Festival JazzFestBrno presents Michal Wróblewski Ensemble and Concept Art Orchestra.
Michal Wróblewski Ensemble:
Michal Wróblewski – saxophones, klarinet, Magnus Grimnes – guitar, effects, Magnus Eide – drums, Martin Morland – double bass, Seshen – singing, Hakon Aase – violin, Jakop Janssønn – drums, Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø – trombone
The sax player and composer Michal Wroblewski studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno and at Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He is a very active musician, a member of The Big Band of Czech Radio and the bands Bran, Kaiser Band, Adam Tvrdý Crossover band, Rotengam group, Los Rumberos, E Converso or Mocca Malacco. Ensemble was founded in 2014, and consists of young and talented musicians situated in Norway. Ensemble uses a different interpretation and improvisation techniques, rules and symbols, which change the music in real time. Compositionally it is a mix of avant-garde influences of American jazz and European classical music in the 20th century.
Concept Art Orchestra:
David Fárek, Petr Kalfus, Marcel Bárta, Luboš Soukup, Robert Mitrega, Andrea Šulcová – saxophones, Mario Stuhlhofer, Petr Beránek, Oskar Török, Jan Přibil – trumpets, Jan Jirucha, Štěpán Janoušek, Richard Šanda, Johannes Oppel – trombones, Vít Křišťan – piano, Petr Dvorský – double bass, Kamil Slezák – drums, Štěpánka Balcarová – conductor, artistic director
Concept Art Orchestra came into being in 2010 at the Jazz Academy in Katowice, Poland. The band consisted of former Polish, Czech and Slovak students of the academy, and was lead by Ed Partyka, the famous American conductor and composer, who was at that time artist in residence at the Academy. The album Concept Art Orchestra Katowice was released in the same year, and included several original compositions written by former students. Ed Partyka again collaborated with the Concept Art Orchestra two years later. By request from Czech Radio another album, Bigbandtronics was released. The line-up of the big band on this CD is almost identical to today.
