- "The Wave Quartet"


Bogdan Bacanu founded The Wave Marimba Quartet in 2008. Since then he has been playing concerts together with Christoph Sietzen, Emiko Uchiyama and Vladimir Petrov (left to right) in Germany (Konzerthaus Berlin), Austria, The Netherlands and Bulgaria and recorded two CDs.










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The CDs "Aurora Borealis" and "J. S. Bach - Marimba & Orchestra" are available through Classic Concert Records.
 

Notes about the latest CD "J. S. Bach - Marimba & Orchestra"
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Bach with Four Marimbas is the most beautiful CD I have listened to in the last few years. I have no word to express what this music moves in me.

With this new version of the harpsichord concerti, Bogdan Bacanu has managed to make an extraordinary link between the purity of the most prized baroque composer, the modernization and the evolution of our taste in music, and the emotion in its highest level. Bach has often been interpreted a sort of ‘non-romantic’ music. Baroque music, according to specialists, is not ‘romantic’ music. Obviously! But does it mean that Bach had no feelings? Does it mean that it has to be interpreted in a cold way? The interpretation of these concerti, by the amazing Wave Quartet, shows that there is a way to understand Bach as a human being; the man who deeply loved his wives and his numerous children, the man who looked after orphans and taught them mathematics, religion, music; the man who did not care much about money but just dedicated himself to create, to compose, to help, to educate.

Bogdan Bacanu, whom I have seen in concerts many many times, and who, to me, has created new sounds, new ways of understanding music, has created with his marimba quartet something totally new. And this is far from being easy nowadays. The Wave Quartet are all musicians of a very high level, committed perfectionists - have worked for 18 months in a constant way before showing one sound to the public. As we say in French: ‘Chapeau’.

Elisabeth Michot de Jowers, manager for Spain, Portugal and France; Art & Musique
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Let me say a few personal words about this CD, since Bogdan Bacanu has now been a special friend for many years. When he spoke to me about his new project for the first time, I was uncertain what the result would be. Would the four marimbas - which may really be looked at as modern instruments - match with the baroque music of JS Bach? But what stimulates a musician stronger than the desire to satisfy his curiosity?

From the first rehearsal on, I was enthralled! Today I can say that the venture was worthwhile. The result demonstrates how lucid the depth of JS Bach's mastery is made by the modern sounds of the marimba.

There are not many composers whose charisma defines itself over and over again through the changes of time like JS Bach. His music has inspired many great artists to interpret his works in innovative musical and tonal ways.

On this recording Bogdan Bacanu documents - together with Emiko Uchiyama, Vladimir Petrov, Christoph Sietzen and 'Salzburg Barock' Ensemble on period instruments - an acoustical and thrilling time step within baroque string culture and the percussive tone colours of the marimba.

An exciting project: lively and caring musicians and simply fantastic music!

Prof Peter Sadlo, percussionist and conductor
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