Simone Baron is the up and coming Italian (now in USA) accordionist who is specializing in Jazz, after her Classical Piano degree at the prestigious music college of Oberlin.
Excerpts from the Strathmore website: Simone Baron improvises, interprets, experiments, and arranges her way through classical, chamber jazz, and global music on the accordion and piano. Baron studied piano and conducting at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Tel Aviv University’s Buchmann School of Music, and has performed throughout Europe, Israel, and North America.
Her unique voice and re-imagination of the accordion’s possibilities have opened the door to cross-genre collaborations with dancers, actors, puppeteers, visual, and performance artists. Arco Belo, Baron’s current project with fellow AIR Ethan Foote, is a hybrid chamber jazz sextet with strings and percussion that features original compositions and innovative arrangements of works from different musical traditions.
Baron was recently an artist in residence north of the border at Banff Arts Centre in Alberta, Canada, exploring the intersections of music, visual, and performance art.
As a conductor, Baron has put together chamber orchestras to perform works by celebrated composers including Beethoven, Debussy, and Schoenberg and occasionally presents accompanying musicology papers and talks.
A seasoned performer, Baron has appeared at Carnegie Hall and at prestigious DC venues including the Kennedy Center, World Bank, and the Hirshhorn Museum.
A DC and Baltimore based multigenre pianist, accordionist, conductor, composer, arranger and educator, she has been performing and teaching for more than 15 years and is available as a solo classical or jazz pianist, as a strolling accordionist, with a small chamber ensemble, or with a small jazz combo, or with other multigenre bands.
Simone’s performance schedule includes:
NextNOW Fest 2016 at The Clarice at University of Maryland! Forrobodó: For All Brazilian Dance Party will take place in the Grand Pavilion on Friday, September 9, 2016 at 8:PM. The all-star ensemble includes: Pablo Regis (cavaco and voice), Tom Rohde (guitar), Simone Baron (accordion), TJ Turqman (bass), Ceylon Mitchell II (flute), Lucas Ashby (percussion), Marcos (percussion), and dance instructors Kate Spanos and Bohasha Lima Porto.
Simone will participate in the First New York International Accordion Festival organized by Victor Prieto. The program takes place on September 17th and 18th at the Terraza 7 Club, NY. See article in Highlights.
Simone will present Two Concerts at Strathmore on May 10 and May 24, 2016. Additionally, she will present a workshop, “AIR Workshop, World of the Accordion with Simone Baron” on May 17, 2016. The workshop is free.
Simone is a musician/accordionist who is versatile, extremely talented, and an inspiration to all. It is well worth your time to attend her unique performances.
For further information: simonebaronmusic@gmail.com
