Igudesman & JooIgudesman & Joo
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
Menu
  • About
  • Shows
    • And Now Mozart
    • And Now Beethoven
    • And Now Rachmaninoff
    • Play it Again
    • Die Rettung der Welt
    • A Little Nightmare Music
    • A Little Silent Night Music
    • Mambo Jambo
    • 8 To 88
    • Rachmaninoff Will Survive
    • Beethoven’s Nightmare
    • Happy Concert
    • Upbeat
    • BIG Nightmare Music
    • Guide to the Orchestra
    • Clash of the Soloists
    • Scary Concert
  • Tour Dates
  • Gallery
  • Contact & Booking
  • Music Traveler TV
Happy Concert

Happiness. Is that not what we are all looking for?

Well, look no further because Igudesman & Joo are serving happiness on a silver orchestral platter for you. Each serving of music comes with a boost of happiness that will leave you immunised against all the problems of the world- well at least for a good seventy minutes or so. Here is a selection of happy delights that await you.

Joyful Variations
An electrifying set of variations for symphony orchestra and soloists on themes from the ninth Symphony. Each variation is treated with a national flair and cultural pizzazz from nine different countries, taking one on a musical kaleidoscopic journey that goes around the globe from Bonn to Boston and back.

This piece takes Beethoven’s and Schiller’s motto of all humans being brothers and sisters and sends it to travel around the world. Think ‘Beethoven on the road’. The percussion section are the heroes of this piece and are featured in a way that has probably never been done before in a symphonic work. The journey starts in the concert hall and then, with no travel restrictions, jets off making nine stops in Asia, Ireland, the Middle East, Spain, Eastern Europe, Africa, North America, South America and back to your very own seat. You may even be asked to leave your seat and join the musicians on stage to dance to Beethoven’s 9th in Salsa style! All abiding with social distancing guidelines of course.
So, bring your passport, boarding passes, and carry-on, and enjoy the sensational ride.

Happy
And to top off your happy meal of musical fun, Igudesman & Joo perform arguably the happiest song of the century so far, “Happy” by Pharrell Williams. Of course, the way of the I&J means incorporating mashups of Mozart and Strauss into the song, making it an even happier experience. And if after the concert you are hooked on happiness, there is even a 24 hour music video of “Happy”, so now you can really be happy all day long. 

As Igudesman and Joo says, “Music makes Happy”, and there will be no shortage of happy music with the “Happy Concert”.

“The incred­i­ble performance/workshop of Igudes­man and Joo… was the best vis­it­ing edu­ca­tional expe­ri­ence that I have wit­nessed in my 31 years of teach­ing in pub­lic edu­ca­tion.
Over 780 per­form­ing arts stu­dents… were exposed to musi­cian­ship, self-confidence build­ing, kines­thetic learn­ing, and dif­fer­ent cul­tural per­spec­tives that spoke to every­one in the audi­to­rium at dif­fer­ent and mem­o­rable lev­els.
… Thank you so much for let­ting us be a part of this won­der­ful event. You have touched many lives today, with your pas­sion for music and the arts.“

Andrew Kidd
Superintendent of Schools Volusia County Florida

“Hear­ing and see­ing Igudes­man and Joo per­form­ing live is expe­ri­enc­ing pure musi­cian­ship, won­der­ful act­ing, sophis­ti­ca­tion and a ter­rific sense of humor. Their lack of pre­ten­tious­ness and the joy of their music-making offer an irre­sistible invi­ta­tion into the world of clas­si­cal music. I can’t wait to bring them back!”

Hanna Arie-Gaifman
Direc­tor 92nd Street Y, Tisch Cen­ter for the Arts, New York

“A Lit­tle Night­mare Music brings sur­re­al­ism to the con­cert hall and takes its trousers down! Very musi­cal, very engag­ing and very funny.
A Big Hand for A Lit­tle Night­mare Music’s Big Hands.“

Terry Jones
Comedian/Monty Python/Director

Next Dates for The Happy Concert

No shows booked for this tour at the moment.

« Beethoven’s Nightmare » Mambo Jambo

↑

  • Purchasers & Media
  • Supported by
  • Imprint
  • Privacy Policy
© Igudesman & Joo 2023
Powered by WordPress • Themify WordPress Themes