Yannick Delez | String 5 tet

YANNICK DELEZ STRING 5TET

NEW ALBUM

"HANGING GARDENS"

Release : 2.12.2022 on Claves

Gerdur Gunnarsdottir | violin
Rodrigo Bauzá | violin
Raphael Grunau | viola
Susanne Paul | cello
Yannick Delez | piano/composition

Sound engeneer | Martin Ruch
Cover photography | Paula Telesca
Band pictures | Doville Sermokas

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DATES

07.12.2022	Berliner Philharmonie	Berlin
07.12.2022	Zig-Zag	Berlin
09.12.2022	Nikodemus Kirche	Berlin
11.12.2022	Villa Elisabeth	Berlin
06.04.2023	Rank	Zurich (CH)
07.04.2023	Rank	Zurich (CH)
08.04.2023	Rank	Zurich (CH)
14.09.2023	Zermatt Festival	Zermatt (CH)

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Le pianiste Yannick Delez s’entoure d’un quatuor à cordes pour un projet unique dont l’écriture se nourri de la musique impressionniste et du jazz contemporain. Tantôt dialogue concertant, tantôt symbiose entre le piano et le quatuor, cette musique croise les courants musicaux en un tissage à la fois libre et exigeant.

GERDUR GUNNARSDOTTIR | Violon

Depuis 2010 Gerdur est membre de l’orchestre du Konzerthaus de Berlin. Entre 1992 et 2008 elle joue comme 3ème violon solo à l’orchestre Grüzenich à Cologne. A côté de sa carrière de musicienne d’orchestre, elle a toujours été active dans les musiques improvisées, notemment en tant que fondatrice et soliste de l’ensemble Islandais Caput. Elle gagne en 1991 le 1er prix de violon lors du concours Postbank-Sweelinck à Amsterdam. Son quartet „Gerdur Gunnarsdottir String Quartet“ a été invités dans de nombreux festivals tels que JazzBaltica.

On peut l’entendre sur de nombreux albums tels que Vince Mendoza „Blauklang“ (ACT); Claudio Puntin, „YLIR“ (ECM), „EAST“, „MONDO“, „CLAP YOU“ ; avec Nils Wogram, „Root 70 with Strings; avec Susanne Pauĺs Move Quartet, Fred Frith, Carlos Bica, Julia Hülsmann, Peter Ehwald, Jürgen Friedrich, Martin Fondse, Peter Erskine, Markus Stockhausen, Claudio Puntin, Nguyen Le, Lars Danielsson, Don Friedman. En 2015 elle interprète le concerto pour violon Absentia écrit pour elle et l’ensemble Caput par le compositeur islandais Hugi Gudmundsson. L’oeuvre a gagné le 1er prix de composition des Iceland Music Arwards en 2016.

RODRIGO BAUZA | Violon

Violinist and composer Rodrigo Bauzá was born in Formosa (Argentina) in 1983 and lives in Berlin. He has had a varied and rich performing experience, ranging from classical music to jazz, Argentinian folk, and tango. He studied violin in Uruguay and Argentina with Jorge Risi and later with Mariana Sirbu in Leipzig, where he graduated with honours in both classical and jazz violin. He has played chamber music with such distinguished artists as Christian Zacharias, Caroline Widmann and Marie-Elisabeth Hecker. He was a member of the Cuarteto Arriaga for several years, giving concerts at the Wigmore Hall, at the “Folles Journées” in Nantes and Tokyo, and at the “Quincena Musical de San Sebastián.” The Cuarteto Arriaga were invited to the prestigious “Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus” by Gidon Kremer, and performed at the Palacio Real in Madrid on the famous Stradivari instruments belonging to the Spanish Royal family. As a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, Rodrigo toured Europe, America and Asia with conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Daniel Harding and Gustavo Dudamel. Since August 2014, he has been a member of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. In 2013, Rodrigo founded the Cuareim Quartet, taking the string quartet beyond its classical boundaries: while the four musicians focus on contemporary jazz and improvised music, they eagerly embrace a wide variety of aesthetics and styles. The Cuareim Quartet has released two CDs, “Cinco” in 2015 and “Danzas” in 2020, both featuring original arrangements and compositions. In 2017, Rodrigo composed four pieces for string quartet and orchestra, commissioned by the Juan de Dios Filiberto National Orchestra of Argentine Music, which premiered the pieces with the Cuareim Quartet in Buenos Aires. In 2019 he wrote a piece for the Ensemble Tamuz, and he is now working on a new commission for orchestra and choir. Rodrigo Bauzá has given master-classes in Spain, Malaysia, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. He teaches violin privately in Berlin.

