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About the videos
Ara Malikian conducts the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra playing Four Sad Seasons Over Madrid by Jorge Grundman, sung by Susana Cordon and with Daniel del Pino at the piano. World AIDS Day for Doctors Without Borders.
Ara Malikian conducts the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra playing Concierto Sentido for Violin, Viola, Cello and String Orchestra by Jorge Grundman. World Refugee Day for Doctors Without Borders.
Jorge Grundman is a New Age and Classical composer born in 1961 in Madrid, Spain; his birth name is Jorge Grundman. After composing initial pieces for a school contest at age 14, he later studied at the Royal Advanced Conservatory of Music in Madrid. His piano training was with Carmen Ledesma, while music theory (sol-fa) and choral group instruction came under the professorship of Joaquín Soriano. This classical training laid the foundation for the rest of Grundman’s musical career.
By age 17, he had become a key member of power pop groups ETC and Fahrenheit 451, as both a singer and a keyboardist. Shortly thereafter, Fahrenheit 451 was recognized as one of the most promising of the bands critics called "Movida Madrileña". Together with other famous touring bands -- Nacha Pop, Secretos, Mamá, Alaska y Los Pegamoides, Pistones and others -- they launched the most celebrated music show of that time in Madrid, called ”The Spring Concert at the Architectural School in Madrid.“
Jorge Grundman subsequently recorded with Fahrenheit 451 for independent labels, and collaborated with other bands like Pistones and Episodio. In 1980, he joined Fahrenheit 451’s drummer Oscar Bergón and renowned film composer Mario de Benito to form the first power pop group called Trópico de Cáncer; they recorded the notable album "Detrás del Espejo" for Virgin Records in Spain.
Jorge Grundman sang, played keyboard and composed some of the tracks on the album, which was recorded and mixed at Air Studios in London by Nigel Walker. However, by the time the single "Yo lo Intentaría una Vez Más" went to 1 on Spain’s FM radio playlists, Grundman had already exited the band seeking new directions and freedom from the major label marketing machine.
Distancing himself from the pop music industry, he began his University teaching career in 1985 and started to privately compose music at home. While there were some dark periods during Grundman’s transition to composing more personally-meaningful music, they were lifted by moments of light and inspiration. First, in the joyous birth of his first daughters, Sara and Rebeca, and, second, in famed New Age radio DJ Ramón Trecet’s decision to air Grundman’s new compositions despite the fact that they were simply on tape and not professionally formatted.
While continuing to teach, he composed the celebrated "Los Hijos del Frío" ("The Sons of the Cold") which is acclaimed as one of the most famous electronic tunes of MP3.com, where it was published in January 2001. It was 1 in the New Age charts 27 times, remaining in the Top 40 for six months alongside other leading New Age artists like Enya and Suzanne Ciani.
Jorge Grundman resides in Spain with his family, continuing to compose music and teach at the university. He founded Non Profit Music to facilitate donating proceeds from his music sales to Doctors Without Borders in Spain. In June 2004, the U.S. version of his first solo album, ”We Are the Forthcoming Past, Take Care of It,“ is being released through Los Angeles-based Only New Age Music. (www. newagemusic.com). For more press info, contact beth@theBcompany.com.
The album received the award nomination as Best Contemporary Instrumental Music from the prestigious NAR 2004 and was awarded as finalist by the Narcissus Awards 2005.
From this date on, he continous composing finalizing three String Trios, a Largo for Violin and String Orchestra, a Concerto Sentido for violin, viola, cello and string orchestra and the eMotive track The Girl With The Stolen Smile (Nanjing, 1937) as a tribute to all the chinee victims of the genocide of Nanjing. His more recent works are a sonata for violin and piano called "What inspires poetry", a "Chopiniana" for piano solo and "Four Sad Seasons Over Madrid" for soprano, violin, piano and string orchestra.
Molex - "Spiccioli Stealer EP" with remix from Mikael Stavostrand !!!
Huge support on this one from Xpansul, Alex Cappelli, Stefano Lotti, Deep Mariano, Andrea Ferlin, Tim Xavier, Matteo Spedicati, M.I.D.I., Dave Manuel...
Thank you so much for the add! Come check out our Trans-Siberian Guitar Orchestra concert THIS FRIDAY at Las Vegas Academy:
315 S. 7th Street Las Vegas, NV 89129
This concert is going to be SUPER exciting; it will feature all three levels of guitar ensemble at LVA. We will play arrangements of Trans Siberian Orchestra pieces with an orchestra and some heavy guitar. Come and support the LVA guitar program while getting your fix of holiday tunes. (www. classroomguitar. com) Admission is ONLY seven dollars, and when you go your name is automatically entered into a drawing for a 5-night cruise to Mexico and a 3-day trip to one of twenty-seven exotic locations!
You can also read all about the video and find out how to enter the NEW CONTEST HERE: DAVID HABBIN'S BLOG
Many thanks to the talented American songwriters Robin Lerner for letting us use her home, and to Ken Hirsch for his accompaniment on the grand piano.
Be sure to read the interview that Robin and David did at LITPARK. COM about their previous collaboration on MORNING SONG and look for another version of MORNING SONG coming soon to YouTube.
Hello Grundman! Thanks so much for the add! I certainly appreciate it.
I’m glad you stopped to check out my music. If you are interested, w, for a limited time, we dropped our CD prices down to $9.99 for the holidays. Hope it helps to make not only this season, but your year a brighter one.
