With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, Romanian jazz musician Lucian Ban and American violist Mat Maneri, Grammy Awards nominee, will perform "Transylvanian Concert" during the Jerusalem Jazz Festival, which will take place between December 14-16, 2016 at the Israel Museum.
The musical program of the concert, taking place on December 14 at 20:00, will include adaptations after works by George Enescu, folk music from Transylvania and jazz improvisations.
Tickets and more information:www.jerusalemjazzfestival.org.il (a special discount will be given at the purchase of a ticket by presenting code no. 4000)
Jazz meets the cool twilight landscapes of Eastern Europe in the Transylvanian Concert by pianist Lucian Ban and violist Mat Maneri. The prestigious ECM label released a recording of this legendary, melancholy-hued concert, which began as a spontaneous performance by Ban and Maneri in the Culture Palace of Targu Mures in Transylvania. Rave reviews from both sides of the ocean quickly followed. The Guardian wrote: "[The music] has its own kind of melancholy beauty, and plenty of wayward exuberance, too. Jazz Weekly wrote: "A modern collection of sonatas that erase the lines between jazz and classical is presented in concert form... the melding of sounds similar to a modern liturgy." The duo's music includes ballads, blues, liturgical songs, and improvisations that link European chamber music to the American jazz tradition. Ban and Maneri will be performing the Transylvanian Concert for the first time in Israel.
Lucian Ban was raised in a small village in northwest Transylvania, in "the region where Bartok did his most extensive research and collecting of folk songs" and grew up listening to both traditional and classical music. He studied composition at the Bucharest Music Academy while simultaneously leading his own jazz groups, and notes that his approach to improvisation has been influenced by "the profound musical contributions of Romanian modern classical composers like Aurel Stroe, Anatol Vieru and of course Enesco". Desire to get closer to the source of jazz brought him to the US, and since moving from Romania to New York in 1999 his ensembles have included many of New York's finest players.
More about his music: http://www.lucianban.com/live/
A 2006 Grammy Nominee for "Best Alternative Album" and with a twenty-five year career, Mat Maneri has defined the voice of the viola and violin in jazz and improvised music. Born in Brooklyn in 1969, Maneri has established an international reputation as one of the most original and compelling artists of his generation, praised for his high degree of individualism, a distinctive marriage of jazz and microtonal music, and his work with 20th century icons of improvised music.
"Mat Maneri has changed the way the jazz world listens to the Violin & Viola." - All About Jazz
