GERARDO SIERCHIO
Pianist
Composer
Tutoring
Music-Production
Singer
Arranger
Photograph
Multi Instrumentalist
Jurgita Jurkeviciute
I do strange things in the name of art.....
Irena Kay
Irena Kvaliashvili-Irena Kay:" I got lucky that I was born in the family who belongs to art and music" - from her family tree Irena found out that all her family members, relatives, ancestors who were belong to the name of Kvaliashvili were artists or musicians and since her childhood Irena was always hearing music, Irenas father who is a composer, singer and he is a very good painter, he was always playing music for her.
When Irena was 2 years old, got lost in her house and when parents were looking for, they found her in a very dark room where she was sitting near the table and drawing, so this was Irenas first experience in drawing and she says: "still remember it what I drew, I called my drawing’ girls and flowers’. "
Irenas says: "first debut exhibition was at the age of 4, and of course at that time I could not understand what was happening, but I had a good feeling that people around me were very kind.
Since childhood she was getting an education in music, playing piano and was singing, but she was never getting any lessons in drawing, but she kept drawing all the time. One of the fascinating things was that at the age of 10 she was drawing strange faces and when parents asked who were they Irena was answering " I draw people from my previous life and I saw them" during her childhood Irena had many exhibitions with a great success.
When the time came up to choose profession,she had two choices either music either art, so Irena entered art State academy –design faculty. During studies one of the professors from academy stopped her and suggested to avoid her style of drawing and learn academic style painting, and this was right decision because it gave her a huge imagination how to mix her style with academic . Irena is a fashion designer, but she prefers graphic. Irena Kay: "In my drawings I was using an Indian ink. But when I came to England I did not have any staff to draw, so I started to draw with a pen and I kind of liked it and was kept drawing with a pen. The best time for me to draw is the night time and I always draw under music, I love classical music and I always listen and get inspiration from that. And the ideas are coming when I listen to music what to draw, it is very difficult to explain with exact words, but I would call it- it’s a magic.
In my drawings my heroes are from different world and they are coming through my hands and I make lines with this power.
I would like to say at the end that I still draw in the dark, what I was mentioning before and I am a lucky person that god gave me such ability to make something which makes me feel very good and makes people happy- who enjoy my works.
Ina chareli
Ina Chareli- (Stage Name). Born into a musically talented family, started playing the piano at the age of four with the help of her father who was her first teacher. Studied at Gori Music School ,Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Music Central School, after gaining her B.Mus. degree at the Tbilisi V. Saradjishvili State Conservatoire, where she studied with professor Alexander Garber she moved to continue her studies in the United Kingdom at The Royal College of Music (RCM)-London, where she gained a Postgraduate diploma, Masters Degree and Artist Diploma in piano performance over the next 3 years. During this time, she studied with the world-renowned pianist, Professor Dmitri Alexeev. Ina has also performed in master classes with other leading pianists, including Eteri Andjaparidze, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Alexander Korsantia, Eduardo Delgado, Alexander Toradze, Vladimir Feltsman, Mikhael Voskresensky, Dmitri Bashkirov, Natalya Trull, Victor Merjanov, Gerard Fremy, Felix Gottlieb, Hamish Milne, John Lill, Dame Fanny Waterman, Norma Fisher. Ina has won many international piano competitions and was awarded several scholarships to support her career. Ina has been nominated as the holder of the Anthony Saltmarsh Junior Fellowship for 2009-2010. During her studies at the RCM she gave a number of solo and chamber recitals throughout the UK, she was invited to perform in at the prestigious D'Soir concert and at the Gala Concert at the presence of HRH the Earl of Wessex. Was a specially invited guest performer in Russia with internationally renowned pianists such as Alexander Ghindin, Cyprien Katsaris and many others, which was exceptional concert under name of “Musicians for Piece”, She has given solo and chamber music concerts throughout Europe, including her native Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Germany, Spain, USA, United Arab Emirates. Currently she is a co-founder of “I&C” music world in United Arab Emirates, involved with teaching at music schools and helps young generation and older generation to succeed in piano performance , collaborates with Dubai Opera, active performer with musicians all over the world.
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”
Sergio Vitale
Sergio Vitale studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Opera Studio in Rome under the guidance of Renata Scotto and with Renato Bruson at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. He made his debut as Giorgio Germont in La Traviata and Schaunard in La Bohème at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he sung as soloist for the 2010/2011 season. He went on to sing as Don Giovanni (title role), Daniel Oren conducting, at the Teatro Verdi in Salerno, Gianni Schicchi (title role) at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Malatesta in Don Pasquale in Savona. He performed in Falstaff (title role) at the Teatro della Fortuna in Fano; Il Viaggio a Reims (Don Profondo) at the Rossini Opera Festival; Rigoletto (Marullo) on tour in Japan with the Teatro alla Scala; Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro) at the Teatro di San Carlo in Napoli under Bruno Campanella; Madama Butterfly as Sharpless at the Teatro Belli in Spoleto and in Il Turco in Italia (Don Geronio) at the Teatro Massimo Vincenzo Bellini in Catania. Concert performances include Carmina Burana with the Orchestra Giovanile italiana in Milan, Faurè's Requiem at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, a concert at the Opèra de Nice, Rigoletto as Marullo at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Past engagements include Falstaff in a concert version with the first Italian Opera Accademy of Riccardo Muti, at the Teatro delle Muse in Ancona with Cristina Mazzavillani Muti staging and at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He appeared as Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl with Gustav Kuhn and as Marcello (La Bohème) for the As.Li.Co circuit in Italy.
