Famous Performers (Orchestra Members). Учебное пособие по английскому языку для студентов оркестровых факультетов музыкальных вузов

3.Their virtuosity ______ (inspire) a wide range of composers to write for them ______ (include) Astor Piazzolla, Nikita Koshkin, Roland Dyens, Edino Krieger, and Francisco Mignone.

4.Now Sergio Assad ______ (add) to their repertoire by ______

(compose) music for the duo and for various musical partners both with symphony orchestra and in recitals.

5.The Assad Brothers began ______ (play) the guitar together at an early age.

6.Odair ______ (live) in Brussels where he ______ (teach) at Ecole Superieure des Arts.

7.The Assad’s repertoire includes original music ______ (compose) by Sergio, classic folk and jazz music, as well as various styles of Latin music.

8.It makes their ______ (tour) programs a compelling blend of styles, periods and cultures.

9.In the summer of 2004, Sergio and Odair ______ (arrange) a special tour featuring three generations of the Assad family.

10.The family ______ (present) a wide variety of Brazilian music featuring their father, Jorge Assad, on the mandolin and the voice of their mother, Angelina Assad.

11.In February 2011, Odair Assad ______ (perform) his first solo guitar concert tour in New York and Montreal.

12.Sergio Assad ________ (continue) to write music for both solo and duo guitars, which ________ (receive) numerous Latin Classical Grammy awards in the Best Classical Composition Category.

13.In 2015, Sergio and Odair ______ (celebrate) their 50th anniversary as a duo.

14.They went on a 27-city tour in Brazil ______ (follow) by ten more in North America.

15.The Guitar Foundation of America ______ (award) the brothers with its Lifetime Achievement Awards in June 2015.

III. Fill in the missing prepositions where necessary:

1. Brazilian-born brothers Sergio and Odair Assad have created a new standard ______ guitar innovation, ingenuity and expression.

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2.______ addition ______ setting new performance standards, the Assads have played a major role ______ creating and introducing new music made ______ two guitars.

3.Their virtuosity has inspired a wide range ______ composers

______ write ______ them including Astor Piazzolla, Nikita Koshkin, Roland Dyens, Edino Krieger, and Francisco Mignone.

4.Now Sergio Assad is adding ______ their repertoire ______

composing music ______ the duo and ______ various musical partners both ______ symphony orchestra and ______ recitals.

5.The Assad Brothers began playing the guitar together ______ an early age and went _____ _____ study _____ seven years _____ a guitarist/lutenist Monina Tavora.

6.Their international career began ______ a major prize ______

the 1979 Young Artists Competition ______ Bratislava.

7.Odair lives ______ Brussels where he teaches ______ Ecole Superieure des Arts.

8.Sergio is now ______ San Francisco where he is ______ the faculty ______ the SF Conservatory.

9.The Assad’s repertoire includes original music composed _____

Sergio, classic folk and jazz music.

and Scarlatti and adaptations ______ works ______ Gershwin, Ginastera, and Debussy.

11.It makes their touring programs a compelling blend ______

styles, periods and cultures.

12.______ the summer ______ 2004, Sergio and Odair arranged a special tour featuring three generations ______ the Assad family.

13.The family presented a wide variety ______ Brazilian music featuring their father, Jorge Assad, ______ the mandolin and the voice ______ their mother, Angelina Assad.

14.______ February 2011, Odair Assad performed his first solo guitar concert tour ______ New York and Montreal.

15.Sergio Assad continues ______ write music _____ both solo and duo guitars, which receive numerous Latin Classical Grammy awards ______ the Best Classical Composition Category.

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16.______ 2015, Sergio and Odair celebrated their 50th anniversary

______ as a duo.

17.They went ______ a 27-city tour ______ Brazil followed ______

ten more ______ North America.

