ELEN MUSIC 2007 ELEN MUSIC 2008 ELEN MUSIC 2009 ELEN MUSIC 2010 ELEN MUSIC 2011 ELEN MUSIC 2010 JANUARY UNNI LØVLIDs Project RITE Link: www.elen-music.com/art089en.php Link: www.myspace.com/unnilovlid 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. Unni Løvlid - vocal, electronics Håkon Kornstad - saxophone, electronics Thomas Strønen - percussion, electronics Ingar Hunskaar - sound 18.01 Magdeburg Kammerspiele / D 19.01 Leipzig Telegraph / D 20.01 Marbug KFZ & HR Radio / D Unni Løvlid - vocal, electronics Håkon Kornstad - saxophone, electronics Erik Skodvin “Svarte greiner” - electronics Ingar Hunskaar - sound 24.01 Karlsruhe Tollhaus / D 26.01 Lubljana Cankarjev Dom / SLO 27.01 Feldkirchen Amthof / A 29.01 Linz Posthof / A FEBRUARY / MARCH *** NEW ALBUM on ELEN MUSIC / 2011 *** EVA QUARTET & HECTOR ZAZOU feat. Special Guests Laurie Anderson, Bulgara Group, Cecilia Chailly, Antoni Donchev, Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell, Djiavan Gasparian, Mehdi Haddab, Kaushiki, Zoltan Lantos, Nils Petter Molvær, Carlos Nunez, Bill Rieflin (REM), Ryuichi Sakamoto, etc. 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. 21.02 Kassel Kreuzkirche / D 24.02 Thun Mokka / CH 25.02 Dornbirn Spielboden / A 26.02 Wolfach Klausenbauernhof / D 27.02 Martigny Centre de Loisirs et Culture / CH MARCH / MAY RENE LACAILLE & BAND (Reunion) Link: www.elen-music.com/art095en.php Link: www.myspace.com/renelacaille René Lacaille - accordion, ukulele, guitars, voice Julian Babou - guitars Yanis Lacaille - percussions, charango, backing vocals Marc Lacaille - percussions, backing vocals Oriane Lacaille - backing vocals, percussions, keyboard Lacaille is the master of the spicy séga rhythms of l'Île de la Réunion, a volcanic island paradise located deep in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The embodiment of la Réunion's vitality, René is a man steeped in his culture's celebration of life and good times. " ... The gravel-voiced troubadour in rumbustuous form, swinging between rum-soaked chansons and thumping singalongs ... " The Observer UK 04.03 Vienna Sargfabrik / A 06.03 Dornbirn Spielboden / A 07.03 Heidelberg Karlstorbahnhof / D 09.03 Lubljana Cankarjev Dom / SLO MARCH DUNABE MUSIC FESTIVAL "Musical dialogues on the Memory of Europe" Link: www.danubemusicfestival.com HAIG YAZDJIAN, MIHALY DRESCH QUARTET, MATTHIAS LOIBNER, ALAN BERN & PETER RALCHEV, MISIRLI AHMET, FERUS MUSTAFOV, ELISABETH VATH, CARLOS NUNEZ etc. This is very special trip. A condition is that the musicians have to play on sessions. So every night there not only concerts but also a lot of another sessions. The ambiente is very nice, because there are just 100 people on the ship. At the day the ship is in a city and you can visit the different places. 20.03 - 31.03. Danube River Esztergom, Vukovar, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Durnstein, Melk, Linz, Passau YAZDJIAN-KIOURTSOGLOU-KARIPIS TRIO (Armenia / Greece) Link: www.myspace.com/haigyazdjian Haig Yazdjian - ud, voice Yiotis Kiourtsoglou - el.bass Vangelis Karipis - perc . 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. 24.03 Frankfurt am Main Die Fabrik / D 25.03 Steyr Akku / A 26.03 Danube Music Festival Budapest / HUN 27.03 Danube Music Festival Bratislava / SK 28.03 Danube Music Festival Vienna / A SEVDA AZERI PROJECT (Azerbaijan) Link: www.sonicbids.com/SEVDA Sevda Alekperzadeh - vocal Malik Mansurov - tar, ud Salim Mammadov - bass guitar Elchin Shirinov - piano Natik Shirinov - perc / nagara, davul Vagif Aliyev - drums, percussion 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. 27.03 Marseille Babel Med Fair / FR MAY EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77njz6krKj8 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. 