Musicmatters Festival : Day 2

Date/Time
Date(s) - 13/08/2016
8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Location
Barefoot

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About Day 2 

The line-up for Day 2 of the festival features several local and international groups performing original jazz influenced music from India, Europe and Sri Lanka.

TARUN BALANI TRIO – Tarun Balani is a drummer, composer, percussionist and music educator living in New Delhi, India. In 2012, Tarun released his debut record Sacred World, said to “point to the future of jazz in India.” (Time Out, India).

BERNHARD GEIGL – German pianist, was recently featured in the Goethe Institut’s Musicmatters Showcase Evening. Bernard’s performance with the local trio with Sumudi Suraweera and Isaac Smith marks the end of his stay in Colombo where he has been residing for several months as an artist in residence at Musicmatters.

SERENDIB SORCERERS & TRANSCOASTAL COLLECTIVE
Adding a Sri Lankan element to the evening of jazzy contemporary music, the Serendib Sorceres and the Musicmatters Transcoastal Collective will present a special combined performance featuring folk music from the Western and Eastern parts of the island, reworked to a contemporary musical setting.

Miako Klein, Berlin based recorder and violin player, will be one of the foreign featured musicians in this group. Over the past couple of years, she has frequently visited Sri Lanka, initially as a musician for the production “The Past” followed by several Musicmatters initiated projects.

KINESTHETICS
Musicmatters Collective’s electronic groove based group Kinesthetics will close off Day 2 of the festival with a party featuring Komorebi from New Delhi collaborating with the group as their lead singer. Kinesthetics will include the regular collective members Sarani Perera, Isuru Kumarasinghe, Uvindu Perera and a number of other upcoming musicians.

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