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Pere Bujosa

Born: March 9, 1992

Mallorcan multi-instrumentalist Pere Bujosa, alongside his trio, has carved out a remarkable path, establishing himself as one of the most exciting emerging voices in contemporary jazz. With over 40 performances under his belt across the Balearic Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, and international stages, Bujosa brings not only technical prowess and virtuosity but also a deep capacity for innovation, which sets him apart as a composer and creative project leader.

Since completing his studies in Amsterdam, he has released four critically acclaimed albums, masterfully blending influences from Balearic folklore with modern jazz and electronic music elements. In his upcoming work, set to be released in 2024, Bujosa reinterprets the legacy of composers connected to the Balearic Islands, such as Chopin and Jaume Mas Porcel, bridging tradition with cutting-edge sounds.

Nicolas Herrera

Born: November 18, 1975

I´m an Argentinian musician based in Barcelona, Spain. I grew up in San Juan, Argentina, a small city next to the Andes Mountains in the west part of the country. There I began studying classical guitar at age 12, and started playing regular gigs on electric guitar by age 15, after studying for several years at the Music Conservatory of the city. In 2000 I moved to Barcelona to continue my career in music and began writing my own material as well. In 2014 I earned a degree in Jazz Guitar after attending the Escuela Superior de Música de Cataluña, “ESMUC”. As a renowned guitar performer, I´ve had the chance to work as a freelance artist in different kind of music productions in Europe, South America and even China and Costa Rica

Josep-Manel Vega

Born: March 10, 1965

He began studying musical language and harmony with his grandfather (Josep Baiget),  classical guitar with several teachers (Jordi Belza, Mariano Capella, Guillem Pérez-Quer, William Waters, Danielle Kassner), contemporary music (Joan Munné, Xavier Prats) and flamenco (Manuel Castilla). However, it was by exploring on his own that he developed a personal musical language focused on improvisation, inspired by musicians such as Keith Jarret, Bill Frisell, Ralph Towner or Nguyên Lê.

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Ivan Ilic

Born: July 2, 1979

Ivan Ilic was born in Belgrade (Serbia) in 1979, where he gave his first concerts with his own formations ”Havarija” and later “Free House”. In 1999 he created the band “Solid” comprised of several young talents of that time in Belgrade, with which he recorded the albums “Ta-ta-ta-tira” in 2000 and Jazz & Samba 2003. “Solid” attended the “Nishvile” Festival and “International Festival of Jazz and Blues-Sabac” where they won the award for the best young jazz band of Yugoslavia in 2002. He also has recorded albums for the groups ”Calor de Cuba” and “Uros Stamenkovic Trio”. In 2004 he moved to Barcelona and finished the studies of modern music and jazz in “L´aula de musica moderna i jazz del conservatori Liceu ” in 2006, when he also recorded two albums:” Chily, Claud with Slavich “and ”Dirty shoes & high heels” as a lider of a trio

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Fredrik Carlquist

Born: June 30, 1969

Fredrik Carlquist is a Swedish saxophonist based in Barcelona in Spain. Since his arrival to the Catalan capitol in 2001Fredrik has established himself as one of the strongest sax voices on the city’s jazz scene. With the well balanced and melodic playing heard on Fredrik’s albums from recent years he’s often been compared to players like Stan Getz and Paul Desmond but his musical palette is much broader than that. Even though a kind of cool and airy lyricism has followed him over the years Fredrik definitely knows how to be both hot and loud or free or abstract depending on the moment and the musical situation

Marcos Pin

Born: October 2

MARCOS PIN Jazz Guitarist and composer. Marcos Pin, Galician guitarist and composer , is one of the names you hear again and again, when talking about Jazz in Spain. Heir to the hard bop tradition led by guitarists as Jimmy Raney or Tal Farlow to name a couple, Pin defends the beauty in his sound and flow of his solo lines but with an originality of ideas that fit contemporary times. A modern sound that comes directly as evolution of the great Jazz tradition. Born october, 1974, Marcos started playing guitar at 8 years of age. Lugo, his hometown was not a “Jazz place” at all

Rai Castells

Rai Castells is a jazz guitarist and composer from Barcelona. Graduated Summa Cum Laude in Jazz Performance from Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA. He started his musical studies in Barcelona and after a Berklee World Scholarship he moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music. There he earned the Elvin Jones Award, granted by the Performance Department in recognition of Outstanding Musician. He studied with George Garzone, Joe Lovano,Hal Crook, Mick Goodrick, Joanne Bracken among others.

Iñaki Sandoval

Born: April 4, 1974

Iñaki Sandoval is one of the top Spanish pianists and composers. Born in Pamplona, Spain, he is a graduate of the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona, Berklee College of Music in Boston, and University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Iñaki is an accomplished artist – trained in both classical and jazz music. Currently Iñaki resides in Barcelona, where he combines his artistic activity with pedagogy. Since 2003 he has served as Director of the Jazz Department at Liceu Conservatory where he teaches piano and improvisation. Iñaki has been recognized with many awards for his records and his brilliant career as a pianist in solo performances or with his trio

Carles Bellot

Born: March 14, 1961

Born in Barcelona, from an early age awakened in him the passion for music. His first toys were musical instruments for which he felt a special attraction. Destiny made that he dedicated half of his life to percussion and later to singing, feeling particularly fascinated by all kinds of music which he calls "black" through all its evolutionary state from its origins in gospel and blues, as well as for jazz, R & B, soul, funk, etc.. . At different stages of his life he has been dedicated to both percussion (various formations of African percussion, rumba, fusion, etc..) As the singing, especially in recent years, which has participated in different gospel music formations (Cor Gràcia Gospel, Gospel Sons or Barcelona Gospel Messengers) and also leading his own jazz group (Carles Bellot Quartet, Quintet, etc.). In that great school of gospel music he has shared the stage, knowledge and friendship with such greats as Dani Alonso, Ramon Escale, Emmanuel Djob, Didier Likeng or Bazil Meade, among others. Influenced by a wide range of the best voices in jazz, blues and gospel as his admired Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, or Tonny Bennett and by Emmanuel Djob, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson or Kirk franklin in the world gospel music. During the different stages and musical styles has shared the stage with great musicians among which Ignasi Terraza, Dani Alonso, Ramon Escale, Esteve Pi, Juli Aymi, Emmanuel Djob, Bazil Meade, Artur Regada or Gerard Nieto, among others. In all these years of musical experience has had the opportunity to perform at various festivals highlighting the Barcelona Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Arenys de Mar, the Jazz in the Night Cycle of Premià de Dalt or the Festival of Vilafranca Vijazz . After participating in several albums with gospel-music (see discography), decided to record his first solo album, leading his own jazz band in 2010