World Jazz Vocalist Lua Hadar In First Salon Concert Of New Studio NPG
June 12 duet concert features Hadar and jazz pianist Jason Martineau
Released on: May 20, 2011, 7:15 am
Author:
B.Z. Harrison, New Performance Group
Industry:
Entertainment
San Francisco, CA, May 20, 2011. Pure voice and elegant jazz
piano are in store as a new San Francisco studio presents its first
Salon Concert. Lua Hadar, multilingual world jazz vocalist and the
Founder and Creative Director of Studio NPG, takes the petite stage in
a duo concert with Dr. Jason Martineau: pianist, composer and music
director of Hadar’s high-octane band, TWIST. As TWIST plans a live
CD/DVD recording concert at a high-profile venue, the June 12 Salon
Concert at the intimate Studio NPG will give their audience a chance to
help create the set list for that recording during a talk-back at the
Salon Concert’s intermission. TWIST’s producer, Candace Forest,
comments, “Studio NPG provides a rare opportunity for the audience to
bask in pure music, unencumbered by the bustle of a club setting. The
grand piano, Jason’s sensitive and inventive playing, Lua’s rich voice,
and an eclectic song list – it is really musical heaven.” Limited
seating. Tickets $15, pre-sold only at Brown Paper Tickets, event
172823. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/172823, 1-800-838-3006.
Sunday, June 12, at 4pm. Doors at 3:30pm. Studio NPG, 1695 18th Street,
Studio 317, San Francisco, CA 94107 (upstairs from Thick House
theater.) Easy parking, Muni accessible, wheelchair accessible.
About the artists:
JAZZ WITHOUT BORDERS DOCUMENTARY VIDEO
With a rich voice and a soaring range, LUA HADAR sings jazz influenced by pop, funk,
Latin and international cabaret, interpreting lyrics in several languages with a
charming, swinging delivery. Instantly accessible and truly exotic, she has been
molded by exchange experiences in places as diverse as Bali, Russia, Switzerland,
Japan, Thailand, France and Italy, inspiring the sophisticated song choices for her
band, TWIST, in their signature “jazz without borders.” Hadar’s Paris debut in July
2009 came on the heels of the successful New York release of her latest CD, Lua
Hadar with TWIST, at Broadway’s Iridium Jazz Club (…stunning…sheer beauty… she
rocked! – Cabaret Scenes, NYC) and her band’s international debut at the Bangkok
International Festival of Dance & Music. The CD went on to garner raves from around
the world, (…vivacious brand of jazz…inspired…swinging…cool - Luna Kafé, Sweden;…seductive… polished vocal phrasing… irresistible - Blast Radio 1386, UK) as well as
Radio Top 10 Ratings in the USA. Sold-out appearances in 2009 and 2010 at San
Francisco’s Rrazz Room, and at New York’s landmark Cornelia Street Café debuted her
show, French Connection, to acclaim (…beyond language, beyond words—pure yearning,
perhaps… - MS Nieson, All About Jazz). Her most recent cultural exchange, with
French bassist Albin Suffys and his Musiconoclast’ Orchestra, testified, even to the
French, to Hadar’s natural facility with language, as she delivered a master class
on the Great American Songbook, using French as a language of instruction, and
performed in concert with 12 jazz musicians in Lille, France. Lua opened Studio NPG
in October of 2010, in San Francisco’s Potrero section. www.luahadar.com
LUA HADAR IN FRANCE – NO BORDERS:
JASON MARTINEAU is an award-winning composer, pianist, arranger, instructor and
author, active in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1995. He works with many
different idioms and styles, from world fusion and jazz, to avant-garde, industrial,
rock, pop, and classical. Jason's sensitive piano stylings range from the
passionate to the poetic, drawing from his wide array of musical influences, marked
by nuance and evocative expressivity. A pianist for 36 years, he has performed since
1989 at numerous venues in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and as
Music Director for TWIST at the 10th International Festival of Dance and Music in
Bangkok, Thailand. Martineau is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of
Music and the Manhattan School of Music, and has composed numerous works for
orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo piano, and chorus, as well as a full-length
musical, multiple film scores, and over 200 songs, both instrumental and vocal. His
book on music theory "The Elements of Music," was released October 2008 and is
distributed both nationally and internationally. His film scores have been featured
in documentaries broadcast on PBS stations around the US since 1998. In 2011 Dr.
