Pop, rock, hard rock, celtic music, middle age, Renaissance, Baroque, new age, symphony music (Mahler, Bruckner), electronic, lyric, Spanish (Paco de Lucia), big choirs (Verdi, Orff, Brahms)
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Our music and show is a blending of fantasy with reality, symphonic music that reminds of legendary film soundtracks mixed with pop, rock, electronic, Spanish, middle age, lyric and classic sounds. A trip through the deepest dreams and feelings of the human kind. It reminds to Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Lord of the Rings, Braveheart, Mike Oldfield, together with rock, pop, electronic and symphony sounds.
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OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS:
Internationale Symphoniker Deutschland
Jorge Terra, designer, sponsors Maite with his gorgeous and sexy :-)creations.
Maite Itoiz and John Kelly" is right now one of the underground alternative bands with most sales of the country. From zero, by themselves, they remained in the German top 100 charts for many weeks, selling a very big amount of CDs of their album "Tales from the Secret Forest" and reaching the number 1 in several online shops charts, like Amazon. Nowadays that's a big achievement, especially for a band playing Neoclassic, Celtic-Rock, fantasy and Early music, so-called "non commercial" music...
Maite is the producer of the band. With two complete classical careers under her belt (classical guitar and lyric singing) and years performing as an opera singer with some of the most important singers of the world together with her very open mind for all types of music make her compositions and arrangements sound big and magic. As a consequence, she spends a lot of time at the studio, producing also for various other artists.
Due to her studies and vocal experience performing in Early Music ensembles, she fearlessly inserts music starting from the 12th century in the live show, following the original scores and making the people clap and dance with it, as it is certainly a rock band which is playing on stage. Surprisingly, Codex Calixtinus, Llibre Vermell, Alfonso X, Juan del Enzina, fit perfectly with the rest of the Celtic-rock and fantasy music program, making from it a unique act. On the other hand, their other formation, "ELFENTHAL" brings this early music on stage in a more pure format, with specialized voices and instruments of those times.
After 30 years of musical career, John has sold over 20 million albums and 2.5 million music videos. Now he adds his warm voice and charming look to the fantasy show. He performed together with artists like Lionel Richie, Pavarotti, Carreras, Joe Cocker or Elton John and got awards like the Echo, Goldene Kamera, Bambi, golden Otto, etc. Now he gives his knowledge of so many years to the show, managing it himself.
Additionally, the visually attractive concept of the show, with self-designed costumes, choreographies, the fairy tale that joins the whole show and the surprises with the radical music style changes make the audience be in tension till the end of the show, when the "Solstice's night dance" breaks the barriers between both worlds, joining humans and fairies in dance on stage.
NEW PROJECT 2010 "ELFENTHAL" a travel to the past, through some of the most wonderful melodies of the ancient times. New musical formation, specialized voices and instrumentalists of early music. A concert to remember... Please visit
@Morgaine: Training? heftig *pfft* Toestands, daß mir die Haxen wehgetan haben und ursula wurschtelt die Schritte dauernd um :P und mal auf hau ruck Schritte vom Summercamp, die keiner (mehr) kann :P Na das kann ja noch lustig werden *stöhn* Ursulas Devise: Improvisation ist alles! *augenverdreh*
@Sandra, Marco: hahaha that's funny ;) but I think if not forced I wouldn't speak Spanish with them either although I actually think I speak enough Spanish to tell a way or to explain something in simple words ^-^ It's kinda mbarasseing outside my circle of friends ;)
What did they say? Ha ha they laughed and hoped I spoke Spanish very well, but in fact I can't speak Spanish at all .... Some weeks ago I had four French students in my class. That was difficult too for me so I spoke English...... Have a nice weekend!
Fun today : as I went home some tourists asked me how to get to Damsquare. But I recognized they were Spanish. So I said to them: 'Hoy comamos Y bebamos'! We were all laughing, but lucky they spoke some English words too, so they found their way in Amsterdam......
Hallo liebe Maite,lieber John.Hab mit großer Freude gelesen,das ihr im Sommer in Bad Lauchstädt spielt,da ich nur 2 Orte weiter wohne,kann ich endlich mal wieder zu Euch kommen.Freue mich sehr......Bis dahin alles Gute...Annett
Hi Maite! Thanks for your comment and for accept us. Also like your music, and it should be great to meet you in some festival someday. Greetings from Brazil and keep in touch.
Hier schneits Oo hilfe! Aber wenigstens ists im Büro halbwegs ruhig und nachher geh ich zum Stammchinesen futtern - ich glaub heut will ich Ramen bei der Wetterlage *brrr*
@Maite, John: Thanks for John's kind and sincere words of gratitude..when I read them I feel touched somewhere inside. The man has a knack for really and unexpectedly touching me inside :)
@Morgaine: gottseidank - Ursula hat eh die Parole ausgegeben, daß heute ALLE kommen müssen weil sie die Slip Jig Choreo mal komplett durchmachen will mit allen tänzern - na das kann lustig werden.
Was zum Teufel sind bolt-changes? Das hab ich ja noch nie gehört..ich kenn wohl changes vom Primary Reel aber das..?? Zu "the fairy's.." kannst aber light jig oder Single Jig (beides 6/8-Takt, damit hast auch den Takt des Lieds) tanzen, ich habs getestet.
@Regina: ich werde mir MÜhe geben, es langsam anzugehen, ich huste ja immer noch ein wenig trotz Gesundschreibung
Lieber John richtig gratulieren kann ich ja nicht, auf Grund meines Glaubens, aber auch ich wünsche dir von ganzem Herzen alles Gute;-) Ich hoffe dass das Jahr noch erfolgreich für euch wird, nach dem ganzen Disaster, und ich hoffe ihr habt das alles gut weggesteckt, und neue Kräfte gesammelt, und ich fand deine Entscheidung damals auch richtig erstmal Internet-Pause zu machen;-) All the best for the future und ich hoffe ich hab noch oft die Möglichkeit in eine andere Welt abzutauchen und für euch zu backen;-) LG Melli
Hallo in den Wald!! Hey Miri, du gehörst auch wieder zu der arbeitenden Bevölkerung!? Ich gratuliere!! Aber lass´ dich nicht gleich wieder überfordern, sonst liegst nächste Woche wieder "danieder", oder so........ @ Sandra, hier liegt auch immernoch Schnee. Am We. solls zwar "wärmer" werden, aber da wir dann Plusgrade haben, soll es wieder Schnee/Regen geben! @ Maite, schööööööööön dass John uns ein paar Zeilen schreiben will!! Ich freue mich!! Aber er darf sich ruhig Zeit lassen; Hauptsache er kann sich überhaupt aufraffen etwas zu schreiben!! Die Anderen hier haben aber recht, er findet immer sooooo schöne Worte, wenn er sich zu einem Posting durchringt!!
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.... Some weeks ago I had four French students in my class. That was difficult too for me so I spoke English......
: as I went home some tourists asked me how to get to Damsquare. But I recognized they were Spanish. So I said to them: 'Hoy comamos Y bebamos'! We were all laughing, but lucky they spoke some English words too, so they found their way in Amsterdam......
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