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Stefan Strasser

Born: November, 1965

Born 1965, musician, improviser, composer and sound artist.
Largely self-taught, his music moves between the worlds of free improvisation, ambient, jazz and noise.
In addition to solo projects, he enjoys working with other musicians from Germany and abroad, both in the form of internet sessions and live performances. These collaborations have broadened his artistic horizons and given him the opportunity to explore and create new musical paths.

His versatility is documented in various recordings on Bandcamp and Soundcloud.
Numerous live performances including Loft/Cologne, Kölner Musiknacht, Kulturtag Oberscheid, Oooh!Fest/Amsterdam, ImprovFreedom Nonet & Dance/Salzburg, ImproHazard Festival/Peritz, 35blumen/Krefeld, 24h Improv Marathon Werkplaats Walter/Brussels.

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.

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Ilario Ferrari

Born: September 9, 1986

Early Years and Musical Journey

Born In southern Italy in a picturesque city called Terracina, Ilario has manifested a musical vocation since his early years. Though his grandfather was a reputed song-writer, Ilario never had the chance to meet him and grew up in a "non musical" family. Under the mentorship of guitarist Andrea Renzelli during his teenage years, Ilario delved into formal music education, mastering the guitar and self-teaching piano and composition. At just seventeen, his inaugural band, VST, earned a coveted spot in the finals of the prestigious national competition "Rock Targato Italia'' in Milan.
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Upon completing high school, Ilario ventured to Rome and co-founded the "Studio Mobile" recording studio with sound engineer and lyricist Giovanni Leo. For five years, he showcased and developed his versatility as a pianist, guitarist, and composer, crafting a diverse array of music projects, from orchestral works to pop/rock productions.

Musical Education and Recognition

Jürgen Friedrich

Born: March 7

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.

Delia Fischer

Born: August 29, 1964

­“Delia Fischer is a Brazilian artist of the highest quality. She sings and plays my song beautifully. She gave it a new meaning. I feel very grateful!”

Ivan Lins, singer-songwriter

“In the constant search for new forms of Brazilian music, with all its variations and roots, I have an important ally in Delia. Her concept of mixing and filtering Brazilian influences through her unique musicality and personal joy stimulates my own creative work.”

Egberto Gismonti, composer and multi-instrumentalist

Silva & Steini

Active since: 2020

The debut album from Icelandic duo Silva & Steini, More Than You Know is proof of the pure magic in truly inspired song interpretation. Over the course of eight spellbinding tracks, Reykjavík-based musicians Silva Thordardottir and Steingrímur Teague reimagine a lovingly curated collection of jazz standards, presenting each in a gorgeously sparse arrangement that often finds their vocals solely accompanied by the warm and dreamlike tones of Wurlitzer or the muted sounds of a felted piano. A delicate convergence of their distinct sensibilities—the gracefully understated approach to jazz singing Silva first revealed on her 2019 full-length debut, the inventive yet elegant musicianship Steini has showcased as a member of globally beloved band Moses Hightower and as a touring/recording keyboardist for indie-folk powerhouse Of Monsters and Men—More Than You Know ultimately lends a sublimely new vitality to its selected songs (some nearly a century-old). The result: a lovely and luminous body of work, both timeless and quietly forward-thinking.

Adam Ponting

Born: July 26, 1971

Adam Ponting is a jazz pianist, acoustic bassist, drum programmer, arranger and composer.

Adam grew up on a farm in country NSW, Australia, and started doing jazz gigs at age 12. His first jazz influences were Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Erroll Garner and Martial Solal. In the late 80s he attended the jazz program at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, then led by Don Burrows.

1990s: Adam played with the Ghosts of Saturn, a fully improvised jazz-rock quartet featuring Carl Dewhurst. He led a trio with Simon Barker and Ashley Turner. He played and recorded with Neilsen Gough, often with Craig Scott and Alan Turnbull, one of Australia's finest ever rhythm sections. He played with a lot of the great players of the Australian jazz scene - Bernie McGann, Dale Barlow, Alan Turnbull, Craig Scott, Ed Gaston, Jason Morphett, Tim Hopkins, etc.

Brian Ward

Born: September 30, 1969

Brian Ward is a keyboardist, recording artist, composer, arranger, and educator. Ward has performed with Talya Groves, Bobby Watson, Will Matthews, Leroy Vinnegar, Bobby Torres, Shirley Nanette, Dee Daniels, Curtis Salgado, Obo Addy, The Oregon Symphony, The Spokane Jazz Orchestra, and others. Brian helped create the "City of Roses" arrangement by Esperanza Spalding, which won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for Vocal Performance in 2013. Ward received the 2022 Andrew B. Cius Jr. Award for outstanding student composer at the University of Kansas School of Music. Brian currently lives in Kansas City, where he is active on the jazz scene, performing jazz and blues

Brian D Ward

Born: September 30, 1969

Brian Ward, D.M.A., is a keyboardist, recording artist, composer, arranger, and educator from   the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Ward has performed with Bobby Watson, Will Matthews, Leroy Vinnegar, Bobby Torres, Shirley Nanette, Dee Daniels, Curtis Salgado, Obo Addy, The Oregon Symphony, The Spokane Jazz Orchestra, and many others. Brian helped create the arrangement for "City of Roses" by Esperanza Spalding, which won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for Vocal Performance. Brian currently lives in Kansas City, Kansas, where he enjoys performing jazz and blues weekly.