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Efrat Alony
Mahan Mirarab
// Out of the Box
Efrat Alony – Gesang
Mahan Mirarab – Git.
new wind, new horizons
Efrat Alony – Gesang ( ISR/ DE)
Mahan Mirarab – Git. ( Iran/ AT)
As strong band-leaders and charismatic performers Efrat Alony and Mahan Mirarab have been praised by European audiences and the Press for years.
In this new Duo they dare to think together „Outside the Box„, celebrating their diverse cultural heritage. Their originality and outstanding musicality is woven into a new shared story.
RE_shaping Jazz, its freedom and flight, Alony & Mirarab playfully follow the magical scent of their songs on to hidden musical fantasy lands -daring to look beyond, using sound, rhythm as well as silence to create a moving and memorable performance.
Videos
a few visual-bites
thank you to Stefan Löhr & Dorothea Krishnabhakdi from https://sensonus.org for the wonderful recording
Efrat Alony
Efrat Alony – Vocals
Efrat Alony, born in Haifa (Israel), studied composition and Jazz as well as clasical signing in at "Rimon, school of contemporary music", Israel, at "Berklee College of Music" in Boston and finally at the "HfM Hanns-Eisler Music Academy" in Berlin, Germany. Praised by the europlan press for years, the award-winning singer and composer shines as she dynamically unfolds her music in and charming interplay between humor and depth.
For Alony art IS movement, the courage to question everything and fearlessly follow through- whichever new shape, Form or sound the journey ahead may entail.
With her album "Hollywood Isn't Calling" she won the German Jazz Award 2022 in the category Best Vocal Album of the Year as well as a nomination for Best Composition of the Year with her composition "My Shorthand Modes of Perception"
...Längst gehört [Efrat Alony] zu den wichtigsten Stimmen des europäischen Jazz.
Efrat Alony gelingt es auch mit diesem Album, politische und sonstige komplizierte Themen so zu verpacken, dass sie wie an Luftballons befestigt zu schweben scheinen.
Mahan Mirarab
Mahan Mirarab – guitar
Mahan Mirarab is an Iranian/Austrian guitarist, composer, arranger and music producer based in Vienna and Berlin.
He has spent years learning about Persian traditional music as well as the indigenous sound and cultures of the country such as Arabic, African, Turkish, Kurdish, etc., while refining his skills in Jazz, western classic and popular music. Notably using fretless guitar, he specialises in blending the microtonal systems with jazz and improvised music.
His dedication to expand his musical vocabulary brought him to Europe in 2009 where he met and collaborated with numerous musicians from all over the world
Persian Side of Jazz is one of the year’s most unique and compelling releases mainly because the stylistic blueprint of Mirarab’s compositions draw upon stylistic influences, mainly Persian folk and world music, that are exotic to stateside ears.
Dates
2024
11.11.2024 Orpheum, Graz, Austria, Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensembles' feat. Efrat Alony, Chris Speed & Jim Black (A/ISR/USA)
Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensembles' feat. Efrat Alony, Chris Speed & Jim Black (A/ISR/USA)
10.11.2024 Porgy & Bess, Vienna, AT, Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensemble
Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensembles' feat. Efrat Alony, Chris Speed & Jim Black (A/ISR/USA)
09.11.2024 Porgy & Bess, Vienna, AT, Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensemble
Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensembles' feat. Efrat Alony, Chris Speed & Jim Black (A/ISR/USA)
18.07.2024 Theater am Spittelberg, AT, Out of the Box
Efrat Alony- voc, electronics
Mahan Mirarab- git.
12.06.2024 Seelze, DE, MUSE – INTERNATIONALES MUSIKFESTIVAL SEELZE
Alony's Handel-Fast Forward
Efrat Alony- voc
Niko Meinhold- piano
Anne-Mette Iversen - bass
Heinrich Köbberling - drums
17.05.2024 Goettingen, Int. Händel festspiele, Göttingen
Alony's Handel-Fast Forward
Efrat Alony- voc
Niko Meinhold- piano
Anne-Mette Iversen - bass
Heinrich Köbberling - drums
24.04.2024 Anton Bruckner University, Linz, AT, Alony/ Preuschl/ Dés- "Off, To New Horizons"
Alony / Preuschl / Dés 'Off, To New Horizons'
Efrat Alony: vocals, electronics
Raphael Preuschl: bass, electronics
András Dés: percussion
22.04.2024 Porgy & Bess, Vienna, AT, Alony/ Preuschl/ Dés- "Off, To New Horizons"
Alony / Preuschl / Dés 'Off, To New Horizons'
Efrat Alony: vocals, electronics
Raphael Preuschl: bass, electronics
András Dés: percussion
11.04.2024 Graz, AT
Alony / Preuschl / Dés 'Off, To New Horizons'
Efrat Alony: vocals, electronics
Raphael Preuschl: bass, electronics
András Dés: percussion
03.02.2024 Rathaus um 4, Rathaus Thun, CH, Handel- Fast Forward
Efrat Alony- voc
Philipp Nykrin- piano
2023
18.12.2023 Cologne, Germany, Stadtgarten
ALL THE THINGS WE ARE (working title )
Efrat Alony- voc ( ISR/ DE)
Heidi Bayer- Tp
Shuteen Erdenbaatar- piano (Mongolia, DE)
Asja Valcic - Vc ( AT)
Ella Zirina- git (LAT/ NL)
Michala Østergaard-Nielsen - drums ( DK)
14.12.2023 Berlin, tbc
Alony's Handel-Fast Forward
Efrat Alony- voc
Niko Meinhold- piano
Anne-Mette Iversen - bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
21.11.2023 Tunnel Vienna Live, Austria, Alony- off to new horizons
Alony’s „Off, to New Horizons“
Efrat Alony- voc, comp.
Mahan Mirarab- git.
Gina Schwarz- bass
03.10.2023 Tonhalle, Hannover, Tonhalle, Hannover
Alony's Handel-Fast Forward
Efrat Alony- voc
Niko Meinhold- piano
Anne-Mette Iversen - bass
Jean Paul Hochstetter - drums
28.09.2023 Jazzclub Aarau, CH, Jazzclub, Aarau, CH
Alony's- "Handel- fast Forward"
Efrat Alony- voc
Niko Meinhold- piano
Anne-Mette Iversen - bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
11.08.2023 "Mascha", Weimar, Jam-Session PLUS- HfM Franz Liszt Weimar
Jam-Session PLUS
workshop und Konzert mit Jazzstudierende der HfM Franz Liszt Weimar
16.07.2023 Festival Umrangiert, Baruth, DE, Alony /Derado/ Ginsburg
Alony /Derado/ Ginsburg
Efrat Alony- voc
Tino Derado- piano
Josh Ginsburg- bass
11.06.2023 Tonhalle, Hannover, Rampe
Efrat Alony -voc
Tino Derado- piano
Felix Petra- sax, Cl
Clara Däubler- bass
Hanne Willi- drums
Contact
For booking requests please contact:
Marita Goga in cooperation with Shoestring Jazz Booking
Tobias Schuster
Tel+49 (0)30 250 194 27
Management:
Marita Goga music arts conception
Marita Goga
Tel+49 30 3951159
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