Results for "Minimal"

Masaki Hanawa

Born: April 7, 1998

Sound Artist / Saxophonist / Composer / Painter / etc.

Centering his practice on the alto saxophone with a distinctive tone that emphasizes air-inflected noise, Masaki Hanawa explores an expressive realm that moves fluidly between silence, sound, and music, creating works and performances that merge seamlessly with time and space.

His creative approach extends beyond music into painting, photography, and other visual media, cultivating a multidisciplinary practice that transcends conventional boundaries.

In 2023, he made his major debut with the release of his first album "Silence" on CADENZA (by T-Toc Records).
Recent highlights include his solo exhibition of acrylic "Paintings for Café" and the accompanying sound installation "Music for Café".
As part of his Alto Saxophone Solo Exhibition series, he has presented concept-based performances such as "Progrades and retrogrades based on the present moment", "Noise of the Alto Saxophone and the Sound of Space", and "Boundaries in Perception".

Stefanopoulos

Born: March 30, 1979

Vagelis Stefanopoulos devoted himself to music from a very young age studying piano, violin, composition and self tought in electric guitar. He later on went to study classical piano performance under the guidance of acclaimed pianist and professor Yonty Solomon at Trinity College of Music in London UK.

During his studies he divided his time between classical piano performance and jazz composition and improvisation. Since his graduation in 2003 he has been working as a session musician with various ensembles spanning from Afro beat and Latin Jazz to straight ahead and from experimental electronic to mainstream pop and crossover projects.

Samu Csernak

Born: October 26, 1983

My name is Samu Csernák, I am a Hungarian musician and composer. I create original acoustic and electronic music for theatres, puppet theatres and short movies. I began my music studies at the age of nine with a private teacher, Mihály Gász, who was an accordion virtuoso. Because of his motivation I apply to study at the Music School of Mohács. There, and at Liszt Ferenc Music School Pécs, I learned classical music theory and playing the piano. Martyn Ferenc Art School (led by Mária Apagyi and Ferenc Lantos) was the next step for me to improve my composition (solo instrument, chamber orchestra) and improvisation skills while playing jazz on piano and studying folk instruments. I co-founded the nu-jazz band Singas Project, we have released three albums and made numerous appearances on foreign CD compilations

Maarten Regtien

Born: March 6, 1963

Maarten Regtien (1963) is a Dutch (jazz-)pianist and (contemporary classic) composer. He started playing piano at the age of seven.

In 1975 he was introduced to the the Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer Alan Laurillard who introduced M. Regtien to improvisation.

During adolescence his musical taste started to grow towards 'anything new and unheard-of before.' This period included creating prepared piano's and tape experiments many years before he heard the music of John Cage or Brian Eno for the first time. Favorite music in the schoolgooing years was the early psychedelic music of Pink Floyd, The Beatles' White Album, free jazz, cool jazz, bebop, early Philip Glass minimal music and above all master pianists Keith Jarret and Jasper Van't Hoff.

Manuel Pasquinelli

Michel Banabila

Born: April 14, 1961

Michel Banabila, born 1961, is a composer, sound artist and producer. His music has been released since 1983, and he has produced musical scores for numerous films, documentaries, theatre plays and choreographies. His work varies from minimal loop-based electronica, fourth world, and neo-classical pieces, to drones, experimental electronica, tribal ambient, and punk-as-fuck tape music. In addition to acoustic instrumentation, Banabila uses samples, electronics, synths, found objects and field recordings. His work has been released internationally by labels like 12th Isle (UK), Bureau B (DE), Knekelhuis (NL), Eilean Rec (FR), Pingipung (DE) and Séance Centre (CA).