{"id":609,"date":"2018-10-23T12:20:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T10:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drvenneforeningen.dk.linux182.unoeuro-server.com\/2018\/10\/23\/venner-var-vilde-med-bas-ved-prisuddeling\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T00:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T23:22:26","slug":"venner-var-vilde-med-bas-ved-prisuddeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drvenneforeningen.dk\/en\/venner-var-vilde-med-bas-ved-prisuddeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends went wild for bass at awards ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201dThen there's bass,\u201d rapped DR's legendary sports commentator Gunnar \u2019Nu\u2019 Hansen when he released the football song \u2019Rap Nu (We Are Danish Dynamite)\u2019 in 1984.<\/p>\n

The Friends of DR's Choirs and Orchestras could almost have exclaimed the same thing on Monday evening. Two different basses were honoured in two different ways with prizes of DKK 20,000 each in connection with the association's general meeting.<\/p>\n

This year, the annual awards for DR musicians and singers went to double bassist and concertmaster Joel Gonzalez from the DR Symphony Orchestra and Johan Karlstr\u00f6m, second bass in the DR Vocal Ensemble.<\/p>\n

\u201dFew double bassists are able to bring the great instrument to its feet like Joel Gonzalez, and his playing is imbued with elegance, melodic charm and agility. These are musical qualities that have made him highly sought after - also as a soloist and chamber musician alongside his work in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra,\u201d was the motivation for awarding Joel Gonzalez one of the Friends' prizes.<\/p>\n

The double bassist was also called \u201da team player to the core\u201d with warm and deep respect for the colleagues he works with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Joel Gonzalez was born on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico where, after a few years as a guitarist and electric bassist, he started playing double bass at the age of 14. He went on to study in Xalapa, Mexico, Berlin and Copenhagen, and in 2002, while still studying, he played his way into the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, where he has held the title of principal double bass soloist since 2014. Along the way, he has also received several awards and won several international competitions.<\/p>\n

The second award winner was Johan Karlstr\u00f6m, who is a rare second bass in the DR Vokalensemblet.<\/p>\n

\u201dDuck basses are a rare breed that are in great demand in the professional ensembles of the world. Johan has already travelled far and wide with his beautiful, deep and sonorous voice. He sang in the Swedish Radio Choir before coming to Denmark and was part of the start-up of the DR Vocal Ensemble back in 2007, where he fortunately accepted a permanent position in 2008,\u201d read the motivation, which went on to say:<\/p>\n

\u201dWith his warm, soft and booming voice, he sends waves of wellbeing through the audience, and anyone who has experienced it will agree that it's an experience you won't soon forget!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The two recipients acknowledged the awards with music and song at the general assembly. Together with Julie Tandrup Kock, Joel Gonzalez offered music by Silesian-Danish double bassist Franz Keyper and Mexican composer and singer Tom\u00e1s M\u00e9ndez. Together with DR Big Band pianist Henrik Gunde, Johan Karlstr\u00f6m performed \u2019My One And Only Love\u2019, \u2019A Foggy Day\u2019, \u2019My Funny Valentine\u2019 and \u2019Smile\u2019, which Charlie Chaplin incidentally wrote the music for.<\/p>\n

The purpose of Venneforeningen for DR's Kor og Orkestre is first and foremost to support DR's choirs and orchestras in their role as ambassadors for Danish music and music culture - both in Denmark and abroad, and the chairman is the now former DR journalist Mogens Rubinstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dorte Bennike's speech to Joel Gonzalez<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Joel Gonzalez plays Tom\u00e1s M\u00e9ndez<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Emil Lykke's speech to Johan Karlstr\u00f6m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Johan Karlstr\u00f6m sings Smile<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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