Obilježavanje Međunarodnog dana klavira uz koncert Roka Zalokara

Internacionalni dan klavira Piano Day obilježava se 88. dan u godini budući da glasovirska klavijatura ima 88 tipki. U Hrvatskoj se obilježava po prvi put, i to u Bujama, 19. ožujka koncertom pijanista Roka Zalokara u crkvi Sv. Servula s početkom u 20 sati.

Ulaz je slobodan.

Rok Zalokar rođen je 1990. godine i pijanist je i skladatelj iz Slovenije. Studirao je jazz klavir na ljubljanskom konzervatoriju, a obrazovanje završio u Codartsu u Rotterdamu. Nakon boravka i studiranja u Nizozemskoj i Danskoj danas živi i radi u Ljubljani. Osim što djeluje kao solo umjetnik, vodi improvizacijske seanse Impronedeljek u Kinu Šiška.

Njegov glavni fokus je klavirski trio osnovan 2011. godine, avangardni pop trio Kukushai, glasovirski duo Dvojina, hiphop noise jazz grupa Million Ear te skupina Zhlehtet koja istražuje elektroakustičnu glazbu.

Od 2013. godine objavio je deset albuma s istaknutim izdavačima ZARŠ, Celinka, Kamizdat i Modigo records. Nastupao je na velikim festivalima poput North Sea Jazz i Jazz festivala Ljubljana te osvojio nagradu Jazzon i Erasmus Jazz Prize.

Njegovi solo koncerti predstavljaju hrabro putovanje kroz jazz, klasičnu i filmsku glazbu.

Rok Zalokar is a pianist and composer from Slovenia. He completed jazz piano studies at the Ljubljana conservatorium and continued at Codarts, Rotterdam. After living and studying in the Netherlands and Denmark, he is now settled in Ljubljana. Besides being a solo artist and leading his own projects, he curates improvisation sessions Impronedeljek at Kino Šiška.

His main focus is his piano trio that started in 2011, avant garde pop trio Kukushai, piano voice duo Dvojina and hiphop noise jazz group Million Ear. In 2019 he founded Zhlehtet, a group exploring electroacoustic music, microtonality and modern instrumentation.

Since 2013 he has released ten albums with the notable labels ZARŠ, Celinka, Kamizdat and Modigo records. He has played major festivals like North Sea Jazz and Jazz festival Ljubljana and received the Jazzon composition award and the Erasmus Jazz Prize.

One could even imagine listening to a musical conversation between Cecil Taylor and Antônio Carlos Jobim.

Rok Zalokar differs greatly from the rest of the jazz scene, in his playing piano becomes something distinctly different.

His solo concerts are a hero’s journey of jazz, classical and film music.

ODGOĐENO!