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    Team

    Let us introduce you to the Global Musics team.

    • Staff

      • Jan Kuhr (Head of Department)  

      • Carmen Sterke (Education Support Office)  

      • Barbaros Bozkir (Coordination Maqam and Modal music across the Silk Routes) 

      • Nils Fischer (Coordination Caribbean and South American Music)  

      • Bárbara Varassi Pega (Coordination Master Tango)  

      • Nina van der Heijden (Education Coordinator)  

      • Claire Hell (Producer) 

    • Teachers Global Musics

      • Niti Ranjan Bitwas  (Tabla and Indian Music Traditions, Tala)  

      • Wobbe Kuiper (Theory of Music, Curriculum design)  

      • Bárbara Varassi Pega (Global Music, Tango coordination, Community Projects, Researcher and Composer)  

      • Juliano Abramovay (Global Music, Brazilian, Maqam Music)  

    • Specialisations

      Caribbean and South American Music  

      • Nils Fischer (Caribbean: congas, bongos, percussion)  

      • Enrique Firpi (Caribbean: drums/timbales)  

      • Martin Verdonk (pop percussion, batá)  

      • Udo Demandt (Brazilian and Flamenco: cajón, percussion setup)  

      • Maxim Zettel (Brazilian percussion)  

      • Lilian Vieira (Brazilian vocal)  

      • Sophie Nakou (Caribbean Vocal)  

      • Connie de Jong (vocal technique)  

      • Marc Bischoff (Piano, Afro Caribbean music, Transcription)  

      • Luís Rabello (piano technique)  

      • Elizabeth Fadel (Brazilian piano)  

      • Thomas Böttcher (Cuban piano)  

      • Carlos Matos (Caribbean piano)  

      • Pedro Luis Pardo Cosme (double bass/bass/Afro bass)  

      • Jesús Hernandez (Cuban guitar and Tres)  

      • Daniel Guimaraes Montes (Brazilian Guitar, Arranger)  

      • Marijn van der Linden (Brazilian guitar, Cavaquinho) 

      • Mark Lotz (Flute)  

      • Alex Simu (clarinet)  

      • Rafael Pereira Lima (Saxophone)  

      • Angelo Ursini (Brazilian Flute and Clarinet)  

      • Bárbara Varassi Pega (Tango Piano, ensemble)  

      • Santiago Cimadevilla (bandoneón) 

      • Stephen Meyer (Tango violin, ensembles) 

      • Wim Warman (Tango piano (major), ensembles, Tango Music Theory) 

       

      Maqam Music and Modal Cultures of the Silk Road 

      • Kudsi Ergüner (Ney, ensemble, projects) 

      • Alexandros Papadimitrakis (Oud lavta, Maqam music theory, ensemble)

      • Alper Kekec̨ (percussion, Ursul rhythm theory, ensemble)
      • Michalis Cholevas (Maqam and Modal music theory, yayli tambur, ensemble) 

      • Alex Simu (clarinet) 

      • Mutlu Kizilgedik (Anatolian music and bağlama, ensemble)
      • Barbaros Bozkir (Maqam, and Modal Contextual Studies, accordion, ensemble) 

      • Burak Savas (Maqam Music vocals, Maqam violin, Maqam music theory, ensemble) 

      • Connie de Jongh (Vocal technique)
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