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RAPHAEL GRUNAU | Alto

Né à Chemnitz en 1982, Raphaël Grunau commence le violon à l'âge de 5 ans. Déjà pendant ses années scolaires, il était élève dans la classe de violon du professeur Conrad c. d. Goltz à la Wurzburger Musikhochschule. Il y termine ses études d'alto et obtient son diplôme avec mention dans la classe de Reiner Schmidt.

Aujourd'hui, Raphael Grunau vit et travaille comme musicien indépendant à Berlin, où il se produit différents orchestres, ensembles et projets. Son passage comme académicien à la Staatskapelle Berlin, où il a eu l'occasion de travailler avec des chefs d'orchestre renommés tels que Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta et Michael Gielen, lui a donné une impulsion décisive. Raphael Grunau est actuellement altiste dans l'orchestre du Konzerthaus Berlin ainsi que altiste solo avec la Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt.

Depuis 2011 Raphaël Grunau est violoniste du quintette de musique du monde MAIK MONDIAL qui mêlent des éléments du jazz et de la musique folklorique des Balkans. L'ensemble est lauréat du Concours de Musique Créole de Bavière, avec le prix de la meilleure musique de Bavière.

Raphael se produit également en tant que violoniste avec le big band "The Capital Dance Orchestra ".

SUSANNE PAUL | Violoncelle

Susanne Paul a grandi dans une famille germano-mexicaine en Californie. Elle commença le violoncelle dès son plus jeune âge, lui préférant, à l'adolescence, la basse punk et la guitare flamenco, et l'étudia dans un cadre classique pour enfin aboutir au violoncelle jazz, qui lui permet de réunir toute la diversité de ses intérêts musicaux.

Elle est aussi fascinée par les musiques du monde, notamment par la musique brésilienne, le tango, le rock, le funk, le flamenco, la musique barroque et afro-cubaine. Elle joue, compose et arrange dans plusieurs groupes et projets ainsi que pour le théatre, elle a enregistré de nombreux CDs, et s'est produite en Europe, en Asie, en Afrique, et en Amérique du Sud. Elle joue avec Etta Scollo, Uwe Kropinski et est bandleader du MOVE String Quartet.

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YANNICK DELEZ | Piano, composition

Pianiste, compositeur suisse, né en en 1972. Musicien autodidacte dès l’enfance, Yannick découvre la musique comme un jeu, sans contrainte ni guide. Il passe tout son temps libre à imiter les pianistes de jazz qu’il entend sur disques et à la radio. A 18 ans, il entreprend des études de piano à l’Ecole de Jazz de Lausanne, où il est engagé deux ans plus tard comme professeur de piano et d’improvisation. Il développe un jeu personnel au sein de nombreuses formations sur la scène helvétique. Puis il rejoint le groupePiano Seven (7 pianos + invités) avec lequel il enregistre 4 albums, et se produit dans les plus grandes salles de Hongkong, Sao Paulo, Taipei, Singapour, Beyrouth, Pékin, etc... Il participe à 3 créations du groupe pour lesquels il compose et arrange, notamment à l’occasion de l’exposition nationale suisse en 2002. Le premier disque paru sous son nom est un album en piano solo : « Rouges » (Altrisuoni 2003), salué par la critique internationale. Il y présente toute la particularité de son jeu de piano à la fois pointilliste et lyrique. Dès cette période, le piano solo s’impose petit à petit comme une évidence dans son travail de musicien.

En 2004 il fonde son trio autour d’une instrumentation singulière : piano, clarinette basse et saxophone sopra- no avec Philippe Ehinger (clar. basse) et Stefano Saccon (sax. sopr.) Le groupe est choisi pour la tournée Swiss Diagonales Jazz 07. En 2004 il forme un Duo avec la chanteuse Chloé Lévy (Chloé Lévy Yannick Délez Duo) ils enregistrent leur premier album « Leinicha » à Oslo avec Jan Erik Kongshaug. (Jazzman ****, Télérama ffff). Il sort en 2011 son 2ème album piano solo “Boréales” sous le label Unit Records. L’album enthousiasme la presse internationale (Concerto *****, Jazz & More *****), et lui permet de jouer à travers toute l’Europe.

