VEF JAZZ CLUB IESKAŅAS KONCERTS| Peter Sarik Trio (Ungārija), Evilena Protektore

“No other composer had such a great influence on jazz as Bartók”, think all three musicians of  Peter Sarik Trio. The incredible strength and dynamics of his pieces literally sweeps away the listener. His music is pure excitement, mystery, infinite depth and limpidity. The trio has created this material so that while listening to their Bartók arrangements, even those who had been averse to his music would take a liking to it. Jazz and Bartók is a perfect match. The piano pieces adapted to a jazz trio sound even more characteristically, pieces written for a full orchestra and folk adaptations show a completely new face and offer a large scope for improvisation. This program will become a special pleasure both to jazz fans and those who appreciate classical music. The second part of the concert will bring the listeners the interplay of Peter Sarik Trio and one of the best jazz singers in Latvia at the moment - Evilena Protektore.

Peter Sarik Trio is one of the leading and most popular jazz bands in Hungary. One reason for this is that all three members are open and versatile musicians, thus the orchestra can address a much wider range of listeners than most jazz bands. The atmosphere of the band's concerts is much more that of a rock or pop concert, even if they take place at the Academy of Music or at other much renowned concert halls. The orchestra attracts lots of new jazz fans thanks to their openness and power.

Apart from performing their own compositions, the orchestra ventures in other fields of music, too. They have recorded three CDs containing their own adaptations of classical pieces chosen by their audience. They have come out with a CD containing jazz adaptations of Beethoven and Bartók classics. Their CD called Jazz Request Show won the Hungarian Grammy Award (The Jazz Recording of the Year) in 2014. The Jazz Request Show 2, the Lucky dog were nominated for the same award, just as the CD made for children. The members of the Trio are many times awarded and recognized musicians. Péter Sárik won the Musician of the Year title in Hungary in 2016. His compositions have regularly achieved podium positions at various songwriting competitions in the USA and the UK.

Evilena Protektore is a jazz singer from Latvia, graduated from Jazz Department of Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music with a Masters degree and has stayed there as a jazz vocal teacher. Has spent a year studying in Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia (Italy) with prof. Maria Pia de Vito and taking part in a vast amount of projects with local musicians, and half a year in Hannover (Germany) with prof. Romy Camerun. In 2016 received a Nic Gotham prize for the contribution to jazz music and jazz life in Latvia.

Participated in various festivals and projects: Jazz in Latvia compilation album, Pori Jazz (Finland), Limassol Jazz (Cyprus), Live in Blue Bay (Ukraine); and contests: Riga Jazz Stage (Latvia), Nomme Jazz (Estonia) and got a Grand Prix award at JazzVoices 2014 (Lithuania).

Evilena has collaborated with Lynn Seaton (USA), Rob Duguay (CA), Inga Berzina (Latvia), Serge Junior Robinson (United Kingdom), Tommaso Troncon (Italy), Fil Straughan (UK), Andreas Stefanou (Cyprus), Andreas Rodostenos (Cyprus), Nicolas Tryphonos (Cyprus), Leonid Nesterov (Cyprus), Tie Pereira (Brazil), Aviv Kohen (Israel), Gilad Abro (Israel), Anne Geertsen (DK), Onur Mulayim (TR), Gianmarco Tommai (IT), Federico Santoni (IT), K.Trio (NL).

Since 2005 Evilena is a vocalist, composer and leader in Latvian funk band Pieneņu Vīns, together with this ensemble has participated in a vast amount of festivals and events, gaining a solid place on Latvian music scene. Since 2015 Evilena is also a composer and vocalist in JAZZATOMY project. Evilena actively collaborates with Latvia’s leading jazz musicians, participates in projects with several big bands and other collectives. Apart from her musical activities she is also one of the creators and editors of the only Latvian online magazine about jazz JAZZin.lv.

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