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Lesson timetable: 17:00 - 20:00 in the afternoon (total of 21 hours)
This seminar will focus on interpreting the style and esthetics of eastern music with Western wind instruments.
Looking at a wide repertoire ranging from the Balkans to the Middle East, we will learn melodies, phrases and their variations, ornements and techniques that characterize these musical traditions and adapt them to our instruments.In parallel, using that same repertoire as a roadmap, we’ll discover the world of modal improvisation.We’ll learn how the Makam system works, the particular modes and their tuning, and explore the expressive and creative freedom that this melodic system provides.
The seminar is open to all levels!
* This lesson will be taught both in Greek and English.
Biography
Fausto Sierakowski was born in 1988 in Paris and grew up in Rome, Italy.
He graduated in classical saxophone from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory (Rome, Italy), under the direction of Alfredo Santoloci in 2009.
In 2012 he obtained a Masters Degree in Contemporary Improvisation from the New England Conservatory (Boston USA), under the direction of Anthony Coleman, Hankus Netsky and Frank Carlberg.
In 2016 he moved to Greece to study Ottoman Classical music with Evgenios Voulgaris.
He has performed in Europe, USA, Canada and India, with a vast array of international musicians: Evgenios Voulgaris, Harris Lambrakis, Hayden Chisholm, Axel Dörner, Frank London, Anthony Coleman, Joe Morris, Matt Moran, Thymios Atzakas, Yiannis Dionysiou, Slavic Soul Party, Lost Cities Ensemble.
His current projects include: Fausto Sierakowski Trio (with Panagiotis Kaitatzis, oud, and Stratis Skourkeas, percussions) and People of the Wind (with James Wylie, saxophone and Alexandros Rizopoulos, Percussions).
As an educator, he has taught at the CNSMDP (Paris), Hfm Hanns Eisler (Berlin) as well as given workshops in Greece (Labyrinth, Music Village), Cyprus and Italy.