En 2011 il s’installe à Berlin où il y découvre pléthore de musiques nouvelles, d’alchimies entre le free jazz, les musiques expérimentales et la musique contemporaine. Il s’attelle à l’écriture du projet « NUNAMERATA » sorte de camerata a géométrie variable, entre le jazz contem- porain, la musique improvisée et la musique contemporaine.

Il sort en 2017 son 3ème album piano solo "LIVE / MONOTYPES" (Unit Record / DeutschlandRadio) qui est acclamé par la critique. L'album est notamment nominé pour le prix national de la critique discographique allemande.

Parallèlement à la scène, Yannick continue à enseigner le piano et la théorie musicale au sein de l’Ecole de Jazz et Musiques Actuelles de Lausanne (EJMA) depuis 1992, ainsi qu’au Département Jazz de la Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU) de 2006 à 2012.

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Yannick Delez’s new project is a unique chamber jazz repertoire for string quartet and piano that draws its inspiration from Impressionist music and contemporary jazz. Sometimes a dialogue, sometimes a symbiosis of timbre between the piano and the quartet, this music crosses musical styles in a rigorous and free weaving.

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GERDUR GUNNARSDOTTIR | Violin

Since 2010 Gerdur is a member of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Between 1992 and 2008 she played as a third concertmaster at Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Beside her orchestra playing she has always been active in the free scene, she was one of the founding members of the Caput ensemble of Iceland, as a concertmaster. 1991 she won the first price in the Postbank-Sweelinck violincompetition in Amsterdam.

She has been invited to various Jazz festivals with her „Gerdur Gunnarsdottir String Quartet“, like Jazzfest Berlin and JazzBaltica. She has played on many recordings , i.e. with Vince Mendoza „Blauklang“ (ACT); various CD´s with the suisse clarinet player, Claudio Puntin, „YLIR“ (ECM), „EAST“, „MONDO“, „CLAP YOU“ ; with Nils Wogram, „Root 70 with Strings; with Susanne Paul´s Move Quartet. Various Concerts i.e. with Fred Frith, Carlos Bica, Julia Hülsmann, Peter Ehwald, Jürgen Friedrich, Martin Fondse, Peter Erskine, Markus Stockhausen, Claudio Puntin, Nguyen Le, Lars Danielsson, Don Friedman.

2015 she premiered a violin concerto, Absentia, written for her and the Caput ensemble by the icelandic composer, Hugi Gudmundsson, The composition was awarded Composition oft he Year at the 2016 Iceland Music Awards. She also perform in various film and radio soundtrack recordings.

RODRIGO BAUZÀ | Violon

Violinist and composer Rodrigo Bauzá was born in Formosa (Argentina) in 1983 and lives in Berlin. He has had a varied and rich performing experience, ranging from classical music to jazz, Argentinian folk, and tango. He studied violin in Uruguay and Argentina with Jorge Risi and later with Mariana Sirbu in Leipzig, where he graduated with honours in both classical and jazz violin. He has played chamber music with such distinguished artists as Christian Zacharias, Caroline Widmann and Marie-Elisabeth Hecker. He was a member of the Cuarteto Arriaga for several years, giving concerts at the Wigmore Hall, at the “Folles Journées” in Nantes and Tokyo, and at the “Quincena Musical de San Sebastián.” The Cuarteto Arriaga were invited to the prestigious “Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus” by Gidon Kremer, and performed at the Palacio Real in Madrid on the famous Stradivari instruments belonging to the Spanish Royal family. As a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, Rodrigo toured Europe, America and Asia with conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Daniel Harding and Gustavo Dudamel. Since August 2014, he has been a member of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. In 2013, Rodrigo founded the Cuareim Quartet, taking the string quartet beyond its classical boundaries: while the four musicians focus on contemporary jazz and improvised music, they eagerly embrace a wide variety of aesthetics and styles. The Cuareim Quartet has released two CDs, “Cinco” in 2015 and “Danzas” in 2020, both featuring original arrangements and compositions. In 2017, Rodrigo composed four pieces for string quartet and orchestra, commissioned by the Juan de Dios Filiberto National Orchestra of Argentine Music, which premiered the pieces with the Cuareim Quartet in Buenos Aires. In 2019 he wrote a piece for the Ensemble Tamuz, and he is now working on a new commission for orchestra and choir.
Rodrigo Bauzá has given master-classes in Spain, Malaysia, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. He teaches violin privately in Berlin.

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RAPHAEL GRUNAU | Viola

Born in Chemnitz in 1982, Raphaël Grunau began playing the violin at the age of 5. Already during his school years he was a student in the violin class of Professor Conrad c. d. Goltz at the Wurzburger Musikhochschule. He finished his viola studies there and graduated with honours from Reiner Schmidt's class.

Today, Raphael Grunau lives and works as a freelance musician in Berlin, where he performs various orchestras, ensembles and projects. His time as an academician at the Staatskapelle Berlin, where he had the opportunity to work with renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta and Michael Gielen, gave him a decisive impulse. Raphael Grunau is currently violist in the Konzerthaus Berlin Orchestra and solo violist with the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt.

Since 2011 Raphaël Grunau has been a violinist of the world music quintet MAIK MONDIAL which combines elements of jazz and folk music from the Balkans. The ensemble is a prize-winner of the Bavarian Creole Music Competition, with the prize for best Bavarian music.

Raphael also performs as a violinist with the big band "The Capital Dance Orchestra".

SUSANNE PAUL | Cello

Susanne Paul was born to a German-Mexican family in Southern California and began playing cello at an early age.

After moving to Germany, she continued to study cello and later also studied piano, guitar, and bass. Having starting out with classical European music, she gravitated towards punk, blues and flamenco in her teens, and finally studied classical cello at the Berlin Hochschule der Künste. Today she is a jazz cellist, with a strong passion for Brazilian music, Argentinian tango, rock, funk, flamenco, baroque music, and afro-cuban music. Adapting and inventing unusual playing techniques for the cello, she has developed a distinct playing style of her own.

She performs regularly with a number of bands - e.g. with MOVE String Quartet, Etta Scollo, or Uwe Kropinski. She is also active as a composer and has recorded many CDs

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YANNICK DELEZ | Piano, composition

Yannick Délez, is a swiss pianist-composer. Self-educated musician from a very young age, he undertakes professional studies at the Ecole de Jazz of Lausanne in 1990 where he obtains a piano diploma. He develops a personal playing amongst many acoustic jazz bands in. Then he joins the band Piano Seven (7 pianos and guests) with which he records 4 albums and plays in many concert halls of Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Taipei, Singapore, Beirut and Beijing, Shangai, Saigon, among others. He participates in three creations of the group for which he composes and arranges, one of those being an original performance with 7 pianos, percussion, and brass quintet for the Swiss National Exhibition in 2002 .

The first record bearing his name is “Rouge” (Altrisuoni 2003) a piano solo album that received international acclaim. One can appreciate the particularity of his piano playing in the same time pointillist and lyric. ...“based on rhythmical ostinati and a truly original technique...” (RSR La Première), “... a family of thinking favouring romantic lyricism and sophisticated harmonic choices...” (Jazzman***).

In 2004 he composes a repertoire for piano – bass clarinet – soprano saxophone and creates his own trio (Yannick Délez Trio) with Philippe Ehinger (bass clarinet) and Stefano Saccon (soprano saxophone). They are selected for the Swiss Diagonales Jazz 07.

In 2004 he also constitutes a Duo with the singer Chloé Lévy. The Chloé Lévy Yannick Délez Duo records in December 2006 his first album “Leinicha” at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo with the audio engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug. “Leinicha” receives positive feedbacks from specialised press (Jazzman****. Télérama ffff, Concerto*****).

In 2010 he publish his second piano solo album : “Boreales” (UnitRecords UTR 4271) which receive also a very positive feedback from the European press (Jazz’n’more *****, Concerto ****) In 2016 he publish a third piano solo album. “Live / Monotypes” (UnitRecords / Deutschlandradio UTR 4755) a double album based on a live performance recorded by Deutschland radio. The album was acclaimed by the European press and is nominated for the National discographic's critic award in Germany (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik)