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Concert: LAILA BIALI & Trio

  • Date: 03/14/2023
  • Time: 18:00 - 19:30
  • Place: Concert hall of the University of Kassel, Mönchebergstr. 1, 34125 Kassel
  • Organizer: Institute for Music
Image: Laila Biali

Anyone who has experienced the Canadian singer-songwriter and jazz pianist LAILA BIALI live with her trio will never forget how concentrated energy and joy of playing are presented with such ease and delicacy that one is always inclined to suspect a telepathic connection between the musicians.

The artist has received numerous awards in Canada and the USA; in 2019, for example, she won a JUNO Award in the "Vocal Jazz album of the year" category, SOCAN honored her in the "Excellence in Songwriting" category and the renowned Down Beat magazine listed Laila Biali's album Out of Dust as "Best Album of the year" in 2020. Before launching her solo career, she attracted attention as an accomplished backing singer for pop star Sting , including at the legendary TV winter concert live from Durham Cathedral (currently available in the ZDF media library at https://www.zdf.de/kultur/pop-around-the-clock/sting-124.html ).

Thanks to a cooperation with the Institute for Music (IfM) at the University of Kassel, there is now a unique opportunity to experience Laila Biali and her trio (Ben Wittman, drums; Fabian Timm, bass) live free of charge on March 14. This is made possible by the fact that the artist and her trio will be holding workshops for IfM students during the day and this unusual teaching offer will be crowned by a public "house concert".

Surprisingly, Laila Biali's mother grew up in Magazinstraße - less than 300 meters away from the IfM - which made the cooperation with the University of Kassel a matter close to her heart.

The early start time of 6 p.m. makes it easy to move on afterwards to the Theaterstübchen for the concert by Jörn & the Michaels - all former IfM students, by the way - as part of the Kassel Jazz Spring: A piano jazz double bill in a class of its own.

 

MASTERCLASS AND WORKSHOP

Students of the Institute of Music have the unique opportunity to take part in a master class led by LAILA BIALI or a rhythm section workshop with her drummer BEN WITTMAN on the subject of "Flow" (INTERNAL/ONLY IfM STUDENTS).

Here are the links to the masterclass and workshop:

REGISTRATION FOR IfM STUDENTS for the Masterclass with LAILA BIALI

REGISTRATION FOR IfM STUDENTS for the workshop with BEN WITTMANN

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