Petros Klampanis
Petros Klampanis/Tora Collective – Invitado Especial Antonio Lizana
Café Berlín
Costanilla de los Ángeles, 20
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Petros Klampanis, aclamado bajista del jazz y compositor griego, conocido como el “ases del bajo” por la revista Bass Player, nos llevó en un viaje emocionante a través de las riquezas culturales de Grecia. Su música es un crisol de influencias mediterráneas y balcánicas, creando un diálogo perfecto entre el pasado y el presente. Con su ultimo album -Ganador del premio a la mejor música étnica tradicional- “Tora Collective” (“Tóra” significa “Ahora” en griego), Klampanis elevó la música tradicional griega al escenario principal con una frescura y audacia incomparables.
Desde las tierras que acogieron a los antiguos filósofos, nos llega este jazz impregnado de mediterráneo. La rica cultura griega hila sus reflexiones a través de las cuerdas del contrabajo de Klampanis. Este, con su habilidad única en composición y arreglos, acompaña su contrabajo con los tonos antiguos del ud y el contraste creado por el piano de jazz, mientras que Antonio Lizana, destacado músico de Flamenco Jazz, con su habilidad singular en su saxo y su cante, se une a las melodías griegas, y al mundo de improvisación que crean juntos, invitando al público a un viaje desde el mar Egeo hasta todos los rincones del océano de la creatividad.
“La reunión de talentos folclóricos y de jazz griegos e internacionales tiene éxito con gran habilidad, gracias al cuidadoso trabajo artesanal de todos los artistas y su autenticidad informada al tratar estas canciones tradicionales con el equilibrio justo entre respeto e innovación.” —Gary Fukushima / DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
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Petros Klampanis // bajo, vocales & electronics
Thomas Meleteas // oud
Raphael Meleteas // piano & percusión
Antonio Lizana // alto sax & voz
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Petros Klampanis Biography
Described by JazzTimes as a “formidable bassist and composer,” Petros Klampanis grew up on the Greek island of Zakynthos, surrounded by the confluence of Mediterranean and Balkan folk music. To pursue his musical passions, he dropped out of the Polytechnic School in Athens and in 2005 he began his double bass performance studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 2008, he completed his formal studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music in New York.
Since his relocation to New York City, Klampanis has performed alongside some of the city’s renowned jazz musicians, including saxophonist Greg Osby, pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, and drummer Ari Hoenig. In addition to his extensive list of appearances in USA, including the storied venues of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York and Kennedy Center in Washington DC, he has performed at the internationally acclaimed North Sea Jazz Festival and the Palatia Jazz Festival in Germany.
His relationship with Greg Osby led to the release of his début album, Contextual, on the saxophonist’s Inner Circle Music label. The album was praised by acclaimed bassist Arild Andersen as “one of the most exciting projects I have heard from a bass player in years.” Klampanis has received equal praise for his playing and composing. Fellow bassist Drew Gress notes his “aggressive melodicism, beautiful intonation, and uniquely personal string writing.” In 2012, Klampanis was invited by the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra for a series of concerts throughout Latvia. His arrangement of the Greek folk song “Thalassaki” was recently performed by the Greek Public Symphonic Orchestra in Athens, with whom Klampanis will perform in December 2013.
Petros Klampanis is also an in-demand educator. He has given workshops internationally, and serves as a guest lecturer at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio and the Ionian Academy of Music in Greece. He is currently working on his second album, to be released in 2014, with Contextual bandmates Jean-Michel Pilc, guitarist Gilad Hekselman, percussionist John Hadfield, and a string quartet formed by violinists Megan Gould and Maria Manousaki, violist Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin and cellist Yoed Nir.
Read MoreSince his relocation to New York City, Klampanis has performed alongside some of the city’s renowned jazz musicians, including saxophonist Greg Osby, pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, and drummer Ari Hoenig. In addition to his extensive list of appearances in USA, including the storied venues of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York and Kennedy Center in Washington DC, he has performed at the internationally acclaimed North Sea Jazz Festival and the Palatia Jazz Festival in Germany.
His relationship with Greg Osby led to the release of his début album, Contextual, on the saxophonist’s Inner Circle Music label. The album was praised by acclaimed bassist Arild Andersen as “one of the most exciting projects I have heard from a bass player in years.” Klampanis has received equal praise for his playing and composing. Fellow bassist Drew Gress notes his “aggressive melodicism, beautiful intonation, and uniquely personal string writing.” In 2012, Klampanis was invited by the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra for a series of concerts throughout Latvia. His arrangement of the Greek folk song “Thalassaki” was recently performed by the Greek Public Symphonic Orchestra in Athens, with whom Klampanis will perform in December 2013.
Petros Klampanis is also an in-demand educator. He has given workshops internationally, and serves as a guest lecturer at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio and the Ionian Academy of Music in Greece. He is currently working on his second album, to be released in 2014, with Contextual bandmates Jean-Michel Pilc, guitarist Gilad Hekselman, percussionist John Hadfield, and a string quartet formed by violinists Megan Gould and Maria Manousaki, violist Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin and cellist Yoed Nir.
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