ELEN MUSIC 2007 ELEN MUSIC 2008 ELEN MUSIC 2009 ELEN MUSIC 2009 JANUARY CHRISTIAN WALLUMROD Ensemble (Norway) Link: www.christianwallumrod.com Arve Henriksen - trumpet Nils Okland - violin / hardangerfiddle / viola d'amore Per Oddvar Johansen - drums Christian Wallumrød - grand piano / harmonium / toy piano "... Music of character and quiet strength from four of Norway's most independently-minded musicians. Three of them have impressive CVs in jazz and improvisation, the fourth is recognised as an innovator in the world of folk music. The music they play together in the Wallumrod Quartet defines its own territory, as the players negotiate the leader's subtle, finely-constructed compositions... " The Label ECM RECORDS www.ecmrecords.com 28.01 Brussels Espace Senghor / B 30.01 Endhoven / NL 31.01 Amsterdam Bimhuis / NL MARCH BESTER QUARTET / CRACOW KLEZMER BAND (Poland) Link: www.besterquartet.com Jaroslaw Bester - accordion Jaroslaw Tyrala - violin Oleg Dyyak - accordion, clarinet, percussion Wojciech Front - double bass The CKB are one of the most creative and innovative music groups in Poland - keep on searching for new forms of expression for their musical fascinations. The CKB are the only Polish group recording for John Zorn's Tzadik label that has released their three CDs. 22.03 Munich JazzLines Festival / D IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria) Link: www.elen-music.com/art014en.php "... With a huge gut and unwieldy frame, Ivo Papasov seems an unlikely source for some of the most nimble and virtuosic music you'll be left in little doubt that he's one of most interesting clarinettists around. He and his band race through numbers based on the complex rhythms of Bulgarian folk dances, grafting on jazzy improvisations... " SIMON BRAUGHTON editor of THE ROUGH GUIDE TO WORLD MUSIC 19.03 Dornbirn Spielboden / A 21.03 Fribourg La Spiralle / CH 25.03 Linz Posthof / A 26.03 Vienna Szene / A 27.03 Salzburg Jazzit / A APRIL UNNI LØVLIDs New Project RITE (Norway) Link: www.elen-music.com/art089en.php Unni Løvlid is one of the most exciting folk music performers around day, who dares to take traditional music to entirely new places, and has the creative imagination to do so. She is a versatile musician and artist and has experience from a great variety of projects and genres in the region Norwegian folk, contemporary music and electronica. It has taken four years to complete RITE, for which Løvlid has written all the words and music herself. The music on RITE lies somewhere between electronica, contemporary and world. 21-26.04 (one date) Flensburg FolkBaltica / D SEVDA (Azerbaijan) Link: www.sonicbids.com/SEVDA 25 Years NETWORK www.networkmedien.de Her musical career has been formed by a synthesis between western and eastern music. She is also interested in classical and pop music. Her magical blend of music from East Asia, the Orient and the Occident caught the attention of experts from the East and from abroad. This unique way of adopting and adapting different musical traditions means that Sevda has opened up a whole new chapter in the history of Azeri Music. 21.04 Frankfurt Brotfabrik / D 22.04 Bielefeld Kammermusiksaal der Oetker-Halle WDR / D VOLKOV TRIO feat SERGEY STAROSTIN (Russia) Link: www.elen-music.com/art039en.php "... Volkov's playing is like the wind in spring - sometimes stormy, somethimes lyrically touching, sometimes dark - then bright... " Jazz Podium 22.04 Amsterdam Bimhuis / NL MAY EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Eva Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices - the four solo singers of the world-famous female folk choir "Le mystere des voix bulgares". Here the different voices are meeting in such a virtuosity that you are getting the feeling of listening to one. The singing of EVA is pure solo work and every tone can be felt very sensitively. 30.04 Vienna Konzerthaus / A feat. DVUGLAS www.myspace.com/dvuglas + 12.05 Leipzig Acappella Festival / D 15.05 Theater Landgraaf Limburg / B 16.05 Leipzig Gewandhaus Acappella Festival / D JUNE CHRISTIAN WALLUMROD Ensemble (Norway / Switzerland) Link: www.christianwallumrod.com Christian Wallumrød - piano, harmonium, toy piano Eivind Lønning - trumpet Gjermund Larsen - violin, hardanger fiddle, viola Tanja Orning - cello Giovanna Pessi - baroque harp Per Oddvar Johansen - drums, percussion, glockenspiel Extraordinarily concentrated music from the new, expanded ensemble led by Norwegian pianist composer Christian Wallumrød, which introduces three new string players - violinist Gjermund Larsen from the Norwegian folk tradition, classical and improvising cellist Tanja Orning, and Swiss baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi. Together, and along with the long-serving Arve Henriksen and Per Oddvar Johansen, they focus their resources on Wallumrød's music. Not a note is wasted in these pieces. This is true ensemble music, uniquely nuanced. 04-06.06 Lugano Radio Recordings / CH HAIG YAZDJIAN & GROUP (Armenia / Greece) Link: www.sonicbids.com/haigyazdjian Haig Yazdjian was born by Armenian parents in Syria, and has been living in Greece for the last 20 years. Yazdjian was hailed for the unique ways he was blending diverse elements of the eastern Mediterranean music traditions vested in the practice of considering tradition as a live creative force. 09.06 Esch Kulturfabrik / LUX OCTOBER EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Eva Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices - the four solo singers of the world-famous female folk choir "Le mystere des voix bulgares". Here the different voices are meeting in such a virtuosity that you are getting the feeling of listening to one. The singing of EVA is pure solo work and every tone can be felt very sensitively. 26.10 Budapest Palace of Arts / HUN [ go Back ] [ go Home ] [ go Top] [ login media ]