More recently: he sang as Haly (L’italiana in Algeri) at the Teatro del Maggio Fiorentino under the baton of Bruno Campanella, De Siriex (Fedora) at the Teatro al San Carlo in Napoli; Giorgio Germont in La Traviata at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari; Faurè's Requiem at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari; Battistelli’s Il Medico dei Pazzi in Venice; title role in Falstaff in Cagliari; revival of L’Italiana in Algeri and at the Royal Opera House Muscat; La Bohème (Marcello) at Teatro Regio in Parma; Giordano's Giove a Pompei (title role) in Foggia and Chieti; Malatesta in Don Pasquale in Salerno; Conte Gil in Il Segreto di Susanna with the San Carlo in Naples at the Reggia in Caserta; La Fanciulla del West at the Lirico in Cagliari; La Traviata in Florence, Trapani and in Porto on tour with the Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos; a new production of La Bohème in Bologna, Graham Vick directing and Michele Mariotti conducting; Falstaff at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf; Un Ballo in maschera in Darmstadt; Roberto Devereuxat the Teatro Regio in Parma; new production of Turandot (Ping) at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.
Stevie Vann Lange
60’s
Stevie Vann Lange was born in Mufulira Zambia a small African village close to the Congo border, her Father was a copper miner her Mother a doctor, they both encouraged her to play the piano from the age of 6 years old and she was singing in a dance band by the age of 12 years.
Her Dad used to take her to gigs, hang around and bring her back home till she was old enough at age 16 to drive and take herself.
Soon after she was 16 years old she had her own television show in which she danced and sang to a Hollywood a gogo style.
By her late teens she had released two LPs in her own right and had been voted Top Female Vocalist in South Africa, where she was presented a Sari award by the late great Peter Sellers.
A household name by the time she was a young teenager Stevie became the top TV and radio jingle singer in South Africa, singing on virtually every advert going.
70’s
Stevie attended the same school as Mutt Lange in Mufulira and when she left Zambia met up with him later again in South Africa where they married and formed a band called Hocus.
They both sang on jingles during the day and night times were spent writing, recording and playing gigs.
Working with Mutt in the studio for years undoubtedly helped Stevie to hone and perfect her production skills Mutt is still regarded as one of the best producers on the planet.
Stevie and Mutt soon felt the need to expand and when offered a UK management deal, neither needed any encouragement to pack and leave Cape Town by ship to England.
When they arrived in the UK Stevie met Dave Dee who was with Warner Brothers at the time and clinched a deal with her husband Mutt under the name of Stephen. They released their first single called Right On Running Man.
Mutt went on to become one of the world’s leading record producers although their marriage had broken up they still today remain the best of friends.
80’s
Stevie entered into the Session world yet again after the split with Mutt but this time in the UK.
The first session she sang on was for Manfred Mann where she met Chris Thompson soon after the meeting she formed a backing group called Bones.
When Bones fell apart it was Chris Thompson who approached her to form a group with him. The result was Night a deal was secured with Planet Records which resulted in two US top 20 singles and two albums “Hot Summer Nights” and “The Champ”
During this time Stevie was living in the states and through Huey Lewis, met up with the Doobie Brothers, eventually co-headlining an American tour with them.
Night finally parted company in 83 resulting in a succession of prestigious jobs in various areas of the industry.
For five years on and off she sang with The James Last Soul Choir along with Vicki Brown, Madeline Bell, and the guys Jimmy Chambers and George Chandler and Jimmy Helmes who later became the famous “London Beat”.
For two years she toured with Elton John and contributed vocals to albums and singles for artists all over the world.
A few who got the Stevie Vann treatment where, Elton John, Def Leppard, Billy Ocean, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Dave Steward, Brian Adams, Tina Turner, and Living in a Box.
90’s
The late 80’s early 90’s had Stevie playing in Molly Duncan’s “Contraband” throughout Spain alongside The four Tops and contributing vocals to the SAS band Spike Edney’s all Star Band (SAS Band) who she still sings with to this day.
Stevie recorded her own Rock Album with Mutt in Nashville in the early 90’s.
Stevie’s CV to follow below tracks her impressive resume from the 90’s to the present day.
Present Day
Vocal Coaching For
Blue
Sugababes
Limp Bizkit
Robbie Williams
Jamie Cullum
Sophie Ellis Bextor
Lulu
Star Sailor
The Thrills
Courtney Love
Leah Woods
Girls Aloud
Joe Elliot (Def Leppard)
Mc Ultra
Tina (S Club 7)
Dina Carroll
Mark Owen
Naiomi (Honeez)
KT Tunstall
Geri Halliwell
Mudvayne
Studio Production
Blue
Atomic Kitten
Sam Brown
Made In London
Sugababes
Sheer Blonde Twins
Sung Live With
Bryan Adams
Elton John
Joe Cocker
Stevie Wonder
Chaka Khan
Blue
Lulu
Roger Taylor
Brian May
Michael Bolton
Sam Brown
Kiki Dee
Bad Company
Michael McDonald
Tony Hadley
Tears For Fears
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