PCC Composers Mindaugas Apulskis & Mark Bai

Michael Moore – clarinet & altsax; Bert van Erk – contrabass & Steve Altenberg – drums;  PCC-Composers: Mindaugas Apulskis – tenorsax & Mark Bai – piano

We vervolgen de Prins Claus Conservatorium Composers serie met twee nieuwe jonge honden uit hun Master Programma: tenorist Mindaugas Apulskis en pianist Mark Bai.

Mindaugas Apulskis is an active saxophonist and composer, working with jazz and improvisational music. He just finished his bachelor studies in Lithuania ( Academy of Music of Vytautas Magnus University). Now he started jazz master programme in Prince Prince Clauss Conservatory. Participated in various master classes, such as “Agata Langai” “Alandia Autumn Session” and in almost all Lithuanian jazz festivals. He is a member of trio with Arnas Mikalkenas and Marius Giedra, and also a member of “Lithuanian Jazz Ensemble”–

 Mark Bai
Chinese jazz pianist and composer Mark Bai is at the forefront of a new wave of musicians contributing to China’s emerging jazz scene. While Mark was working on his undergraduate degree at the Nanjing University of the Arts, he studied with renowned Canadian pianist David Braid. In 2005 after his graduation, Mark moved to Shanghai and soon became an integral part of the jazz scene, going on to perform and record with most active Chinese jazz artists. He performs regularly at JZ festival in Shanghai and joined Finnish jazz trumpeter Verneri Pohjola for recording his personal album in Helsinki, 2010. In 2016, after his graduation of master at the Shanghai conservatory of music, Mark was invited to perform at the famous Luxemburg music festival, as the one of two most representative jazz artists of Chinese. From his musical experience of jazz, he had shared stages with the greatest legends such as David Binney, Conrad Herwig, Don Braden, Gene Jackson, Steve Nelson, Kurt Rosenwinkel and others.
As for a new musical trip, Mark came to the Netherland in 2017.

Michael Moore is een Jazzheld!

entree: € 14 / 8

Datum/Tijd
Date(s) - woensdag 31 oktober 2018
20:30

Locatie
Brouwerij Martinus


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