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Nico Dezaire writes from his early years music for very different instrumentations and in different musical styles, from classical to contemporary classical, from jazz to hip / hop. His music is characterized by a lively rhythm and balanced harmony. Many of his published music and musical works has been inspired by the practice of teaching and performing or has been written on demand of publisher de Haske/Hal Leonard, the largest music publisher in the world.
The 52 already published books with his own pieces and arrangements are being sold worldwide. Strings teachers in the Netherlands and abroad are enthusiastic about the fresh style, the mix of popular and classical styles and welll-thought structure of the books. He has also written a number of pieces for diffent soloists, ensembles, orchestras and choirs.
Of course Nico is affiliated to Buma Stemra Foundation and his compositions are all documented there.
News may 2012: upcoming editions in the summercatalogue of de Haske Hal leonard
Only a few months and the summercatalogue of de Haske Hal Leonard will be published, containing several new books written or edited by Nico Dezaire.
- Double Stops for Violin (first position)
Only some French texts have to be translated, but the English, German and Dutch versions of "Double Stops for Violin" are ready to be printed. The book will be splendid in full colour.
"Double Stops for Violin" consists of 37 exercises and 38 new compositions by Nico. 2 cd's will be included, containing demo- and play-along versions of all songs, written in very different musical styles. The performance pieces can be played with or without cd-accompagniment, or as violin-duets. All 37 duets are provided also as PDF files on CD 2 and can be printed for use. So here we have a very complete set for violinists who want to learn double stops in a thourough but pleasant way. Completely in the first position.
- Violin Position 1 (Position-serie)
This book is almost ready. The midi-accompaniments have been recorded for the first time by Nico himself. The recording session of the violin parts will be on monday 14 may, with Jo Vercruysse, violin and Nico Dezaire, recording supervisor. This book is the most extended from the Position-series, containing 92 pages!
Contents :
Position 1 is an informative and enjoyable introduction to the different fingerings, scales and triads as they occur in the first position. The book is intended for beginner violinists who have some playing experience with the basic fingering of the first position. In the two chapters of the book you will find a total of 38 exercises for the various fingerings, 7 scale and triad exercises and 68 performance pieces in a range of musical styles. Fingering charts are provided to visualise all different fingerings. The 68 pieces can be played with or without CD accompaniment. On the CDs 1 and 2 you will find demo and play-along tracks. The piano accompaniments can be found on CD 2 in PDF form, so they can be printed.
- More Classical Highlights (de Haske String Orchestra series)
The level of this book is "easy", following up "Classical Highlights", the top-seller of "de Haske String Orchestra Series". All 6 arrangements have been made by Nico and the book is now in the production process. Release will be summer of 2012. Just as in "Classical Highlights" 6 classical "Highligths" are being arranged and presented in chronological order : The Canon by Pachelbel, Rejouissance by Haendel, the famous Menuet by Boccherini, Marche nr. 1 by Schubert, the Can Can by Offenbach and finally the Largo from the 9nth symphony by Dvorak.
- Concertino op. 96 Portnoff and Concertino op. 12 in D Kuechler
These concertinos have been revised and edited by Nico and will be published in the Study and Play Concertino-series. The recording session will be on friday 18 may with Natalia Gabunia, violin, Nino Hucishvili, piano and Nico Dezaire, recording supervisor. The concertino of Kuchler will be published in the summer of 2012, the Portnoff Concertino will be published in december 2012.
Other News May 2012 : other new projects and books.
-Violin Position 6, 7 & 8 (Position-series)
This will be the seventh and last book in the Position series. With the help of this book the higher positions 6,7 and 8 can be learned. There are hardly newly written, modern books for this purpose, so the book must give new possibilities to be able to play higher positions. The book will contain exercises and performance pieces , these will be new compositions by Nico Dezaire and arrangements of classical themes and traditionals. Release to be expected : december 2012.
-Two is a team (for violin and piano)
De Haske wants to publish a book providing well-known tunes for 2 players (melodic part and piano part) of equal level. In most violin-piano books for beginner violinists, the piano part is often of higher diffilculty as the violin part. However there is a need for material playable for 2 pupils of equal level. Nico is arranging the violin-piano version. The book will contain 20 performance pieces , playable within the first position (fingerings 1, 2 and 3).
News december 2011
Recordings/Demos of "De Haske String Orchestra" on the site of "de Haske Publications"
Since several months new editions of the "De Haske String Orchestra Series" can be heard by listening demos on the site of publisher de Haske Hal Leonard. The recordings have been made in the US by Hal leonard. For this moment you can listen to the following new editions:
-Disney for Strings (arr. Nico Dezaire)
-Carnival of Strings (Rachel Jennings)
Also the 5 books that have been published in 2009 will have the new cover. It is also possible to listen to demos of these 5 books. See also the site of de Haske. The 2 books written by Nico Dezaire:
-Sunny Strings (Nico Dezaire)
-Classical Highlights (arr. Nico Dezaire)
New editions summer 2011: 
Disney for Strings (4 famous Disney songs arranged for String Orchestra)
Klezmatic Duets for violin, for viola and for cello.
Joy of Christmas (5 traditional Christmas songs for String Quartet)
Christmas Favourites (5 populair Christmas songs for String Quartet or Recorder Quartet)
Together with Ruud van der Meulen a book for beginner Double Bas players "Double Bas starter"
In progress:
Tango Delight for Cello (arrangements of tangos for cello, composed for accordian by Myriam Mees)
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