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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
12.12.2024 Abraxas Theater, Augsburg, Germany, Dottime Records' Abraxas Sessions
Efrat Alony- voc
Philipp Nykrin- piano
11.11.2024 Orpheum, Graz, Austria, Peter Lenz feat. Efrat Alony & Jim Black
Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensembles' (A/ISR/USA)
10.11.2024 Porgy & Bess, Vienna, AT, Peter Lenz feat. Efrat Alony & Jim Black (A/ISR/USA)
Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensembles' (A/ISR/USA)
10.11.2024 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
09.11.2024 Porgy & Bess, Vienna, AT, Peter Lenz feat. Efrat Alony & Jim Black
Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensembles' (A/ISR/USA)
08.11.2024 Straden, Kulturhaus, Austria, Peter Lenz feat. Efrat Alony & Jim Black
Peter Lenz 'Breathe – Music for Large Ensembles'(A/ISR/USA)
19.10.2024 B-FLAT, Berlin, Ed Partyka Jazz Orch. feat. Efrat Alony
Ed Partyka Jazz Orch. feat. Efrat Alony
18.10.2024 B-FLAT, Berlin, Ed Partyka Jazz Orch. feat. Efrat Alony
Ed Partyka Jazz Orch. feat. Efrat Alony
12.10.2024 Kühlhaus, Berlin, Opus Klassik Award + concert
Opus Klassik- das Konzert
Alony's Handel-Fast Forward
Efrat Alony- voc
Niko Meinhold- piano
Anne-Mette Iversen - bass
Heinrich Köbberling - drums
20.09.2024 Seelze, DE, MUSE – INTERNATIONALES MUSIKFESTIVAL SEELZE
Alony's Handel-Fast Forward
Efrat Alony- voc
Niko Meinhold- piano
Anne-Mette Iversen - bass
Heinrich Köbberling - drums
16.09.2024 Elbphilharmonie, Grosser Saal, HAMBURG, GEGEN DAS SCHWEIGEN. GEGEN ANTISEMITISMUS.
Benefit concert mit Igor Levit, Michel Friedman, Efrat Alony, Alan Gilbert, Malakoff Kowalski, Tim Mälzer, Düzen Tekkal, Olli Schulz und weiteren
19.07.2024 Kultursommer Vienna, 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
18.07.2024 Theater am Spittelberg, AT, Out of the Box
Efrat Alony- voc, electronics
Mahan Mirarab- git.
05.07.2024 Jazz am Bauernhof in Kremsmünster, 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
10.06.2024 Celeste, Vienna, Celeste, Vienna
Efrat Alony- voc, electronics
Verena Zeiner- piano
Sofia Labropoulou - Kanun
29.05.2024 BEIJZ, Zurich, Switzerland, Efrat Alony & Omri Hason
Efrat Alony- voc , electronics
Omri Hason- perc.
17.05.2024 Goettingen, Int. Händel festspiele, 21 uhr, Altes Rathaus
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, 12:30-St. Jacobi-Kirche
Alony's Handel-Fast Forward
Efrat Alony- voc
Niko Meinhold- piano
Anne-Mette Iversen - bass
Heinrich Köbberling - 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
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