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21 May, at 7.00 P.M., Multicultural Centre

LUCIAN BAN | piano

MAT MANERI | viola

SARAH MURCIA | double bass

The Romanian-American jazz pianist Lucian Ban has invited the French double bassist Sarah Murcia and the American violist Mat Maneri to perform together a series of concerts, masterclasses and post-concert discussions in Bucharest, Timișoara and Brașov, thus creating an original programme inspired by Romanian folk music, jazz and European chamber music.

Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri are internationally renowned for the way they combine Transylvanian folk and improvisation, 20^th-century European classical music with jazz, as well as for the modern style in which they approach chamber jazz. Their recordings for Sunnyside Records, ECM Records, Clean Feed, made together with musicians such as John Surman, Evan Parker, Gerald Cleaver, Ralph Alessi, Tony Malaby, brought them critical acclaim and took them on tours around the world. 

Sarah Murcia is considered one of France’s leading contemporary jazz double bassists and composers, a musician who has collaborated with an impressive array of French and international jazz musicians such as Steve Coleman, Louis Sclavis, Magic Malik, Benoit Delbeq, Jen Shyu, Samuel Ber, Taylor Ho Bynum, Olivier Pi, Benjamin Moussay, and many more.

With the support of Orange, the U.S. Embassy and the French Institute, Songs without Borders brings together three renowned musicians from three different cultures, namely American, Romanian and French. Along with Jazz Updates of Timișoara and Chamber Jazz of Transilvania University of Brașov, the projects present en première a new trio in front of the Romanian audience, music students and contemporary jazz enthusiasts.

The entrance is free.

For reservations, please send us a message at cultural@unitbv.ro

More details about the artists and their portfolio can be found HERE.