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05-Aug-2016
Ksenija Sidorova’s ‘Carmen’ named classical recording of the month, Winnipeg - Canadaby Rob Howard |
 Ksenija Sidorova’s ‘Carmen’ is named classical recording of the month in Canada by Classic 107, Winnipeg’s classical and jazz radio station.Classic 107 reports: One of the newest signings to Deutsche Grammophon is accordion player Ksenija Sidorova. Ksenija’s ‘Carmen’ presents an authentic reflection of the Latvian accordionionist’s charismatic personality. “Carmen fascinates me,” she notes. “Of course I wanted to bring something new to this music, to let Carmen speak with a different voice. The accordion doesn’t have to breathe like a singer, so there are no restrictions to what I can do with this music. I could be daring and passionate, just like Carmen, and share in the multicultural musical ideas created by my wonderful collaborators.” There’s much more Carmen to come from Ksenija thanks to a run of performances that opens in Dortmund in April and continues in Latvia and Chicago later in the year. “I feel that people of all ages are ready to connect with Carmen and so I want to take this project on the road.” She has shared the stage with guitarist Miloš Karadaglic at the Classic Brits in 2012. The show, presented at London’s Royal Albert Hall, paved the way for her to work with, among others, Avi Avital, Juan Diego Flórez, Sting, Bryn Terfel and Rolando Villazón. Last year she toured an early version of her ‘Carmen’ project as part of the “Night of the Proms” concert series, delighting tens of thousands at major arena and stadium venues across Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. “It was so exciting for me to explore the idea of ‘classical meets pop’. I saw just how open people were to this music and to the instrument.” |