Kai Stensgaard was among the first Scandinavian musicians to approach the marimba as a serious solo instrument. Throughout the last 15 years he has toured extensively and given more than 3.000 concerts, masterclasses and clinics in various venues in Northern Europa, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S.A. and Japan along with numerous radio and television broadcasts. He was recognized in 1989 as the first recipient of the North Jutland Music Award. He has produced several CDs displaying the marimba's myriad of textures. Kai Stensgaard is a specialist on six mallets playing, he did several compositions and arrangements for six mallets. In 2005 he published his new concerto for marimba & Symphony Orchestra "Concierto Mexicano". The concerto is performed with 2, 4 and 6 mallets (optional 4 mallets) For more informations go to www.marimba.dk
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