Music We Love Misha Mullov-Abbado & Viktoria Mullova

• Misha Mullov-Abbado (b. 1990):
• 1 Blue Deer 06:42
• Laércio De Freitas (b. 1941):
• 2 O Cabo Pitanga 03:12
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856):
• 3 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei 02:25
• Misha Mullov-Abbado:
• 4 Brazil 05:00
• Shalom Chanoch (b. 1946):
• 5 Shir Lelo Shem 05:43
• John McLaughlin (b. 1942):
• 6 Celestial Terrestrial Commuters 04:32
• Lenine (b. 1959):
• 7 O Silencio Das Estrelas 04:50
• Misha Mullov-Abbado:
• 8 Little Astronaut 03:57
• Carlos Jobim (1927 - 1994):
• 9 Sabia 04:17
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1014:
• 10 Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1014: I. Adagio 03:18
• 11 Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1014: II. Allegro 03:15
• Traditional:
• 12 Caico 02:46
• Lepo Sumera (1950 - 2000):
• 13 Theme from 'Spring Fly' 04:04
• Total Runtime 54:01

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Violinist Viktoria Mullova and son, the bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado in music they love - a very personal and affectionate collection of music ranging from traditional Brazilian folk songs to JS Bach, via Antonio Carlos Jobim and Schumann.

Viktoria Mullova, violin
Misha Mullov-Abbado, double bass

Misha Mullov-Abbado
is a musician who combines great imagination, raw talent tempered by a clear vision, and a colourful character. Son of the Italian conductor Claudio Abbado and Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova, Misha showed early musical promise but was keen to follow his own path and became intent on developing a career in jazz. A 2014 City of Music Foundation Artist, an in-demand bass player, composer and arranger based in London and winner of the 2014 Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize, Misha Mullov-Abbado releases his self-composed debut album with his quintet on Edition Records in September 2015.

Misha has performed at many of London’s top jazz gigs including the Vortex, 606 Club, Pizza Express and Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room (as part of the BBC Proms Late series), as well as venues throughout the UK and Europe. Misha is an experienced composer: he won the 2014 Dankworth Prize for jazz composition and writes for a variety of jazz groups including the quintet, as well as various classical soloists and ensembles, and his influences include jazz, classical and pop music.

After graduating from Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, where he studied music and composition with Robin Holloway and Jeremy Thurlow, Misha received a scholarship to study double bass at the Royal Academy of Music on the prestigious masters jazz course (alongside Jasper Høiby, Tom Herbert, Michael Janisch and Jeremy Brown). During his final year at the Academy Misha formed his quintet and has been performing with it regularly since. As well as gigging on the double bass Misha is also an experienced horn player and has played in many ensembles as a student, performing works such as Schumann’s Konzertstück, Britten’s Serenade and Bach’s Mass in B minor on the natural horn.

Since leaving the Academy, Misha has performed with a variety of musicians including Stan Sulzmann and Enzo Zirilli (Misha’s a fixture (on horn too) in Enzo’s quartet Zirobop). He co-runs the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra, an exciting new big band in London that plays original compositions, and plays as a sideman in various projects such as the Tom Green Septet, Ralph Wyld’s Mosaic, the Tom Millar Quartet and the Liam Dunachie Quartet. Misha has had his compositions performed by London-based groups The Hermes Experiment and Sinfonia D’Amici in venues such as King’s Place, the Royal Ballet School and recently the Royal Albert Hall. He also had his Clarinet Concerto premiered in Cambridge by Joseph Shiner.

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