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Member Since9/20/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.sparito.de
Band Members .. Band members


Duo:

Ian Melrose (fingerstyle guitar)



Trio:

Afra Mussawisade (percussion)
Florian Zenker (guitar)
every now and then: Kinan al Azmeh (clarinet)


Quartet:

Antoine Pütz (Acoustic Bass Guitar)
Steffen Thormählen (Drums)
Sebastian Pottmeier (Soprano-, Alto & Baritone-Sax)


Guest Player (Trumpet. Flugelhorn)
Guest singer on "ZINA": Lena Chamamyan (Syria)


"Hewar" / Syria:
Kinan al Azmeh (Clarinet) Essam Rafea (Oud) Dima Orsho (Voice)


Sounds LikeConfronted with Manfred Leuchter's music for the first time, one could be forgiven for presuming that the world of music is hard to fathom. Oriental rhythms underpinning jazz jams, exotic instruments vying with accordion? Could this be the dreaded ..World Music..?

An appalling title, thought hopefully forgotten, only to be resurrected by fantasy impaired journalists intent on finding a label for Manfred Leuchter..s work. World Music; it used to an analogy for ..ethnicicity... Sundry tribal sounds thrown into a pot over a cool drum groove, mixed up with the producer..s latest sitar carpet and, barely audible in the background, the last of the High Street Indios puffing pitifully away on on their pan pipes.

Times change. And for that reason, to appreciate the wonders of the, finally, legitimate artform we used to call World Music, you need to do two things: 1. Throw this battered label onto the scrap heap and 2. turn to the unique work of Manfred Leuchter. Things don..t all get thrown into one pot to create some sort of half tasty stew here; rather, this is a recipe of love.

The spice is oriental .. and used with knowledge and an adoration of music. Leuchter..s accordion is carefully matched to the eastern sound spectrum, with no denial of the European and jazz accordion traditions. Here, the music cultures mix and mate without devouring each other.

Could this be the reason why Manfred Leuchter is enjoying wide acceptance in this part of the world? His successful tours have ranged from India to Syria which, on his last visit to Damascus, led to recordings with his own band together with Arab musicians. These sessions make up the lion..s share of ..ZINA.., Leuchter..s new album release.

The band plays with self-confidence while never overwhelming their Arabian counterparts on oud, riq or quanoun. Special guest is Lena Chamamyan whose almost extraterrestrial voice fits perfectly to Leuchter..s compositions. Styles meet not just in passing, but create a new musical universe.

Almost ungrudgingly,

Götz Alsmann

(Transl.: Grant Stevens)

P R E S S R E V I E W S

"Leuchter tells fairytales. As sensitive as Sheherazade, as terrifying as Cicero, a virtuoso who promotes the accordion to the status of a Stradivarius."
(Limburgs Dagblad)

"With masterly musical cascades, diaphanously-woven tapestries of sound and skilful arrangements, Leuchter ventures into adventurous collages and conjures up unbounded tonal pictures full of tension and suspense."
(Schwäbische Zeitung)

"Leuchter plays as he thinks: with boundless liberty, but constrained by consistent discipline, amuses, but never without sincerity"
(AZ)

DELIGHTFUL. That was the unanimous verdict of the Chennaiites who happened to watch Manfred Leuchter and his team...
(The New Indian Express)

... his interpretation of ..And I Love her.. is a tribute to Lennon & McCartney
(NRCHandeslblad)

Record LabelAcoustic Music
Type of LabelIndie


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Discography:

* Vis à Vis (Duo 2008)
* Nine days of solitude- The Damascus Session (Hewar 2007)
* Zina (2006)
* Space (Live, 2005)
* Nomade (2004)
* Pas de Trois (Trio 2002)
* Arabesque (2001)
* Sparito (2000)




Tourdates / History 2008-2003

..Manfred Leuchter - Konzerte.. ..

30.01.10   duo, wendelstein / germany
21.01.10   duo, gronau / germany
06.12.09   mit/with tiny tribe, kusterdingen / germany
15.11.09   workshop, aachen / germany
14.11.09   workshop, aachen / germany
13.11.09   duo, alsdorf / germany
11.11.09   duo, bremen / germany
26.09.09   duo, open string festival osnabrück / germany
12.09.09   klassik-pop- et cetera, 10.00 am
14.08.09   duo, dinslaken / germany
08.08.09   duo, flensburg / germany
04.07.09   mit/with reinhard mey, staffelstein / germany
03.07.09   mit/with reinhard mey, staffelstein / germany
27.06.09   duo, ravensburg / germany
25.06.09   duo, redange / luxembourg
24.06.09   duo, redange / luxembourg
21.06.09   duo, workshop, schorndorf / germany
20.06.09   duo, workshop & concert, schorndorf / germany
05.06.09   mit/with stefan michalke's amistad, dueren / germany
29.05.09   trio, jazz ralleye düsseldorf / germany
17.05.09   duo, berlin / germany
16.05.09   duo, erfurt / germany
15.05.09   trio, viersen / germany
14.05.09   mit/with tiny tribe, fulda / germany
10.05.09   solo, cologne / germany
09.05.09   quartet, zitadellen-jazznacht jülich / germany


