Hila Kulik Trio - Concerto for Three - Jazz in Harmony

Hila Kolik Trio Hila Kolik — piano (Berlin) Eran Hardy — double bass Aviv Bona — drums Kolik is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger taking the world 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 around the world with leading jazz artists from Israel, New York, and across the globe, including the renowned singer Cyrille Aimée (France), Emma Smith (England), saxophonist Antonio Hart (New York), and many others. Kolik has performed at some of the best-known music and jazz clubs and festivals in Israel, Europe, the United States, and around the world, including: the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat (Israel), the Canary Islands Jazz Festival (Spain), the prestigious Jazz Cruise, the Blue Note clubs (China, Italy), Lincoln Center Shanghai (China), Smalls Club, Mezzrow, Birdland (New York), the Polish Jazz Festival (Israel), the Hot Jazz series (Israel), the Jazz Festival at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, 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 world jazz scene. Together with them, Kolik managed to showcase innovation in her musical approach, the connection between past and future, and her versatility as a pianist. Vyacheslav Ganelin — Leni Sendersky — Concerto for Three Vyacheslav Ganelin — piano, keyboards Leni Sendersky — saxophones Yonatan Albalak — guitar This is an evening promising to be full of music that connects, inspires, and offers true enjoyment from a 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 — five of the films he scored won international awards. His performances, including collaborations with poets and ballet soloists, have earned 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 won numerous awards, including the Landau Prize in Israel, Lithuania's National Prize, and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great. Leni 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 combines influences of jazz and classical music 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 philharmonic orchestras in Russia. In 2022, his quartet was chosen as Jazz Concert of the Year in Israel. Yonatan Albalak — a trailblazing musician, member of various new bands (Geshem, Apifera, Big Vicious), who has played alongside Israel's top artists (Avishai Cohen, Matti Caspi, Shalom Hanoch, Marina Maximilian, and many others), presents a journey of abstract, angular music that begins where jazz ends and the unknown begins.