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Ludmila Santini

Ludmila is a renowned Swedish modern composer and concert pianist with a partially Czech roots. 

In her childhood she was a child prodigy. She started playing the piano at the age of 4 and composed her first compositions even before she learned to read the music sheets.

At the age of 8 she started her first successful series of concert performances and as a child she participated in composers' competitions with adult composers. In the early 90's, her musical compositions could be heard on various TV and radio stations.

She graduated from the Music Conservatory, majoring in piano. Her artistic signature style is characterised by a strong melodic line with jazz, pop and classical music intertwined.

Daniel Stawinski

Born: August 11, 1979

Born in Berlin in 1979, Daniel Stawinski began his musical education at age 6 with classical piano. Some years later he started playing jazz under the guidance of Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase, two of Germany’s main free jazz pianists. As a teenager he was an active member of Berlin’s jazz scene, hanging out and playing in the nightly jam sessions in underground Berlin. From 2001 till 2005 he studied jazz piano at the Musikhochschule Hanns Eisler and joined the Bujazzo (German Youth Jazz Orchestra) directed by Peter Herbolzheimer. During this time he was part of numerous jazz bands, and played with virtually all salsa groups in Berlin. After finishing his studies at the Conservatory, Daniel Stawinski decided to live in Paris, looking for new challenges and perspectives

Cesar Orozco

Born: 1980

César Orozco is a prolific Cuban/Venezuelan pianist, composer and arranger with an innovative approach of fusion between Venezuelan and Cuban music with jazz. After fourteen years living in Venezuela, Mr. Orozco moved to the United States in 2012. He received a full tuition Assistantship from The Peabody Institute of the John Hopkins University, from where he completed a Graduate Performance Diploma (GPD) major in Jazz Piano, under the guidance of the great jazz pianist and organist Timothy Murphy. He also holds a degree in violin performance and ensemble conducting from the National School of Arts in Havana, Cuba

Ben Haugland

An accomplished and experienced musician, Dr. Ben Haugland has a history of musical distinction. In August 2012, he completed a Doctor of Arts degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado and is a recipient of nine DownBeat awards, including “Best Instrumental Jazz Soloist.” As a master’s student at the University of North Texas, he played an toured with the world renowned UNT One O’Clock Lab Band and is a featured soloist on their album Lab 2009, which received a Grammy nomination for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album." Haugland’s background in jazz performance and education provided him with the inspiration to complete his dissertation, entitled “Phineas Newborn, Jr

Manuela Pasqui

Italian pianist and composer, studied with Arman Azemoon, Manlio Plinto, Elisabetta Pacelli, Walter Fischetti, Federico La Terza, Agostino di Giorgio, Bob Nissim, Enrico Pieranunzi, Stefano Battaglia, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Danilo Rea, Rita Marcotulli, Kenny Werner, John Taylor, Franco D'Andrea, Anders Jormin. Projects: Manuela Pasqui trio; Machine Project “improvvisation trhought early music”; Kind Folk “Omaggio a Kenny Wheeler”; Tiziana Nauaui-Manuela Pasqui duo. In june 2012 her first album is released: Il filo dell'aquilone (The string of the kite, Histricks Records), 9 tracks characterized by a modern and impressionistic jazz sound.

Stevko Busch

Born: 1966

Biography Stevko Busch – pianist, composer, curator "Pianolab.Amsterdam" at Goethe Institut, Amsterdam Stefan 'Stevko' Busch (1966) - raised in the Rhineland, is currently living in the Netherlands, where he completed his studies at the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam in 1995. Since then, he has played in Contraband under the direction of Willem van Manen, as part of a duet with Misha Mengelberg, in various projects run by the Herne-born bass clarinettist Eckard Koltermann, in Bigtet Tetzepi and a duet with Paul Hubweber. With his electronic trio Box of Toads, he received the JazzArt award in 2001

albert sanz garcia

Born: March 29, 1978

Beka Gochiashvili

Paweł Tomaszewski

Born: June 10, 1983

I was born on 10th of June, 1983 in Gostynin (Poland). I'm a teacher in Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. I received a Master's Degree in the above mentioned academy in two faculties: piano performance and composition and arrangement. Fronting my own band Tomaszewski Trio I'm a winner of all most important jazz competitions in Poland. During my career I performed and worked with top international and Polish artists such as: Maria Schneider, Nigel Kennedy, Eric Marienthal, Dean Brown, Rick Margitza, Larry Coryell, Xantone Blacq, Z-Star, Judy Bady, Jarosław Smietana, Piotr Wojtasik, Grzegorz Nagórski, Anna Serafinska, Halina Młynkowa, Mieczysław Szczesniak, Maciej Miecznikowski and many others. My recording with Grzegorz Nagórski Quartet "Dedication" received a prestigious Fryderyk prize for Jazz Debut Recording of the Year in 2009. I serve as a teacher in several international summer music workshops across the country.

Tin Men and the Telephone

Tin Men and the Telephone (TM&T) will not stand for banality. Their shows – that challenge the gut as much as the brain - undermine the monotony and irritation of everyday life by recycling anything from the bleeping of nuisance devices, to the screeching of overzealous football commentators. Rather than relying upon the jazz standard as plaything, they find melody in the flirtations of a TV porn-star or the moos of an unwitting cow, pushing the boundaries of improvisation and the communicative power of music itself. The Tin Men trio is a dynamic affair, drawing on the harmonic depth of contemporary classical music and modern jazz as much as the visceral rhythms of hip-hop and Balkan music