13.05 Utrecht Rasa Festival / NL 16.05 Hannover Masala Festival / D 18.05 Lich Bezalel-Synagoge / D + 30.05 Bath Fringe Festival / UK BLACK SEA TRIO Link: www.elen-music.com/art006en.php Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jy6e3z1Bks Enver Izmailov - guitars (Crimea / Uzbekistan) Anatoly Vapirov - soprano saxophone (Bulgaria) Kornel Horvath - percussion / udo, gato etc. (Hungary) 18.05 Prague tba / CZ 19.05 Frankfurt am Main Fabrik / D 21.05 Hannover Jazzclub / D 22.05 Brussels Muziekpublique Molière / B 23.05 Nijmegen Music Meeting Festival / NL 24.05 Nijmegen Music Meeting Festival / NL (Enver Izmailov Solo) 25.05 Vienna Porgy & Bess / A DIVA REKA (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/divareka 26.05 Bonn tba / D 27.05 Bonn Museum / D JUNE EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77njz6krKj8 17.06 Poznan Ethno Port Festival / PL JULY DIVA REKA (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/divareka Kostadin Genchev - kaval Dimitar Hristov - tamboura Stella Bakalova -  double bass Stoyan Pavlov - percussion feat. 2 female vocals of EVA QUARTET "Diva Reka" is a project for acoustic-ethno music on the basis of the Bulgarian folklore. The musicians bring this project together in order to show a different view on the Bulgarian folklore music and a different aesthetics of musicianship. The tasteful compositions are conceived with presicion, while the improvised sections spurt with virtuosity, energy and charm. Their first record album will come out this year and features guest appearances of Gergana Dimitrova and Evelina Spasova – soloists of Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, as well as Julia Gatderova from the Pirin ensemble. 01.07 Leipzig naTo / D 02. & 03.07 Rudolstadt TFF Festival / D RENE LACAILLE & BAND (Reunion) Link: www.elen-music.com/art095en.php Link: www.myspace.com/renelacaille René Lacaille - accordion, ukulele, guitars, voice Julian Babou - guitars Yanis Lacaille - percussions, charango, backing vocals Marc Lacaille - percussions, backing vocals Oriane Lacaille - backing vocals, percussions, keyboard Lacaille is the master of the spicy séga rhythms of l'Île de la Réunion, a volcanic island paradise located deep in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The embodiment of la Réunion's vitality, René is a man steeped in his culture's celebration of life and good times. " ... The gravel-voiced troubadour in rumbustuous form, swinging between rum-soaked chansons and thumping singalongs ... " The Observer UK 18.07 Augsburg Festival / D KIRAN AHLUWALIA (India) Link: www.elen-music.com/art088en.php Link: www.myspace.com/musickiran Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QyQAG7mvpM Kiran Ahluwalia - voice Rez Abbasi - guitars Nikku Nayar - bass Ashok Bidaye - harmonium Nitin Mitta - table Kiran Ahluwalia's music is a reflection of her on-going quest to bring the ghazal style into a modern and global context - while maintaining the connections to its storied and poetic past. Though she may sing about unfulfilled desires, her music reveals a compelling harmony that unites diverse inspirations, into a truly sublime and satisfying whole. "... Ahluwalia's voice is caressing and seductive and the arrangements are magnificent ..." Songlines 24.07 Thun Mokka Festival / CH SEPTEMBER *** MILES DAVIS ON THE BALKAN CLARINET *** IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria) Link: www.elen-music.com/art014en.php " ... Ivo's wedding music, played first thing in the morning, provides thorough and long-lasting attitude adjustment for the busy executive ... " FRANK ZAPPA " ... Once again, Papasov has his band as well as the listener holding onto the tail of a tiger in this incendiary romp through traditional dance styles given a contemporary facelift ... " DOWNBEAT 15.09 Koblenz Cafe Hahn / D 16.09 Niedersachsische Musiktage Barsinghausen, Zechensaal / D 17.09 Niedersachsische