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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
2023
16.09.2023 Freischwimmer Festival, Ludwigshafen, Freischwimmer Festival, Ludwigshafen
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
11.05.2023 Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Jazz Orch. featuring Efrat Alony
Zurich Jazz Orch. featuring Efrat Alony & Ed Partyka
conductor: Ed Partyka
21.04.2023 Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, CH, Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, CH
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
20.04.2023 Jazzclub, Regensburg, Jazzclub, Regensburg
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
03.02.2023 Jazz Club Bastion, Kirchheim (Tech) DE,
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
2022
03.12.2022 Vienna, AT, Theater Nestroyhof -Hamakom,
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
23.11.2022 Berlin, Re-Jazz Festival
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
22.11.2022 Osnabrueck, Institute für Musik
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
11.11.2022 Goettingen, Jazzfestival Göttingen
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
30.10.2022 DB Museum, Nurmberg, DB Museum, Nürnberg
Jazz Matinee! ( 11 a.m)
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
23.10.2022 Rüsselsheim, DE, Das Rind
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
22.10.2022 Hameln, DE, Double Time Jazzclub
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
20.10.2022 Cologne, Germany, Stadtgarten
Alony's- "Hollywood isn't Calling"
Efrat Alony- voc
Frank Wingold- git
Henning Sieverts- bass
Heinrich Köbberling- drums
10.10.2022 Vienna, porgy & Bess, CC JOP featuring Efrat Alony
Christoph Cech Jazz Orchestra Project featuring Efrat Alony
24.09.2022 Ludwigshafen (Rh) DE
!!!festival postponed to 2023- new date t.b.a
Efrat Alony- voc
Jacob Karlzon- piano
Simon Jermyn- git
Matthias Pichler- bass
11.07.2022 Kan: recording "Around midnight" in Shablul, Jazz club Tel-Aviv, IL, Alony/ Mizrahi/ Sirkis
Efrat Alony- voc, electronics
Ofer Mizrahi- git.
David Sirkis- drums
10.07.2022 Shablul, Jazz club Tel-Aviv, IL, Alony/ Mizrahi/ Sirkis
Efrat Alony- voc, electronics
Ofer Mizrahi- git.
David Sirkis- 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
Mob+49 160 94788317