Žymūs džiazo muzikantai: Marialy Pacheco (Kuba) ir Joo Kraus (Vokietija) | Kaunas

Famous jazz musicians: Marialy Pacheco (Cuba) and Joo Kraus (Germany) will perform in Kaunas!

Great news for all fans of inspiring, authentic and expertly performed jazz!

October 18 6 p.m. A unique concert will take place at the Kaunas Philharmonic (E. Ožeškienės str. 12), which will not leave anyone indifferent and will preserve the feeling of a wonderful and bright celebration for a long time.
The pianist is already well known and loved by art fans. ​​Marialy Pacheco, has performed several times in Lithuania together with excellent percussionists: a Moroccan Rhani Krija (from the group of the singer Sting) and Colombian Miguel Altamar, this time will perform together with the talented and original trumpeter Joo Kraus from Germany. Born in Cuba, Marialy plays the piano divine and looks like a supermodel! (a magical combination, isn't it?).

Jazz critics write about her: “She can play classical music, loves the blues, Monk and Ellington and she
can swing like a 100 devils !

Marialy Pacheco plays as she looks - amazing! Those who think that it is only a musical-geographical component, only Cuba and the Caribbean and expect her to interpret salsa, are wrong. Marialy Pacheco has a distinctive
"percussive" style that immediately calls to mind Keith Jarrett and creates melodic lines that
come from Oskar Peterson's performance manner.

It's amazing how she weaves the percussion into the swing while maintaining a wonderful softness of touch, creating depth and sparkling pleasure. Not surprisingly, she was the first woman to win the prestigious Montreux Jazz Pianist Competition and became the first jazz pianist in the world to be officially named a Bösendorfer Artist. Its concert program features original music, as well as works by composers such as Eliseo Grenet, Ernesto Lecuona and others. arrangements of works.

A chance meeting with trumpeter-virtuoso Joo Kraus was particularly successful. J. Kraus came from another jazz planet, his element was funk-jazz, the sound of club music. At the age of 19, he won first place in the German national competition Jugend Musiziert. In the early 90's, together with bassist Helmut Huttler, he founded the world famous hip-hop duo "Tab Two". The use of computer,
programmable effects was a breakthrough in music at that time, especially in jazz.

Joo Kraus , among other things, recorded an album in Havana inspired by Cuban rhythms, Sueño, and arranged Michael Jackson songs in a sophisticated jazz style while maintaining respect for the King of Pop for creativity!
In 2013, he won the "Echo Jazz" award as the best trumpeter and it was already the sixth award given to him by the German Jazz Association - a "gold disc" for the solo album "Public Jazz Lounge"!

The musical meeting of Marialy Pacheco and Joo Kraus on one stage is like an explosion of passions, emotions, amazing and creative energy!

Marialy herself in his words: "This unique combination creates a fresh, new sound, the result of which is a fusion of traditional Cuban music, Afro-Cuban rhythms, modern European music,
jazz-tinged musical fantasy.

Tickets to a unique concert of the famous jazz duo Marialy Pacheco and Joo Kraus at the Kaunas Philharmonic (E. Ožeškienė str. 12) October 18 6 p.m. sold at all Bilietai.lt ticket offices and on the Internet!
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