tag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:/blogs/news?p=2News2023-05-01T16:05:27-04:00Adrian Mirafalsetag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/72008232023-05-01T16:05:27-04:002023-10-16T10:46:21-04:00News may 1st 2023<p>Dear friends, visitors, music fans, </p><p>Although that I didn't post here for a while, there was a lot going on in the past few months. And there will be some interesting concerts coming up, so please check the concert schedule on this website </p><p>I am especially looking forward to playing again on June 7th with the great “Zurich Jazz Orchestra” (ZJO) as a featured clarinet soloist, playing some intriguing Duke Ellington big band compositions. </p><p>Also, there are new videos of Dela Huettners “Swingthing” (Jazz/originals) in the pipeline as well as concerts with the band “Bendorim”, performing beautiful yiddish songs. </p><p>Looking ahead: In the winter 2023/24 I will be playing the clarinet/sax parts in Vorstatdt Variete Theatre in Schaffhausen, check back for dates and details about the program (The theme will be Ireland). </p><p>Looking forward to a busy and diverse upcoming music time and hope to see you around! </p><p>Love, Adrian </p>Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/68781852022-01-24T12:50:09-05:002023-12-10T13:49:57-05:00News and happy 2022!!<p>Dear visitors, </p>
<p>I hope that you had a great start into 2022 so far! Despite the pandemic I kept being busy with concerts and teaching, so I don't wanna complain even that of course some stuff got cancelled. Please check back on my concert page what's happening as I will try to keep the dates as up to date as possible..</p>
<p>December was one of my most intense month in the past years, one of the highlights was certainly being the clarinet soloist with the Zurich Jazz Orchestra, performing Ellingtons Nutcracker suite! </p>
<p>All my best wishes to you for the new year and thanks for the interest, feel free to check back frequently:-)</p>Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/65347562021-01-30T05:10:25-05:002022-05-14T08:24:33-04:00News January 30th, 2021<p>Dear friends and music lovers, hope you all had a great start into 2021 and I hope that you're healthy and motivated despite all the covid craziness out there! Let's hope for a better and also more music friendly year..there were not too many concerts in the past few months and also not that many coming up due to the circumstances, yet still here and there I have some concerts, be that live or stream, and will try to list them here in the concert section. Apart from that I have been keeping busy working (teaching, composing, practicing etc.), here are some cool things for you to look into if you are interested: </p>
<p>- TV interview where you will learn some background info about my music life here and in NYC (in Swiss German though): click <em><a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.artonair.tv/programs/letstalk-swingthing">here</a></em></p>
<p>- For those who haven't seen it yet: here's the trailer of my new album "Spotlight", all original music of mine, recorded with a fantastic international band. <em>click <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndleBxXniNo">here</a></em> .The album contains 10 tunes, you can listen to excerpts of all 10 tracks, click <em><a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.adrianmira.com/discography">here</a></em> </p>
<p>- If you love it feel free to buy the whole album as a physical CD, you can order it<em><a contents=" here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.mirlux.ch/best_acoustic-journeys.html"> here</a></em> <em> </em>or order email me directly. For those who prefer the digital download version you will find the album on various online stores. Thanx for your interest! </p>Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/62213932020-02-20T09:52:06-05:002022-05-12T06:08:36-04:00Album "Spotlight" <p>NEWS February 2020</p>
<p>Hello everybody, hope you had a great start into 2020! I am currently working on further updating my website, so please stay tuned. The year was up to a good start with quite some concerts, including the CD release show of Kalpana Rao's "Transformation" at Jazzclub Moods with stellar musicians from Switzerland, India and Australia. </p>
