Eldar Tsalikov, James Banner, Ugo Alunni

Eldar Tsalikov (Sax) / James Banner (Bass) /Ugo Alunni (Drums)

Τρεις φίλοι και κορυφαίοι μουσικοί από τη Ρωσία, την Αγγλία και την Ιταλία με μακρά κοινή πορεία στο Βερολίνο αλλά σε πολλές Ευρωπαϊκές σκηνές σε ένα διαφορετικό βράδυ αυτοσχεδιασμού στην Afrikana.

Με σεβασμό και με μακροχρόνια εξερεύνηση της αφρο-αμερικάνικης jazz παράδοσης, και με επιρροές από το ευρύτερο φάσμα της αυτοσχεδιαστικής μουσικής σε μία δυναμική μουσική σύμπραξη για πρώτη φορά στην Αθήνα.

Ακολουθούν περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τους μουσικούς στα αγγλικά.

6/11/2018

22.30

συμμετοχη 5 ευρω

ELDAR TSALIKOV (RUS)

A vibrant young saxophonist from Rostov, who is known for consistently discovering and inventing fresh sounds through modern improvised music. Eldar was born in 1993 in Rostov-on-Don (Russia) andstarted to play saxophone at the age of 9 at the Rostov Children Jazz School n/a Kim Nazaretov in Russia. At the age of 17 after graduating from the Jazz School Eldar decided to continue his education abroad. He moved to Germany and began studying at the Universität der KünsteBerlin.

He studied with Peter Weniger, Greg Cohen, and John Hollenbeck at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Since 2005 he has been performing all around Europe, including Czech Republic, Scotland, Germany, Denmark, and Italy. He has won several competitions, such as the IV International Jazz Competition in St. Petersburg (Russia), the Ukraine International Jazz Festival in Kiev, and the VIII International Jazz Competition in Odessa. Eldar has been touring Europe with the East-West European Jazz Orchestra, playing with artists, such as Dave Liebman, Jerry Bergonzi, Wycliffe Gordon, and Dennis Rowland.

JAMES BANNER (UK)

James Banner was born in Dudley, England in 1991. He has studied in Birmingham, Paris and Berlin, and is now based between Berlin and the UK, working around Europe as a musician, educator and composer. In the UK he is composer in residence for Make The Paint Dance, workshop leader for Jazzlines (Town Hall Symphony Hall Birmingham), as well as double bass tutor at Leeds College of Music junior school. His debut album as bandleader will be released on 18.10.2018 by the Cologne-based label JazzHausMusik, followed by a tour of Germany in March-April 2019. As a composer he received a studio award from the Berlin Senate Department of Culture and Europe and the Elsa Neumann Stipendium 2018 from the Berlin University of the Arts/Hanns Eisler, which supports the ambitious choral/improvising ensemble project Voices of Berlin.

He is active as a co-leader and sideman in projects including the Birgitta Flick Quartet, The Good Old Good Ones, Mark Pringle, Double Double Bass (with Greg Cohen) and the trio Elias Stemeseder/James Banner/Ugo Alunni, as well as numerous other international collaborative projects. He also co-curates a monthly residency alongside pianist Declan Forde named Practically Marriedat Berlin’s Donau115, voted one of Europe’s best jazz clubs by The Guardian.

UGO ALUNNI (ITA)

Born in Perugia, there he attended the Conservatory "F.Morlacchi" after which he investigated further the drums at the Collective School of Music in New York City. He currently resides in Berlin where he attended the Jazz Institut under the guidance of John Hollenbeck, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Greg Cohen and David Friedman.

He has played with Rossano Emili, Perugia Jazz Orchestra, Pietro Tonolo, Joe Chambers, Dan Kinzelman, Alessandro Lanzoni, Elias Stemeseder, Phil Donkin, Uli Kempendorff, Dima Bondarev, Peter Weniger, Julia Hülsmann and many others.