Shuteen Erdenebaatar + Moisés P. Sánchez

For the spring prologue 29. The International Jazz Piano Festival, organized in May at the Rudolfinum by the iconic American musician Cyrus Chestnut, will follow up the autumn jazz piano festivities with a double concert by the Mongolian pianist, composer and arranger Shuteen Erdenebaatar and the Spanish pianist, composer, improviser and music producer Moisés P. Sanchez. They will be hosted by the hall of the Nusel town hall on November 18.

Despite her youth, Shuteen Erdenebaatar (*1998, Ulaanbaatar) has already managed to build a reputation on the international scene. She is the holder of the prestigious German Jazz Award 2024, which was preceded by a number of other awards. Including 1st place Kurt Maas Jazz Price 2021, including a scholarship to Berklee College Of Music in Boston, USA. Shuteen is a very versatile musician. Thanks to his classical training, he has performed with the Mongolian State Opera and the Mongolian State Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with big bands and jazz combos. She leads her own quartet, plays in the Lightville Duo and also founded the twenty-member crossover Chamber Jazz Orchestra. In 2023, she signed a contract with the New York label Motéma, with whom she released the album Rising Sun and is preparing two more titles.

Moisés P. Sánchez (*1979, Madrid) is one of the most respected jazzmen on the Spanish scene. After all, his album Unbalanced: Concerto For Ensemble (2019) was nominated for a Latin Grammy. In addition to his own twenty-year solo career, he collaborated with personalities such as Plácido Domingo, John Adams and Chuck Loeb. He and Shuteen share a versatility both in terms of genre and the ability to excel in any cast. He likes to perform with orchestras, he recorded, among other things, with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, the album Adam The Carpenter (2008). Or alone, as documented by the solo piano recording Soliloquio (2014). He leads a trio and a quintet. He devotes himself to jazz variations of compositions by J.S. Bach and Bartók, but he is also no stranger to jazz-rock fusion. Commissioned by the Spanish National ballet he wrote the ballet Elektra. He also works as a producer for Spanish singers and pop stars.