               solo, san francisco / usa
               duo, verviers / belgium
               mit/with reinhard mey, berlin / germany
               duo, int. accordion festival vienna / austria
               with "hewar", fürth / germany
               duo, bremen / germany
               duo, bremen / germany
               quartet, borken / germany
               duo, berlin / germany
               duo, aachen / germany
               duo, aachen / germany
               mit/with "matabb" gøteborg / sweden
               mit/with "matabb" kiel / germany
               quartet, duisburg / germany
               trio, café hahn koblenz / germany
               trio, ethno festival chisinau / moldavia
               aachen / germany
               detmold / germany
               isernhagen / germany
               frankfurt / germany
               michalke & friends, aachen / germany
               mit/with "tiny tribe", stuttgart / germany
               duo mit/with ian melrose, bruyères / belgium
               mit/with stephan sulke, lörrach / germany
               troisdorf / germany
               wiehl / germany
               quartett, san francisco / usa
               mit/with "tiny tribe", kusterdingen / germany
               trio, koeln / germany
               mit/with ian melrose, eschweiler / germany
               mit/with "matabb" aachen / germany
               sawa institution, shefamro / israel
               cinematek, nazareth / israel
               zan, ramallah / palestine
               quartett, talbahnhof, eschweiler / germany
               "tiny tribe", theaterhaus frankfurt / germany
               workshop, esslingen / germany
               quintet, esslingen / germany
               quintet, trossingen / germany
               michalke & friends, jakobshof / aachen germany
               wdr 5 - neugier genuegt - redezeit
               matabb, nablus / palestine
               workshop with students of al-kamandjati / palestine
               jerusalem / israel / palestine
               matabb, qalqilia / palestine
               matabb, bethlehem / palestine
               matabb, jenin / palestine
               "matabb", ramallah / palestine
               trio, jazz lives in syria, damascus / syria
               trio, with kinan azmeh, burg wilhelmstein / germany
               quintet, bonn / germany
               trio, bruyères / belgium
               l'inoui, redange / luxembourg
               l'inoui, redange / luxembourg
               cd-presentation "zina", aachen / germany
               with "hewar", marseille / france
               >dinslaken / germany
               bruyeres / belgium
               altenburg / germany
               jazz viersen / germany
               duesseldorf / germany
               with "hewar", monterosa / syria
               with "hewar", damascus / syria
               wdr 3 / zwischen bach & bagdad - live
               agadir / maroc
               marrakesh / maroc
               trossingen / germany
               workshop high institute trossingen/germany
               marmar, damascus / syria
               goethe institut, damascus / syria
               borken / germany
               viersen / germany
               minden / germany
               jazzfestival wuerzburg / germany
               solo aachen / germany
               rottweil / germany
               rottweil / germany
               burg wilhelmstein / germany
               with national symphony orchestra, damascus/syria
               koblenz / germany
               domizil pforzheim / germany
               muddy's club weinheim / germany
               accordion festival, vienna/ austria
               accordion festival, vienna/ austria
               regensburg / germany
               cairo / egypt
               alexandria / egypt
               ramallah / palestine
               amman / jordan
               damaskus / syria
               beirut / lebanon
               heerlen / netherlands
               dierdorfer jazztage/ germany
               uebach-palenberg / germany
               trio beethovenfest, bonn / germany
               redange / luxembourg
               redange / luxembourg
               jazz rally duesseldorf / germany
               festival of world music, innsbruck / austria
               ingolstadt / germany
               aachen / germany
               aachen / germany
               accordion days / istanbul - turkey
               koeln / germany
               jazz yatra bangalore, india
               jazz yatra bombay, india
               jazz festival bukarest / romania
               sibiu / romania
               iasi / romania
               eupen / belgium
               wendelstein / germany
               vilnius, jazz festival / lithuania
               trossingen / germany
               theater aachen / germany, cd-presentation "nomade"
               rabat, morocco, "jazz aux oudayas"
               patras, greece
               thessaloniki, greece
               joannina, greece
               athens, greece, european jazz festival
               solo, festival de murcia, spain
               koblenz / germany
               new delhi, india
               kalkutta, india
               madras, india
               bangalore, india
               colombo, sri lanka
               bombay, india
               esslingen / germany, jazzkeller
               st. vith, belgium

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Jul 20 2009 9:13 AM

Merci pour l'addition !
Stephan Dettmers





Jul 10 2009 7:02 AM

Lieber Manfred,
herzlichen Dank für die virtuelle Freundschaft, Deine schöne Musik und Deine nette Nachricht.
Weiterhin viel Spaß und Erfolg.
IN GROOVE WE TRUST
Stephan
Malick Pathé Sow





Jun 10 2009 9:25 AM

Thank you for your friendship.
Merci pour ton amitié.

Jam e kisal Yo won e mon.

