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Nizo e Serchuk Alimov della Kočani Orkestar | Bertan Amedov
Jake Shulman-Ment | Adrian Receanu | Jérôme Soulas | Jerry Pavaye
Theodora Athanassiou | Maria Ploumi
James Wylie
Senza troppe parole introduttive, ecco una piccola biografia degli artisti che l’Errichetta Festival IV ha il piacere e l’onore di ospitare.
(Stip, Macedonia)
I fratelli Sercuk e Nizo Alimov sono musicisti gipsy ampiamente noti in Macedonia ed in generale nell’area dei balcani. La storia del loro successo comincia nel 2003, quando Nizo per primo entra a far parte della famigerata Kočani Orkestar seguito sei anni dopo da Serchuk.
La Kočani Orkestar è una delle più celebri brass band nell’area dell’ex-Yugoslavia. Di fama internazionale, questa straordinaria formazione di musicisti Gipsy ha suonato nei palchi di tutto il mondo (USA, Brasil, Japan, Europe, New Caledonia etc.), la sua musica basata sul repertorio tradizionale ed i coinvolgenti ritmi d’influenza turca (video con Taraf de Haidouks). In particolare, in Italia la Kočani ha collaborando con Paolo Fresu e Vinicio Capossela.
Sercuhk e Nizo, rispettivamente prima tromba e bombardino (bariton) della Kočani Orkestra, partecipano a progetti di grande successo in Mcedonia e a livelli internazionale. In partcolare, oltre alla musica tradizionale, i due fratelli collaborano con famosi DJ cimentandosi con generi del tutto differenti come ad esempio il reggae di Tomche Rude Boy o Kiril Dzajkovski, il più famoso DJ in Macedonia. Con quest’ultimo, i fratelli Alimov hanno avviato una proficua collaborazione divenendo membri inseparabili della sua band.
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The two brothers Sercuk and Nizo succeeded in making their name very famous in Macedonia and on the Balkans generally. Playing gypsy music gave them wings and they played everywhere in the world: USA, Brasil, Japan, Europe, New Caledonia etc. In 2003, Nizo started playing with Kočani Orkestar which was a great honor since he was only 17 year olds.His brother Sercuk in this period was trying to find his own way. After a while (2009) they formed the orchestra named after the first trumpet player Sercuk. Besides the traditional music playing, they started also collaborating with some famous DJ’s. The first project was collaboration with the reggae DJ : Tomche Rude Boy. The halls where they were playing the famous hits from Bob Marley to Madness were full! Soon the biggest Dj and composer from Macedonia , Kiril Dzajkovski offered them a collaboration so Sercuk and Nizo became inseparable members of his band.
Today both of them are playing in 3 different projects: Kočani Orkestar , Sercuk Orkestar and Kiril Dzajkovski.
Yes, Sercuk is now leading trumpet in Kočani Orkestar since 2010.
(Macedonia)
(New York)
http://www.myspace.com/jakeshulmanment
Il Violinista Jake Shulman-Ment è da includere sicuramente tra i leader di una nuova generazione di musicisti di musica klezmer e folk Est Europea.
La sua versatilità come violinista, compositore, improvvisatore, insegnante e ricercatore nella musica folk lo ha fatto riconoscere come uno dei migliori interpreti del violino klezmer.
La sua infanzia Newyorchese, immersa nella cultura Yiddish in un momento di riscoperta del klezmer, ma al contempo ricca di esperienze in altre forme musicali quali il rock, il jazz e la musica classica, ha fatto di lui un musicista eclettico con molte influenze tutte contemporaneamente presenti nella sua musica.
Nell’ambito del suo impegno esplorativo nelle radici profonde della musica ebraica con la quale è cresciuto, Jake ha portato avanti importanti ricerche e studi con musicisti Rom in Romania e Ungheria, sintetizzando le sue esperienze in un sound originale, che a volte si diparte dalla tradizione verso la sperimentazione, rimanendo comunque sempre fedele alle sue profonde radici nella musica tradizionale ebraica.
Violinist Jake Shulman-Ment is among the leaders of a new generation of Klezmer and Eastern European folk music performers. His versatility as a violinist, composer, improvisor, teacher, and folk music researcher has established him as one of the world’s leading practitioners of the klezmer violin. As a child in New York, Jake’s immersion in Yiddish culture and the klezmer revival movement, as well as rock, jazz, and classical music, formed him into an eclectic musician with multiple influences at work simultaneously. In an effort to explore more deeply the roots of the Jewish music he grew up with, Jake has done extensive research and study with Roma musicians in Romania and Hungary. He has synthesized his experiences and travels into an original sound, sometimes departing quite far into a realm of experimentation, but always remaining true to his deep roots in traditional Jewish music.
