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Kari Ikonen (b.1973) has studied piano and composition at the Sibelius-Academy Jazz Department, from where he got a Master of Music degree in 2001. He has also studied at the Jyväskylä Music Institute and the Rotterdam Conservatory in Holland. In addition to his own ensemble Karikko he plays the piano and/or other keyboards in the jazz/folk ensemble Ahava, the electro-acoustic improvisation trio Gnomus, the art-pop/world/jazz trio SLO Motive, and jazz groups Mr Fonebone and Markus Holkko Quartet, performing frequently in Finland and abroad. He has performed with many internationally known musicians, such as Ingrid Jensen, Henry Lowther, Stan Sultzman, Ron McClure, Vincent Courtois, Magnus Broo, André Fernandes, Gunnar Halle, Dayna Stephens, Poogie Bell, Eero Koivistoinen, Jukka Gustavsson, Otto Donner, Manuel Dunkel, Jukkis Uotila and Sonny Heinilä. Ikonen has performed in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Latvia, Iceland, The Faroe Islands, France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czech Republic and the USA. Ikonen’s playing and/or compositions can be heard on more than 20 records.

Ikonen has composed a lot of music for different small groups and larger ensembles, e.g. UMO Jazz Orchestra and The Norwegian Radio Orchestra. In 2000 he won the first prize at the International Julius Hemphill Composition Awards (Jazz Composers Alliance, USA). His debut-cd ”Karikko”, consisting of his compositions for different ensembles, was chosen as the best Finnish jazz-cd of 2001 by the ”Jazz-Emma” prize (Finland’s Grammy) and in 2002 he won the first prize in the ”Scrivere in Jazz” big band composition contest in Italy.

Ikonen works as a part-time teacher at the jazz departments of the Sibelius-Academy and at the Estonian Music Academy in Tallinn.

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Born in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal in 1982, Manuel Maio started playing
the violin at the age of five at his hometown music academy.
He graduated as a classical violinist at Superior School of Music and
Performing Arts of Oporto – ESMAE.
His passion for jazz and improvised music took him to France, where he
spent one year studying at Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood –
CMDL. There, he had the chance to meet and learn from great
musicians of French jazz and world music scenes: Didier Lockwood,
Olivier Louvel, André Charlier, Benoît Sourisse, Ricardo Herz and
Emmanuel Bex to name just a few.
Back to Portugal e collaborated in several projects related to
jazz/world music and resumed professional activity as classical
musician and violin teacher.
He recorded with songwriter Teresa Gentil on her second album
“Gent’ilesa” (Descalças).
As a member of Verazin’s String Quartet he recorded “Movimentos do
Subsolo” by prominent Portuguese composer António Pinho Vargas
(NUM 1186).
His main area of interest is Portuguese Folk Music. Related to that he
has created “A Presença das Formigas” in 2007, a band devoted to
writing and performing new music inspired by Portuguese musical
heritage.
His song “O Rei” (performed by A Presença das Formigas) received
the Zeca Afonso Prize at the 2009 edition of Cantar Abril Festival
(Almada, Portugal), prize awarded to best original song.
He also plays Portuguese mandolin and cavaquinho (Portuguese
ukelele).

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Multi-percussion player and drummer Renzo Spiteri is a sought-after independent musician distinguished by his ability of adapting to a wide range of musical styles - jazz to classical, from solo percussion performances to fusion, contemporary, folk and world music. With a professional music career spanning more than 25 years, he has established himself as a leading percussionist, creative artiste and session musician renowned for staging outstanding live performances in concert halls, theatre productions as well as art exhibitions.

Based in Malta (Europe), Renzo’s concert schedules have taken him on a beautiful musical journey across the globe, from Greenwich Village (New York City) to South Korea. He has performed in major festivals (WOMAD, Festival of the Desert, Musica Viva, PASIC) and theatres, and has worked alongside exceptional musicians to the likes of Trilok Gurtu, N’faly Kouyate (Afrocelt Sound System), Guo Yue, Mercan Dede and Mousse Ndaiye (Youssou n’Dour). Through his ongoing World Music Projects, Renzo regularly engages musicians from various ethnic communities to collaborate and create unique musical dialogues. These cross-cultural exchanges and concerts have consistently mesmerised and intrigued audiences, and in 2008 Renzo was appointed Ambassador for the European Union’s campaign “Year for Intercultural Dialogue”.