18.The Guitar Foundation ______ America awarded the brothers

______ its Lifetime Achievement Awards ______ June 2015.

IV. Fill the gaps with the words below:

anniversary, blend, career, composed, concert, creating, generations, great, has, made, makes, performed, playing, prize, setting, teaches, ten, well, works, years

1.In addition to ______ new performance standards, the Assads have played a major role in ______ and introducing new music

______ for two guitars.

2.Their virtuosity ______ inspired a wide range of composers to write for them.

3.The Assad Brothers began ______ the guitar together at an early age and went on to study for seven ______ with a guitarist / lutenist Monina Tavora.

4.Their international ______ began with a major ______ at the 1979 Young Artists Competition in Bratislava.

5.Odair lives in Brussels where he ______ at Ecole Superieure des Arts.

6.The Assad’s repertoire includes original music ______ by Sergio, classic folk and jazz music, as _____ as various styles of Latin music.

7.Their classical repertoire includes transcriptions of the ______

Baroque keyboard literature of Bach, Rameau, and Scarlatti and adaptations of ______ by Gershwin, Ginastera, and Debussy.

8.It ______ their touring programs a compelling ______ of styles, periods and cultures.

9.In the summer of 2004, Sergio and Odair arranged a special tour featuring three ______ of the Assad family.

10.In February 2011, Odair Assad ______ his first solo guitar ______

tour in New York and Montreal.

11.In 2015, Sergio and Odair celebrated their 50th ______ as a duo.

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12. They went on a 27-city tour in Brazil followed by ______ more in North America.

V.Fill the gaps with suitable fragments:

a)where he is on the faculty of the SF Conservatory

b)classic folk and jazz music

c)rameau, and Scarlatti and adaptations of works by Gershwin

d)periods and cultures

e)and duo guitars

f)with a major prize at the 1979 Young Artists Competition in Bratislava

g)Jorge Assad

h)sergio and Odair celebrated their 50th anniversary as a duo

i)and for various musical partners both with symphony orchestra and in recitals

j)with its Lifetime Achievement Awards in June 2015

Sergio Assad is adding to their repertoire by composing music for the duo (1) __________.

Their international career began (2) __________. Odair lives in Brussels where he teaches at Ecole Superieure des Arts. Sergio is now in San Francisco (3) __________.

The Assad’s repertoire includes original music composed by Sergio, (4) __________, as well as various styles of Latin music. Their classical repertoire includes transcriptions of the great Baroque keyboard literature of Bach, (5) __________, Ginastera, and Debussy. It makes their touring programs a compelling blend of styles, (6) __________.

The family presented a wide variety of Brazilian music featuring their father, (7) __________, on the mandolin and the voice of their mother, Angelina Assad.

Sergio Assad continues to write music for both solo (8) __________, which receive numerous Latin Classical Grammy awards in the Best Classical Composition Category.

In 2015, (9) __________. The Guitar Foundation of America awarded the brothers (10) __________.

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VI. Mark the following statements true or false:

1.Brazilian-born brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad have created a new standard of guitar innovation.

2.The Assads have played a major role in creating and introducing music only for solo guitar.

3.Their virtuosity has inspired a wide range of composers to write for them.

4.Neither of the brothers compose their own music.

5.The Assad Brothers began playing the guitar together rather late.

6.Their international career began with a major prize at the 1979 Young Artists Competition.

7.Both Sergio and Odair teach at one of the faculties of the SF Conservatoire.

8.Their touring programs are a compelling blend of styles, periods and cultures.

9.Sergio Assad has received numerous Latin Classical Grammy awards for his compositions.

10.In 2015, Sérgio and Odair celebrated their 60th anniversary as a duo.

VII. Answer the following questions on the text:

1.What role did the Assad brothers play in guitar innovation?

2.What has inspired a wide range of composers to write for them?

3.How is Sergio Assad enriching their repertoire?

4.Who was their guitar teacher?

5.When did their international career begin?

6.What do the Assad brothers do now?

7.What music does their repertoire include?

8.What tour did Sergio and Odair arrange in the summer of 2004?

9.When did the brothers celebrate their jubilee?

10.What did the Guitar Foundation of America award the brothers with?

VIII. Retell the text about Sergio and Odair Assad.

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