<p>And I am very happy about my newest recording "Spotlight", containing all original music of mine with great international musicians! Here is the cover and below the first song of the recording to listen to. Feel free to go to the discography where you can listen to all tracks (and lots of other music too). You can also listen and/or purchase the album using this link <a contents="http://mirlux.ch/best_acoustic-journeys.html&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mirlux.ch/best_acoustic-journeys.html">http://mirlux.ch/best_acoustic-journeys.html </a><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/109798/2a33a722187f1bf5fa5c8eee4885a0ba21bc6e7e/original/adrian-spotlight-cover-240.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><a contents="http://mirlux.ch/best_acoustic-journeys.html" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mirlux.ch/best_acoustic-journeys.html">http://mirlux.ch/best_acoustic-journeys.html</a> </p>
<p>The line- up of the album is as follows: </p>
<p>Adrian Mira (cl, sax, compostions)</p>
<p>Ramon Ziegler (p)</p>
<p>Haggai Cohen-Milo (b) </p>
<p>Tupac Mantilla (perc/dr) </p>
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<p>Thanks for visiting adriamira.com! Adrian </p>0:41Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/57360882019-04-29T11:53:44-04:002020-02-17T06:05:51-05:00ALBUM RELEASE SHOW MONDAY MAY 27th 2019 at MOODS ZURICH! <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/109798/e974d3eefe6e72a47f97d7c88496ee50a7e350ab/original/img-0026.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Hello music lovers! End of April 2018 I recorded the new album "Spotlight" with the amazing international musicians Ramon Ziegler (piano), Haggai Cohen-Milo (double bass) and Tupac Mantilla (percussion/drums) at Hardstudios Winterthur, Switzerland. We recorded 10 tunes of mine in the jazz/world genre and I am super happy to announce our CD RELEASE SHOW at MOODS Zuerich on MONDAY MAY 27th, 830pm!! So please save the date. Below is the first track of the new album called "Welcome", and we hope to welcome you at Jazzclub Moods!!</p>3:56Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/55948312019-01-14T10:19:12-05:002019-01-14T10:19:12-05:00HAPPY 2019!<p>Dear friends and music lovers, </p>
<p>I hope that 2018 came to a good end for you and wishing you all the best for 2019! May it be filled with health, joy, good luck and good music! </p>
<p>Keep an eye out for my concert dates on my concert date page, I try to be more or less accurate with it. Apart from performing and teaching I am still working on my new record (see earlier news post) that I recorded end of April 2018 with the amazing musicians Ramon Ziegler (piano), Haggai Cohen-Milo (bass) and Tupac Mantilla (drums/percussion), all compositions of mine, hopefully it will be finished and released soon. So keep an eye out for it, it’s turning out really nice, and also watch out for some videos recorded during the recording session at Hardstudios Winterthur. </p>
<p>Wishing you all a wonderful start into 2019 and please check back here once in a while. </p>Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/53867532018-08-14T06:59:08-04:002022-04-22T02:57:11-04:00News summer 2018<p><span class="font_large">Hello all, hope you are having a wonderful summer! End of April I recorded a new album with the amazing international musicians <a contents="Ramon Ziegler" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.ramonziegler.com" target="_self"><span style="color:#e74c3c;">Ramon Ziegler</span></a><span style="color:#e74c3c;"> </span>(piano), <a contents="Haggai Cohen-Milo" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.haggaicohenmilo.com" target="_self"><span style="color:#e74c3c;">Haggai Cohen-Milo</span></a><span style="color:#e74c3c;"> </span>(double bass) and <a contents="Tupac Mantilla" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.tupacmantilla.com" target="_self"><span style="color:#e74c3c;">Tupac Mantilla</span></a> (percussion/drums) in Switzerland. There are still some steps to do until it's available but keep an eye out for it. It will be 10 tunes of mine, jazz/world genre, (on 6 tunes I will be heard on clarinet, on 4 on alto saxophone). I am really happy with the results so far and looking forward to getting it released! </span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large">AND: In 2017 I also recorded a piano solo CD called "Mornings", 9 pieces around 5 minute each, completely improvised. Only some of them had an initial idea to start with, most none of that. In addition to my primary work as clarinetist/saxophonist I love to improvise on the piano but of course I am neither a professional pianist nor should I be compared with one. Still: The meditative vibe and variety of the improvisations on the piano show a side of me that probably not everybody knows of. The CD was recorded in a practice room on a (baby) grand piano, so this is not a studio production. Will put on sound samples to listen to here on this site soon. </span></p>