His creative and inventive approach to challenging projects has earned him high-profile assignments from local entities, foreign diplomatic bodies and international arts councils. He has scored music for the visitors’ audio guide of Hal-Saflieni Hypogeum, Malta (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), performed the contemporary “Sounds Unlimited” during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2005 (presented by The National Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The British Council), presented installation performance “Re:Public” as closing event celebrating Cork (Ireland) as European Cultural Capital, and “Sketches from Home” performed during the Festival of Cultures in Viareggio (Italy) (by invitation of the Italian Ministry of Culture). Locally, Renzo leads his own Latin Jazz Quintet and works very closely with the contemporary Contact Dance Company (Malta), writing music and performing live on stage with the company in Malta and across Europe. He was also featured on a national level in adverts and campaigns to help raise awareness about social issues (Fairtrade, Iniziamed, Inspire – Foundation for Inclusion) and environmental themes (commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment, Malta).

As an educator, Renzo has collaborated with the music departments at Queen’s University (Belfast), University of Iowa (USA) and China Conservatory of Music (Beijing). His residency/research period at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) in Belfast (N. Ireland) highlighted his enthusiasm for more contemporary and experimental presentations of percussive music, merging the resonance of “found objects” and more conventional percussion instruments with live-electronic manipulation.

His solo album entitled “This is my language” (2005) is a collection of “sketches” using traditional as well as unconventional percussive instruments, and is described by the artiste as “a personal statement, an inner voyage … like an abstract painting, there to be perceived by every individual”.
Renzo is an internationally endorsed artiste for world leading companies Toca Percussion, Paiste Cymbals and Gibraltar Hardware, and is supported by Yamaha Drums and Olimpus Music (Malta). www.renzospiteri.com

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He studied philosophy, flabiol, guitar, hurdy-gurdy and musical harmony. He began his career as a professional musician in 1990 with the trio “Musics de Safeu” and later with “Pont d'Arcalís”. Since 2005 he has been a freelance musician and has played with numerous national and international artists in many different musical styles. He was a founder member of the quartet “Kaulakau”, the “Maram Trio”, the “Peter Skuce & Marc Egea Duo”, amongst others. He is a member of the “BiB” (Barcelona Improvisors’ Orchestra). In addition he continues to develop his creativity as a musician, composing and performing in the fields of dance, theatre and poetry recitals. Furthermore it is rumoured that he plays in the controversial and polemic group “Electrosonic Monk”, but this is something he has continually denied.

He has recorded more than a dozen albums, both as soloist and in collaboration with various bands and artists.

He has composed of several works – for brass ensemble, symphonic band, chamber music, choral, etc.

He is the author of a method for hurdy-gurdy Iniciació a la viola de roda (DINSIC, 2008).

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Jacek Mielcarek a blind musician is a graduate of Jazz Institute of Academy of Music in Katowice. After studies he performed with the leaders of Polish music in Canada and USA. After coming back to Poland he propagated jazz in the Radio Opole and playing in clubs. As a soloist - vocalist and saxophonist he appeared with the Opole Big Band (active at the Opole Philharmony) on many European concert halls, between the others at Jazz Festival in Montreux, getting very good reviews - from critics and from the audience. Except of his own music projects, Jacek often plays with another groups, and not only jazz. He is a member of the most known and respected in Poland formation "Kapela Brodow", which executes the traditional music of Poland and of the national minorities living earlier in Poland (Ukrainians, Jews ). generally - folk music.

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Musicien aux multiples facettes, Etienne Lecomte évolue tant dans les musiques écrites qu’improvisées. Il joue les flûtes traversières en ut, alto, basse et piccolo. Ce flûtiste passe du classique au rock, traversant le jazz, les musiques improvisées, la musique contemporaine, la world music... Pour lui, aucune frontière stylistique n’existe véritablement. C’est la Musique qui prime.

