IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND
THE BALKAN GENIUS, MILES DAVIS ON THE BALKAN CLARINET IVO PAPASOV (IBRYAM) – a legendary virtuoso clarinettist As a creator of contemporary Balkan music, Ivo Papasov became an important part of global culture a long time ago. He started to play live music with his father at the age of 12 years. When he was […]
EVA QUARTET
BULGARIAN VOICES Searching for the purity and primacy of song. Reading tradition in a modern and varied way. EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Gergana Dimitrova soprano Sofia Yaneva mezzo-soprano Evelina Christova alto Daniela Stoitchkova contralto The Eva Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices – the four young solo singers (after a strong selection […]
Poil Ueda
POIL UEDA (France / Japan) Antoine Arnera keyboards, vocals Boris Cassone guitar, vocals Benoit Lecomte acoustic bass Guilhem Meier drums, vocals Junko Ueda satsuma biwa, vocals PoiL Ueda, Yoshitsune is a meeting and a musical creation between the french rock/contemporary music band of PoiL + Benoit Lecomte (bassist of the band Ni) and the Japanese […]
MARIOLA MEMBRIVES
Mariola Membrives is the voice and face of a new generation of artists that is giving a renewed and necessary impulse of search and personality in the Spanish music scene. After her debut album, “Llorona” (2014), a duet with the Japanese jazz double bass player Masa Kamaguchi, she toured the main festivals of the country […]
Oriane Lacaille
ORIANE LACAILLE TRIO (Reunion / France) Oriane Lacaille voice, aouicha, ukulele Yann-Lou Bertrand double bass, trumpet Héloïse Divilly percussion Oriane Lacaille, singer-songwriter and percussionist from Reunion Island, presents iViV, the first album under her name. In the Lacaille family, the accordionist René was one of the renewers of Reunionese music in the 1970s, with his […]
YSRA
YSRA (Hungary) Maria Keck vocal, dance Emil Biljarszki keyboards, guitar Szabolcs Takács bass Gergely Okos drums YSRA band was formed in 2023 by Emil Biljarszki and the musicians of the internationally acknowledged Meszecsinka and the singer and dancer Maria Keck. YSRA is the project of fantasy and imagination. It’s the fantasy of non existing folk […]
Elephant Sessions
ELEPHANT SESSIONS (Scotland) Hailing vocals, fiddle Euan Smillie fiddle Alasdair Taylor mandolin Calum MacQuarrie bass Greg Barry drums, samples Creating a progressive blend of intricate tunes, with a bass and drum heavy backline, their music combines the very best of trad, funk and electronica, resulting in a new and exciting sound. From humble beginnings in […]
Kham Meslien
KHAM MESLIEN (France) Kham Meslien double bass, percussion, effects Double bass player turned leader, Kham sat his double bass, a mixture of power and gravity, at the heart of a virtual band for which he occupies all the positions. Percussions hit on the wood of his imposing instrument, discreet sweepers or rhythmic double bass rhythmic […]
JACQUES SCHWARZ-BART
Sone Ka La 2 Odyssey By the time tenor saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart recorded Soné Ka-La in 2005 (“simply infectious” — JazzTimes), he had amassed credits with D’Angelo’s Voodoo touring band, Roy Hargrove’s Crisol and RH Factor, Erykah Badu, Meshell Ndegeocello and other greats. In the spirit of those searingly original artists, the French-Jewish-Guadeloupean Schwarz-Bart set out with Soné […]
Rokko & Christina
FLYWe (Bulgaria) Rossen Zahariev trumpets, percussion Hristina Beleva gadulka (12 strings violin) Vasil Hajigrudev double bass Alexander Daniel drums The project of free improvisers operating in a dimension beyond style or genre, creating “momentary” music that is truly honest and direct. The musicians strive to be free from their musical background and unite through the […]
TRIPLET