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<p>Piano CD Adrian Mira solo<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/109798/54d7c03ff56040935c3151f7159b4863f7a1a85d/original/img-0025.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /> </p>Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/48472952017-09-12T16:14:39-04:002017-09-12T16:15:30-04:00News Late summer/fall 2017<p>Dear visitor, I hope you had an amazing summer 2017! Mine was fantastic, with visits to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Costa Verde) as well as Valencia (Spain), wow!!</p>
<p>Now fall is setting in and it's time to get back to work and concerts. Please visit the updated concert page and hope to see you at some of my concerts, quite a few things lined up</p>
<p>! </p>Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/42150662016-06-06T06:06:35-04:002016-06-06T06:06:35-04:00Video Dear visitor, <br>Hope this email finds you well. Just uploaded a video of the performance of the band "Querbeat" at Montreux Jazz Festival 2015 (a medley of various excerpts of songs), sorry for the delay..feel free to check it out in the video section, it was a great night! Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/40291722016-02-07T03:43:06-05:002021-12-07T03:20:05-05:00News February 2016<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/109798/4411fde2cd52519b95e72c2caac40261bbd25ee3/original/mbm0hqc-2v36ho-vlvqfxcls-aglzja8d-dq5-glqfq.jpeg?1391474985" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Dear friends and music lovers, <br>I hope you had a great start into 2016! Yesterday and today sunday February 7th I will be lead/solo alto saxophonist with a great big band (consisting of some of the foremost players in zurich) and the Stadtchor Duebendorf, we are performing the "Sacred Concert" of Duke Ellington (see concerts link for details). <br>AND: I am excited to perform on Saturday March 5th at Moods, Switzerlands probably most prestigious jazz venue! It's gonna be an evening of all orgininal tunes of mine, from the CD "Acoustic Journeys" and other tunes. With the great musicians Gregor Mueller (piano, Switzerland), Eduardo "Dudu" Penz (bass, Brazil/Switzerland) and Tupac Mantilla (percussion, Colombia/NYC/Germany). I really hope to see you on that evening!! Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/37921072015-07-29T02:44:56-04:002022-05-27T09:55:58-04:00Latest news, July 2015<br><br>Dear friends, fans and music lovers,<br>I hope that you are enjoying a beautiful summer 2015! It's been a while since I posted last, but I kept busy in the meantime.. After a successful performance at the MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 2015 with the band QUER-BEAT, I am currently playing some shows with the MUSICAL TITANIC (clarinet, bass clarinet) in Walenstadt, Switzerland, on the following dates: July 29, 30, August 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29. Nice music and touching story, hope to see you there! Also, Quer-beat will perform again August 6th in Baden, Switzerland. And: the ADRIAN MIRA GROUP will be performing september 25th in Winterthur. Please check the concert page for details. With warmest wishes, Adrian<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/109798/905bd843ab1e4beb3862cfc1a2c66ec1db18b5e3/original/querbeat-photo-montreux.jpg?1438152245" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/109798/156ca3f91276473eecb5b3a9d2b8ba724c5e8945/original/images.jpeg?1438152207" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/35861772015-03-09T14:46:18-04:002022-05-18T02:00:37-04:00March 14th 2015: Concert in Basel with Mary Summer band, opening act for Dobet GnahoreHello dear visitors, <br>I will