Workshops with Gilad Atzmon

Workshops with the great jazz saxophonist Gilad Atzmon on Thursday 6 February 2014 at Windcraft Music Centre.

16:00 - 17:30
Workshop for woodwind instruments:
“Focusing on integrated technique, the ear and rhythm”

17:30 - 19:00
Workshop for any instrumentalists and vocalists at any level:
“Improvisation, interplay, aesthetics and the art of making beauty”

Participation cost: €10 for one workshop, €15 for both workshops

Please reserve at: 22 377748

More information: www.windcraftmusic.com, [email protected]

Gilad Atzmon is an Israeli-born British jazz musician, a novelist and an anti-Zionism activist. As a multi-instrumentalist he plays saxophones, clarinet and ethnic woodwind instruments. His album Exile was the BBC jazz album of the year in 2003. He has been described by John Lewis on the Guardian as the “hardest-gigging man in British jazz". Atzmon is touring extensively around the world playing in festivals, concert halls and clubs. His albums, of which he has recorded twelve to date, often explore political themes and the music of the Middle East.
Over the years Gilad Atzmon's music has moved more and more towards a cultural hybrid. As a bandleader and reed player he has been amazing his listeners with his powerful personal style that combines great bebop artistry and Middle-Eastern roots in a sophisticated, sometimes ironical manner. Influenced by Coltrane’s powerful approach on the sax, Gilad's live performances are simply breathtaking and overwhelming.