feat. BEATBOX WORLD CHAMPION TRIPLET Trio (Bulgaria) Ateshghan Yuseinov Guitar Alexander Deyanov – Skiller Beatboxing (twice beatbox world champion) Radoslav Slavchev – Riverman Bass TRIPLET is a band of virtuosic musicians who work creatively and openly with music from the Bulgaria and groove at a very high level. With very long experiences starting from the Bulgarian wedding to […]
CLAVEXPERIENCE
CLAVEXPERIENCE (Bulgaria) Pavel Terziyski voice, electronics Dimitar Gorchakov keyboards Alexander Deyanov aka SkilleR beatboxing, effects / twice World Beatboxing Champion Clavexperience is an electro band of three, mixing beatbox, synths and vocals. Their performance relies on improvising much of their material from scratch, blending electronic music and jazz. Each performer is a unique artist, part […]
NOMADE ORQUESTRA
Everything around us, it wants us to dance, fill people with music.Ten restless minds with only one purpose, music! Nomade Orquestra it’s the point where different musical expressions and strands meet and interact in an unique way. With improvisations, timbres, sonorous collages and textures, the group develops a one and only work that transits with expertise between the universes of Funk, Jazz, Dub, Rock, AfroBeat, Hip-Hop, Ethiogrooves and Soul…
BALKAN KHANS
MODERN GYPSY GROOVES Nikolai Ivanov OM – keyboards, guitar, voice Skiller – the beatbox Ventzi Takev – violin Ateshghan Yuseinov – guitar Kolio Ivanov – gaida / bagpipe and tupan drum balkan traditions grooved up by beatbox master, indian vibes, tuba bass and of course gypsy virtuosityThe BALKAN KHANS had their first gigs as one […]
Yorkston Thorne Khan
Yorkston Thorne Khan James Yorkston vocal, guitar Jon Thorne double bass Suhail Yusuf Khan sarangi, vocal A very special collaboration includes James Yorkston one of the most “influential singersongwriters on the Scottish folk scene”, Jon Thorne, best known as jazz double bass player with electro outfit Lamb and Suhail Yusuf Khan, award winning sarangi player […]
HAIG YAZDJIAN
DIVINE ORIENTAL VOICE HAIG YAZDJIAN & Group (Armenia / Greece)One of the driving forces in the Greek world-jazz music scene for the past decade, Haig Yazdjian, delivers yet another surprising solo endeavor. Centered around his unique editorial writing style and his ethereal oud playing, Amalur chronicles five years of travelling around the world with his […]
Svetoglas
SVETOGLAS (Bulgaria) Daniel SpasovMilen IvanovSatnimir IvanovViktor Tomanov With their unique voices and magnetic presence on stage, with their diverse program and a different way of interpreting the tradition, the Svetoglas quartet is among the most popular and beloved Bulgarian folk ensembles. The singers present a kind of panorama of the different musical dialects and styles […]
BELONOGA
A WONDERFUL VOICE BELONOGA Gergana Dimitrova aka BELONOGA vocals, electronic instruments Aleks Nushev electronic instruments, guitar, bass guitar Kostadin Genchev kaval, duduk, ocarina, dvoyanka Violeta Petkova gadulka Vangelis Karipis percussion Gergana Dimitrova, a.k.a. BELONOGA, is best known as one of the magnificent singers from ‘Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares’ and ‘Eva Quartet’.While workingwith Hector Zazou […]
UNNI LØVLID
SENSITIVE & PURE VOCAL ART FROM THE NORTH Unni Løvlid is from Hornindal in the county of Sogn og Fjordane in west Norway. She has been an active folk musician for some time, and has learned her music from many different sources in Hornindal, including Marta Seljeset Frøland. According to the classification system of the […]
MUNADJAT
YULCHIEVA
WORLD HERITAGE VOCAL QUEEN
STEVEN / PRINS ACHMED Movie
Steven Kamperman´s Prince Achmed (Netherlands, Turkey, Iran) Steven Kamperman compositions, alto clarinet, melodica, drums Hamid Reza Behzadian harmonica, Indian guitar, lapsteel Esat Ekincioğlu double bass Silent Movie ‘The adventures of Prince Achmed’ (1926) by Lotte Reiniger. Composer and alto clarinetist Steven Kamperman wrote a new soundtrack for Lotte Reiniger’s magical 1926 animated film Die Abenteure des Prinzen […]
