Učesnici/Performers:
Alexander Vynograd
Alexander Vynograd was born on in 1969 in Kharkov, Ukraine. At the age of 6 he started taking piano classes at a local music school, which he finished in 1984. A year earlier, at the age of 14, he became interested in guitar music and began to take lessons with a renowned guitar teacher I.M. Balan. In 1985 Alexander was accepted to study guitar at the Gnessins Music College in Moscow, Russia. During his time there, the musician won several prizes in various contests (1st Prize in College Contest, 1st Prize in Russian Folk Instruments Contest,1st Prize in USSR Music Festival, Guitar Contest, to name just a few) and took part in numerous concerts. The year after Alexander graduated from college, he invented his eight-string guitar in order to be able to perform a great deal more classical music than what is generally possible on an ordinary six-string instrument. His invention was patented in the Ukraine in 1991. From this time on all his solo concerts have been performed on the eight-string guitar, playing which Alexander has developed new technique (e.g., playing with the help of the chin).
Alexander Vynograd je rođen 1969. godine u Krakovu (Ukrajina). Sa 6 godina je počeo uzimati časove klavira u lokalnoj muzičkoj školi koju je i završio 1984. godine. Godinu dana kasnije, sa 14 godina, zainteresovala ga je gitarska muzika i počinje da uči kod priznatog gitarskog pedagoga I. M. Balan-a. 1985. je primljen na Gnessins muzički koledž u Moskvi. Tokom svog boravka tamo, osvaja mnogobrojne nagrade i učestvuje na mnogim koncertima. Godinu dana nakon što je diplomirao na koledžu, Alexander je patentirao osmo-žičanu gitaru kako bi bio u mogućnosti da izvodi kompleksnija i brojnija djela nego što je to moguće na standardnoj šesto-žičanoj gitari. Njegov patent je ozvaničen u Ukrajini 1991. godine. Od tada, na svim njegovim koncertima, on izvodi muziku svirajući na osmo-žičanoj gitari uz koju je razvio i novu tehniku sviranja (npr. sviranje uz pomoć brade).
Olaf Tarenskeen, photo by Marjolein van Rotterdam
Olaf Tarenskeen, who won the Wessel Ilcken Prize (a national jazz award)a few years later, is able to blend the techniques of classical music and jazz in a wholly natural way. After his studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague concerning Classical and Jazz guitar he took a Jazz-seminar at the Banff Institute of Arts in Canada with guitarist Kevin Eubanks, bass player Dave Holland and other musicians like Steve Coleman and Kenny Wheeler. He performed at several international venues in Scotland, France, Germany, Belgium and in Nairobi-Kenia , and at the North Sea Jazz festival.
Olaf Tarenskeen, nakon što je osvojio Wessel Ilcken nagradu (Holandska nacionalna nagrada za džez), njegova karijera kreće uzlaznom putanjom i njegov jedinstveni stil isprepletene klasične i džez muzike postaje prirodan i prepoznatljiv. Nakon završenih studija na Kraljevskom konzervatorijumu u Hagu, Olaf odlazi na džez seminar u Banff Institut umjetnosti u Kanadi zajedno sa gitaristom Kevinom Eubanks-om, basistom Dave Holland-om i drugim umjetnicima kao što su Steve Coleman i Kenny Wheeler. Nastupao je širom svijeta: Škotska, Francuska, Njemačka, Belgija, Kenija i North Sea džez festival.
Preston Reed
Preston Reed is a one-man revolution. The 53-year-old New Yorker tweaks the nose of musical convention, pokes the eye of accepted wisdom, and burns the rulebook of the past. His unique style is impossible, unfathomable, unthinkable, as with blurred hands he taps, tickles, slaps and soothes his instrument, fusing polyrhythmic percussion with emotive melody to create a sonic landscape. Each piece is a symphonic tidal wave, yet Reed only needs one acoustic and ten fingers to send it crashing onto audiences across the planet.
Preston Reed – revolucionar. Ovaj 53 – godišnji Njujorčanin konstatno koketira sa konvencionalnim muzičkim izrazom, izaziva ustaljene šeme i mudrosti i krši sva pravila iz prošlosti. Njegov jedinstveni stil se može opisati kao nemoguć, nedokučiv, nezamisliv. Sve što vidite su brzinom zamagljene ruke koje udaraju, golicaju, tapkaju i glade instrument, spajajući poliritmične udaračke motive sa emotivnim melodijama, istovremeno kreirajući nevjerovatne zvučne pejsaže. Svako djelo je simfonijski plimski talas iako je Reed-u potrebna samo jedna akustična gitara i deset prstiju da to sve „sruči“ na publiku širom svijeta.
