| 2009 |
JAZZ
& IMPROVISATION |
WORLD
& VOCAL |
BALKAN
& GROOVE |
| JANUARY |
CHRISTIAN
WALLUMROD Ensemble (Norway)
The Label ECM RECORDS www.ecmrecords.com
Link: www.christianwallumrod.com
Arve Henriksen - trumpet Nils Okland
- violin / hardangerfiddle / viola d'amore Per Oddvar
Johansen - drums Christian Wallumrod
- 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. 28.01 Brussels Espace Senghor
/ B 30.01 Endhoven / NL
31.01 Amsterdam Bimhus / NL
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| FEBRUARY |
BLACK SEA
TRIO
Link: www.elen-music.com/art006en.php
Enver Izmailov - guitars (Crimea / Uzbekistan)
Anatoly Vapirov - soprano saxophone (Bulgaria)
Kornel Horvath - percussion / udo, gato etc. (Hungary)
The musicians succeeded in charming the audience
with a vital mixture of rhythms, melodies, improvisation and repeated
sounds of the East-European folklore. Highly complex and at the same
time spontaneous music - like a conversation which sticks to the point
and never develops into insignificance
- without mannerism and always exciting. Birgit
Gabler / Concerto 12-14.02 Lugano
Festival (Option) / CH |
ENVER IZMAILOV
SOLO (Crimea Tatar / Uzbekistan)
LInk: www.elen-music.com/art008en.php
By two handed hammering on he is making the
guitar a new instrument which is in no way inferior to the polyhone
possibilities of the cembalo. Izmailov's tours through baroque quotations,
Slavian folklore and sound excesses are technically and artistically
pure magic. Uli Olshausen / Frankfurter Allgemeine
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| 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. |
STEPANIDA
BORISOVA ENSEMBLE (Jakutia)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art032en.php
Shaman vocals from Asia with drums and electronic. The vocalist Stepanida
Borisova belongs to the Turkish people of Sakha who are living in
Jakutia and who are rooted in the religion of shamanism. She is in
command of different styles of Jakutian singing. |
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 European
Tour |
| APRIL |
VOLKOV
TRIO feat SERGEY STAROSTIN (Russia)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art039en.php
Vladimir Volkov - double bass Slava
Kurashov - guitar Denis Sladkevich -
drums
feat. Sergey Starostin - clarinet, vocal
The project Volkov Trio feat. Starostin is a very intensive music
which combines jazz, improvisation and Russian folklore roots. Every
musician impresses by his expressive style of music and convinces
with absolute professionalism. You will feel dizzyfollowing the hands
of the musicians but don't be afraid of getting lost in the wonderful
music. |
UNNI
LØVLIDs new project RITE
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
Flensburg FolkBaltica (Option) / D SEVDA
(Azerbaijan)
Link: www.sonicbids.com/SEVDA
25 Years NETWORK www.networkmedien.de
Sevda Alekperzadeh - vocal Emil
Mamedov - piano Iskender Aleskerov -
percussion Ruslan Huseynov - double bass or bass
guitar Malik Mansurov - tar (national musical
instrument) Natik Shirinov - nagara (national
musical instrument)
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. 22.04 Bielefeld Kammermusiksaal der
Oetker-Halle / D EVA QUARTET feat.
DVUGLAS (Bulgaria)
Links: www.myspace.com/evaquartet
& www.myspace.com/dvuglas
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. 29.04 Vienna Konzerthaus
/ A |
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 End Of April
Mexico City
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| MAY |
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EVA
QUARTET feat. DVUGLAS (Bulgaria)
Links: www.myspace.com/evaquartet
& www.myspace.com/dvuglas
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. 09. or 15.05 Limburg
/ B 16.05 Leipzig Gewandhaus Acappella Festival
/ D |
BULGARA
& UBRE DEBRE GYPSY BAND (Bulgaria)
Link: www.myspace.com/bulgaragroup
A NEW FUSION / DOUBLE PROJECT BULGARA
(Bulgaria)
Their music is a homogenous very groove mixture of extracts of Balkan
and Bulgarian folklore with modern beats like drum & bass, funk
etc.. Modern sound, adding to the beauty of the traditional Balkan
Music. & UBRE DEBRE GYPSY BAND feat.
COOH is a Bulgarian gypsy formation representing an extraordinary
project with acoustic Gypsy music and Electronic sounds.
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| JUNE |
CHRISTIAN
WALLUMROD Ensemble (Norway)
The Label ECM RECORDS www.ecmrecords.com
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 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 Luxemburg /
LUX |
KALMAN
BALOGH & PETER RALCHEV BALKAN PROJECT (Hungary / Bulgaria)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art045en.php
Kálmán Balogh - cimbalom (Hungary)
Peter Ralchev - accordion (Bulgaria) Ateshhan
Juseinov - guitar, tambura (Bulgaria) Csaba Novák
- double bass (Hungary) * New Project of two great
Balkan Musicians *
Peter Ralchev - the great Bulgarian accordion virtuoso with
Kalman Balogh - the great Hungarian cimbalom player!