On Jaraama

Malick

New CD "Maayo Men"

hans





May 5 2009 4:23 PM

Hallo Manfred,
gestern im BRF1 in der Sendung Lieder,Chansons und Folk wurde von Hans Reul
20. Butterfly Manfred Leuchter & Ian Melrose Acoustic
vorgestellt!!!
LG
Hans
majnûn





May 1 2009 5:00 PM

Thanks for the acceptation, I know you from Hewar and Lena Chamamyan. Like your sound very much.
Cédric from majnûn.
hans





Mar 15 2009 2:18 PM

Hi Manfred,
schön, dass Du mit Ian Melrose und Reinhard Mey beim Gedenkkonzert für Ulrich Roski dabei warst. Es war ein schöner Adend für uns! Ich hoffe für euch Künstler auch!
Liebe Grüße
sendet
Hans aus Bochum
Olivia Sawano - 澤野オリヴィア





Mar 4 2009 12:30 PM

Danke fürs Freunde-Sein!
Pas de trois ist eine tolle CD!
Beste Grüße,
Olivia
Dara Navrodska





Feb 28 2009 9:26 AM

Good morning,Mr.Leuchter
thank You for the acceptation
and for add..
Your Musik is deep and
full of sincerity..
Im trully inspired of Your Art...
Thank You
Dara Navrodska
Thomas Vogt





Feb 11 2009 6:43 AM

Hallo Manfred, vielen Dank für die Freundschaft. Ich finde Deine Musik einfach umwerfend!
herzliche Grüße aus Freiburg, Thomas
d’Lichtbéble





Jan 29 2009 6:08 PM

Hello Manfred,
Danke für die Freuhschaft und deine Musik.
Alles Gute, Serge
http://www.myspace.com/dlichtbeble
Thomas Schleiken





Jan 19 2009 6:35 PM

Vielen Dank, Manfred, fürs Freund-Sein hier...

... und ebenfalls für den vorzüglichen Abend mit Ian in HB. Euch zwei weiterhin so viel offenkundige Freude am gemeinsamen Werk.

Thomas
Jens Kommnick





Jan 18 2009 10:33 AM

Moin, Manfred,

nä, watt war dat schön jestern! Immer noch beseelt von dem stimmungsvollen, lyrischen und beschwingten Abend gestern in Bremen grüße ich dich ganz tüchtig und freue mich aufs Wiedersehen!

Herzlichst,

Jens
Agnieszka Grela





Jan 1 2009 1:15 PM

Hello,

All the best in 2009!

Agnieszka
Segelstine





Dec 31 2008 3:54 PM

einen ganz tollen Jahreswechsel und viele liebe und gute Wünsche
Gruss
Regina
Joachim





Dec 25 2008 1:47 PM

Das Konzert mit Ian Melrose in der Passionskirche in Berlin war super.
Tolle Musik und zwei Künstler, die einander zuhören und aufeinander eingehen. Vielen Dank! Joachim
Lutz Keller





Dec 21 2008 11:46 AM

Was für 2 Urviecher - Du + deine Gola!
Vielen Dank für das schöne Konzert gestern.

Lutz
Nina Schwarz





Dec 19 2008 10:04 AM

Hallo Manfred, tolle Show gestern!
Macht weiter so, ich freu mich schon auf die nächste Platte!
Viele Grüße
Nina
hans





Dec 21 2008 7:35 PM

Hallo Manfred,
wünsche Dir und allen Freunden guter Musik eine schöne Weihnachtswoche und ein gutes Jahr 2009 !

LG
Hans aus Bochum
ESTATE bossa nova





Dec 6 2008 9:51 PM

Hey, hier ist ja ein Bild von Prekestolen, das ist ja um die Ecke von da wo ich herkomme!:)
-G-
hans





Dec 17 2008 7:46 PM

Hallo Manfred,
ein schönes Interview, dass Hans Reul vom Belgischen Rundfunk mit Dir führte!
Für alle die es noch hören wollen:
http://www.brf.be/brf/aod
-unter Audio on Demand- Musik auswählen und auf die Sendung Chansons, Lieder undFolk von Montag vom 15/12/2008 klicken!!!
Grüße an alle Musikfreunde
sendet
Hans aus Bochum
ESTATE bossa nova





Dec 6 2008 9:55 PM

....übrigens, "Fingerpickers have more fun" klingt wirklich toll! Es klingt wie ihr "fun" habt :)
Arcadian Skies





Nov 30 2008 1:20 PM

Lieber Manfred!

"Vis à Vis" ist wundervoll!
Euer Spielen - die Stücke -
und erst der Sound ...!

Du bist einmalig!
Herzlichen Dank für soviel gute Musik

Petra
Dieter Kaspari





Nov 24 2008 8:33 AM

Hi Manfred,
ich hoffe wir laufen uns noch mal über den Weg.
So groß ist die Stadt ja nicht aber Dein Terminkalender
schon.
Mercy. Dieter
Vieniste





Nov 24 2008 4:59 AM

Thanks so much for the add! Love your playing & hope you enjoyed the French tunes. Our EP is now up on http://cdbaby.com/cd/vieniste :)
Amitiés,
V
hans





Oct 25 2008 1:40 PM

Hallo Manfred,
danke fürs adden, ist mir eine große Ehre! Ja die Wanderung zum Preikesstolen (Predigtstuhl) und die Aussicht waren grandios!
Liebe Grüße sendet
Hans aus Bochum
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