Posts made in January, 2012

Kabul Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3

Posted by on Jan 16, 2012 in Afghanistan, Containing, Countries, Photos | 0 comments

Day 1:

Just arrived in Kabul!  Weird how familiar Kabul feels from last January.  Weirder still is that there is a sewing machine in the room at the guest house.

The air quality is strikingly poor and quite suffocating.

Saw Elham and Milad the two best pianists at the school.  They came to school even though it was a weekend!  Weekends here are Thursday and Friday.  The week runs Saturday through Wednesday.

Day 2:

First day with the Winter Academy in session.
Lessons with Elham, Bilal, Milad, and Sima.  See pictures.  They have all improved so much since last year.
Began a small composition class where students will write short pieces based on the notes generated by spelling their names in music notes.
In the evening we had dinner with the world bank representatives who support ANIM.    Memorable performance from Irfan Khan, a master Sarod player.
It snowed all day!
Day 3:
Many students didn’t come to school.  Had some food poisoning and couldn’t wait to get back to the guest house.  Ate nothing but a piece of bread all day. Went to sleep at 4:30pm!

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Commemorating the Tunisian Revolution at the Kennedy Center

Posted by on Jan 16, 2012 in Concerts, Containing, Countries, Tunisia, Videos | 1 comment

This past January 8, along with Tunisian violinist, Nidhal Jebali, I performed a concert at the Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center commemorating the first anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution.  The concert was webcast live so we had an audience in Tunisia, as well as around the world.

WATCH THE CONCERT HERE

Here’s the concert blurb: Rising-star Tunisian violinist Jebali and American pianist Gallagher play a program featuring their own original compositions, as well as works by Franck, Paganini, and Jaloul Ayed, the Tunisian Minister of Finance, in commemoration of the one year anniversary of the Tunisian revolution.

And here is the program:

 

Hamid                                                                                          Jaloul Ayed

 

Chagrin d’Amour                                                                        J. Ayed

Prelude No. 1 in C Major                                                            F. Chopin

Deliverance                                                                                J. Ayed

Etude Op. 25 No. 2 in F Minor                                                   F. Chopin

Jasmins                                                                                     J. Ayed

 

Kimball Gallagher, piano

 

Obsession                                                                                 E. Ysaÿe

Nidhal Jebali, violin

Metamorphoses                                                                        N. Jebali

Kimball Gallagher, piano

Nidhal Jebali, violin

 

Prelude No. 34 for Connie and Gordon                                    K. Gallagher

Prelude No. 25 for Aida                                                            K. Gallagher

Prelude No. 24 for Kamel                                                         K. Gallagher

Prelude No. 33 for Jaloul                                                          K. Gallagher


Sidibou Said                                                                             J. Ayed

Etude Op. 10, No. 10                                                               F. Chopin

Boujafar                                                                                   J. Ayed

Kimball Gallagher, piano

II. Allegro Appassionato                                                           C. Franck

from Sonata for Violin and Piano 

                                  Nidhal Jebali, violin

Kimball Gallagher, piano

 Caprice No. 5 in A minor                                                       N. Paganini

Nidhal Jebali, violin

Fantasy on Tunisia Folk Theme                                              N. Jebali

Nidhal Jebali, violin

Kimball Gallagher, piano

 

 

 

 

 

 

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