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Brandon Goldberg

Born: February 15

Award-winning pianist and composer Brandon Goldberg has been playing piano and making music since he was three years old. Critics have praised his “unassailable technique, advanced harmonic understanding, a deep sense of swing and, most impressively, a clarity and plethora of ideas executed to near-perfection.” – Downbeat Magazine

Goldberg has performed at renowned jazz festivals worldwide, including the Newport Jazz Festival, SFJazz, PDX Jazz, Litchfield, Twin Cities, Caramoor, NCPA Mumbai Jazz Festival, Santander Jazz in Spain, and Ystad Jazz in Sweden. He has also graced the stages of prestigious jazz clubs, such as Dizzy’s Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Mezzrow, and Birdland Theater in New York, as well as The Side Door Jazz Club in Connecticut, and Marian’s Jazz Room in Switzerland, just to name a few.

Tomoko Ozawa

Born: May 7

Pianist and composer Tomoko Ozawa is a fresh voice from Japan, raised in international settings. A graduate of Berklee College of Music and Longy School of Music, her music crosses genre borders, combining lyricism with European contemporary classical music and rhythmic elements of Jazz. Her debut album “Gentian” accentuates the insightful words of EmilyDickinson with instrumental compositions and playful improvisation, and was produced by her mentor, pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi. She was invited to be a guest artist at the annual conference of the Emily Dickinson International Society, and her music has been played on radio and podcasts in the US, UK and the Netherlands

Equanimity Trio

Equanimity Trio /EQ3/ is a musical union formed this year that brings together three musicians and friends who share similar musical values. Trio performs their own compositions combining influences from jazz, academic and rock music. Their music is characterized by vast and meditative musical scenery with strong and lasting rhythms and spirited, energetic interplay between the musicians. At the heart of this trio is the idea of creating music that brings about a state of flow and connectedness where everything happens organically and the true spirit of music may express itself freely. [Equanimity - mental calmness, composure and evenness of temper]

Thomas Motter

Born: August 4, 1963

Thomas Hubert Motter (*4.August 1963 Heidelberg ) is a german musician , keyboardist , songwriter , producer Life: classically trained by Erwin Schmieder ( 3. generation Liszt student , Eugen Dalbert , Alfred Höhn ) , Prof. Gisela Sott, Wolfgang Bloßer , Günther Krieger . 1976 with 13 years he won the state competition in Baden - Württemberg of the Deutsche Tonkünstler Verband. Radio performances & recordings fallowed. formative for his Jazz - influences was the contact to the drummer Allen Blairman in Heidelberg . 1980 was the first performance with an Orchestra in the performance or the Warsaw concerto from Adinsell with the concert band of the Chaska High School in Minnesota, USA . Thomas Motter was a foreign exchange student for one year in the USA and graduated 1980 from Chaska High School. In 1980 Thomas became member of the band Riff Raff in Heidelberg , Germany . guit:Horst Abel, bass : Hadi Wagner , drums : Pit Kania

Emie R Roussel Trio

Winner of the Stingray Rising Stars Award at the 2018 TD Halifax Jazz festival, of l’ADISQ’s 2015 Félix for jazz album of the year for their 3rd album Quantum, and jazz album of the year at the 2013-14 Prix Opus for their preceding release, Transit, the Emie R Roussel Trio has experienced a dizzying ascent since 2010, and is now a power to be reckoned with on the Canadian jazz scene. With Emie R Roussel on piano (Révélation Radio-Canada Jazz 2014-2015), Nicolas Bédard on bass, and Dominic Cloutier on drums, the trio delivers creative and captivating jazz with passion and undeniable chemistry

Mike Bogle

Born: November 29, 1961

A versatile and dynamic musician Mike Bogle was nominated for a Grammy Award for his arrangement of Chick Corea's composition Got A Match? recorded by the University of North Texas (UNT) One O’Clock Lab Band. An accomplished pianist/keyboardist, vocalist, trombonist, composer, and arranger, Dr. Bogle currently calls Dallas, TX his home where he is Professor of Commercial Music at Cedar Valley College, teaching Jazz Piano, Jazz Keyboard Ensemble, Commercial Composition/Orchestration, MIDI, Synthesis, and Digital Music Production. Dr. Bogle wrote his first big band chart at age 14, graduated from high school at age 16, and entered the University of Miami School of Studio Music and Jazz on a performance scholarship that same year

Drago Ivanusa

Born: March 22, 1969

Drago Ivanuša is a composer of film and theatre music, a pianist and accordionist. He is one of the most active Slovene composers. Since 1991, he has written the music for around 130 theatre and dance performances, and 23 films, as well as many independent compositions for chamber groups and orchestra. He has worked with some of the best Slovene directors and choreographers. He has nurtured his love of theatre since when he was young and attended the Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet, watched performances and learned in the Theatre Studio. Ivanuša typically performs his music live; his other notable characteristics are sound interventions and strong dramaturgic features that often place his music in the centre of staged performances. When in the Nineties Slovene cinematography experienced a renaissance, he began working with film directors, helping them create a number of internationally awarded films

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Ofri Pinto

Pianist and Composer Ofri Pinto is a strong figure within the Jazz and World Music scene. Born and raised in Jerusalem, the city that constitutes a vast melting pot of musical heritages. Studying the depths of Jazz opened doors for him in all musical scenes of the city varying from North-African to Arabic and Turkish music, Balkan music and many more. This musical knowledge and abilities are in constant use in Ofri's creative process and is sought after by his contemporaries. While still in Israel, Ofri has had the privilege to play with prominent musicians of the Jazz scene such as Daniel Zamir, Gilad Ronen and Shachar Elnatan