ANTONI DONCHEVs 3UP
ANTONI DONCHEVs 3UP (Bulgaria) Antoni Donchev Piano Rossen Zahariev Trumpet Pavel Terziiski Vocals Brass Jazz Music between Balkan Wedding, Sun Ra Arkestra and Chamber Jazz. His compositions are like imaginary landscapes – chamber music atmospheres. Antoni Donchev is looking for the space between the spaces – the microcosmos of sounds. This new project of Anton Donchev is more […]
7 Steps Project
7 STEPS TO MYSTERYANTONI DONCHEV QUARTET & EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) A very special project by jazz master Antoni Donchev with Bulgarian vocal art. In a very unorthodox way, Donchev combines in this project free sounds and jazz improvisation with the Bulgarian voices. Musical layers and tensions, sound frictions and interactions emerge. Although the project features […]
EISQ
A Very Special European Jazz / Saxophone Project EISQ (European Improvisation Saxophone Quartet) Gianni Gebbia soprano (Italy) Vytautas Labutis alt (Lithunia) Warnfried Altmann Bass tenor (Germany) Simon Rose bariton (Great Britain)feat. on request Anatoly Vapirov feat. on request (Bulgaria) A great European improvisation ensemble – special project of Magdeburg Jazz Festival 2022 with four great saxophone player […]
Loibner Nourani Duo
NOURANI & LOIBNER DUO (Austria / Iran) Matthias Loibner hurdy gurdy, electronics Tahereh Nourani flute, bass, electronics Tahereh Nourani erschafft mit ihrem Instrumentarium – zu dem Querflöte und E-Bass genauso wie Elektronik und eigens erfundene Instrumente, wie das Wabuwaboo gehören – und ihrer Vorliebe für Langsamkeit und unkonventionelle Spieltechniken weite experimentell-archaische Klanglandschaften. Matthias Loibner ist […]
Stanley Jordan Quartet
feat CHRISTIAN GALVEZ & THE THUNDER DUO Stanley Jordan – guitars (USA)Christian Galvez – bass (Chile)Kornel Horvath – percussion (Hungary)Gabor Dornyei – drums (Hungary) The capacity to explore unusual music territories are the characteristics of their performance. A journey from Mozart and Miles into Mc Cartney and Mingus, a sound unique, sometimes transparent and ethereal, sometimes […]
FLYWETOTHEMOON
NEW IMPROVISATION JAZZ & ELECTRONIC GROOVE PROJECT Roko Zahariev – trumpets, percussion George Donchev – double bass Todor Stoyanov – keyboards Alexander Daniel – drums FlyWe2DaMoon are a group of free improvisers, operating in a dimension beyond style or genre, creating “momentary” music that is truly honest and direct. The musicians strive to be free […]
City maps
City Maps (NL/B) takes you on a musical and visual trip through an imaginary city. The music, video projections and an actual route handout navigate you along its highlights. Steven Kamperman Clarinet Bart Maris Trumpet Jorrit Westerhof Guitar Dion Nijland Double bass Jazz & Mo Magazine (B): “From the busy Grand Boulevard where everyone races at […]
PANTELIS
PANTELIS STOIKOS (Greece) Pantelis Stoikos was born in Florina (North Greece) and began his contact with music in 1990. In 1992 he studied music theory and in 1994 he made his first trumpet lessons, alongside the piano .In 1996 he settled in Thessaloniki to continue his studies at the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki (member of […]
VOLKOV TRIO
JAZZ, IMPROVISATION AND RUSSIAN FOLKLORE ROOTS VLADIMIR VOLKOV – Double Bass, Viola Da Gamba Vladimir Volkov, one of the leading free-jazz-musicians of Europe, is a music phenomenon passing different genres and styles. The musicians combine avantgarde, improvised music with traditional folklore roots in a very creative way. They played on many international stages and won […]
ENVER IZMAILOV
GUITAR MAGIC & HIGH VIRTUOSO MUSIC ENVER IZMAILOV ENVER IZMAILOV guitar Enver Izmailov is a remarkable guitarist. He developed a tapping technique long before ever hearing about Stanley Jordan. His playing encompasses Oriental and Balkan folk music, rock, Indian music etc. Western classical and the improvisation of jazz; he can also make his guitar sound […]
