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The Bohemian Entourage
This latest incarnation of Andre Feriante offers a very unique and compelling sound to the concert stage. You will hear original Spanish influenced music combined with opera, Bach, Leonard Cohen, jazz standards, east Indian rhythms played with Feriante's creative banjo and ukulele techniques, fiery South American songs, early music and improvisations on the Beatles. Improvisation, humor and storytelling are a big part of the concept of the the Entourage. See the band members below...
Steve Thoreson
Tenor
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Steve Thoreson is a classically trained opera singer with a voice that has been compared to that of Luciano Pavarotti. Originally from North Bend, Washington, Steve competed in singing competitions growing up and later was sent by the Seattle Opera to study in Siena, Italy. Steve’s singing has taken him to twenty-one countries, performing in churches, piazzas, concert halls, for heads of state, dignitaries and audiences of all types.
In 2011 Steve competed in Sweden’s Got Talent (Talang). The competition lasted 4 months and at the end Steve took first place in the musical portion and came in second place overall. Steve continues his professional music career around the Pacific Northwest and plans to return annually to Europe.
Stella Rossi
Paraguayan Dancer
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Originally from Asuncion, Paraguay, Stella started her artistic career at the young age of 3. She studied at one of the most important Art Schools in Paraguay were she graduated with a Master’s Degree. At the age of 15 she was chosen to join the National Ballet Folklorico Municipal of Asuncion, Paraguay and became principal dancer.
With this Ballet Company she represented her country as an ambassador of the Paraguayan culture in several International Festivals around the world. She initiated her professional singing career as a soprano with the choral group “Marandu” in Asuncion, developing then through the years as a singer and guitarist with several bands throughout the US as well as in Europe. Stella also performs with her own band, Deseo Carmin.
Anil Prasad
World Fusion Musician
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Anil Prasad began playing percussion at the age of seven, and accompanied his mother, Prabha Devi, a famous Indian vocalist and sitar player. He was recruited to the Husky Drumline out of high school and became the Husky Drumline section leader for two consecutive years.
Anil is a student of tabla masters, Tor Dietrichson, Ustad Akram Khan, and Ustad Zakir Hussain and records and performs with many western, world music, and Indian groups in Seattle and beyond including Tarana World Fusion and sitar master, Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee.
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J.T. Hargreaves
Basses & Guitars
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Andre Feriante
His Story
Beginning with his first concert in Rome in 1979, Seattle-based, award winning, Segovia-trained guitar artist/composer Andre Feriante has performed for over three decades in Europe, S. America and throughout the U.S., bringing his sensual, contemporary sound to an otherwise traditional genre. His creative blend of classical, flamenco and Brazilian styles, speaks to people from all walks of life. In recent years Feriante has garnered rave reviews for applying his innovative approach and guitar mastery to the ukulele and the nylon stringed banjo. In concert Feriante will take you on an inspiring musical journey with original music, classical and jazz standards, vocals in Italian, and poetry over guitar. He is well known for his calm and relaxed stage presence and for his ability to connect in a deep emotional way with his audience. Andre Feriante has released 13 solo recordings in his career; the latest two albums are 'Novella, Ukulele Mosaique' and 'Beatles Masquerade'. Andre's hope is that the passionate and sometimes meditative qualities in his song can bring his listeners inward to see our similarities as humans and create more peace and ease in our world.
Born in Naples, Italy, Feriante spent his formative years between Southern Italy and Manziana, a village just outside Rome.  At age nine he announced his intentions to be a flamenco guitarist. He worked and saved to buy his first instrument, then at age 13, he began studying at the Overseas School of Rome. By the time he was 16, Feriante was already performing the works of Bach, Vivaldi, Albeniz and Scarlatti, and by age 18, he had launched his musical career, playing concerts in Rome, Berlin and North and South America. He continued his studies with world-renowned classical guitarists Andres Segovia and Jose Tomas (Segovia’s assistant) in Madrid, Henry Rivas in Bogota, Columbia, and Leon Atkinson in New York.
Since moving to Seattle in the 1980s, Feriante has established himself as a Northwest favorite, having performed throughout  the Puget Sound area in public and private concerts for a virtual “Who’s Who of Seattle.” His music has been featured on “Hearts of Space,” the No. 2 music program on NPR. This year Feriante was picked for MSN’s celebrity feature, “12 Sexy Bald Men,” along with Andre Agassi, Seal, Vin Diesel, Taye Diggs and Patrick Stewart, among others. In addition to his busy performance schedule, Feriante currently hosts “La Guitarra,” on Classic King FM 98.1, the Arts Channel.