be special guest this coming saturday March 14th 2015 on saxophone with the very talented singer Mary Summer. AND we are opening act of the impressive and quite famous singer/dancer Dobet Gnahore (Ivory Coast), certainly one of my favorite artists! Really looking forward to this concert, swing by if you are in Basel, Switzerland!:-) 8pm at Union Basel, Klybeckstrasse 95, main hall..entrance fee: 30 swiss francs<p> </p><span class="userContentSecondary _c24" style="color: rgb(78, 86, 101); "> </span>Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/31661602014-09-01T12:13:57-04:002014-09-01T12:15:29-04:00Upcoming concerts in SwitzerlandDear visitor, <br>Hope you all had a beautiful and relaxing summer time! Some nice concerts are coming up in Switzerland, please check the concert page for details. Hope to see you there! <br><br> Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/25086472014-02-02T14:19:38-05:002022-04-04T02:29:34-04:00Happy new year and websiteHello friends, fans and music lovers!<br>Happy belated NEW YEAR! I hope 2014 is off to a good start for you! This is my new website, still working on putting all the content up, so check back frequently. I added more videos in the video section already, so feel free to check them out! Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/24152342013-10-22T19:35:00-04:002014-01-16T21:36:04-05:00BACK IN NEW YORK CITYHello all! I am back in NYC after almost 3 great months in Switzerland/Europe with lots of concerts and work. Please check back here on this site often for news/announcements. Happy holiday season everybody!Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/24152332013-06-29T19:35:00-04:002022-05-29T14:03:48-04:00NEW mp3's of the Adrian Mira group concert at Shapeshifterlab BrooklynPlease go to the mp3 live audio section to enjoy 3 new audio recordings of a concert of my music at this happening concert venue in Brooklyn that features some of the foremost musicians. Video with great sound quality very soon to come too. Enjoy!Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/24152322013-06-28T19:35:00-04:002014-01-16T21:34:11-05:00NEW VIDEO MATERIAL!Dear visitor, I updated my youtube channel, please go to ADRIAN MIRA GROUP YOUTUBE CHANNEL where you can find new videos, including two videos with enhanced sound quality of my concert at the great venue Shapeshifterlab Brooklyn, where I presented an evening of original music of mine!Adrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/24152492012-01-13T19:40:00-05:002017-01-15T19:32:00-05:00Review of my CD Acoustic Journeys in magazine "Jazznmore"<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/109798/f4408128e17fd2d785e1ec1051f8e57e92eb6ed4/original/sm-booklet-1600-300dpi-1328748804.jpg?1389926244" class="size_orig justify_left border_none" alt="" />Dear visitor, My CD "Acoustic Journeys" has just been reviewed in the music magazine “Jazznmore“ (january/february edition, in german) and got 5 stars! (maximum!) That's a nice start into the new year, indeed....Read it on the "Reviews" pageAdrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/24152502011-08-07T19:40:00-04:002022-03-30T10:02:33-04:00Acoustic Journeys on Radio Swiss JazzDear visitor, i am happy to announce that radio swiss jazz has been broadcasting quite a few tunes of my CD "Acoustic Journeys" lately. You can listen to sound samples of this CD on the discography pageAdrian Miratag:www.adrianmira.com,2005:Post/24152512011-07-27T19:40:00-04:002021-04-21T13:04:36-04:00CD acoustic Journeys available, hard copy or as mp3 downloads<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/109798/f4408128e17fd2d785e1ec1051f8e57e92eb6ed4/original/sm-booklet-1600-300dpi-1328748804.jpg?1389926244" class="size_orig justify_left border_none" alt="" />Dear friends and fans, just a quick note that the CD "Acoustic Journeys" is now also available as mp3 downloads. please go to the discography page where you can listen to sound samples of all tracks of the "acoustic journeys" and press the button "buy now", where you can purchase either the whole album or mp3s from cdbaby. Or you can buy them from other digital stores such as amazon.com etc. My preferred option is, however, that i send you a cd myself, signed or unsigned, as you wish, the cover is well worth to buy a real cd...:-) Hope you are enjoying the summer!Adrian Mira