Hila Kulik Trio - Concerto for Three - Jazz in Harmony (19:30)

Hila Kulik Trio: Hila Kulik – piano (Berlin), Eran Hardy – double bass, Aviv Bone – drums. Kulik is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger taking the international jazz scene by storm. Born and raised in Afula, she holds a master's degree from Queens College (New York). She performs in Israel and abroad with leading jazz artists from Israel, New York, and around the world, including the renowned singer Cyrille Aimée (France), Emma Smith (England), saxophonist Antonio Hart (New York), and many others. Kulik has performed at some of the most renowned music and jazz clubs and festivals in Israel, Europe, the United States, and around the world, including: the Eilat International Jazz Festival (Israel), the Canary Islands Jazz Festival (Spain), the prestigious Jazz Cruise, Blue Note clubs (China, Italy), Lincoln Center Shanghai (China), Smalls, Mezzrow, and Birdland (New York), the Polish Jazz Festival (Israel), the Hot Jazz series (Israel), the Tel Aviv Culture Palace Jazz Festival, and many others. Her debut album, More Than a Change, dedicated to the late musician Erez Bar Noy, was recorded in New York alongside leading musicians of the international jazz scene. Together with them, Kulik showcased the innovation of her musical approach, the connection between past and future, and her versatility as a pianist. Vyacheslav Ganelin – Leonid Sendersky – Concerto for Three: Vyacheslav Ganelin – piano, keyboards; Leonid Sendersky – saxophones; Yonatan Albalak – guitar. This promises to be an evening full of music that connects, inspires, and offers true enjoyment of live performance. Vyacheslav Ganelin is a composer and performer known for exploring diverse musical styles. His work includes chamber and symphonic music, operas, ballets, musicals, and film scores, with five films he scored winning international awards. His performances, including collaborations with poets and ballet soloists, have received worldwide recognition. Recordings of his ensembles have been released in many countries, and he has performed at major festivals around the world. In 1986, the city of Los Angeles declared June 25 'Ganelin Day.' He served as artistic director of the Jazz Globus Festival in Jerusalem. Ganelin has received numerous awards, including the Landau Prize in Israel, Lithuania's National Prize, and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great. Leonid Sendersky is a saxophonist and composer born in St. Petersburg. He began his international career in Denmark and later performed in the United States and Israel. His music blends jazz and classical influences and includes works for saxophone, string quartets, and symphony orchestras. He has released nine albums and collaborated with Randy Brecker, Joe Locke, and Slava Ganelin. He has performed on major stages, including the Red Sea Jazz Festival and philharmonics in Russia. In 2022, his quartet was chosen for 'Jazz Concert of the Year' in Israel. Yonatan Albalak - a groundbreaking musician and member of various new bands (Geshem, Apifera, Big Vicious), who has played alongside Israel's finest artists (Avishai Cohen, Matti Caspi, Shalom Hanoch, Marina Maximilian, and many others), offers a journey of abstract, angular music that begins where jazz ends and the unknown begins.