En 2007, Il est Lauréat du 1er Concours "Jeune Espoir" de flûte jazz décerné par Magic Malik. La même année il gagne le Concours de Jazz de Barcelone avec le Vrak’Trio, groupe dont il est le leader.

Diplômé du Conservatoire d’Orléans (France) en 1998, il obtient en 2000 le Diplôme d’Etat de flûte à Paris.      Parallèlement, il conduit la formation instrumentale Jazz-Funk-Folklorique Le Groove Gate réunissant 7 musiciens jazz et traditionnels.

Passionné par la musique de notre temps il cofonde en 2001 le trio EVA, groupe tourné vers la création contemporaine (flûte, saxophone, percussions).

A partir de 2006, Il développe des projets artistiques très personnels. Il travaille avec le batteur barcelonais Oriol Roca et le Tubiste Laurent Guitton à la création du Vrak’Trio où jazz et musiques improvisées sont omniprésents, à partir de ses compositions. Vrak’Trio remporte le concours de jazz de Barcelone en 2007. Avec le Vrak’Trio il produit un premier album en 2008 TLS-BCN live (produit par www.labelmanivelle.com).

C’est à l’occasion de la sortie du disque qu’il fonde le label Label Manivelle, afin de faire évoluer son travail artistique en toute indépendance.

En 2008, il fonde Crossroads, performance regroupant Musique et Vidéo, invitant la vidéaste Finlandaise Mia Makela (Solu) à se joindre au projet. En 2009 il donne naissance au Quartet Airborn, projet totalement improvisé, où Création rime avec Instant Présent.

Depuis 2006, Il est joue au sein de l'ensemble Syntax (musique contemporaine avec dispositif             électroacoustique, avec Philippe Spiesser, Radek Knop, François Michel Rignol, Jonathan Pragger).

Passionné par les rencontres artistiques en tout genre, Il compose la musique (pour orchestre) du ballet Mirodansant en hommage au plasticien Joan Miró. Puis il dirige la musique du ballet Un tour d'horloge, en hommage à Salvador Dalí.

En plus de son activité de musicien sur scène, il fonde en 2001 le Festival de Musique Mosaïque, à Rouffiac d’Aude (France). Il en sera le Directeur Artistique jusqu’en 2006. Il dirige actuellement le festival Musiques au Présent à Narbonne (France)

Il vit actuellement à Barcelone.

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Cheng-Ying Chuang - Countertenor/Chinese lutenist. Taiwanese Cheng-Ying Chuang is a musician in both Chinese and Western classical music. The fact that he has won numerous awards in both Classical voice and Chinese lute music in both East and Western makes him hard to be defined. He was awarded BS in Horticulture from National Taiwan University in 1997, Master of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003, and Master of Vocal Music Performance from Birmingham Conservatoire in 2007. The major music awards he won are the 1st prizes of Taiwan Music Competition of Liuqin solo in 1991 and of Chinese Orchestra in 1996 conducting the National Taiwan University Chinese Orchestra, winner in Taipei Philharmonic Foundation’s the 4th Voice Competition 2004, the 2nd prize in Cecil Drew Oratorio Prize 2006 at Birmingham Conservatoire, and the New Star 2008 in the National Concert Hall in Taiwan.Owing to his background in science, art, landscape, architecture, and music, he performs music not only with the refined Chinese/Western classical music elements but also with the opened mind and historical knowledge towards world cultures in order to communicate with world audience of diverse backgrounds. Currently residing in London, he plays/sings as a soloist, with his group Musitonik Ensemble, or with diverse world musicians/music groups/performing artists in the UK and Taiwan. He worked with artists of different styles, which include Jazz, Chinese folk/classical, Beijing Opera, Scottish folk, Indian Light Classical (singer and tabla player), British Pop, Electronics, Jewish folk, Western Early and Classical Music. The artists in other art forms he has worked with include Indian Kathah dancer, Chinese folk dancer, Contemporary/ballet dancer, animator, film maker…etc. He is a member of London Symphony Chorus and Crouch End Festival Chorus. Future project includes “Piccadilly Revisited”, a silent film which will be recreated on music with Western classical/opera, Chinese folk/classical, and Western Pop features in the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House in March 2010; a solo recital in Asian Music Circuit, London in May 2010.The music groups/ musicians he works with include: Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra, Asian Music Circuit in London, Taipei Philharmonic Chorus/Youth Orchestra, London Chamber Music Company and its director Mark Troop, Edinburgh iMAP Ensemble (Intercultural Music and Arts Projects) and its artistic director/composer Kimho Ip, Glasgow Harmony Ensemble and its director/composer Eddie McGuire, Blur singer Damon Albarn, South African violinist Willem Mathlener, composer Mark Lockett, Indian light classical singer Sanchita Pal, guitarist Liz Larner, organist Sam Austin, London Symphony Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Silk String Quartet, Silk & Bamboo Ensemble…etc.The venues and festivals he performed recently include: Roundhouse in London, Barbican Centre, Taiwanese National Concert Hall, The Forge in London, British Museum, British National Portrait Gallery, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, The Confucius Institute for Scotland, Edinburgh Mela Fesitval, Glasgow Oran Mor, Bielefeld University in Germany, Recital Hall in Birmingham, Birmingham IKON Gallery, Birmingham ArtsFest, St Martin in the Bullring, Birmingham Cathedral, Buxton Festival, Gwyl Pontardawe Festival…etc.

