Accordionist/Composer Ben Rosenblum Premieres New Composition
August 4th 2024
Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor Accordion USA News
Accordionist, pianist, composer Ben Rosenblum will premiere his new composition at the Lake George Music Festival on Friday, August 16, 2024, 7:30PM – 9:30PM
Price: $25
The Carriage House, 48 Canada Street, Lake George, NY
Experience the LGMF (Lake George Music Festival) Fellows and Mentors performing classical masterworks and two world premiere performances by accordionist/pianist Ben Rosenblum and Randal Despommier who is a jazz saxophonist and educator. Barbora Kolarova, Artistic Director. Sponsored by Joan Levine and Jonah Berman in memory of Adrian Guidotti who was the daughter of Sylvia Prior and Tito Guidotti.
Pianist, accordionist and composer Ben Rosenblum has traversed a truly unique musical path, one that has seen him perform alongside world-class musicians across more than twenty music genres and fifteen countries, lead bands at prestigious venues across the world, all while maintaining a signature, melodic musical voice. Excerpts from his website: Rosenblum’s journey has taken him on tours with Grammy-winning pop artist Rickie Lee Jones and Juno-winning contemporary Indian singer Kiran Ahluwalia. He’s played Brazilian choro with Ephrat Asherie Dance and Brazilian forró with The Late Night Show’s Nêgah Santos and famed forró band Forró in the Dark.
His roots in jazz have led to an over ten-year relationship with Grammy-winning bassist Curtis Lundy, performing at festivals alongside jazz luminaries Bobby Watson, Sean Jones and Warren Wolf. He has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on accordion, and as a guest soloist on piano at Carnegie Hall’s Stern-Perelman Auditorium with Maestro Reona Ito’s New York Harmonic Band. Throughout it all, Rosenblum has always maintained the same priority – to tell a compelling story with his music, reaching the hearts of his audience and connecting on an emotional, intellectual and spiritual level.
Rosenblum brings this wealth and diversity of experiences to his projects as a leader, overseeing a full tour schedule as a solo artist, with his trio and most recently, with his six-piece ensemble, the Nebula Project. Since his first album as a leader, Instead (4 stars, Downbeat Magazine), he has since released three follow-up records to critical acclaim, including favorable reviews in almost every major jazz publication (Downbeat, All About Jazz, Jazziz, JazzTimes, JazzEd, NYC Jazz Record, JazzLife Japan and many more).
Across multiple tours in Japan, Europe, Canada and the United States, Rosenblum has brought his bands to perform at some of the world’s most respected music venues, including Ravinia, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, the Library of Congress, Bird’s Eye (Basel) and Yokohama’s Himawari-No-Sato Concert Hall. At any given show, Rosenblum might draw on influences from ten or more countries, with interests going beyond jazz to include various music traditions from South America, Eastern Europe, Ireland, India, the Caribbean and the Middle East.
As one of the nation’s foremost classical music artist retreats, the Lake George Music Festival offers performers and audiences alike the unique opportunity to experience exceptional classical music within a historic and picturesque setting.
For further information:
Lake George Music Festival
7 Stone Pine Lane
Queensbury, New York, 12804
info@lakegeorgemusicfestival.com