Petros Klampanis at

Name: Petros Klampanis at
Start: 2011-06-15
End: 2011-06-15

When

Wed, June 15, 2011
9:00pm

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Gilad Hekselman/Petros Klampanis duet LIVE @ Grotto

Two great young improvisers meet at Grotto on Wednesday the 15th of June.
Their music has jazz as a starting point and flirts with world music styles and rhythms.

www.giladhekselman.com
www.petrosklampanis.com

1st set starts at 9:00pm
2nd set starts at 10:00pm

Admission per set: $10

GROTTO
100 Forsyth Street bet. Broome st. & Grand st.
Subway : B, D at Grand street station
reservation : 212-625-3444

www.grotto-nyc.com
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Guitarist Gilad Hekselman has been earning a reputation as one of the most promising guitarists in New York. Gilad is the Winner of the 2005 Gibson Montreux International Guitar Competition and has shared the stage with many top names from the New York jazz scene. This year, Gilad will take part in a CD by Walt Disney Records called Disney Jazz. His music will be presented among pieces performed by artists such as Dave Brubeck, Joshua Redman, Diane Reeves, Roy Hargrove, and many other jazz legends.

"The feeling in a small club quickly grows intense when GILAD HEKSELMAN, an Israeli jazz guitarist in his mid-20s, steps up to improvise. Since arriving in New York five years ago, Mr. Hekselman has set himself roughly up in the line of Pat Metheny and Kurt Rosenwinkel, with a warm and clean guitar tone, clear articulation, crazily extended improvisational ideas, speed when he needs it, an advanced understanding of harmony, and the flexibility to go wherever his bands want...

Ben Ratliff, New York Times

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Bassist Petros Klampanis has toured in Europe, has taken part in many major jazz festivals and he has received many awards and honors in major music competitions most notably the Hoeilaart/Brussels Jazz Competition in 2008, and the YPF International Jazz Concourse and Amersfoort Jazz Competition both in 2007. His debut album Contextual, which is a double bass portrait is released by Inner Circle Music.

"A formidable player and composer,
bassist Petros Klampanis [...] makes his auspicious Stateside debut
with Contextual."

Bill Milkowski, Jazztimes Magazine.

"Excellent writing and playing. I especially like Petros' aggressive melodicism, beautiful intonation, and uniquely personal string writing."

Drew Gress, bassist, composer.

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