Musiktage Isernhagen, Isernhagenhof / D 18.09 Niedersachsische Musiktage Schloss Haemelschenburg / D 19.09 Frankfurt am Main Das Bett / D 22.09 Karlsruhe Tollhaus / D 23.09 Amsterdam Bimhuis / NL 24.09 Essen Zeche Carl / D 25.09 Copenhagen Global / DK JAZZ CD OF THE MONTH / RONDO MAGAZINE ISABELLE OLIVIER Link: www.elen-music.com/art098en.php Isabelle Olivier - harp Johan Renard - drums " ... We're under the spell : Isabelle's harp blends harmoniously with her magnificent quintet, offering an original, ground-breaking, repertoire. The music is beautiful, as unfettered and wild as the ocean, open on all ends. Each musician writes for the group and breathes his own poetry into the project ... " Jazzman / LE 17.09 Lich Synagoge Festival / D OCTOBER *** NEW ALBUM on ELEN MUSIC / 2011 *** EVA QUARTET & HECTOR ZAZOU feat. Special Guests produced by Dimiter Panev Laurie Anderson, Bulgara Group, Cecilia Chailly, Antoni Donchev, Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell, Djiavan Gasparian, Mehdi Haddab, Kaushiki, Zoltan Lantos, Nils Petter Molvær, Carlos Nunez, Bill Rieflin (REM), Ryuichi Sakamoto, etc. EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77njz6krKj8 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. 21.10 Sofia National Gallery of Foreign Art / BG 24.10 Bremsche Kloster Malgarten (11am) / D 24.10 Frankfurt am Main Das Bett (8pm) / D *** NEW ALBUM ON ACT RECORDS *** JOSEFINE CRONHOLM (Sweden / Denmark) Link: www.myspace.com/josefinecronholminperson Josefine Cronholm - vocal Gustaf Ljunggren - guitar Jonas Berg - piano, keys Gunnar Halle - trumpet Thommy Andersson - bass Bent Clausen - drums, vibraphone Cronholm's music is like poetry. A breathtaking, intuitive and absolutely original voice has found its own expression. 28.10 Munich Unterfahrt / D 29.10 Jena Volksbad / D 30.10 Köln WDR Festival grosser endesaal / D 31.10 Berlin A-Trane / D NOVEMBER EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77njz6krKj8 02.11 St Andrews, The Byre Theatre / SCO 03.11 Peebles, Eastgate Theatre / SCO 04.11 Kilmarnock, Grand Hall, Palace Theatre / SC 09.11 Shetland venue tbc / SCO 10.11 Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Woodend Barn / SCO 11.11 Inverness, Eden Court Theatre / SCO 12.11 Stornoway, Western Isles An Lanntair / SCO 13.11 Inverness, Eden Court Theatre / SCO MUNADJAT YULCHIEVA (Uzbekistan) Link: www.elen-music.com/art055en.php Munojatkhon Yulchieva - vocal Shavkat Mukhamedov - rubab Dilfuza Khaydarova - dutar Khodjimurad Safarov - doira " ... Leading performer of classical Uzbek music and its Persian-language cousin Shashmaqâm. One of the Great Artist and Voices from Mid Asia! " As a performer she is incredible, like a Queen - She is a part of the World Heritage! 03.11 Vienna Salam Orient Festival / A 04.11 Antwerpen Zuiderpershuis / B 05.11 Amsterdam Tropentheater / NL 06.11 Utrecht Rasa / NL 07.11 Veere Church / NL CHRISTIAN WALLUMROD Ensemble (Norway) Link: www.christianwallumrod.com 26.11 Lugano RSI Radio / CH 27.11 Milano Atelier Musicale / IT DECEMBER EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77njz6krKj8 09.12 Nantes Paul Fort Concert Hall / FR 12.12 Lörrach Stimmen in Advent Stadtkirche / D IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria) Link: www.elen-music.com/art014en.php " ... Ivo's wedding music, played first thing in the morning, provides thorough and long-lasting attitude adjustment for the busy executive ... " FRANK ZAPPA " ... Once again, Papasov has his band as well as the listener holding onto the tail of a tiger in this incendiary romp through traditional dance styles given a contemporary facelift ... " DOWNBEAT 10.12 Istanbul World Music Festival / TR KALMAN BALOGH GROUP (Hungary) Link: www.elen-music.com/art045en.php 17.12 Istanbul World Music Festival / TR [ go Back ] [ go Home ] [ go Top] [ login media ]