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A great exponent of bansuri music, Guillaume spent many years in intensive training under the living legend Hariprasad Chaurasia at the Vrindaban Gurukul in Mumbai (India) and recently under Pt Rajendra Prasanna from New-Delhi. With great dedication towards the bamboo flute and indian classical music, he was able to absorb the essence and authenticity of the tradition. Apart from his knowledge of the traditional repertoire and technical skills, Guillaume's lyrical and intense style leaves no-one untouched. His warm, rich tone and soulfull expression mesmerize. He has performed with various musicians in India such as Arnab Chakrabarty (sarod), Babulal Gandharva (inventor of the unique string instrument called "belabahar"), Rakesh Chaurasia (flute), Sri Nandakumar (mridangam), Ustad Rafat Khan & Zuber Shaikh (sitar), Anirban Roy Chowdhury & Naveen Gandharva (tabla)... and has accompagnied Hariprasad Chaurasia several times during "Krishna Janmashtami". In the west/Europe, he performed with Ustad Misirli Ahmet (darbuka) & Erkan Ogür (guitar/saaz) on "The Search" Tour in Turkey (2005), Levent Yildirim (darbuka), Saïd Chraibi (oud), Manu Eveno (from french pop band TRYO) at Quebec Summer Festival (2006), film-director Tony Gatlif on "Vertiges" Tour throughout Europe (2007), and many others... Now based in Paris, Guillaume performs on a local and international scale and often returns to India... He is a performer of north-indian traditional music recital as well as a full-time member of various world music ensembles such as FOULA (pop-world), ARBOLS with an album "La Danse du Papillon"(2006), MELODITERRANEE and MARC LIEBESKIND TRIO (ethno-jazz)... In solo-recital, he renders the three main styles of hindustani music known as dhrupad, khayal & thumri. He is a teacher of Indian Flute in France with an organization named Yaman. “Guillaume ushers in a potent challenge to the prevalent negative notions about the competence of non-native performers of Indian classical music. He belongs to an elite minority of foreign musicians who have absorbed the essence of this music and are able to reflect this in performance.” – Arnab Chakrabarty (sarod)

