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Agenor Garcia

A​genor Garcia or "Age Garcia" as his friends call him, is a "sound poet". He Usually prefers the absence of formal structure to evoke aesthetics in his music, in addition to, or in place of the prosaic ostensible meaning.

"Music can express far beyond the verb."

Agenor is fascinated by the idea of transforming the formal structure of music, which serves to stimulate the expressiveness of his performance. He cherishes the wonder and surprise that can occur from a spontaneous idea. He listens as ideas unfold, which inspires him to the next movement, but dislikes the classic concept of "improvisation" as well the term "playing by ear".

Ajani Nanabuluku

Born: August 31, 1994

Ajani NaNaBuluku was born in Tallahassee, Florida, August 31,1994, but he has spent most of his life growing up in the Atlanta Metro area. His name states his destiny. Ajani comes from the Yoruba language of Nigeria, which means, “One who gains possession after a struggle. ” His last name comes from the Dahomey tribe of Benin, which means, “God ultimate power”. Together his name simply states, “One who gains possession after a struggle is god ultimate power.” With a name this powerful Ajani is destined to take what is rightfully his and put a new face on any genre of music he chooses. Ajani was never your ordinary baby, child and now young man

Kaja Draksler

Born: 1987

Kaja Draksler is a Slovenian pianist and composer. After her studies in the Netherlands (BA in jazz piano and MA in classical composition), she decided to stay in Amsterdam, where she is an active member of the improvisors scene, performing extensively all over the Europe. Besides her frequent solo concerts, she has been working regularly with Čudars-Draksler Duo, Feecho, BadBooshBand, and Draksler-Santos Silva duo. She is also one of the founding members of the interdisciplinary group I/O. She recently formed her Octet. As a composer she has been commissioned by various international groups, ranging from vocal and chamber ensembles to big bands and orchestras

Kanji Ohta

Born: July 4

Ohta became a professional jazz pianist when he was 18 years old because of Hideto Kanai (bass) who convinced him to become a full time performing professional pianist.  After He joined Mr. Kanai’s band, he played with Fumio Watanabe (drums) who is the younger brother of Sadao Watanabe, Kunimitsu Inaba (bass) Trio, and Akira Omori (alto sax)‘s group. In 1981, his first solo album Blue Highland was released with critical acclaim.  He was playing not only with Japanese musicians but also American musicians for his collaborations including: Art Taylor (drums), Joe Jones Jr (drums), and Evelyn Blakey (vocal)

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Robert Muller

Born: August 11, 1970

Robert Muller is a jazz pianist. Originally from Portland, Oregon, he studied with Dr. Andrew Hill at PSU and moved to New York City in the early '90s where he was active in the downtown scene and as a sideman in several original bands including underground hip hop artist Pete Miser. He moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2004 where he co-lead the award-winning modern jazz group Kodama Trio, was a professor at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, and appears with regional greats like Alex Murzyn, Pete Acosta Amahl, and Michael Herndon. He's appeared on several albums produced by Grammy-winning guitarist Larry Mitchell, and performed with artists including Nathan East, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, and Steve Morse

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Immanuel Witschi

After 9 years study of classical piano by Hansjoerg Weltin with additional jazz improvisation courses and the participation as a singer boy at the Zurcher Saengerknaben Immanuel Witschi joined the Bernhard Spirig Big-Band first as a saxophonist (his 2nd instrument) and then as the regular pianist of the group for 7 years giving concerts in Switzerland and abroad. For 2 more years he joined the Zurich University Big-Band and attended private lessons with Pianist Stefan Stahel and Vince Benedetti until he took part in the Generations 2000 Masterclass in Frauenfeld (CH). After finishing the studies with the degree of a New Media Designer at the Hochschule fuer Gestaltung und Kunst Zurich he became resident pianist and technician at the Theatre Johana in Zurich and beside that he took part in productions of the Salon Theatre Herzbaracke and did concerts with his instant jazz combo in the Cafe Memphis in Zurich. 2009 Immanuel Witschi held his first fully improvised solo concert in his atelier before he continued a year later with 2 show projects for the Salon Theatre Herzbaracke and weekly bar piano performances at the L'heure bleue cafe in Zurich. 2011 he becomes a professional musician by quitting his career as a web programmer and project manager and gives in July his 2nd fully improvised solo concert in the Café Apart in Zurich.

Becky Archibald

Born: March 11, 1962

Becky Archibald is an award-winning pianist, composer, recording artist, and educator. Spanning solo piano to chamber music to jazz, Becky’s music has taken her far – from Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (solo debut, 2006) to a California house concert playing Frank Sinatra’s piano, to the Dordogne Jazz Summer School (DJSS) in Monteton, France (composer-in-residence since 2009.) Known for her innovative programming, she produced “Fresh-Faced Jazz” for the Indianapolis Spirit and Place Festival, featuring jazz artists performing inner city children’s first musical compositions, and a live radio concert on WFYI’s “The Classical Connection,” featuring Archibald performing her compositions with members of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, along with a reading by award-winning author and classical music reviewer for the New Yorker Magazine, Alex Ross

Charity Chan

An active member of Montreal’s music community, author-composer-performer Charity Chan is a pianist by training who has had the opportunity to perform and present her works throughout Canada, Europe, Oceania, and the United States. Her live performances emphasize the hidden resonant abilities of the piano, often using alternative performance techniques in the process of live creation A unique voice in the world of contemporary and free improvisation, Charity’s music draws from a wide-array of sonic practices as part of her creative inspiration and development. Furthermore, her compositions and improvisations are strongly rooted in the immediacy of physical gesture and the importance of collaborative communication. While her creative work is primarily in contemporary improvised music, she has also worked and studied extensively in the classical and contemporary classical idioms