Pianist/Vibraphonist Karl Berger, co-founder and director of the Creative Music Studio and six-time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll as a jazz soloist, has been a highly respected artist in contemporary music for several decades.
Featured guest of Karl Berger & Friends in December 07 i the French accordeonist Jean-Louis Matinier, whose distinctive sound is reminiscent of Astor Piazzolla. He is regarded as one of the most adventurous virtuosos on his instrument and is a jazz and new music celebrity in Europe.
The December concerts involve vocalist Ingrid Sertso, bassist John Lindberg, and cellist Tomas Ulrich. Performances in New York ( December 6 ) and Woodstock, NY (December 8) feature new works by Karl Berger and newly-crafted selections from his orchestral Suite “No Man Is an Islandâ€, a stunning live recording from the German Donaueschingen Festival of 1995, in which Matinier and Ingrid Sertso participated as soloists. Their collaborations have been praised as “unexpected and exquisitely beautiful.â€
Karl Berger’s compositions received the highest critical accl.. "This is music of great maturity and coolness."(Jazzdimensions). “Engaging, thoughtful, and playful music that never fails to entertain and – if you are patient enough – enlighten.â€(Jazz Review)
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Creative Music Studio
845 679 8847
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