Flute- Avner Geiger, Piano- Samuel Eriksson. Recorded in a live concert at the Sibelius museum in Turku, Finland. 5/23.

Marius Flothuis (1914-2001)- Aubade for flute solo opus 19a. (1944) Avner Geiger//Flute Recorded at the Musikbrauerei Berlin Recording by Culiner Creative Circle https://culiner.cc/ New Life is a project of music by Jewish composers mostly from the Netherlands, about remembrance and survival through art and music. Relased under the Label Donemus Music. You can stream and purchase the recording on all the platforms: https://album.link/vQjNXGz7qMSVW Marius Flotuis (1914-2001) has led an eventful life. He studied piano and music theory, and in 1937, at the age of 23, he became the assistant artistic director of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. In 1942 he lost his job at the Concertgebouw due to his refusal to register with the ‘Kultuurkamer’, a regulatory cultural agency installed by the German occupation forces in the Netherlands. He was arrested in 1944, imprisoned in the Concentration Camp Vught in the Netherlands and deported to the Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen in Germany. Throughout this period, he continued composing music. In postwar Netherland Flothuis held numerous positions and took an active part in the Dutch musical life till his death on 2001. Marius Flothuis composed Aubade (‘a morning love song’), while imprisoned in Vught. It was written for the occasion of the birthday (14 April 1944) of his friend and fellow prisoner Everard van Royen. ‘Aubade’ was first performed by Everard himself at the camp and later near the barbwire fence separating the men’s and women’s camps. One of the woman prisoners, Tineke Wibaut-Guilonard, described that event: “At the corner, just a few meters from the fence, on the women’s quarter side, a crowd of women was standing, breathlessly listening, close to each other, surrounding Guusje, Everards wife. After the last tones there was silence, a deep silence. Then from the women's camp the ‘Ave Maria” is heard, sung by the bright girl’s voice of Louise de Montel,‘the Nightingale of Vught’. This was one of those moments, that we as prisoners of Vught forgot the reality of our situation. A moment of hope and confidence.” Source: Text by Joyce Kiliaan To read the full biography visit: https://www.forbiddenmusicregained.org/search/composer/id/100022 For more music subscribe to my channel or visit: www.avnergeigerflute.com

From a live concert, 9.9.23 at Kunsthof Galm, as part of the Havelländische Musikfestspiele. Flute: Avner Geiger Violin: Elena Rindler Viola: Alexina Hawkins Cello: Sara Minemoto

Fania Chapiro (1926-1994)- Sonatine for flute and piano (1962) II. Nocturne Avner Geiger//Flute Yannick Rafalimanana//Piano Recorded at the Musikbrauerei Berlin Recorded by Culiner Creative Circle https://culiner.cc/ New Life is a project of music by Jewish composers mostly from the Netherlands, about remembrance and survival through art and music. Relased under the Label Donemus Music. You can stream and purchase the album on all the platforms: https://album.link/vQjNXGz7qMSVW Fania Chapiro (1926-1994) was born in Indonesia on the island of Java (a former Dutch-East Indies colony) to a Russian father and a Dutch mother. Both parents recognized the exceptional musical talent of their only child and made major efforts to support it. She wrote in her diary in early 1935: “I have decided to become a composer and a wonderful pianist”. Chapiro was half-Jewish, which strongly affected the course of her career. The eruption of the second World War changed everything, yet despite the surrounding chaos she composed during the war many works, using traditional forms and a boisterous virtuosity. The war years were highly challenging for the Chapiro family as well as for her teacher Sem Dresden, who was enthusiastic about her music. She continued composing, diligently, throughout these years, especially for musicians with whom she frequently played, like the flutist Cor Romijn, to whom she dedicated the Sonatine for flute and piano. Her efforts during and after the war culminated in a beautiful career as a pianist and composer. (Based on Text written by Margaret Krill; Archives Fania Chapiro (Netherlands Music Institute, The Hague)) To read the full biography visit: https://www.forbiddenmusicregained.org/search/composer/id/100019 For more music subscribe to my channel or visit: www.avnergeigerflute.com

Trailer to a live concert recording done as part of a corona-time initiative": "Closer" by "Culiner Creative Circle" which seeks to support artists and art in this difficult time. Flute- Avner Geiger Piano- Yannick Rafalimanana Recording- Yoel Culiner Visit the Website to watch the full concert: https://www.comecloser.cc/geiger

Performed by Avner Geiger Program Notes: The following piece is based on the song of the Uirapuru (musician wren). The musician wren is a small brown wren native to the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. It is famous for its beautiful song and the stories and legends around it. Many composers have been inspired by it, among others Bayle, Messiaen, and Villa-Lobos. While every single wren has a unique call sung with ‘eventual variety' (repeating a song-type several times before switching to another), they all demonstrate a common preference for perfect consonances (P8, P5, P4) over dissonances and imperfect consonances. That is one of the reasons why a vast majority of us will perceive it as *tonal*. This composition focuses on a song by a single Uirapuru. Throughout the entire piece, the song is varied melodically and rhythmically and intensified through personal motivic gestures. To stay true to the original song, the performer needs to reproduce the lyrical aspect of the song as accurately as possible and enhance the dynamic contrasts. 👨🏻‍🏫 For individual composition lessons please contact me at: info@alexanderliebermann.com. ☕ If you want to support my work, you can "BUY ME A COFFEE": https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lieberliner #flute #birds #birdsong