ppIANISSIMO JAZZ
Spontaneous Improvisations
Piano concert of
Lyubo Tsanev
(Bulgaria)
&
(Bulgaria/Germany)
Original jazz pieces by Lyubo Tsanev including:
Greenhouse Allergy, Cypher, Family
Piano Monologues:
Spontaneous improvisations by Konstantin Kostov
Joint improvisations
Surprises
* * *
Lyubo Tsanev
(b. 1975) is a jazz pianist and composer. He began piano lessons at the age of
four. He started to compose already in his school years. He graduated from the
“Lyubomir Pipkov” National School of Music and the “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov”
National Academy of Music in Sofia in the jazz piano class of Prof. Julia
Tsenova. In 2003, he also graduated from the Boston Conservatory with a Master
in Composition degree, after studying there on a full tuition scholarship under
the guidance of John C. Adams and the Grammy
Award winner Osvaldo Golijov.
In
2011, he joined the eclectic Allston (Boston) band Strange Changes, formed by alumni of the Berkeley Music College. With
the band, he made a lot of recordings and performances at many venues in New
England and New York City. Influenced by the energy and talent of the band's
musicians, Lyubo Tsanev redirected his priorities to jazz music.
Since
his return to Bulgaria, Lyubo Tsanev has been performing with most of the
finest local jazz musicians. He has appeared at all major jazz festivals and
participated in projects, such as Hristo Yotsov’s Jazz Cats, Georgi Kornazov’s Chiaroscuro
(Svetlosenki – in Bulgarian) and
Stefan Goranov’s Gorafunk among
others.
(© Blagovest Popov)
Konstantin Kostov (b. 1979) began his piano lessons at
the age of five in his native town of Vratsa and continued his studies at the
Secondary Music School in Pleven. His love for composition and improvisation
arose there. While still very young, he already wrote music for various chamber
ensembles, string orchestra and soloists. Some of these compositions have been
recorded and published. In 1998, he was admitted to the “Prof. Pancho
Vladigerov” National Academy of Music in the jazz piano class of Prof. Julia
Tsenova. He later studied at the “Richard-Strauss” Conservatory in Munich with
one of the titans of the jazz piano, Prof. Leonid Chizhik. In 2018, he was
invited to teach at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. He
is actively composing and improvising, and often leads workshops in various
music schools and academies.
He
is the laureate of a number of international awards, has appeared at the
biggest jazz venues and played with many famous musicians from around the
world. Since 2007, he has been giving concerts in Japan at prestigious
festivals. From 2011 to the present day, he has also been actively concerting
in Poland.
Konstantin
Kostov works in the areas of modern jazz, crossover jazz and folk jazz. Many of
his concerts are broadcast on radio and television programmes.
(© Hristomir Svoboda)
