Mandolinemuziek uit Zwolle (2)

Ferdinand Binnendijk speelt hier de compositie Variations on a Basque Melody, ook van Victor Kioulaphides.




The Variations on a Basque Melody

The Variations on a Basque Melody are based on a folk chant from the Basque region of France, and unfold in the familiar, Mediterranean manner of various figurations around an underlying melody. The Variations on a Basque Melody (© 2005) are played here by Ferdinand Binnendijk, one of the mandolin players of Het CONSORT, on an Embergher (Pecoraro) concert mandolin model N. 5bis.

Victor Kioulaphides was born in Athens, Greece, and moved to New York in 1979 where he studied double bass and composition at The Juilliard School and The Manhattan School of Music. Today he is a Member of ASCAP, American Music Center, American Federation of Musicians and his compositions are i.e. published by the Liben Music Publishers and the New York Classical Guitar Society. Besides his busy activities as a classical double bass player is a faculty member at the Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance.

The release of this video is authorized by Victor Kioulaphides and the Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT.