Giants of Jazz - Global Music Institute

december, 2018

02dec2:45 pmGiants of Jazz GMI TRIO ft ADITYA & SONIC2:45 pm The Piano Man Jazz Club

Event Details

Ester Wiesnerova – (Slovakia) – Voice

Alex Correa (Brazil) – Piano

Juancristobal Aliaga (Chile) – Guitar

Sonic Shori – Bass

Aditya Dutta – Drums

‘GMI trio ft. Aditya & Sonic is a group that features Ester Wiesnerova (Slovakia) on vocals, Alex Correa (Brazil) on piano & Juancristobal Aliaga (Chile) on guitar. They will be accompanied by Delhi’s popular live musicians Sonic Shori on bass and Aditya Dutta on drums. This eclectic quintet will feature a mix of modern jazz, Brazilian/world music and also feature some of their original compositions. The performance will have an opening feature by Priyana Chauhan’s quintet that will comprise a mix of Jazz, Brazilian and also some original music. Priyana Chauhan currently studies at Global Music Institute and is a talented vocalist who writes and performs her songs. Her quintet will feature Eshaan Sood on guitar, Kabir Aggarwal on bass, Abhin Iype on piano, & Vasudev Singh on drums’

Individual faculty write-ups

Ester Wiesnerova is a talented and skilled vocalist, composer/arranger and educator who graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the Berklee College of Music. She has been performing for over five years and has recorded as a vocalist on a few albums. She is active as a composer and arranger and travels frequently as an educator and conducts vocal workshops and masterclasses. She has also won many awards including the ’30 Under 30’ Forbes Award in 2015. Ester is currently the voice faculty for the Fall 18 session at the Global Music Institute.

Alex Correa is a talented pianist, composer, arranger and composer who was invited to attend a Jazz masters program in The Netherlands where he was also awarded the Noord Talen Award 2014. He has performed with many great musicians such as Gene Jackson, Pau Bollenbeck, Dejan Terzic and many others over the span of his performing career. He also plays with the Raul de Souza Quartet and Alex Sipiagin quartet. He travels frequently and conducts master classes across the world. Alex is currently the piano faculty for the Fall 18 session at the Global Music Institute.

Juancristobal has been performing actively for over 10 years and has had the privilege of performing with renowned Chilean musicians such as Jorge Campos, Nicolas Vera, Andy Baeza, He has conducted master classes in Chile, Spain and USA. Juan is currently the guitar faculty for the Fall 18 session at the Global Music Institute.

Opening feature – PRIYANA CHAUHAN QUINTET

Priyana Chauhan (voice)

Eshaan Sood (guitar)

Vasudev Singh (drums)

Kabir Aggarwal (bass)

Abhin Iype (piano)