Joolaee Trio (kamancheh, piano, percussion)
Biografie, Audio/Video, Discography, Concerto repertoire, Programs
www.joolaeetrio.com
Biography
Having its origins in the long-term collaboration of the Kamancheh virtuoso Misagh Joolaee with his duo partners Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano) and Sebastian Flaig (percussion) the Joolaee Trio was founded in 2021 and made its acclaimed stage debut at the Rudolstadt festival in the following year. Their celebrated performance led to further engagements at prestigious venues and festivals such as Sendesaal Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival, Jazz Meets World Festival Prague, Raderberger-Konzerte Köln and Heidelberger Frühling.
The musical language of the trio is characterized by rhythmical originality and lyrical narratives, virtuosic runs and whispered silence. Displaying influences of Persian, (classical) European and contemporary music, the Joolaee Trio gives rise to a unique language and sonority in the context of the musical dialogue. The repertoire of the trio is mostly original/self-composed, but it also contains own arrangements of Turkish and Persian folk songs.
Audio/Video
Discography
Critics
“…Beautiful sound that gets under the skin… Fascinating ingenuity…”
“…The expressive, yearning sound of the kamancheh, a traditional Iranian bowed string instrument, kaleidoscopes in and out of rippling piano textures and deep, sonorous drums: this is the sound of the German-Persian Joolaee Trio, who have just released their first album Morgenwind: a joyous collision of Iranian folk music, Bach, impressionism and much more…
The perennial risk of so-called ‘crossover’ music is that you end up with not quite enough of anything. Not so here: far from being left wanting, in Morgenwind, the Joolaee Trio commits to exploring each sound world wholly on its own terms, allowing space for every voice and style to breathe, effortlessly integrating colours, rhythms and harmonies in this sensuous debut…”
“…On this album, the trio presents itself with mostly original compositions that show the Kamancheh in various more or less oriental guises. The result is an interesting mix that gives a traditional instrument a new task The interpretations and recordings are excellent…”
Concerto Repertoire
Programs
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue BWV 903 (Klavier solo) 11 ́
Misagh Joolaee (*1983)
Yad for Kamancheh solo 3 ́
Negarin for Kamancheh & Perkussion 6 ́
Marmarameer (Trio) 5 ́
Sebastian Flaig (*1983)
Fragile Balance (Trio) 6 ́
Misagh Joolaee (*1983)
Sharar (Trio) 4 ́
Intermission
Schaghajegh Nosrati (*1989)
Fantasy & Fugue (Trio) 7 ́
Misagh Joolaee (*1983)
Mehrabani (Trio) 5 ́
Be Hitsch Diar (Trio) 6 ́
Volkslied
Erzincan (arranged for Trio) 4 ́
Sebastian Flaig (*1983)
Solo 3 ́
Misagh Joolaee (*1983)
Shohud (Trio) 7 ́
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