Asieny

Asieny – a duo of vocalist Joanna Solarewicz and pianist Arseny Rykov. The duo evades strong categorization, crossing borders of jazz, soul, folk and rock music during each performance.

"I like the conception of Asieny" – says Joanna – "Cause my aim is to treat the voice like a second instrument. Both vocal and piano parts are equivalent and it gives us more opportunities to interact than usual. And interacting with Arseny is quite enjoyable, cause he is not only a susceptible pianist, but also a creative composer. His musical ideas are always very inspiring for me.”

"We met in Greg Osby's combo during the jazz workshop and I was impressed by Joanna's flexibility from the first day" – adds Arseny – "She is a vocalist with whom you don't have to think a lot about chords, she will create a melody in any harmonic environment (even hip one) that I bring. And I really like the mood that we share. It's like the light melancholy. But still pretty groovy one".