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Cuba Classico
classical music with latin vibes
In January 2021 Fadi teamed up with a friend composer Fritz Wengler from Berlin to rewrite 13 most notable classical pieces for a salsa big band. "We started the project in late January playing some ideas on the piano in Fritz’s studio. After that 2 months of researching, arranging and mock-up scoring followed. In the meantime I got in touch with Sascha at Warner Chappell and told him about our idea, he got on board and said we could release it as a production music album (for sync rights etc.).
Arranging classical pieces to fit with a salsa vibe was surprisingly easy. Classical music is structured and there are plenty of recognisable themes within one piece that could be used in the salsa music. Melodies can easily be rhythmically changed to fit the Latin vibe while still retaining the authenticity and thus, in retrospect, we were spoilt for choice. What we didn’t want to do was to create complex structures that exist in classical music. We wanted to make them easy on the year and above all we wanted people to dance to them.
What is the craziest piece you have in the album?
Beethoven’s moonlight sonata begins with the funeral march played on a solo trumpet, and then breaks into the same theme played as a cheerful lambada. Towards the end of the peace it climaxes in a quasi reggaeton vibe, which got stuck in my head after I watched a random Facebook video with an African funeral, and the Coffin bearer is cheerfully dancing back-and-forth to a heavy Reggaeton beat.
How did we come up with this project?
I work as an educator in schools and often see how young people are completely disconnected from classical music. I see them rolling their eyes as soon as you mention classical music and I would much prefer listening to grime and rap artists. Meanwhile, the schools have an abundance of latin percussion, and yet, for some reason these don’t get used much. So I thought it would be a great idea to put some classical tunes and accompany them with latin percussion. That way the kids would have fun playing classical music while at the same time learning about the composers in a different way.
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1. April 2021, Book Release
In 20019 Fadi started contributing articles to a well-known expat publisher I am expat in Germany, a little over a year after his first article, he published the complete guide.
ZE GERMANS
An expat's guide to Living inGermany
As a British national living in Germany, Fadi found it difficult to adapt to the German way of life at first. He constantly bemoaned their lack of a sense of humour, the overly-direct approach; the lack of tact, the non-existence of customer-service, the staggering bureaucracy and many other aspects of everyday life one faces in the Bundesrepublik. However, where many of us expats would have packed our stuff and left, Fadi decided to ‘stick it out’ . Tired of banging his head against a wall he quietly decided to write a book.
“It was an epiphany. All of a sudden if I was frustrated with something, instead of venting it at other people, I wrote it down on a piece of paper - it was like meditating”.
It turned out that Fadi was very frustrated indeed.
His style pays homage to Bill Bryson; written with a light anecdotal tone, often mixed in with a dollop of self-mockery, giving a vivid account of German society as a whole.
Excerpt from the Book.
Picture yourself in the middle of a room that’s only slightly bigger than a spare room in a moderately sized semi-detached house in an average suburb. Now place yourself in that room and imagine it being filled with people, completely naked, from head to toe, panting and sweating, sitting on neatly folded-out towels, meticulously making sure that no part of their body is touching the wooden bench, or any part of the furnishing which they occupy. Surprisingly enough they don’t make any attempt to use any part of their towel to cover their private parts, which is of course my natural instinct. The temperature on the thermometer shows 90 degrees. The place is packed, the clock strikes 7pm and without any delay a man in his 20s enters the room wearing a sleek towel wrapped around his waist. holding a wooden jug filled with what appears to be water. Politely, he greets everyone in the room as a matter of routine in exactly the same fashion that he’s done countless times before. He doesn’t add any extra words. he doesn’t joke or smile at anyone. He simply follows the same procedure as countless times before.
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this “Aufguss”. This ‘Aufguss’, consists of lemon grass essence and scents of pine needles. We will have 3 rounds in total. You can leave the room at any point of your choosing.” His voice and actions seem so banal considering the setting that you might think he’s a train station manager announcing the next arrival at Euston Station. He then carefully pours the contents of the jug on the open stove and slowly works the room, waving his towel above the head at even intervals to spread the ensuing heat wave. This has an astonishing effect on the people in the room. Without warning some begin to pant, exalt loudly in ecstatic ’Ja’, rub their sweaty bodies all over, and make other strange noises which can only be associated with cataclysmic orgasms, and are best kept secret by each and every individual within the confinement of their own 4 walls. Despite the surreal setting I’ve just described to you, this ‘ritual’ has a strict order to which everyone adheres to. The procedure lasts approximately 10minutes, after which the man politely thanks everyone and exits the sauna. Once he leaves, other people start exiting the room – in an orderly fashion – which goes without saying.
