Hans Lüdemann, piano / virtual piano. Yves Robert, trombone.
Silke Eberhard, alto saxophone / clarinet / bass clarinet.
Alexandra Grimal, saxophone / tenor saxophone.
Theo Ceccaldi, violin. Ronny Graupe, electric guitar.
Sebastien Boisseau, double bass. Dejan Terzic, drums / percussion
The Trans Europe Express is rolling. In 2018, the first album of the octet entitled „Polyjazz“ was released and presented in concert. It is celebrated by the press as a „magnificent masterpiece“ (Fono Forum) and was nominated for the „Prize of the German record critic 2018“. Also as a live act the group is exceptional and exciting - the French „Liberation“ described the concert at the Berlin Jazzdor-Festival 2018 as a „superlative craze“. The ensemble is formed by eight high-profile German and French musicians from the contemporary creative Jazz scene who are taking their share in exceeding musical and human borders. Established greats such as the French trombonist Yves Robert work side by side with musicians from the young generation such as the German guitarist Ronny Graupe (on the album replaced by Finnish Kalle Kalima) and violinist Theo Ceccaldi. The frontline is formed by saxophonists Silke Eberhard and Alexandra Grimal. An energetic rhythmic base is ensured by the trio Rooms with Sebastien Boisseau, Dejan Terzic and the artistic director of the band, Hans Lüdemann, pianist and ECHO award winner 2013.
The TransEuropeExpress is not a classic jazz band, but an unconventional ensemble opening maximum creative freedom and knowing no limits. The mission of the ensemble is to go on a journey, connect people, stations and places with their music, as well as to express impressions and emotions in a musical communication. It builds new European connections and takes us, starting from the Franco-German axis,
on a fast ride to unknown destinations.
The works composed especially for the ensemble by its musicians and their jointly created improvisations are characterized by a stylistic openness. The result is a multi-coloured, energetic, highly explosive and absolutely contemporary music, rich in contrasts of nice and dirty sounds: a “polyjazz”, where the European polyphony and dynamic polyrhythms are fusioned with microtonality and electronic sounds, leaving postmodernism behind.
With the CD debut the TransEuropeExpress presents itself as a unique collective of individual creative voices with its own musical program. In 2019 – 20, the ensemble is realizing the project „on the edges“, collaborating with guest musicians and composers from four regions on and beyond the borders of the European Union.
TransEuropeExpress is supported by:
Biographies:
Hans Lüdemann
was born 1961 in Haumburg. He studied classical piano at the Hamburg conservatory and Jazz piano at the Musikhochschule Köln and the Banff Centre/Canada. His international career started in 1985 in the group
of Eberhard Weber/Jan Garbarek. As a composer he has created a body of works form solo to orchestral music. In 1999, he foundet the TRIO IVOIRE with Aly Keita, in 2009 the trio ROOMS with Sebastien Boisseau
and Dejan Terzic. For the CD box „die kunst des trios“ he won the „Echo Jazz“ award 2013. In 2009/10 and 2015/16 he was appointed „Cornell Visiting Professor“ at Swarthmore College/USA.
Yves Robert
studied flute and trombone at the conservatoire Vichy for 9 years. He quickly felt attracted by the energy and fiery passion of Jazz. As a talented improviser he has become a reference for the trombone in
contemporary Jazz on the biggest stages in Europe. Aside from that, he writes music for documentary films and ballett and has been present with his own trios and quartets and the big band
„Les Improvisateurs Réunis“. Albums with his own ensembles have been released on ECM records and, most recently, on BMC records.
www.yvrobert.free.fr
Silke Eberhard
The alto saxophon and clarinet player studied at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin and afterwards in a master class with Dave Liebman in the US. Besides her experiences in different trios she
toured around the world as a member of interdisciplinary dance and theater projects in cooperation with the Goethe institute and DAAD. Her own projects include the group Potsa Lotsa and duos with pianists
Ulrich Gumpert and Dave Burrell.
www.silkeeberhard.com
Alexandra Grimal
graduated as a master student of John Ruocco in Jazz saxophone from the royal conservatory Den Haag, Netherlands. She also studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris and the Sibelius -
Academy Helsinki. She is laureate of the Jean-Luc Lugardére foundation, recipient of MacDowell scholarships in 2010 and 2012 and Travitian scholarship in 2011. Grimal is the founder of two quartets in Europe
and the US and works together with Marc Ducret and Benoit Delbeq. She became a member of the French Orchestre National du Jazz (ONJ ) in 2014.
www.alexandragrimal.com
Théo Ceccaldi
was born in 1986 in Orleans. He is violon and viola player, improviser and composer. He teaches at the Paris conservatory. In 2011, his „Théo Ceccaldi Trio“ won the first prize in the Jazz competition of Orleans.
With Roberto Negro he founded the quartet „La Scala“ and with member of „Marcel & Solange“ das Quintett „Toons“. 2012 he was co-founder of „Tricollectif“ and joined the ONJ in 2014. Ceccaldi also worked with
the string quartet „quatuor IXI“ and Joelle Leandre. Her was awarded the „Victoire du Jazz“ in 2017.
www.tricollectif.fr/theo-ceccaldi-trio
Ronny Graupe
The guitarist was born in 1979 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz). He played in regional youth orchestras, before studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ in Leipzig and
at Conservatory in Copenhagen/Denmark. In 2012 he became teacher for Jazz guitar at the University of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland. Jean-Marc Toussaint says about him: „Ronny Graupe is a remarkable German
guitarist, perhaps the most remarkable of his generation“. One of his main projects was for a long time the band „Hyperactive Kids“, he introduced his own music with the album „Spoom“ on Pirouet records.
www.ronnygraupe.de
Sebastien Boisseau
Living in Nantes, France, he is a co-owner of Yolk records. He has become one of the most in demand bass player in Europe. As a reference his style of playing could be placed somewhere between Jean Francois Jenny -
Clark, Marc Johnson and Scott LaFaro. He composes for his projects „Wood“ and „Unit“ and is part of a number of European jazz bands. In recent projects he has worked with Uri Caine, Jeff Ballard, Samuel Blaser,
John Hollenbeck and Rita Marcotulli.
www.sebastienboisseau.com
Dejan Terzic
At age six he started learning piano but decided to switch to drums at age twelve. He studied at the conservatory and the Musikhochschule of Nürnberg, Germany and extended his studies in New York City.
He gained attention as „best drummer“ on a number of international festivals and is part of several trios, among them the „Nostalgia Trio“ of Nils Wogram and the trio ROOMS. Current projects of his own are
the groups „Melanoia“ and „Axiom“.
In 2014, Terzic was awarded the „ECHO Jazz“ as best drummer. He has a professorship for Jazz drums at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern.
www.dejanterzic.com
Hans Lüdemann Solo
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Hans Lüdemann TRIO IVOIRE
Aly Keita - Christian Thomé
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Hans Lüdemann - Sebastién Boisseau - Dejan Terzic
ROOMS
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Reiner Winterschladen - Hans Lüdemann
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Die Kunst des Trios
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Hans Lüdemann - Toumani Diabaté
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