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Connie Han

Pianist and provocateur Connie Han has created an edgy blend of modern and traditional jazz with her incendiary Mack Avenue Records debut Crime Zone. Han explains, “This record is meant to be a statement about being rebellious but within the tradition.” At 23, Ms. Han is a young lioness on a fast-climbing trajectory to jazz stardom with rave reviews from The New York Times, Jazziz Magazine, Downbeat Magazine, and more. According to Downbeat Magazine, Han has “already absorbed the post-bop piano masters” with “all the technical mastery she’ll ever need.” The New York Times describes her as “the rare musician with fearsome technical chops, a breadth of historical knowledge and enough originality to write tunes that absorb your ear easily.” Influenced by post-bop masters Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, and Kenny Kirkland, Han brings a fire, passion, and maturity that belies her youth

Sinan Alimanovich

Born: February 11, 1954

Sinan Alimanovich is multi-award winning pianist, organist, composer, arranger, conductor and educator from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jazz critics describe him as a very strong jazz player, not only in Bosnia and Herzegovina: "... Alimanovich is the one of the main European pianistic figures especially by his unique approach to American jazz and it's interpretation and perception in Europe..." (D. H. Sansky) Sinan Alimanovich has performed and collaborated with the best European and American jazz musicians including: Aladar Pege, Jim Mullen, Harvie S, Randy Brecker, Barbara Hendricks, Vaclav Zahradnik, Alex Blake, Erich Kleinschuster, Gianni Basso, Ladislav Fidri, Dusko Goykovich, Bobby Sanabria, Stjepko Gut, Lee Harper, Csaba Deseo, Robert Balzar, Jože Privšek, Miljenko Prohaska, Tony Lakatos, Petar Ugrin, Robert Balzar and many others

Jose Carra

Born: October 15, 1983

El compositor y pianista Jose Carra es uno de los pianistas más creativos de la nueva generación de músicos de jazz españoles. Su música, fuertemente influenciada por la música clásica y el jazz, hace referencia a muchos otros estilos como el rock, el pop, la electrónica o la música popular. La poesía también juega un papel fundamental en su música, creando un universo totalmente personal y reconocible. El sello discográfico Taghrid Records lanza el nuevo disco de Jose Carra, titulado Diario de vuelo en septiembre de 2018. En él se recogen 12 nuevas composiciones de Carra que interpreta junto al contrabajista Bori Albero y al batería Dani Domínguez

Alejandro Vargas Rodriguez

Born: February 4, 1980

AlejaNdrO VaRgAs Rodríguez (Cuba, 1980) Pianist and composer graduated in the University of Arts in Cuba. He started his musical studies at the early age of 6, reciving lessons from great musicians having as teachers great music masters such as Joel Rodríguez Milord, Ulises Hernández or Harold Gramatges, till he graduated as piano concertist at the University ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte) in La Habana. He completed his studies with different seminars with musicians like Herbie Hancock, Chucho Valdés, Danilo Pérez or Jorge Luis Prats. He has participated in various projects and albums as a jazz pianist and composer

Alex Posmontier

Alexis Alonso

Born: January 31, 1974

The Story of pianist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Alexis Alonso is one of the most unusual in the landscape of contemporary music and jazz. He began his career in the field of rock (May Day, Siglo XXI) and jazz (Nine Seconds Quartet) then moving to develop his work as composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist in Estudios Ignis (Tenerife, Spain). Composed numerous soundtracks for cinema and advertising emphasizing by its elegance and extreme beauty... In 2012 Alexis Alonso's life takes a turn marked by the tragedy, his son Adrian died unexpectedly at the age of three years marking a before and an after for the trajectory of the Spanish musician

Michelle Wiley

Born: December 7

Whether you prefer a Pop or Jazz sound, the upbeat sophistication of Cole Porter, the Great American Songbook or the torch songs of Billy Holiday you’re sure to enjoy the piano and vocal styling of Michelle Wiley. She handles them all with her own special flavor and sensitivity. Michelle has performed throughout Europe where she enthralled audiences in Paris and Berlin, headlining at Berlin’s largest cabaret theater, La Vie En Rose. Her unique voice, combined with a repertoire of hundreds of songs in English and French, make her a broadly appealing artist. She also performed for 2 years in the Helmsley Palace Hotel’s historical “Harry’s Bar” in New York City. Michelle also wrote the title theme to the Academy Award winning movie “An Unmarried Woman” with Bill Conti

Avishai Darash

Avishai Darash, an Amsterdam-based pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, and musical director, has seamlessly blended musical styles, drawing inspiration from North African traditional music, Western classical music, American jazz, and Israeli folk.

His musical journey began with the mentorship of his cousin, Tribal Tul, a psychedelic trance producer. At the age of 11, Avishai spent a weekend in Tul's studio learning about the production and creative process of electronic music. He delved into producing psychedelic trance until the age of 16, gaining insights into structure, influences, and arrangements that later influenced his musical direction.

Al Grant

Born: May 6, 1945

Playing keys for 40+ years—playing good music—including standards- brazilan - smooth- pop versions

Izumi Kimura

Pianist Izumi Kimura explores between abstract and concrete, improvising and composing. She has performed extensively throughout Ireland and abroad since moving from Japan in 1995, and worked with some of the leading performers and ensembles from both disciplines of classical, jazz and improvised music, including RTE Symphony Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Michael d’Arcy, Mia Cooper, Ken Edge, Benjamin Dwyer, Gerald Barry, John Buckley, Kevin O’Connell, Ian Wilson, Fergus Johnston from the world of classical music, and with jazz and improvising musicians including Barry Guy, Gerry Hemingway, Tommy Halferty, Ronan Guilfoyle, Michael Buckley, Joe O’Callaghan, Oki Itaru, Dominique Pifarély, Benoît Delbecq, Stéphane Payen, Marco Colonna, Sarah Buechi, Lina Andonovska, Mathew Jacobson, Nick Roth, Colm O’Hara, Cora Venus Lunny. She has appeared in the festivals including RTE Living Music Festival, Boyle Arts Festival, Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival, Bray Jazz Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ghent Street Festival of New Music, Music 21’s ‘Brazil Now’, ‘Artes Da Irlanda’ in Sao Paolo, Creative Connexions in Sitges, Ad Libitum Festival in Warsaw, and many more.