Tania Giannouli Ensemble
With influences as diverse as contemporary classical, Greek folk music, modern jazz, world music and the European avant-garde, Transcendence is an intoxicating, musically literate tour-de-force. These richly textured, beautifully balanced compositions are performed with great rigour, lyricism and passion, but above all they are strikingly honest and direct. Their debut album, “Transcedence”, was listed in many "Best of 2015" worldwide and been cited as one of the most important Greek albums of the past decade.
Tania Giannouli: piano
Guido De Flaviis: saxophones
Solis Barki: percussion / idiophones
Μichalis Porfyris: cello
Just a few notes can bring about mood shifts between joy and sorrow, grace and rage, bewilderment and acquiescence, and the ambiguous points in between. Giannouli creates a spaciousnesss which fosters the unfolding and transcending of specific atmospheric moods imbued by sophisticated rhythmical patterns. Her music, far from providing pleasant or pleasing escape, generates an intense perception of reality. Its cinematic qualities go hand in hand with a deep commitment to expressive communication.
London Jazz News, October 2015
