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Younee
PIONEER OF “FREE CLASSIC & JAZZ”
Younee, composer and singer-songwriter from South Korea, has long left her mark, not only due to her unique and virtuoso piano playing. By means of her awesome power of improvisation and that exceptional gift of being able to improvise and to compose freely on a classical foundation, she has defined her very own style: Free Classic & Jazz!
It is with Younee’s spontaneous and freely composed musical pieces in the course of her breathtaking live appearances that she succeeds to win over her audiences again and again. This is why her next album will feature live-recordings of her most exciting live compositions from concerts between 2017 and 2019. Her first two albums had taken the bestseller charts by storm, catapulting her to the No. 1 position. While her German debut album “Jugendstil” (2014) had still relied on Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and other “classics” as inspiration, Younee, on her next album “My Piano” (2016), by way of her incredible technique and 11 self-penned compositions, had virtually lit brilliant fireworks between furioso and pianissimo, taking the listener on a highly emotional journey into a new world of piano music. Down to the last note, everything happens intuitively, spontaneously, unexpectedly without ever slipping into the realm of “kitsch”, or hiding behind a virtuosity because of virtuosity’s sake. “That’s me” says Younee, who has made her current home in Bavaria. The manner in which Younee presents her music to a live audience does not only have its charm, each time it is as if she were reinventing her own music over again.
60 Years Of Jazzfest Berlin: Still Digging
From October 31 to November 3, Jazzfest Berlin is celebrating its 60th anniversary with 24 concerts at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Quasimodo, A-Trane and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. This year, the concert programme is bolstered by two anniversary specials: the Jazzfest Research Lab and the Jazzfest Community Lab Moabit. The full programme. Jazzfest Berlin, ...
Mothers Of Invention Keyboard & Synthesizer Legend Don Preston Embarks On First European Solo Tour September 2024
Pianist & synthesizer legend Don Preston will be touring Europe starting in September (tour dates below). Don Preston leads a life filled with music, innovation, and experimentation in acoustic and electronic music. “Groundbreaking” is a phrase that is clearly overused. With Don it rings true. One of the first performers to drag a pile of oscillators ...
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Jürgen Friedrich
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Jürgen Friedrich is an european Pianist and Composer/Arranger. He is working in the field of Jazz, Improvisation and Contemporary Music.
His unique style is apparent in many projects - ranging from small groups, like piano trio, to orchestral settings, like big band or string orchestra combined with improvisers.
As an educator he is teaching Piano and Composition at the University of Music and Dance Cologne/Germany.
Janek van Laak: Drumming Up a Circle of Madness
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On Berlin-based drummer, composer, and producer Janek van Laak. Janek grew up in post-reunification Berlin which gave birth to a vibrant culture of music and art. He joined me earlier this year, around the release of his debut solo album, Circle of Madness (Sonar Kollektiv), a work that makes me ...
Moers Festival Interviews: Zeena Parkins
by Martin Longley
The harpist Zeena Parkins is one of the key players on the New York City improvising and composing fronts, and indeed on the global scene generally. Most of her upcoming gigs are happening around Europe, although her 2024 datesheet is relatively sparse compared to her 2025 plans. She probably became known to most folks when playing ...
Markus Reuter: Recording Music Across Space and Time
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On returning guest, the innovative musician and composer Markus Reuter.Markus originally joined us for Episode 130 back in November 2022. He joins us now to discuss his project Sea of Hopeless Angels (Unsung Records), which began as several unedited studio solo improvisations by Markus on his electric touch guitar. Those ...
Hainbach: Crafting Soundscapes from Forgotten Relics
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On Berlin-based electronic music composer and performer Hainbach.I have come to view Hainbach as much an archeologist or audio specimen collector as he is a musician. While he makes beautiful music and soundscapes, they are often showcase pieces for the devices he works on, which include not only vintage and ...
Moers Festival Interviews: Virginia Genta
by Martin Longley
There is a tradition in the small German city of Moers, although its aims are far from traditional in orientation. Unless we consider the already sixty-year history (at least) of jazz-derived free improvisation. The Moers Festival has run since 1972, originally bent on exploring the vitality of free jazz, and still resolved towards that direction today, ...
Jazz Meets Classic And Cinema on Gerhard Daum's 'Jazz Ballads'
Jazz Ballads is the fourth album by Gerhard Daum that I’ve reviewed since 2017, and each album has been a surprise—from solo piano to guitar to ensemble and now to trumpet. Daum’s trumpet is the lead instrument on all of the tracks along with an ensemble that includes piano, flugelhorn, guitars and MIDI bass—all played by ...
