Saturday, December 29, 2012

BELGIUM: SORIN ZLAT TRIO © jazzhoeilaart 2012

THIS TRIO WAS FOUNDED IN AUTUMN 2008. SORIN ZLAT IS PIANIST AND LEADER OF THE TRIO, DOUBLEBASS ADRIAN FLAUTISTUL AND DRUMS LAURENTIU ZMAU.OUR REPERTOIRE INCLUDES JAZZ STANDARDS AND OWN COMPOSITIONS.
A surprising fusion of styles, cool jazz, bebop, latin jazz,classical,contemporany and a repertoire comprising pieces of standard jazz and personal compositions, enabled the Sorin Zlat Trio band to gain recognition on the jazz scene.The band has had an impressive artistic path, with numerous prices won in national and international jazz festivals and concerts held in country and abroad(Spain,Turkey,Hungary,England,Italy).In 2009 the trio won the Grand Prize at international Jazz Festival Targu Mures,"Best band award at the international Jazz festival "Targu Mures" 2010, "Grand Prix" at the international Sibiu Jazz Festival 2010 and "Grand Prix" Festival Europafest "Bucharest International Jazz Competition" 2011.In 2011 Sorin Zlat Trio reached between the four finalists of the Getxo jazz contest 2011 in Spain, with three other bands from Denmark, France and Spain, where he won the audience award for best band and best soloist.
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