The Fall season of the Pharos Arts Foundation opens with the highly acclaimed jazz duo Takoushis-Karapatakis Project, who will return to The Shoe Factory, on Saturday 9 September 2017, to join forces with the renowned German percussion virtuoso Udo Demandt for a unique music experience not to be missed!
Venue:
The Shoe Factory
304 Ermou Street
Lefkosia, Cyprus
Tickets:
15 Euro / 10 Euro Concessions & members of the Pharos Arts Foundation,
Box Office: Directly from the Foundation’s website www.pharosartsfoundation.org/Tickets_online.htm or Tel. 9666-9003 (Monday - Friday 10:00 - 15:00)
Information:
Pharos Arts Foundation
Phone: +357 22 663 871
Website: www.pharosartsfoundation.org
The Takoushis-Karapatakis Project is a contemporary jazz ensemble from Cyprus, formed in 2008 around the core duo of pianist/composer Marios Takoushis and bassist/composer Gabriel Karapatakis. Their resourceful yet unassuming music disposition, exuding a modern and distinctive European jazz sound based on strong melodies and virtuosic improvisations, defies any self-classification. Their music, based on and developed from the fundamentals of jazz improvisation and individual self-expression, displays original ideas which are inspired by the music traditions of the Mediterranean. And while it does not engage in loud and ostentatious conversations with these traditions, it brings about “memories”, which are stemming from the two artists’ motherland but also from the evolution of the jazz genre, and are deeply embedded, inseparably intertwined even, in the Project’s musical corpus. The Takoushis-Karapatakis Project’s discography has received critical and audience acclaim all over the world, and their music has been included in the EBU’s jazz album, The Music of Europe. Their first album, Sympnoia, was released in 2010, while two years later, they released their second album, Seven Miles East. In 2015, they released their third album, Colours Of Another Sky, which was recorded at The Shoe Factory and has received rave reviews – "Terrific album, replete with world jazz exoticism and modern jazz improvisation” (All About Jazz), "A beautiful recording that would put many of the world jazz albums released on ECM to shame” (eEmusic.com), and "A European band with a gorgeous approach, not just to harmony but rhythm" (BBC Ulster)
Saturday, September 09, 2017, 20:30