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Samir Fejzic, composer and pianist, born in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), studied composition at Music Academy in Sarajevo, where he graduated in 1998. Currently he teaches renaissance and baroque counterpoint at Secondary Music School in Sarajevo. His work is characterized by different influences, variety of styles and the constant try of assimilation of classical vocal styles, traditional folk music and contemporary techniques into his compositions under the personal perspective. His interest for vocal music resulted in writing of a book Vokalni kontrapunkt, which he finished in September 2003. and was published by Svjetlost in Sarajevo. He is also co-author of the book Bosnian Songs for Voice and Piano. Simultaneously with composing and lecturing Samir performs as a jazz pianist and till the moment he recorded couple of TV shows (“Jazz in action” for Bosnia and Herzegovina TV), three CDs, he would accentuate the album Vintage, performed with Swedish singer Karolina Ollinen. Remarkable part of his energy is focused on preserving traditional Bosnian musical inheritance: he arranged and stylized numerous amount of traditional Bosnian tunes. For his work he got recognition of wide audience at home and abroad and received several awards, the most important Charter, in 2001, attributed by Association of Music Educators Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for his arrangements in the project Bosnian songs for voice and piano.
In 2008 he founds "Samir Fejzic band”, with whom, in year 2009th, published a new album called "Bosnian Songs For Voice And Trio” (traditional Bosnian songs called sevdalinka, stylized in the manner of jazz and modern classics). Currently performs at events such as the Sarajevo Film Festival, Novogradski dani, the International Festival Sarajevo Winter etc.

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Rui Vinagre has initiated the study of Portuguese Guitar in Coimbra in 1996, in the section of Fado from the Academic Association of Coimbra, and later in the “Escola da Guitarra, da Viola e do Fado de Coimbra” (School of Portuguese Guitar, Classical Guitar and Fado from Coimbra).In 1998 he creates the project “Despertar” (Awake), composed essentially by a repertoire of the master of Portuguese Guitar, Carlos Paredes.At the same time he worries about playing the Portuguese Guitar with the correct existing techniques, through the performing of the traditional repertoire composed for this instrument, he also dedicates himself to the composition and exploration of the instrument in the scope of new and original paths for the instrument and for its performing techniques.From jazz to Portuguese traditional music, Rui Vinagre operates alchemy, transforming the way we listen to the Portuguese Guitar. The influence of the undisputed master of the instrument, Carlos Paredes, is there, as are some unexpected associations.When he performs the Portuguese Guitar, this musician discloses an unique instrument from a culture that is in permanent expansion throughout the world, integrating it in several genres and styles that include Portuguese traditional music, classical music, jazz, dance music, promoting the fusion of styles in which these instrument’s sound, usually associated to “fado”, integrates in an unique way. In 2002, Rui Vinagre initiates the project TRILHOS – “Os novos trilhos da Guitarra Portuguesa” (PATHS – “The new paths of the Portuguese Guitar”. Mainly used as a solo instrument or as company for voice and classic guitar, the Portuguese guitar has no history of consistent experimenting with more complex combos. The Trilhos project makes the Portuguese guitar lose its shyness and start engaging in more gregarious music.He joined Miguel Calhaz (double-bass), Marco Figueiredo (piano) and Joaquim Teles – Quiné (percussion) in this quartet that opens new horizons to this instrument that finally starts to liberate itself from the sometimes stifling status of national symbol.He usually performs in public solo, in duets, trios and quartets, cooperating occasionally with several initiatives in the cultural and social scope, and sometimes is possible to see him in public as an invited musician in several musical projects of different origins.Since 2009 he is teaching Portuguese Guitar at the School of Arts in Sines. He continues to study composition and jazz music at the same school.Rui Vinagre plays with guitars made by Fernando Meireles Pinto with the tuning of Coimbra.

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Vladimir Vysotski (b. 1982) pianist, composer, electronic musician. Studied classical and jazz piano at Helsinki Pop & Jazz Konservatorio, Polytechnics Stadia and Estonian Music Academy. His music style can best be described as eclectic – getting inspiration from many sources and freely bringing different music styles together to create a fresh new sound.

Vysotski plays in several jazz, funk and experimental bands in the Estonian music scene. The music of his band Xpress Quartet www.myspace.com/xpressquartet incorporates elements of jazz, fusion and pop, creating extremely energetic and positive vibe.
The band Eclectic Stories founded in collaboration with Brian Melvin (perc) and Kristjan Mazurtchak (sax) mixes together Indian music rhythms with Nordic jazz sounds. The band Club Eclectic, featuring brilliant jazz, soul and house music singer Sofia Rubina, actively uses live electronica on stage, blending together acoustic samples and electronic beats with live performance. Both bands' music samples are available at www.myspace.com/wysotski.

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