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Tokaj Michal

Born: February 24, 1949

Michał Tokaj jest absolwentem słynnej już Akademii Muzycznej w Katowicach na Wydziale Jazzu i Muzyki Rozrywkowej. Zadebiutował w 1993 roku grając w kwartecie Kazimierza Jonkisza. Wraz z zespołem Joint Venture został laureatem 1-go miejsca na festiwalu Jazz Juniors ’95 w Krakowie, Festiwalu Standardów Jazzowych Siedlce ’96 oraz nagrody dla najbardziej obiecującej młodej grupy na konkursie Europ’ Jazz Contest w Hoelaart w Belgii w roku 1996. Z kwartetem Marcina Żupańskiego zdobył pierwszą nagrodę na Jazz Juniors ’97. W 1999 r. Michał Tokaj zwyciężył w Międzynarodowym Konkursie Improwizacji Jazzowej w Katowicach. Pianista koncertował w USA, Izraelu, Egipcie, Jordanii, oraz w większości krajów europejskich

Geo Progulakis

Born: May 24, 1982

Eclectic musician and composer, Geo Progulakis is a Chilean born jazz pianist, grew up in Italy, now based in New York. He has presented his work in Europe, in the U.S, and South America, and has received numerous awards including Best Soloist prize at the Mediterranean jazz festival 2009, and the 2010 Chicco Bettinardi’s Audience award for his original compositions. In 2014 he released his debut album Good Start, presenting all original compositions. The trio album, have been presented across New York City in venues such as ShapeShifter Lab, Whynot Jazz Room, Rockwood Music Hall, The Garage, The Delancey, and others. He studied jazz at the conservatory of Parma with Roberto Bonati, Alberto Tacchini and Carlo Morena. In 2013 he completed his studies at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, where he had the opportunity to learn from modern thinkers and artists like Kevin Hays and Aaron Goldberg, Kirk Nurock, David Glasser, Jane Ira Bloom, Leeann Ledgerwood, and Vic Juris among others.

Lara Downes

Born: April 22, 1973

Lara Downes has garnered wide acclaim as one of the most exciting and communicative pianists of today's generation, lauded by NPR as "a delightful artist with a unique blend of musicianship and showmanship" and praised by the Washington Post for her stunning performances "rendered with drama and nuance". Lara’s innovative explorations of the piano repertoire - from iconic favorites to newly commissioned works - bridge musical genres, traditions and audiences. Born in San Francisco of Caribbean and Russian heritage, Downes began piano lessons at age 4, and later spent a decade studying and performing with her sisters in Europe, in what she calls a “gypsy-like existence” that took the family from Paris to Venice, Vienna, Basel and Rome. Since making early debuts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London, the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Salle Gaveau Paris, Lara has appeared on the world’s greatest concert stages, winning over audiences at diverse venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to Le Poisson Rouge, the Kennedy Center to Classical Revolution. Downes’ solo recordings have met with tremendous critical and popular acclaim

Dmitry Shubin

Born: January 22, 1963

Dmitry Shubin is a musician and artist based in St.Petersburg, Russia. Main fields of interests: contemporary piano music, electroacoustics, new improvised music, conducted improvisation, graphic notations. Dmitry Shubin is pianist and improviser, performing live improvised music. He also creates sound installations and audio-video projects with emphasis on the integration of sound and image. He is a founder and conductor of St.Petersburg Improvisers Orchestra, as well as St.Petersburg Improvisers Choir; curator of the School of Improvised Music (St.Petersburg). http://sound.dmitryshubin.ru

Klaus Savoldi Bellavitis

Born: July 28, 1963

“Claudio Savoldi Bellavitis”, orchestrator, jazz pianist, singer entertainer and magician, known as “Klaus” In 1984 has been the first Italian that the Berklee College of Music of Boston, since its foundation, gave a bachelor degree to.He’s spent 7 years in the States, composing Film and Documentary Music for Hollywood and the major Boston Film Industries, directing orchestras and performing around the USA as a Jazz singing pianist.In 1991 he began teaching at the Conservatorio Verdi of Milan obtaining the professorship in Film Composition.Touring in the States in various Jazz festivals and exclusive Venus, in 2001 he recorded in Las Vegas his first album “Jazz For Sale” as a leading singer with Walter Blanton (Frank Sinatra, Celin Dion, James Brown, trumpet player), Gary Queen (Bing Crosby and Pavarotti guitar player), Mike Tracy (saxophonist, jazz educator at the Louisville University).Back to Italy in 2002, he kept on working as a film composer with major Film Production and Tv Companies such as Mediaset, Rai, Titanus Film.In 2000 he concentrated his career to become a skilful pianist, later on as a singer “Crooner” a la Sinatra, than as an entertainer and later on as the only “musician-magician” in the world

Olcay Saral

Born: July 17, 1982

Olcay Saral Composer/Pianist Olcay Saral unifies sounds of Anatolian and Turkish music with contemporary musical forms and interprets the stories of the Turkish region with an unique style and technique. Combining the melodic, rhythmic richness of the region with his works in jazz and classical genres, which have been his focus since his conservatoire years, Saral uses makam (classical Turkish music; a concept of melodic creation that determines tonal relations) and modal forms in his music. He combines electronic sounds and Anatolian instruments along with piano and offers a musical journey during his performance

Anam Owili-Eger

Anam Owili-Eger (piano) is a much-in-demand Philadelphia based pianist known for his versatility and dazzling improvisational skills. He has performed with Terrell Stafford, Tim Warfield, Bobby Zankel, Monette Sudler, Mathew Clayton, Elliott Levin, Keith DeStefano and many others. Anam is able to adapt effortlessly to any musical style, including jazz, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, latin, drum and bass, and hip hop. He is the founding member of the jazz fusion group, “Blue Scheme,” and the avant groove bands, “Yellowbrain,” and "The Living Sample."

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