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Arkady Gotesman
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Arkady Gotesman is one of the most resourceful Lithuanian percussionists. In addition to playing jazz, he performs contemporary academic music, writes scenarios for performances and installations, composes, records and performs music for theatre, silent film taper, collaborates with dancers. Arkady Gotesman teaches drums at Jazz Department of Vilnius Academy of Music and Arts. Gotesman’s percussion can be heard in Oskaras Koršunovas’ theatre productions, and Anatolijus Šenderovas’ ballet Desdemona, choreographer Loreta Juodkaitė’s production “To Disobey”. Together with actress Dalia Michelevičiūtė he designed a theatre project “The Station in the City N” by W.Szymborska’s poetry
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Artūras Anusauskas
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One of the most distinguished Lithuanian jazz pianists, Artūras Anusauskas has been active as a soloist, composer and band leader. Sharing his sympathies between jazz and classical music, he is particularly nimble at combining the elements of both in his compositions. As a pianist, he has developed a remarkable sensitivity for the aesthetics of sound, as well as a technical finesse and an expertise in classical jazz piano styles. His playing characteristically involves polyphonic voice leading, governed by the influence of academic music. For almost two decades on Lithuanian jazz scene, the pianist currently performs solo and with his quartet
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Linas Labudis
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Linas Labudis Session drummer A versatile session drummer with strong groove and wide improvisation capabilities, Linas is a professional adapting well in any musical style. With 25 years experience in jazz, funk, big band, pop and rock styles he is also an excellent sight reader and teacher. Favourite Projects / Bands/ Musicians Jazz: • A.Jakaitis Jazz Trio • Jazz Time Band • E.Sipavicius Band • R.Grabstas Jazz Ansamble (with Corey Peterson (USA), Bob Shepard (USA), R.Brecker(USA), Vinny Messina(USA) • Green Bridge Band • Junction Band • TOGO Project Big Band: • Lithuanian Radio and Television Orchestra Brass Band „GARSAS“ • Kaunas Big Band „ Rock/Blues: • Rock Opera „Romeo & Juliet“ • NetProfit rock group • GKG Blues Cats Other: • Folk Group „Atzalynas“ • „Lets Play Tango“ String Quartet Festivals • Lithuanian Orchestra Championship �" 1st prize • Birstonas Jazz 1988-2008 (Lithuania) • Klaipeda Jazz 2007 (Lithuania) • Ryga Jazz 1998 (Latvia) • Fonfares le Fronteres (France) • Liepaja Jazz 2007 (Latvia) Tours Belgium, Holland, Norway, Germany, Chezk Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, Poland Television • 2007 LTV „Songs TOP10“ • 2007 TV3 „Puikusis Show“ • 2007 LNK „ Radiocentras Honours“ • 2008 LNK TV Serial „Nekalta Meile“ Honours • 2008 LTV2 „Improvisations Avenue“ Discography • 1992 „Jazz Time Band“ album • 2005 „Geras“ drum group album • 2005 „Deep Purple Project“ album • 2009 „TOGO Project“ album • 2005 Jazz Miracle album • 2006 „Junction“ live album Teaching Experience 2000 �" Present Private drum/percussion tutor 2003 �" 2005 JBG Drum Orchestra „Geras“ tutor 2008 �" Present Drum tutor at Guitar School „Glorija“ Education • 1973 �" 1984 JUOZS MILTINIS High School • 1985 �" 1986 �"J.Gruodis Music Concervatoire • 1980 �" 1988 Private lessons with Arvydas Jofe Equipment • Gretsch Drum kit • Gibraltar Hardware • Zildjian K cymbals • Pro-mark sticks • Vic-Firth brushes Sponsors • Online Drum Shop “Drum Space” (www.drumspace.co.uk) • Musical Instrument Shop “Tamsta” (www.tamsta.com) Other skills • Hand/Latin percussion • Orchestral percussion • Full Clean driving license • Speaking English, Russian, Lithuanian • Computer skills
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Tomas Dobrovolskis
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I am a percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, live performer and composer; music teacher and music therapist. I have created an original, new percussion instruments The Brass Globe and Glass to create a new genre and way of performing in regard to solo percussion. During last few years I performed in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Denmark, Sweden, England, Belgium, Finland, Aland Islands, Island, Israel, Austria, Italy. “It’s one hundred times better than POP!” / Ten years boy. “I listen and meditate. This is music of an unpolluted mind.” / Philosopher Leonidas Donskis. “In truth, there is no other musician in Lithuania whose music sounds like Tomas’ resonating and multiplying sound layers. His uniqueness is evident
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Jan Maksimovic
