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Danish guitarist Lars Hannibal and Chinese flutist Chenyue held the "Spirits" concert at the Concert Hall in the famous New Carlsberg Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark on April 1st. Chinese Ambassdor Xie Hangsheng Hangsheng, and an audience of approximately 500 Danish musicians, artists and music lovers attended the concert.<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; A new level of exchange between Western and Chinese cultures is acheived after the embassy's after our embassy's "Jazz & Folk" project of the Spring Festival. Mr. Lars Hannibal is one of Europe's most famous guitarist and has received many European and Danish music awards. He has devoted himself to the cultural exchance between China and Denmark, especially in the field of music, and has been successful in raising awareness of Chinese music to the rest of the world. Ms Chenyue studied under famous flutists in China since her childhood and is now herself a teacher at Chinese Central Conservatory. Following a long-term cooperation and numerous rehearsals, Lars and Chenyue will make you experience new feelings from these famous Chinese and Western melodies.<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; At the concert, the audience enjoyed the familiar Chinese and Danish melodies such as "Jasmine", "Deep in the Forest" . What's more exciting is the featured guest Michala Petri, Lars Hannibal's wife, who is the very talented well-known as the best recordist in the world. The climax of the concert came as featured guest Michala Petri, joined the duo on stage to perform the Chinese folk song "Autumn Pieces".&nbsp; Michala Petri is Hannibal's wife, and the world's foremost recorder player.&nbsp; Their rendition drew the most applause of the evening.<br><br>Ambassador Xie Hangsheng congratulated the artists at the post-concert party.&nbsp; Lars Hannibal thanked Mr. Xie for attending and presented him with the newly released "Spirits" guitar and xiao duet CD as a gift.

Again a wonderfull concert in Purcells Room in London

I just went back from China after a.m.o. 2 wonderful nights in Beijing recording&nbsp; with Chinese Xiao player Chenyue.

The "Four Seasons" CD with Swedish Chamber orchestra and Thomas Dausgaard has now been released inGermany and Switzerland. For more info see EMIs website: http://www.emiclassics.de/xml/6/3252719/3543362.html

Michala has just finished recording sessions with Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Chinese conductor Lan Shui of three contemporary concertos composed for her:<br>American Steven Stucky: "Etudes" (2000); Swedish Daniel Börtz: "Pipes and Bells" (2002) and Spanish Juan Albert Amargos: "Northern Concerto" (2005). The CD is scheduled for release at EMI in the fall 2006.<br>

Michala has just returned from Finland after performing Swedish Daniel Börtz´s great concerto "Pipes and Bells" with Turku Symphony Orchestra - an orchestra who often has contemporary works on their repertoire, and who gave Börtz´s concerto a moving performance.<br>Right before visiting snowy Finland she played 2 concerts in Italy with Cuban born guitarist Manuel Barrueco on a rather hectic trip - with 2 rehearsals, 2 concerts and 20 hours of traveling all within 48 hours.... Partly due to delays of the Italian railway system the hall of the second concert was reached just in time for the concert - but with help from friendly people all went well in the end!

A prize for her work as a soloist has been given to Michala by the European Foundation for Culture, "Pro Europa". The Foundation, which started in 1993, has prizes in many categories - architecture, ballet and conducting amongst others - and Michala will receive the prize in Amsterdam on April 15th, together with a.m.o percussionist Peter Sadlo, composer Sofia Gubaidulina and violinist Gidon Kremer.<br><br>Read more: Pro Europa

On May 19th Michala was named a "Honorary Member" of the Danish Soloist Union. In the citation for the honour her musicality and tecnical perfection was accentuated, as well as her ongoing wish to challenge her own and the recorders possibilities. To receive such an honour from collegues was something very special to Michala.

Michala has just been to Örebro in Sweden, to do a recording with Conductor Thomas Dausgaard and The Swedish Chamber Orchestra.<br>It was exciting and inspiring days - they recorded Vivaldi´s "The Four Seasons" and Saint-Saëns "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso". In this repertoire Michala was challenging herself and her new recorders: her "Ehlert-Alto" by Ralf Ehlert, produced by Moeck, and her "Modern Recorder" by Joachim Paetzold/Nik Tarasov, produced by Mollenhauer.<br>These recorders all have a larger sound and more dynamic possibilities which makes it possible to do different repertoire, and to play with bigger orchestras without the soloist disappearing!<br>The CD will be available from EMI in the beginning of November this year.

Schloss Elmau in Germany, south of Munich, near the Austrian border, is well known not only for its beauty and the surrounding landscape. It is also famous for its cultural activities, which amongst other events includes fesivals on the highest level in both classical music and in jazz. In January 2004 Michala and Lars Hannibal played in the Chambermusic Festival, and on December 31, before the evenings traditional celebrations, they played a New Years concert. The first part of the program was baroque music - the second was adjusted to the special event with more humoristic and virtuosic pieces.<br>More informations about beautiful Schloss Elmau underLinks.