Martineau joined the faculty at the Academy of Art University, teaching music
notation and theory. www.jasonmartineau.com
HADAR & MARTINEAU IN COLLABORATION:
Lua Hadar started working with Jason Martineau in 2005 to create a tribute CD to her
departed family, It’s About Time. Immediately influenced by Martineau’s elegant jazz
playing, her style began to center on jazz, bringing into it the influences of her
own life: world beat, French chanson, Broadway, standards of the Great American
Songbook, and her many cultural exchanges, which have broadened her view of the
world. As a result of TWIST’s 2008 festival appearance in Bangkok, Thailand, mp3
sales of their latest recording, Lua Hadar with TWIST, are popping up all over Asia,
adding to her warm reception by French audiences. So, with a global eye, as TWIST
prepares to record a new CD/DVD live in concert, Martineau and Hadar plan a series
of appearances in collaboration with producer Candace Forest, designed to try out
new material and take in the audience reaction as they shape their concept.
ABOUT STUDIO NPG:
Studio NPG provides professional development for performers, Salon Concerts, New
Works development, special events, and international exchange. Conveniently located
near to public transportation in the Potrero section of San Francisco, it is an
artist’s loft venue, just upstairs from the Off-Broadway-style black box theater,
Thick House. Founder and Creative Director Lua Hadar created New Performance Group
in 1990, as an umbrella for her work as a performing and teaching artist and an
independent producer. In October 2010, Studio NPG opened with a Singers Master Class
taught by Hadar and Martineau, inspiring participants to break through to new levels
of singing performance in their culminating concert at Thick House. 2011 has seen a
burst of activity with Studio NPG’s P.R. Bootcamp Series for performers (under the
guidance of journalist and director Mike Ward), New York-style Piano Bar events (NYC
at NPG), piano classes and New Works development. Member teaching artists have
joined Studio NPG’s roster, adding On-Camera Acting, Vocal Workout and Voiceover
classes to the upcoming calendar. The June 12 duo concert with Hadar and Martineau
is the first of Studio NPG’s intimate Salon Concerts. www.newperformancegroup.net
FOR CALENDAR EDITORS:
Who: Lua Hadar and Jason Martineau
What: Jazz Duo Salon Concert
When: Sunday, June 12, 4pm. Doors at 3:30pm
Where: Studio NPG, 1695 18th Street, Studio 317, San Francisco, CA 94107
Tickets: $15 only at Brown Paper Tickets, Event 172823. Tel 1-800-838-3006, or
online at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/172823. Limited seating.
(110 words) Pure voice and elegant jazz piano are in store as the new Studio NPG
presents its first Salon Concert. Lua Hadar, multilingual world jazz vocalist and
the Founder and Creative Director of Studio NPG, takes the petite stage in a duo
concert with Jason Martineau: pianist, composer and music director of Hadar’s
high-octane band, TWIST. TWIST plans an upcoming live CD/DVD recording concert; the
June 12 Salon Concert audience helps to choose the set list. Sunday, June 12, 4pm.
Doors 3:30pm. Studio NPG, 1695 18th Street, Studio 317, San Francisco, CA 94107.
Tickets: $15 only at Brown Paper Tickets, Event 172823. Tel 1-800-838-3006, or
online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/172823. Limited seating.
(41 words) World jazz vocalist Lua Hadar and jazz pianist Jason Martineau perform
the first Salon Concert of the new Studio NPG, in San Francisco. The June 12 duo
concert features Hadar’s pure voice and Martineau’s elegant piano with an eclectic
set list.
Contact Details: B.Z. Harrison, Media Relations
New Performance Group
1695 18th Street, Studio 317
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-377-4858 (not for publication) info@luahadar.com www.luahadar.com
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