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Biography
Fadi Gaziri is a pianist, composer, music producer for film, theater and media. His diverse style and ability to play several instruments make him a very sought after artist. Specializing in soundtracks, Fadi is an expert of mixing genres together, often fusing cinematic, jazz, folk, classical and even latin elements together.
Early Days
Fadi was born in Moscow and attended the famous Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow studying piano and the violin. When he was 12 his family moved to Sweden, and in 1998 to England, where he carried on his musical education.
Komponist für Medien und Film
Der in Hamburg wohnhafte Fadi Gaziri arbeitet als Fernseh- Film- Theater- und Werbekomponist. Seine Musik erscheint in vielen Medien, Trailer, Filmen, Werbungen und in Theatern weltweit. Seine Zahlreiche CD Veröffentlichungen wurden von u.a. von Warner Chappell, Roba Music, EMI, Liftmusic und viele anderen herausgegeben. Der Multiinstrumentalist Gaziri hat Klavier und Komposition studiert, bevor er sich für Filmkomposition entschied. Neben dem Klavier spielt er auch Geige und Gitarre. Er gibt regelmässig Seminare über Sound Branding und Filmmusik bei der SAE und in Filmhochschulen. In 2016, gründete er eine Musik Supervising Firma www.audioconcepts.org und seitdem beschäftigt er sich mit Song-Placements und Lizenzierungen für Film und Fernsehe.
Nach seinem Master Studium in Filmmusik an der Bournemouth Universität in 2007 erhielt Gaziri ein Praktikum bei Remote Control Studios in LA, und arbeitete für den Komponisten Hans Zimmer. Seit 2007 lebt Fadi Gaziri in Hamburg, wo er sich als Medien- und Werbekomponist etabliert hat. Er ist ebenfalls im Bereich Audio Branding sehr aktiv gewesen und hat in seinem Portfolio Audio Branding Konzepte u.a. für Firmen wie Baloise, Deutsche Boerse, Tui Cruises, UBS, MLP, Danfoss, Draeger entwickelt.
Seine Vielseitigkeit zeigt er auch durch seine Arbeit für Musiktheater. Von 2015 – 2018 war Fadi Gaziri bei Tui Cruises als Musikalischer Leiter und Musikproduzent beschäftigt, wo er die Musik für zahlreiche Theater- und Musicalproduktionen komponiert hat.
TV AUFTRITT / NDR JOURNAL - KOMPONIST
Gaziri ist ein leidenschaftlicher Musiker, und kollaboriert weltweit mit Künstlern beiverschiedenen Projekten. In 2015 komponierte er die Musik für die Eröffnung von BarentsFestival in Kirkenes. Die Performance fand draußen bei minus 20 Grad mit Musikern,Tänzer und anderen Künstlern statt.
FILM + TV //
Unsere Geschichte, NDR 'Was ist damals passiert – Meine Kinderverschickung' (2021) Regie: C. Mestmacher, T. Eckoldt.
‘Unsere Geschichte’, NDR “Eingeschneit und festgefroren - Als der Norden im Schnee versank” (2018)Regie: Sven Jaax
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Länder, Menschen, Abenteuer „Im Land der Tataren - Winter an der Wolga” (2018) - Regie: Sven Jaax
‘Im Verkauf (2016) // Regie: S. Gromes, B. Arcioli Link
MUSIKTHEATER //
Welleinreiter (2017) // Tui Cruises // Musical Director, Additional Music, Music Production.
Nordwind (2017) // Tui Cruises // Music Concept, Musical Director, Additional MusicLatin Fever (2017) // Tui Cruises // Music Concept, Production, Musical Director
Ich mach Mein Ding (2016) // Tui Cruises // Musical Director, Vocal Score.
Toto Tribute (2016) // Tui Cruises //Music Concept, Production, Additional RecordingBarents Festival Kirkenes (2015) // Composer, Artist performer, Opening Ceremony
CD VÖ //
Cuba Classico (2021) - Warner Chappell Link
Russia - (2018) ROBA MUSIC Link
Nordlys - Sommar, Sommar (2019) Nordic Vibe Records
Nordlys - Nordische Weihnachten Link (2018) Nordic Vibe Records
Spotify Künstlerprofil Link
Bandseite von Nordlys Lin
Nordic Summer
Cuba Classico
Panoramica
Trailer Park 5
Nordlys - Nordic Christmass
Delicatone - Zen Atmospheres
Russia
The Jump EP
Pianist / Sänger / Entertainer
Fadi has been performing and playing the piano for over over two decades. He has travelled the 7 seas, performing as a solo pianist and vocalist on cruise ships, 5 star resorts, piano bars, weddings, parties, festivals, and any other conceivable event. He is particularly sought after for his ability to play different styles of music; from classical through to jazz standards, motown, pop, rock, metal (even heavy metal) and top 40s hits. In recent years he has been performing his shows as a guest artist and headliner on German cruise ships.
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