ZOLTAN LANTOS
VIRTUOUS VIOLIN PLAYER ZOLTÁN LANTOS – Violin, 5 & 16 Sympathetic String ViolinZoltán Lantos received his degree in classical violin from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Being drawn towards experimental and eastern music from early on, he traveled to India. Lantos was 9 years in India on a scholarship to study classical […]
ROMANENO
NEW SPECIAL GYPSY & JAZZ FUSION PROJECT Gypsy Passion & Jazz Improvisations with RomaNeno Project Neno Iliev – vocal Misho Yosifov – trumpet Boris Iliev – sax Willy Stoyanov – trombone Boris Taslev – double bass Vasil Spassov – piano Venzi Radev – drums A New Gypsy project from Bulgaria feat. the blind singer Neno […]
BALOGH & RALCHEV
WONDERFUL CHAMBER ACOUSTIC PROJECT KALMAN BALOGH & PETER RALCHEV BALKAN PROJECT (Hungary / Bulgaria) Kálmán Balogh – cimbalom (Hungary) Peter Ralchev – accordion (Bulgaria) Ateshghan Yuseinov – guitar (Bulgaria) Csaba Novák – double bass (Hungary) PETER RALCHEV laid the beginning of new style in Bulgarian folklore instrumental music and exerted great influence on its development. […]
SAMUEL YIRGA
NEW ETHIOJAZZ PROJECT SAMUEL YIRGA – incredible young pianoplayer from Ethiopia Samuel Yirga’s musical life so far has been full of obstacles: social restrictions, family regulations, hurdles thrown up by the reality of life. Yet in the face of all of this, the young and gifted pianist who grew up in the capital of Ethiopia […]
David VENITUCCI
David Venitucci – accordion Denis Leloup – trombone Christophe Marguet – drumsIn the 90s David Venitucci studied at the Conservatoire de Grenoble (his place of birth). Looking for new music challenges he then moved to Paris after his studies and performed there with the Alfredo Arias Theatre, circus Annie Fratellini, played with French chansoniers and […]
Mieko Miyazaki
MIEKO MIYAZAKI (Japan) Born in Tokyo, Mieko Miyazaki started studying the Japanese Koto with Tomizo Huruya and Sachiko Tamura. After being accepted to the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, her training finished with an invitation to perform as a soloist in the presence of the imperial couple in Japan. She graduated in […]
IRMELIN
IRMELIN (Sweden) Eva Kune, Karin Ericson Back and Maria MisgeldThe vocal group Irmelin has been singing together since 1999. In 2006 they released their debut album “Kärligheten” – love songs and in 2008 they released their second album “Gyldene Freden” – the golden piece. In 2013 they released their third album “North Sea Stories” with selected songs from […]
ATESH TAYFA
NEW ALBUM Ateshkhan Yuseinov “Strange Suite“ Riverboat Records/ World Music Network 2019 (TUGCD1122) “On his new CD ‘Strange Suite’ he is merging jazz with influences from the Balkan and the Orient, interwoven with complex, unlinear rhythms. It is igniting like fireworks….“Bert Noglik / MDR (Germany) “Too often hotshot guitarist satisfy themselves with showing off, but […]
BULGARA
A VERY POWERFUL BALKAN BAND
MESZECSINKA
MESZECSINKA (Hungary) Annamaria Oláh – voice, guitar, cajon, ukulele, kalimba Emil Biljarski – keyboards, guitar, voice Árpád Vajdovich – bass, double bass, voice Dávid Krolokowski – percussion, drums, ukulele, voice Meszecsinka is a child of a love affair, started under the full moon. It means in Bulgarian „small moon” and comes from Annamari’s favorite Bulgarian […]
AYARKHAAN
INCREDIBLE VOCAL & JEW’S HARP WOMAN TRIO FROM YAKUTIA / SIBERIA
4 IN NORI
4 IN NORI (Korea) Lee,Youngseop – Daegeum, TaepyungsoYoon,Seogyung – Ajaeng, JangguShin,Hyunseok – Haegeum, JingLee, Jaeha – Geomungo, Percussion 4 Players involved in the group, playing Ajeng, Daegeum, Haegeum, Geomungo. Based on the capabilities of wonderful performances as a group playing notwithstanding the instrumental and genre frame ranging from percussion to sound, based on folk music […]
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