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| JULY |
MIHALY
DRESCH QUARTET (Hungary)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art020en.php
Dresch Mihály - saxophon Lukács
Miklós - cimbalom Szandai Mátyás
- double bass Baló István - drums
Dresch's unique fusion of jazz with wild Hungarian music comes from
the stomach as well as the head. Full of expressivity and passion
it carries us away from the very first moment and does not let go
after the end. |
KIRAN
AHLUWALIA (India)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art088en.php
Kiran Ahluwalia - voice Rez Abbasi
- guitar Gurpreet Chana - tabla/ dhol Enzo
d'Aversa - accordion
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 it's 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
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BULGARA
& UBRE DEBRE GYPSY BAND (Bulgaria)
Link: www.myspace.com/bulgaragroup
A NEW FUSION / DOUBLE PROJECT BULGARA
(Bulgaria)
Their music is a homogenous very groove mixture of extracts of Balkan
and Bulgarian folklore with modern beats like drum & bass, funk
etc.. Modern sound, adding to the beauty of the traditional Balkan
Music. & UBRE DEBRE GYPSY BAND feat.
COOH is a Bulgarian gypsy formation representing an extraordinary
project with acoustic Gypsy music and Electronic sounds.
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| AUGUST |
NEW
EAST QUARTET
Link: www.elen-music.com/art058en.php
Anatoly Vapirov - saxophone (Bulgaria) Antoni
Donchev - piano (Bulgaria) Vladimir Volkov
- double bass (Russia) Vladimir Tarasov - drums,
percussion (Lithuania)
Organized and presented by Barbican in London this project combines
some of the most creative musicians in East-European jazz. A kind
of Superformation which caused a very big sensation. |
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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
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| SEPTEMBER |
CHRISTIAN
WALLUMROD QUARTET (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. |
ACTORES
ALIDOS (Sardinia)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art068en.php
Songs of the Sardinian women
From the Sardinia of the Tenores di Bitti (Bitti Tenors) an original
project dedicated to the female polyphony. Songs of love and sacred
songs, lullabies and popular dances, funeral laments and serenades.
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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
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| OCTOBER |
CYRO
BAPTISTAs Banquet Of The Spirit Project (Brasil / USA)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art090en.php
Cyro Baptista - percussion, vocals Brian
Marsella - piano, keyboards, balafon Tim Keiper
- drums, percussion Shanir Blumenkranz - acoustic/electric
bass, oud, gimbre
Recording for John Zorn's Tzadik label, features the tight new quartet
led by maestro Cyro Baptista. Cyro's endless sonic curiosity and intense
rhythmic drive has never been stronger in these imaginative original
songs. The quartet embodies the philosophy of Anthropofagia, a Brazilian
cultural movement from the 1920s. The band, is a musical manifestation
of the process of eating, swallowing, and digesting all the tendencies
that are part of the sonic landscapeand our environment. The music
is the product of all sounds that they have collectively consumed
over the years; some of them they've digested and others they have
rejected. After that, it has been difficult to identify what belongs
to what country, culture, or religion. |
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 |
BULGARA
& UBRE DEBRE GYPSY BAND (Bulgaria)
Link: www.myspace.com/bulgaragroup
A NEW FUSION / DOUBLE PROJECT BULGARA
(Bulgaria)
Their music is a homogenous very groove mixture of extracts of Balkan
and Bulgarian folklore with modern beats like drum & bass, funk
etc.. Modern sound, adding to the beauty of the traditional Balkan
Music. & UBRE DEBRE GYPSY BAND feat.
COOH is a Bulgarian gypsy formation representing an extraordinary
project with acoustic Gypsy music and Electronic sounds.
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| NOVEMBER |
CYRO
BAPTISTAs Banquet Of The Spirit Project (Brasil / USA)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art090en.php
Cyro Baptista - percussion, vocals Brian
Marsella - piano, keyboards, balafon Tim Keiper
- drums, percussion Shanir Blumenkranz - acoustic/electric
bass, oud, gimbre
Recording for John Zorn's Tzadik label, features the tight new quartet
led by maestro Cyro Baptista. Cyro's endless sonic curiosity and intense
rhythmic drive has never been stronger in these imaginative original
songs. The quartet embodies the philosophy of Anthropofagia, a Brazilian
cultural movement from the 1920s. The band, is a musical manifestation
of the process of eating, swallowing, and digesting all the tendencies
that are part of the sonic landscapeand our environment. The music
is the product of all sounds that they have collectively consumed
over the years; some of them they've digested and others they have
rejected. After that, it has been difficult to identify what belongs
to what country, culture, or religion.
|
KIRAN
AHLUWALIA (India)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art088en.php
Kiran Ahluwalia - voice Rez Abbasi
- guitar Gurpreet Chana - tabla/ dhol Enzo
d'Aversa - accordion
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 it's 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
|
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 |