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Adrián Moncada
Adrián Moncada is an Amsterdam based pianist and composer originally from Madrid, Spain. He started this studies in the Netherlands in 2014, and graduated Cum Laude from the jazz performance program at CvA in 2020.
During his time in NL he received lessons and masterclasses from musicians like Brad Mehldau, Gerald Clayton, Harmen Fraanje, Rob van Bavel, Karel Boehlee and Franz von Chossy.
He has participated in various prestigious competitions such as: Keep an Eye Competition, Dutch Jazz Competition, and Leiden Jazz Award; and played in some of the most important venues in Europe: Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Lantarenvenstern (Rotterdam), North Sea jazz (Rotterdam), Hot club Portugal (Portugal) and Jamboree Jazz (Spain).
His main projects are: Adrián Moncada 6tet, with which he is released his debut album in March 2021, Garden Crack with whom he released his second album "Lapis Lazuli" featuring Michael Moore and the folkloric reinventions of the duo "Rebolada", together with singer Irene Sorozábal. These bands serve as a laboratory of his own ideas and compositions.
In addition to his own projects, he is a sought after piano player as a sideman in some of the upcoming young bands in the Netherlands, such as: Federico Calcagno Octet, Marmoucha Orchestra, Noneto Desconcertante, Marta Arpini Pocket Orchestra, Chai Masters and Siebren Smink's "Areia".
More information about these bands and their recordings in:
https://www.adrian-moncada.com
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Federico Calcagno Octet: Mundus Inversus
by Neri Pollastri
Nato da importanti e profonde ispirazioni extramusicali, costruito attorno a un ensemble multinazionale, basato su composizioni estremamente complesse e raffinate nelle quali si fondono in un orizzonte di ricerca la tradizione eurocolta e quella jazzistica, l'ultimo album del clarinettista Federico Calcagno è senza dubbio un lavoro di grande interesse. Calcagno vi guida un ottetto che amplia la formazione del suo precedente Liquid Identities (Aut Records, 2020) e che riunisce musicisti di differente provenienza nazionale: dalla Spagna il violoncellista ...
Continue ReadingAdrián Moncada: Inhabitable Imagination
by Hrayr Attarian
Madrid-born, Amsterdam-based pianist Adrián Moncada's thrilling Inhabitable Imagination is a tour-de-force of a debut. The music consists of seven Moncada originals which draw inspiration from architecture. Thus it is taut, angular and has a creative momentum which does not slack. Moncada leads a sextet of other expat musicians all of whom share his creative vision, making this release even more engaging. Opening with the “The Bearable Heaviness of Being," a wordplay on Czech writer Milan Kundera's famous novel, ...
Continue ReadingFederico Calcagno: Liquid Identities
by Alberto Bazzurro
Federico Calcagno, venticinquenne clarinettista milanese di stanza ad Amsterdam, dove questo notevole album è stato inciso nel maggio 2019, dopo e ancor più che nel precedente From Another Planet, ispirato a Eric Dolphy, si impone come una delle più interessanti, stimolanti individualità emerse nel panorama del jazz nostrano (pur considerata la sua attuale “pelle" olandese) da un po' di tempo in qua. In questo suo nuovo lavoro è alla testa di un quintetto per il resto iberico-ellenico che ne illustra ...
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