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The CD Go Between with the Amsterdam Percussion Group, featuring british drummmer Bill Bruford,
performing Go Between by Ruud Wiener, and japanese marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe, performing the premiere of Marimba Spiritual by Minoru Miki, has been re-released in september 2007 by Bruford's label Summerfold, distributed by Voiceprint Records UK.
The piece Go Between has been released 2007 on DVD with the Amsterdam Percussion Group and Terry Bozzio recorded live during the concert of dec 4 2006 in the Netherlands.

Me, Josep Vicent, Terry Bozzio -
Utrecht june 3, 2006

Austrian Percussion Group The Next Step premiered "Go Beyond" 17th of May 2003.
This piece for percussion quartet was written in commission for this group. In september 2004 the piece has been released on their CD "Innfusion".

The composition " Nocturne d'Anaïs " was recorded for another CD, titled <<Point of View>>, which came out in June 2004.

nov 16 2006 : Ithaca college (Gordon Stout) - mallet clinic on improvisation
nov 6   2007 : Eastern Washington University - Cheney, WA    - mallet clinic on improvisation and concert with Michael Waldrop (dr), Rick White (bass) and
Todd Delgiudice (sax)
nov 7             : Olympic College / Bremerton, WA   -   mallet clinic on improvisation and concert with Michael Waldrop (dr), Rick White (bass).
           Again remarkable improvised jazz concerts! where new music was born, and where the musicians and the audience experienced new and
perspective options how to improvise in a different way.
nov 15            : Eastman School of Music - Rochester, NY (John Beck) - mallet clinic on improvisation and RAWI mallet compositions.

june 25 - 28 2008: 6th Int Percussion Festival - General Roca/Rio Negro - Argentina (Angel Frette) - Concert / Clinic.
july    1             : Concert with Horacio Straijer (Arg), Gabriel Luchetti (Arg) and Tom Teasley (USA) at Notorious Jazz Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
nov 10            : University of North Texas - Denton, TX (Mark Ford) - mallet clinic on improvisation and RAWI mallet compositions.
nov 12-13       : University of Chiapas - Tuxtla Gutierrez - Mexico (Roberto Hernandez) - mallet clinic on improvisation and RAWI compositions.
nov 14             : Tapachulla - Mexico - concert with <Unicach Percussion Ensemble> of Tuxtla Gutierrez.
nov 17            : University of Xalapa - Mexico (Jesus Reyes) - mallet clinic on improvisation

june 23 - 27 2009 : Concert with Francesca Santangelo and clinic - 7th Percussion Festival - General Roca/Rio Negro - Argentina (Angel Frette).

june 29 - 30 : Masterclasses and presentation - Escuela Universitaria de Música - Solo Concert - Montevideo - Uruguay (Ricardo Gomez)
april 20-22 2010 : 5th Int Percussion Festival - Concert / Clinic - Santiago de Chile (Gerardo Salazar)

Other percussion ensembles playing my works:

july 14 2006: The Percussion Wave Group of Valencia - SPAIN performs GO BEYOND.
The Amsterdam Percussion Group on Tour in The Netherlands with Terry Bozzio with a new version of GO BETWEEN.  june 2 2006: Haarlem / Philharmonie  june 3 : Utrecht / Tivoli  june 6 : Zoetermeer / Boerderij  june 8 : Tilburg / 013  june 9 : Thorn / Adams  nov 15 : Hoofddorp / Schouwburg de Meerse  nov 17 : Gouda / Goudse Schouwburg  nov 18 : Antwerpen / Belgium / Zuiderpershuis  nov 19 : Alkmaar / Theater de Vest  nov 24 : Oss / De Lievekamp  nov 25 : Almere / De Metropole  dec 1 : Zwolle / Concertzaal de Spiegel  dec 2 : Amsterdam / Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ  dec 4 : Den Bosch / Theater aan de Parade  dec 7 : Den Haag / Lucent Danstheater  dec 8 : Enschede / Muziekcentrum