Varekai – Conrad Askland https://conradaskland.com/blog Music Director and Music Technology Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:17:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 53388445 Varekai Band 2017 https://conradaskland.com/blog/varekai-band-2017/ https://conradaskland.com/blog/varekai-band-2017/#respond Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:35:31 +0000 http://conradaskland.com/blog/?p=6863

Musicians from the Cirque du Soleil Varekai band taken June 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania by Gabrielus Jauniskis.

From left to right: David Piché (violin), Conrad Askland (bandleader and keyboards), Mikey Hachey (bass), Isabelle Corradi (singer), Jamieson Lindenberg (singer), Damion Corideo (percussion), Jose Manuel Pizarro Carmona (winds) and Paul James Bannerman (drums).

It is an absolute pleasure to work with this group of musicians!

Cirque du Soleil musicians

Varekai Band 2017 – Cirque du Soleil European Tour

Jamieson Lindenberg (singer)

Isabelle Corradi (singer)

Damion Corideo (percussion)

Conrad Askland (bandleader and keyboards)

 David Piché (violin)

 Paul James Bannerman (drums).

Mikey Hachey (bass)

Jose Manuel Pizarro Carmona (winds)

]]> https://conradaskland.com/blog/varekai-band-2017/feed/ 0 6863 Joining the Varekai World Tour https://conradaskland.com/blog/joining-varekai-world-tour/ https://conradaskland.com/blog/joining-varekai-world-tour/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2017 18:09:34 +0000 http://conradaskland.com/blog/?p=6877

I am thrilled to be joining Cirque du Soleil’s show Varekai as bandleader and keyboardist on their world tour. The show has been on a world tour since 2002 and I will be joining them on the final legs in Europe and ending in the United States in 2017.

The musicians and singers are exceptional and I am truly honored to work with them. The music by Violaine Corradi is stunning. The Varekai score is some of the most beautiful contemporary music that I have ever heard. It has so much depth and nuance to the score. I first saw the show back around 2005 and again in Manila around 2010. I’ve always loved this show.

As I joined as new music director for the show, Varekai was soon celebrating show number 5,000 on their tour. In the first half of 2017, Varekai ranked #32 worldwide in ticket sales for international tours.

2017 Varekai Show schedule includes:

  • Birmingham UK
  • Nottingham UK
  • Glasgow UK (Scotland)
  • Copenhagen Denmark
  • Lyon France
  • Amsterdam Netherlands
  • Bratislava Slovakia
  • Bucharest Romania
  • Budapest Hungary
  • Prague Czech Republic
  • Sofia Bulgaria
  • Ljubljana Slovenia
  • Vilnius Lithuania
  • Tarragona Spain
  • Oslo Norway
  • Malmo Sweden
  • Tallinn Estonia
  • Riga Latvia
  • Minsk Belarus
  • Helsinki Finland
  • Stockholm Sweden
  • Allentown PA
  • Syracuse NY
  • Philadelphia PA
  • Biloxi MS
  • Hidalgo TX
  • Fort Worth TX
  • Frisco TX

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