-Catharina in Antwerp on 15 February 2015 Photos from the full dress-rehearsal of the concert in the beguinage church Sint-Catharina in Antwerp on 15 February 2015
Photos from the full dress-rehearsal of the concert in the beguinage church Sint-Catharina in Antwerp on 15 February 2015 Photos from the full dress-rehearsal of the concert in the beguinage church Sint-Catharina in Antwerp on 15 February 2015 Photos from the full dress-rehearsal of the concert in the beguinage church Sint-Catharina in Antwerp on 15 February 2015

Watch films live form the concert:

Fantasie by G. d'Alaire (link)

Notturno I in C by D. Mancinelli (link)

La Felix by J. Duphly (link)

 

 

Photos from the concert in the little white church of Terheijden (Breda) on the18th January 2015

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Photos from the concert in Millegem church (Ranst) on the 7th December 2014

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Films from the concert in Millegem church:

Cappriccio by Guiliano for baroque mandolin solo

Concerto in G by Boismortier, part 1 allegro

Concerto in G by Boismortier, part 2 affettuoso

Concerto in G by Boismortier, part 3 allegro

 

Photo from the handing over of the mandolin (builder Knorr) to the sisters Maria and Elina Markatatou, as a result of the benefit concert.

 

Photos and films from the mandolin concert (benefit concert)
at Sint-Antonius-Zoersel on Sunday 16 March 2014

Photos taken on the short repetition, as well as snapshots from films

Short films from the performance: rembetiko & Danza delle Streghe

Danza delle Streghe (link) (Francesco Civitareale)

Rembetiko part 6 (link) I mpalanta tou kur Mentiou (Varnalis)

Rembetiko part 5 (link) Pasatempos (Chiotis)

Rembetiko part 4 (link) Garsona (Tontas) - Esy ise i etia pou ipofero (Chiotis)

Rembetiko part 3 (link) Pes mou gia de m' afineis ( Mimis Plesas)

Rembetiko part 2 (link) Charamata i hora tris (Vamvakaris)

Rembetika part 1 (link) Fragosiriani (Vamvakaris)

 

Photos and short films from the mandolin concert at Brasschaat on Sunday 8 December 2013

Photos taken on the final rehearsal. On the third photo, from left to right: Gerda Abts, Johan Corrales, Saar Wijns, Pieter Van Tichelen, Marte De Leeuw, Johan Dias and Sam Vertommen. (Click the thumbnails)

 

The links to the short films of the concert:

Impressioni Orientali by Raffaele Calace - watch film

Gigue by Sylvius Leopold Weiss - watch film

Concerto Capriccioso by Herbert Baumann - Allegro - watch film

Concerto Capriccioso by Herbert Baumann - Andante sostenuto - watch film

Concerto Capriccioso by Herbert Baumann - allegro giocoso - watch film

Sinfonia, anonymus, allegro - watch film

Sinfonia, (part2) cantabile e giustoso - watch film

Sinfonia, balletto (part 3) - watch film

Studio per la Mandola, Francesco Piccone, allegro - largo - allegro - watch film

Studio per la Mandola, Francesco Piccone, (part 2) vivace - allegro - watch film

Suite Galante by Hermann Ambrosius, allegro commodo - andante con moto - allegretto scherzando - watch film

Suite Galante by Hermann Ambrosius, (part 2) andante - allegro - watch film

Carnavale di Venezia by Carlos Munier - watch film

Preludio no. 12 by Raffaele Calace - watch film

 

Photos from the mandolin concert (click on the thumbnails)

in the church of Millegem (Ranst, on the frontier with Boechout) on Thursday 23 may 2013

for the organisation "Boechout verbaast", via Orpheus.

Gerda Abts, Marte De Leeuw and Johan Corrales, mandolin

Frank Liégeois, guitar

3 videofragmenten van dit concert:

 

Photos from the presentation of the baroque mandolin

in the muziekmuseum Vleeshuis (music museum) at Antwerpen on 1 December 2012

Pieter van Tichelen and Gerda Abts, baroque mandolins

 

Photos from the occasionaly concert

in the Rockoxhuis at Antwerpen on 23 June 2012

Gerda Abts en Marthe de Leeuw, mandolins

(Marthe de Leeuw is one of her three pupils following mandolin studies at university level)

 

Photos from the finishing concert of the 'Workshop Pop & Rock' for mandolins and guitar with Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker on 21 avril 2012 at Brasschaat. With the pupils mandolin and ensembles of Gerda Abts from the academies of Brasschaat, Wijnegem, Lier and Merksem. Click the thumbnails.

 
 
 

Photos from the concert of the pupils of Gerda Abts from the academies of Lier, Merksem, Brasschaat and Schilde, together with the Brasschaats mandolineorkest (mandolin orchestra of Brasschaat), conducted by Marcel De Cauwer, on 2 of April 2011, in the Jezuïetenkerk in Lier.

Click the thumnails for the large resolutions

 

Some small vids of the concert on youtube:

Song of Japanese Autumn by Yasuo Kuwahara (BMO+pupils)

Kaymos by Mikis Theodorakis (BMO+pupils)

Buongiorno principessa by Nicola Piovani (BMO+pupils)

Takirari del Regresso anonym from Bolivië (pupils)

Je n'aurai pas le temps by Michel Fugain (BMO)

Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega (BMO)

 

 

duo Gerda Abts and Frank Liégeois