(Moldavia)
Nato nel 1980 a Glodeni in Moldavia, Adrian scopre il fluier, il caval e il clarinetto con Gheorghe Burca alla scuola municipale di musica prima di proseguire i suoi studi al CRMP de Balti, al CRM “Stefan Neaga” e all’univeristà delle belle arti di Chisinau.
Giovane virtuoso, si è esibito nella musica tradizionale moldava ad un meeting internazionale di clarinetto nel 1999, nel villaggio di Glomel, assieme al musicista di cimbalon Alex Ciobanu. Di questo periodo della vita di Adrian abbiamo una prova schiacciante in questa compromettente fotografia.
In quell’occasione è venuto in contatto con con nuove sfaccettature del repertorio internazionale per clarinetto. Nel 2000 si è dunque iscritto al conservatorio francese di Boulogne-Bilancourt.
Ha suonato e inciso con Norig, Shpilkès, Rona Hartner, Jake Shulman-Ment e SoCalled.
In seguito a una formazione alla sculao ATLA a Parigi, ottiene un diploma FNEIJMA in giugno 2012.
Dal 2008 f parte del progetto “The Other Europeans” (http://www.theothereuropeans.
Adrian, un musicista tanto virtuoso quanto sensibile, vive attualmente a Parigi e si esibisce regolarmente in concerti di musica est-europea in concerti e festival internazionali.
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Adrian was born in 1980 in Glodeni, en Moldova.
A young virtuoso of clarinet and kaval, Adrian has been on the forefront of Moldovan Lautar music (music of the Moldvan Roma people) since his first apparition at the 1999 international clarinet meeting in the Bretonic village of Glomel, together with cimbalom player Alex Ciobanu.
Today, 15 years after, Adrian’s music has been deeply informed by his studies of classical clarinet repertoire as well as his achievements as a composer and arranger of a vast variety of music, from classical chamber music to jazz.
An equally virtuosic and sensitive performer, Adrian lives in Paris, performs around the World his own quarter, and award-winning Other Europeans. (http://www.theothereuropeans.
(Francia)
Jérôme nasce a Brest nel 1979. Studia fisarmonica con Jean Apperé ottenendo un diploma in fisarmonica a bassi cromatici nel 2004.
Parallelamente cerca la propria strada musicale, fondando diversi gruppi in Bretagna (Yog Sothoth, Electric Bazar Cie) con i quali incide vari album e suona attraverso l’Europa.
Partecipa a diversi spettacoli di strada nei quali suona e compone (Tango Sumo, Le Bastringue). Dal 2005 abita a Parigi, dove si esibisce regolarmente presso il museo della città della musica e collabora con nuovi progetti (Gong Gong, Gallina La Lupa, Abd Al Malik…).
Attualmente suona, tra gli altri; on il trio persiano “La Menina Sin Nombre”, il gruppo di ballo “Le petit bal de poche”, il gruppo di musica balcanica “Radio thrakia” ed il musicista ghanéo-rumeno Wanlov the Kubolor.
Appassionato di musica popolare, il suo interesse verte principalmente alle musiche balcaniche e alle musette degli anni 40.
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Jérôme Soulas est né en 1979 à Brest.
Il étudie l’accordéon avec Jean Apperé jusqu’à l’obtention en 2004 du DEM accordéon basses chromatiques.
Parallèlement il cherche sa propre voie musicale dès 1996 en participant à la création de différents groupes en Bretagne (Yog Sothoth, Electric Bazar Cie) avec lequels il sort plusieurs albums et joue à travers l’Europe.
Il participe à différents spectacles de rue dans lequel il joue et compose (Tango Sumo, Le Bastringue).
Depuis son installation à Paris en 2005, il intervient régulièrement au musée de la Cité de la Musique, et collabore avec de nouveaux projets musicaux (Gong Gong, Gallina La Lupa, Abd Al Malik…).,
Actuellement il joue, entre autres, dans le trio parisien La Menina Sin Nombre, le groupe de bal “Le petit bal de poche”, le groupe de musique des balkans Radio thrakia, et le musicien ghanéo-roumain Wanlov the Kubolor.
Passionné de nombreuses musiques populaires, il s’intéresse plus particulièrement aux musiques balkaniques et au musette des années 40.
(La Reunion)
Jerry Pavaye est né en 1988 à Saint-Paul à l’île de la REUNION. Bassiste Autodidacte, il commence à faire ses premiers pas au devant de la scène à l’âge de 16 ans. Parallèlement, il suit des cours au CRR de La REUNION en Contrebasse classique. Sa faculté à s’adapter dans tous les styles de musiques, lui permet très vite de jouer avec les plus grands Musiciens et Artistes de la Réunion comme Meddy Gerville ( Jazz Maloya ), Zorro Chang (Reggae Dance Hall), Frédéric Joron ( maloya électrique), Ti Fock (World Music), Lesprit Soul (Soul Music), Teddy Baptiste ( grand musicien faisant partie des 100 premiers guitaristes au monde ). En 2011, il décide de venir poursuivre ses études à PARIS où il obtient le titre de Musicien Interprète des Musiques Actuelles à l’école ATLA. Ici il rencontre Adrian et commence à s’intéresser aux musiques de l’Europe de l’Est.