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Saxophonist, composer, pedagogue, group leader. Unusual creative personality in the Lithuanian jazz. Talented musician, well-known perfectionist and master of stylistic interplay, ahead of the jazz musicians of his generation, today listed among the most prominent Lithuanian jazz figures. He is praised for his emotional and consummate musicianship, incredible creative energy, attention to every detail of the sound and at the same time great feeling of the whole. Since his jazz debut in 1996, Jan Maksimowicz has collaborated with a number of Lithuanian jazz celebrities. In 2002 he made his debut as a leader and composer and since then has mostly performed with his own groups: trio, quartet, and quintet Riot
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Dalius Naujo
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Dalius Naujokaitis began his musical career in the late eighties and was an avant-garde feature of the Vilnius jazz scene performing with Juozas Milašius, Vladimir Chekasin, Petras Vyšniauskas, Skirmantas Sasnauskas and others. He moved to New York in 1995 and made an impressive entry to the NYC scene with a series of original solo performances at Jonas Mekas’ Anthology Film Archives. Shortly he found Free Music on Second Street group, and partaking in the Now We Are Here Orchestra’ projects with Jonas Mekas (vocal). At the same time Dalius collaborated with famous master of avant-garde film Ken Jacobs in “Lumiere/Naujokaitis/Jacobs: Nervous System Concerts, also with modern dance group “Limbic Six” and Tiny Mythic Theatre. His music and drumming is featured in films by Jonas Mekas “Happy Birthday To John Lennon,” “On My Way To Fujijama I Saw,” “This Side of Paradise” and in film by Moira Tierney “Circus.” He has played and recorded with a variety of New York bands such as Kenny Wolleson’s Himalayas and Wollesonics, Art Baron, Butch Morris, Joey Barron, Briggan Krauss, Jeff Ballard, Brazilian Girls, Tim Keiper, Jonathon Haffner, Otomo Yoshihide, Rocco John Group, and On Davis’ Cartoon Satellite. Dalius leads and drums for New York based avant-garde music group Untyte, which performs ancient Lithuanian folk tunes with a downtown NY edge.
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Juozas Milašius
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Guitarist, composer and author of various performances, the enfant terrible of the Lithuanian jazz scene. Probably no other Lithuanian jazz musicians has stirred up so much controversy as the experimenting conceptualist Juozas Milašius. Having made his stage debut in 1986, he earned the reputation of the most uncompromising jazzman in Lithuania, entering the areas of total free, uncontrollable noise and bizarre sounds, provoking both unconditional admiration and relentless opposition. Completely overtaken by the guitar, Juozas Milašius has tested the limits of this instrument playing solo and experimenting in various projects with improvisers, electronic and experimental sound artists.
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Julija Jačėnaitė
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Jul Acoustic Julija Jač�-nait�-/ Vocals Saulius Križinauskas / acoustic guitar Karolis Jančenkovas / acoustic guitar Julia Jač�-nait�- since 2001 years has been performing music in various Lithuanian clubs, participate in international festivals and competitions. 2006 Julia along with guest performers warmed up Joe Zawinul, Kurt Elling, and 2007 Richard Bona Concert in Vilnius. 2005 - 2007 she was editor and moderator of TV show "That Jazzy World". In 2008 Julia, along with some of the best young guitarists in Lithuania - Saulius Križinauskas and Karolis Jančenkovas prepared and presented to listeners Jul Acoustic program, where you can hear an unexpected interpretations of jazz standards and Julia's compositions. The same year in Lithuania performed the singer from Cape Verde Islands - Maria de Barros - claiming a number of artists to heat its concert in Lithuania chose Jul Acoustic. Make Unforgetable Sounds Imagine Clouds - Jul Acoustic
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Vytautas Straižys
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young talented jazz pianist from Lithuania. Straizys was born in 1988 in Vilnius, capital city of Lithuania.At age of seven he started learning at school of art, where classical music was his first priority. During 12 years he became prizemen of several international young pianist competitions, also he had concerts and recitals at well-known halls in Europe and many concerts in Lithuania with Lithuanian national chamber orchestra. Despite getting down to classical music, Straizys also spared a lot of time with jazz music, that he had discovered already at the age of nine. The recordings of Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Miles Davis and other famous jazz personalities were his first influences
About Kestutis Stanciauskas
Instrument: Bass, electric
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Kestutis Stanciauskas
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Kestutis Stanciauskas organized "Streetdancer" as a quartet in 1973. The fundamental purpose for the ensemble was and is to play original compositions using improvisation and original composition as the foundation for creativity. By 1974 Streetdancer released their first self-titled album on Future Records. This first release gained a four star review in Downbeat
