Laia Genc LiaisonTonique:piano - Sebastian Gramss:bass - Nils Tegen:drums
Influences
bill evans - you must believe in spring...I think so too!
keith jarett, herbie hancock, john taylor, paul bley, carla bley, hubert nuß, ahmad jamal, jacky terasson, brad mehldau, jason moran, thelonious monk, abbey lincoln, al jarreau, bobby mcferrin - incredible!, bill withers, bojan z, dave holland 5tet, dajngo bates, d´angelo, jill scott, erykah badu, rachel ferell, björk, ella, danilo perez, michel camillo, dexter gordon, richie beirach, stevie wonder, wayne shorter, sonny rollins, john coltrane, ornette coleman, lennie tristano, joanne brackeen, billie heart - man!, keith copeland, kurt elling, chet baker, ivan lins, djavan, mshell ndegeocello, bach, beethoven, schubert, chopin, bartok, messiaen, schönberg,
all these musician friends and good friends of mine...
one can never complete a list like this, impossible!
Somehow I always wanted to play the piano since I was a little kid. It stood there so friendly in the corner at my grandma..s place! It has always been my good friend over the years...experiencing music hasn..t always been easy for me, but I had some great mentors who helped me find my way! I am proud to have been meeting, talking, working and playing with some brave musicians, not only the ones I mentioned, but a lot more that were and of course still are important influences to me.
Working now as a freelance I studied jazzpiano with Hubert Nuß and Prof. John Taylor at the conservatory in Cologne where I graduated in 2006.
I have been a member of some german youthbigbands, the one to mention is the BuJazzO led by Peter Herbolzheimer.
In the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 I was invited with the quartet Nurse Or Nuc, then the Terrence Ngassa Band and finally with my own trio to the Nachwuchswettbewerb Leipzig, a competition for young players.
In 2004 I won the 1st place of the international competition Biberacher Jazzpreis with my trio the "LiaisonTonique". With the LiaisonTonique I recorded my first cd "Trilogien" which appeared in 2005 on JazzHausMusik.
In 2004/2005 I have been studying as an exchange student in Paris at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique et de Danse with Hervé Sellin, Riccardo Del Fra and Francois Théberge. It was a very inspiring year for me! I am greatful for the time that I spend there and for the people who took the time to get known to me!
I won the 3rd solist price at the competition Jazz á La Défense which took place in 2005 in Paris.
In 2005 the LiaisonTonique further on took part in two italian competitions. At first we played at BargaJazz, where we were the first international band in the history of the contest (people there told me as something special, so I mention) and later won the 3rd price at the 3rd etnomusicompetition in Milano.
In 2006 the PyromanDuo won the prize for the genre Jazz at the TIM Competition in Rome. Just end of September I had the chance to take part in the "Jazz Improvizacija 2008" a pianosolo competition and was happy to receive the 2nd price.
But apart from the hunting part...
Last April I brought the new album to the stores "Laia Genc LiaisonTonique Strandgut". I am very proud of it!
jetzt am Montag (26.10.) spiele ich mit meiner
Band im Boogaloo (Roonstraße in Köln, direkt am Zülpicher Platz). Wir
werden unter anderem die neue Single ("der clou") vorstellen, die am
13.11. offiziell erscheinen wird und natürlich ein komplettes
Konzertprogramm spielen. Es kostet keinen Eintritt und es ist ein
wirklich schöner Laden - vielleicht bis dann,
Oktoposse geht fremd Vol.III - MARTIAL ARTS feat. Miko Gottschalk (Aikido, Sensor-Triggering)& Falk Grieffenhagen (Realtime-Programming)
16. Oktober 2009, 20 Uhr, Alte Kellnerei (MAP), Rheinberg 17. Oktober 2009, 20 Uhr, Konzertsaal der hochschule für Musik Köln 18. Oktober 2009, 20 Uhr, Alte Feuerwache, Wuppertal
Die
Jazz und Lyrik Reihe in privater Wohnzimmer Athmosphäre, präsentiert
Gruselstories am kommenden Sonntag 13.09.2009 ab 11.00h
An
diesem Sonntag wird die „Kultur um die Ecke“ Hausband wie
immer mit
Daniel
Bark am Flügel, Martin Thissen am Schlagzeug,
Sven Vilhelmsson am Kontrabass und Heike
Siebert am Saxophon und Gesang die Veranstaltung abrunden.
Wegen
der begrenzten Platzzahl ist eine Reservierung empfehlenswert:
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liebe laia, ich hab mich auch gefreut dich kennengelernt zu haben. ja vielleicht klappts mal mit doppel konzert. machs gut und bis hoffentlich bald. lg gee hye
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