(Grecia)
Theodora nasce ad Atene. Si laurea al dipartimento di educazione primaria presso l’università di Patras.
La sua carriera musicale comincia da autodidatta a sei anni, alle prese con il bouzouki e più tardi con la chitarra folk e la baglama in band scolastiche.
A 19 anni ha cominciato a lavorare come musicista in clubs e negli ultimi sei anni si occupa sistematicamente dello studio della tradizione musicale greca del liuto e del tamburo yayli, dietro la guida di Evgenio Voulgaris.
Ha portato a termine un corso di musica folcloristica Greca al conservatorio musicale di Patras, frequentando contemporaneamente seminari su altri generi tradizionali dell’Est (rantif persiano, rabab afrano) al workshop musicale “Labyrinth”.
Attualmente studia musica bizantina con Dimitris Galanis ed Emmanuel Dalaras. Ha frequentato lezioni di canto e speech production con Maria Panoutsou e ha suonato in perfomance teatrali.
Da quattro hanni dà lezioni di canto e insegna liuto, focalizzandosi sul repertorio della grecia orientale. Recentemente, in collaborazione con Eugene Voulgaris, Dimitris Mystakidis e Apostolos Tsardakis, ha inciso un CD intitolato “Apsilies”.
Theodora Athanasiou is born in Athens. She is a graduate of the Department of Primary Education, University of Patras.
Her musical career began when at the age of six started working as a self-taught on bouzouki and later on folk guitar and baglama, by participating in school bands.
By the age of 19 she started working as a musician in nightclubs and in the last six years she deals systematically with the study of the Greek musical tradition of the East in lute and yayli tambur, with Evgenio Voulgaris as her teacher.
She completed a five-part course in Greek folk music and instrumentation at the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, while has attended seminars on other musical traditions of the East (Persian rantif last year, Afghan Rabab), at musical workshop “Labyrinth”.
She studies Byzantine music with Dimitris Galanis and Emmanuel Dalaras. Has attended singing lessons placement and speech production with director Maria Panoutsou and has played in theatrical performances, while the last four years she gives voice lessons and teaches lute focusing on the Greek repertoire of East. Recently, in collaboration with Eugene Voulgaris, Dimitris Mystakidis and Apostolos Tsardakis, released the cd entitled “Apsilies.
(Grecia)
Maria Ploumi was born in Athens in 1985. She started taking lute lessons at the age of 8. Her education was focused on the Greek traditional music and the various ways of the lute playing throughout Greece (Aegean islands, Crete, Mainland) and Minor Asia. She therefore attended lessons with prominent lute masters (K. Kalaitzakis, K. Kouklakis, G. Xilouris).
During her music studies she won the 1st Prize at the “Panhellenic Students’ Music Contest” (year 2000), she took her Advanced Harmony Degree, attended singing lessons, entered the faculty of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, attended drama and acting seminars etc.
Maria Ploumi works as a professional lute player since 2003. During her course, she has collaborated with distinguished traditional dancers, players and singers and has performed in concerts and international music and dance festivals in Greece and abroad (Poland, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Egypt, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium).
Along with performing, her activity includes studio recordings for the radio, television, theater music and traditional music records and also giving lessons as a lute teacher.
One of her latest collaborations is the music duet “Χάπι” (p. happy) with Theodora Athanasiou (guitar player/vocalist), working on Greek traditional repertoire, rebetiko songs and their creations.
(New Zealand)
Saxophonist, clarinetist and composer James Wylie (b.1986), currently based in Thessaloniki, Greece, grew up in Wellington, New Zealand and was introduced to music through classical repertoire at a young age. After experience with piano and violin he settled on the saxophone in his teens serving as his introduction to jazz and improvised music.
James studied at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington where he received his Bachelor of Music. and was the recipient of prestigious awards such as grants from both the Aotea Performing Arts Trust and the Woolf Fisher Trust. The latter of these two awards allowed him to continue formal study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, where graduated in 2010 with a Masters of Music.
In 2011, James moved to Berlin involving himself in a wide variety of musical activities including collaborations with dance and theatre. Now, living in Greece, he is actively engaged with music from Greece, Turkey and the modal music systems of the near east and is studying and performing politiki lyra (klasik kemençe).
James is an active performer and traveller and has performed in many countries from the US to Australia to Sri Lanka. He has taught at universities both in Greece and New Zealand and recorded or played with diverse musicians such as Gunther Schuller, Hayden Chisholm, Anthony Coleman, Antonis Anissegos, Max Weissenfeldt, Thimios Atzakas, Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter and Bob Moses.