Tarek Yamani Quartet feat. Vladimir Karparov

He born in Beirut and raised Tarek Yamani is a Lebanese pianist who lives in Berlin. He is devoted to researching the relationship between African-American jazz and classical Arabic music, which in his second album "Lisan Al Tarab: Jazz Conceptions in Classical Arabic" and in his recently published album "Peninsular", the jazz with quarter tones and the rhythms of the Arabic half-island. Tarek, who won the prestigious "Thelonious Monk Int'l Jazz Composers Competition 2010" with his composition "Sama'i Yamani", was part of three worldwide all-star concerts of the International Jazz Day and shared the stage with greats such as Wayne Shaorter, Richard Bona, Zakir Hussein, Esperanza Spolding, Antonio Sanchez, Brian Blade and Vinnie Coliauta. He appeared worldwide, including In the Smithsonian Institute (Washington, DC), in the Cathedral of La Merce in Barcelona (Spain), in David Rubenstein Atrium (Lincoln Center, NY), in the Boulez Saal (Berlin), in the Dizzy's Cub Coca Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center), the Mucem Museum (Fri) (Ny), the Gran Teatro de la Habana (Cuba), the Melbourne Arts Center, the New York University (Abu Dhabi Festival), the Blue Whale (Los Angeles), the Detroit Institute of Arts, New Morning (Paris), Aaron Davis Hall (NY) and King's Place (UK), to name just. Tarek also writes essays about the relationships between science and music and is the author of two books on rhythm. He also successfully writes film music that could be heard at festivals around the globe, as well as on broadcasters such as AMC or BBC.

The independent and expressive music of Vladimir Karparov is characterized by a perfect fusion of contemporary jazz and rhythmic and melodic colors of the vital folk music. In 2020 he received the award of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture for the global popularization of Bulgarian culture. In addition to the activity in his own formations such as the V. Karparov Quartet, the Balkans Spirit Ensemble, the Forcolor Saxophone Quartet as well as the duo Stawinski & Karparov and the Karparty Brass Band, he actively appears as a guest musician with various formations, including musicians such as Jiggs Whigham, Kenny Wheeler, John Hollenbeck and Peter Herbolzheimer.

Igor Spallati - born in 1985 in Italy, began playing double bass at 19 years and studied classic double bass at Silvio Bruni and Franco Petracchi in Italy. In 2010 he moved to Berlin to study at the "Jazz Institute Berlin" under the direction of Greg Cohen, John Hollenbeck, Kurt Rosenwinkel and others. Among other things, he has with icons of jazz like Joe Chambers, Billy Hart, Nashet Waits, Jorge Rossy, Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson, Ambrose Akinmusire, Lewis Nash, Elias Stemeseder, Jay Anderson, Ronnie Burrage, Pietro Tonolo, Gabriele Mirabassi, Dado Moroni, Joe Hisaishi, Louis Bacalov and the HR Bigband.

Bodek Janke is a highly estimated drummer and percussionist in the jazz and world music scene. He has a unique understanding of rhythm in a variety of contexts and beats instrumental bridges between classic drum playing, Indian tabla and various percussion instruments alongside international musicians such as Bobo Stenson, Gilad Hekselman, Petros Klampis and others. To date, he has participated in more than 200 albums as Sideman and published ten albums under his own name. With his current Leader project Song, Janke has released two albums, in which Kristjan Randalu is also involved. Janke has received multiple awards for his transidiomatic work, including with the new German Jazz Prize and the Prize of German Calculate Critics. 6:00 p.m.)
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