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Tania Giannouli

Pianist, composer, improviser and band leader, Tania Giannouli is one of the most vital voices in contemporary Greek/European music. Classically trained, she often employs improvisation in her musical practice. Her three albums in the eclectic New Zealand art-music label, Rattle - Forest Stories (2012, with Paulo Chagas), Transcendence (2015) and Rewa (with Maori instrumentalist Rob Thorne), have all received wide international acclaim, with Transcendence cited as one of the most important Greek albums of the decade, and Rewa acclaimed as a unique and inspired collaboration. Her new album "In Fading Light" with her unusual trio (piano, oud and trumpet) was released in November 2020, by Rattle

In Fading Light

By TANIA GIANNOULI

Label: Rattle Records (New Zealand)
Released: 2020

Enjoy Jazz 2019

By HENNING BOLTE

Alte Feuerwache and other venues Enjoy Jazz And More Mannheim, Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany October 27--November 1, 15-16, 2019 Enjoy Jazz And More this year lead me through two sections of its seven-week concert-series in October/November, with a great diversity of concerts ranging from seasoned German clarinet master Rolf Kühn to advanced ...

Rewa

By TANIA GIANNOULI

Label: Rattle Records (New Zealand)
Released: 2018
Track listing: A Forgotten Land: First Light, A Forgotten Land: The Uprooted Tree, Triptychon, Dark Star: EnTrance, Dark Star: Fading Light, Undivided, Yfasma, Prisma, Spell, Timeless, Te Tangi A Mutu

Kip Hanrahan, Ingrid Jensen and other great new releases

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

The bonanza of new releases goes on. So let's dive right in and find out more about the much-awaited return of Kip Hanrahan; music inspired by fictional or real whales (courtesy of David Crowell & Simon Jermyn and Garth Stevenson); a heart-felt Kenny Wheeler Tribute by Ingrid Jensen and Steve Treseler, the second installment of Nicole ...

Transcendence

By TANIA GIANNOULI

Label: Rattle Records (New Zealand)
Released: 2015
Track listing: The Weeping Willow; The Sea; Sun Dance; The Time Will Come; Faster Than Wear; From Foreign Lands; Obsession; Mad World; Untold.

Tania Giannouli Ensemble: Transcendence

By EYAL HAREUVENI

Athens-based composer-pianist Tania Giannouli's main area of interest is mixed-media--combining music with poetic texts, visuals, theater plays or art installations. Similarly, Giannouli compositions for her sophomore album Transcendence (after Forest Stories, a duet with Portuguese reed player Paulo Chagas, Rattle Records, 2011) blends elements from her classically-trained background, contemporary music, and European chamber jazz--inspired by the ...

Forest Stories

By TANIA GIANNOULI

Label: Rattle Records (New Zealand)
Released: 2012