Besides his much-anticipated annual performance at
Benaroya Hall, Feriante has played a wide variety of venues  including The King Cat Theatre (where he opened for Olita Adams and David Benoit), The Frye Art Museum, The Paramount Theater, and the Key Arena, where he performed the National Anthem for the Seattle Sonics. Feriante recently performed with the Northwest Symphony at Benaroya Hall with “Heart” and “Alice and Chains.” And this year also marked his 10th anniversary Valentine’s concert at Benaroya. Festival appearances include the Maui Music Festival, Seattle Folklife Festival, Seattle Hempfest and Bumbershoot. And Feriante headlined at “La Festa di Manziana” in Rome. He makes regular appearances on Seattle radio and television and was featured on the Classical King FM Compilation Natural Symphony CD, as well as on the Tigerbreath label with Ottmar Liebert, Craig Chaquico and others. He also played at Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia, and for Jose Carreras at special fundraising receptions at Carnegie Hall and Benaroya Hall to benefit the Jose Carreras Leukemia Foundation.
Feriante’s eleven albums have consistently charted within the top 10, and his album, Bohemian Boulevard, debuted at No. 1 on the world and ambient radio charts. It remained in the top 20 for 5 months and then went on to win “Best World Album” in the New Age Reporter’s 2006 Lifestyle Awards.
A seasoned, expressive performer whose style is as elegant as it is conversational, Feriante's innovative and effortless style appeals to any ear with a love and passion for music. He has dedicated his life to his art, and his ability to communicate through sound never fails to lead his audience on an emotional journey that is as deeply personal as it is universal.
Reviews
Critics, Fans, & Colleagues"His musicianship is sensitive, articulate, pleasing and entirely in accord with his own music. One does not always find this sort of harmony on the concert platform."
- R.M. Campbell, Seattle PI Music Critic
"Feriante's music is full of lyricism and reflection... I'm not surprised he's gaining national and international recognition."
- Peter Donnelly, Pres., Seattle Corporate Council for the Arts
"Muy bien... wonderful tone."
- Andres Segovia
"Andre Feriante and The Bohemian Entourage produced a unique blend of classical, flamenco, opera, contemporary and world musics...elegant, and compelling. Feriante's guitar truly sings..."
- Harriet Bullitt
"Andre Feriante takes the genre to a whole new level..."
Best local musician.
- Seattle Magazine
"From his guitar to your heart."
- AOL Cityguide Starla Smith
"Extraordinary touch... exquisite musicianship, authenticity and innate sense of tase."
- Willamette Week, Portland
"Andre Feriante’s lyrics have been compar- ed to leonard Cohen, his sound to Andres Segovia and his looks to a genetic mix of Andre Agassi, Nicholas Cage and Eminem."
- Digital City
"Feriante's music is soothing and romantic with the fiery undercurrent of flamenco."
- Latin Style
"The rhythms and romanticism of Spain come alive when he takes the stage"
- Maui Music Festival
"Feriante is a master at painting musical pictures."
- Victory Review
"Feriante's solo guitar blends classical and Spanish styles in a manner guaranteed to open the hardest heart."
- The Utne Reader
"There is a soulful satisfying purity to his music... his style is so perfect... played with a surgeon's touch and a poet's soul."
- The Sounding Board - R J Lannan
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And The Bohemian Entourage
This latest incarnation of Andre Feriante offers a very unique and compelling sound to the concert stage. You will hear original Spanish influenced music combined with opera, Bach, Leonard Cohen, jazz standards, east Indian rhythms played with Feriante's creative banjo and ukulele techniques, fiery South American songs, early music and improvisations on the Beatles. Improvisation, humor and storytelling are a big part of the concept of the Entourage.
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Bohemian Entourage
Beatles
Masquerade
New Album - Available Now
Andre Feriante explores heartfelt improvisations on the Beatles.
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Beatles Masquerade
Book of PoetryAnatomie de la Luna
Samples from Anatomie de la Luna Women of Picasso
I dance the world
on spinning mountain peaks
of sleep
invisible partners glide
to and from my arms falling out
into spacious ballrooms of rose
My sorrow is a cup of blue honey
and I sip the swirls of desire
laughing strong in dance
because I know nothing
Every place I spin
there forms a memory of me
billows of light engulf me
and I am driven by the music
of vibrant abandon
I dance where silence
has not yet formed
beneath the virgin coils of longing
where the wings of angels
are waiting still to move
I dance in the eyes of the dead...
Untitled
I almost put 'I love you'
in words last night
but I held my tongue
and kept it in my eyes
Portrait
I will paint for you
a large guitar with thick black lines
I will fill it with
the fading cities of yesterday
Rome Barcelona Santa Cruz
with the ancient streets
I frequent in my sleep
I will paint the neck
as delicate
as the back of a woman
Along the strings
I will spin invisible strands of joy
and long filaments of moonlight
I will paint myself
as the arms of a tree
slowly embracing the guitar
in gradual surrender
to the heavy beauty of stars
My face will be painted
in the eyes of clouds
drifting yet paralyzed in stillness... |
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