{"id":3598,"date":"2011-10-03T21:08:45","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T19:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2017-09-19T19:45:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T17:45:13","slug":"hajo-hoffmann-on-tour-with-his-mandolin-solo-program-mandovocale-new-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3598","title":{"rendered":"Hajo Hoffmann &#8211; On Tour with his Mandolin Solo Program &#8220;Mandovocale&#8221; &#8211; New CD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hajo Hoffman<\/strong> is a violin and mandolin player from Hannover, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>He has played in different groups as violinist and mandolin player, he plays as sideman of Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Purple Schultz and Melva Houston. He teaches jazz violin at the music university in Hannover.<\/p>\n<p>Hajo Hoffman has developed his own style of mandolin playing. He uses loopers and electronic effects and also his voice to enrich his solo performances. In some of his pieces he does also use scat singing doubling the mandolin with his voice.<\/p>\n<p>Just recently Hajo Hoffmann has published a solo CD titled <strong>Licht und Schatten (Light and Shadow)<\/strong>. With this program Hajo Hoffmann is currently touring through Germany. He describes his music as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Die Tradition der Mandoline wird in die Vielfalt des 21. Jahrhunderts transformiert und geht eine Liaison mit ihr noch nicht so vertrauten musikalischen Genres ein. Als Meister des \u201eCrossover\u201c, bietet Hajo Hoffmann eine Melange aus traditioneller Klassik, Improvisationen des Jazz und der Weltmusik. Hajo Hoffmanns Stimme ist sowohl Farbe als auch Akzent. Genutzt zur Wiedergabe deutscher und brasilianischer Songs, Imitationen von Vogelstimmen, zur freien Bereicherung des immer wieder \u00fcberraschenden Spiels. Der Titel der CD -\u201cLicht und Schatten\u201c ist nicht ausschlie\u00dflich musikalisches Thema des K\u00fcnstlers sondern ist zudem Ausdruck von Begegnungen und Gegens\u00e4tzen verschiedener Kulturen und Welten<\/p>\n<p>Es entspricht aber der Vielseitigkeit, den Kontrasten und Gegens\u00e4tzen seiner musikalischen \u201eWeltreisen\u201c und Lebenserfahrungen. Hajo Hoffmann spielt auf einer besonderen 4-saitigen Tacoma-Mandoline die<br \/>\nelektroakustisch mit einem Chorus-Echo-Delay oder einem \u201eWah-Wah-Sound\u201c, umgesetzt durch ein digitales Effektger\u00e4t, klanglich aufbereitet Damit verk\u00f6rpert er eine Klang\u00c4sthetik die sehr authentisch und einmalig ist. Lassen Sie sich bei diesem Konzert von Hajo Hoffmann an die Hand nehmen und begleiten Ihn durch sein \u201eLicht und Schatten\u201c und entdecken vielleicht auch f\u00fcr sich eine neue Sichtweise: Ihr \u201eLicht und Schatten\u201c<\/p>\n<p><em>Translation: The mandolin tradition is transormed into the variety of the 20th century and is merged with other musical genres that are not yet well known. As a master of &#8220;crossover&#8221; Hajo Hoffman presents a mix of traditional classical music, jazz improvisations and world music. Hajo Hoffmanns voice is color and accentuation. Used to perform German or Brazilian songs, imitations of birds, for free enrichment of the always surprising mandolin playing. The title &#8220;Light and Shadow&#8221; is not only a musical theme of the artist but it is also an expression for the encounter and contradiction of different cultures and worlds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is in accordance with the many-sidedness, the contrasts and contradictions of his musical trips around the world and experience of life. Hajo Hoffmann plays a special 4-stringed Tacoma mandolin enhanced with chorus echo delay and wah-wah effects. By this he represents a very authentic and unique aesthetics of sound. Let you take you by the hand by Hajo Hoffmann and go along with him through his &#8220;Light and Shadow&#8221; and discover new views for yourself: Light and Shadow<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure style=\"width: 429px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Hajo Hoffmann\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.de\/weblogbilder2011\/hajo_hoffmann_licht_und_schatten_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"306\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hajo Hoffmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have collected the best videos with <strong>Hajo Hoffmann<\/strong> in my playlist.<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite videos clips is the following:<\/p>\n<h4>Marea &#8211; Hide and Seek<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Hide and Seek &#8211; Komposition: Imogen Heap, Arrangement: Antoine Dufour &#8211; Wolfang Stute, Gitarre: Wolfgang Stute, Mandoline: Hajo Hoffmann &#8211; Aufnahme: www.eggekunst.de<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marea - Hide and Seek\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9R8eKQt--WA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This is another video with alife performance from a concert from last year (Seelze) <strong>mandovocale: licht &amp; schatten<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Hajo Hoffmann: Chorinho &#8220;Segura Ele&#8221;<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Mitschnitt des Konzertes vom 25. September 2010 in der St. Martinskirche in Seelze aus dem Programm &#8220;mandovocale: licht &amp; schatten&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hajo Hoffmann: Chorinho &quot;Segura Ele&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XB5BgianORQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Playlist Hajo Hoffmann<\/h4>\n<p>Videos with Hajo Hoffmann playing mandolin, including pieces of his current program Light and Shadow, and some other videos with Heinz Rudolf Kunze (R\u00e4uberzivil).\u00a0 Enjoy Hajo Hoffmann and his mandolin!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hajo Hoffmann: Bach kiss Piazzolla\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RAdJwDkYdHw?list=PL99E4F40A825D1BE4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Additional Information<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUA8EjGynFYVp-ICmFGg9bw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube channel Hajo Hoffmann<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Myspace Hajo Hoffman Trio &#8220;viomando&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/viomando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/viomando<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia: <a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hajo_Hoffmann_%28Musiker%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hajo_Hoffmann_%28Musiker%29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Article about Hajo Hoffmann (German): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neue-jazzinitiative-celle.de\/html\/jazz-session_mit_hajo_hoffmann.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.neue-jazzinitiative-celle.de\/html\/jazz-session_mit_hajo_hoffmann.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Der Geyermann &#8211; event managment &#8211; a very special website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dergeyermann.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.dergeyermann.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia about scat singing: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scat_singing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scat_singing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CD review &#8220;Licht und Schatten&#8221; at jpc (German): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpc.de\/jpcng\/jazz\/detail\/-\/art\/Hajo-Hoffmann-Mandovocale-Licht-und-Schatten\/hnum\/2275992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.jpc.de\/jpcng\/jazz\/detail\/-\/art\/Hajo-Hoffmann-Mandovocale-Licht-und-Schatten\/hnum\/2275992<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>CD &#8220;Licht und Schatten&#8221; &#8211; Amazon Partnerlink<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=DE&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=wwwmandoislan-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=DE&amp;placement=B004X7UUNI&amp;asins=B004X7UUNI&amp;linkId=&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hajo Hoffman is a violin and mandolin player from Hannover, Germany. 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