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Shields Down
HOLON Trio’s latest realease Shields Down is now available!
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About HOLON Trio
Holon is originally from the Ancient Greek for a whole that is part of yet another whole. The three musicians who make up the HOLON Trio have given themselves this name, because the term encapsulates their combined musical world. For the members of the trio, their work together constitutes a fundamental part of their musical interests. In this intimate context, they have the opportunity to transform their stark individualism and emotions into music and pass this onto the audience. In this process, they make use of the great diversity of sounds inherent in a piano trio and develop an innovative program rich in contrasts. All three musicians compose with their own personal voice for the trio and nevertheless manage to fnd a common thread in their collective work that refects the emotions behind the music for the listener. Their music is resplendent with surprises; at times fragile, at times daringly experimental, the music that the three stellar young musicians play together represents what they want to share with the world. This depends on trust and their connection to one another — a collective feeling for the direction and the method of expression that their music can take. In so doing, they give rise to a magical concert experience that simply shouldn’t be missed.
Lukas Akintaya
The German-Nigerian Lukas Akintaya is a New York-dwelling percussionist and composer, who has gained attention not only as sideman, but also as co-leader of diverse projects on the international stage. Following a classical upbringing, he studied at the Hochschule für Künste (University for the Arts) in Bremen, Germany, from 2011 to 2013, and transferred to the Berlin Jazz-Institute (Universität der Künste Berlin/Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler) where he studied with John Hollenbeck, Jim Black, and Greg Cohen, among others. He concluded his studies in Berlin in 2017. In the 2015/2016 year he completed a semester abroad at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) with Dré Pallemerts. Since 2018, Akintaya studies as a DAAD scholar (German Academic Exchange Service) at New York University, where he has worked with musicians such as Billy Drewes, Drew Gress, Kevin Hays and Alan Ferber. He has appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall, Cēsis Concert Hall (Riga, Latvia) and performed at various festivals such as Umbria Jazz and Copenhagen Jazz Festival. He is the recipient of various accolades, among them the Europäischen Burghauser Nachwuchs-Jazzpreis (Burghausen European Young Talent Jazz Prize) 2015 and the Niedersächsischen Kompositionsstipendiums (Composition Scholarship of Lower Saxony) 2019.
Povel Widestrand
The Swedish pianist Povel Widestrand counts among the aspiring young musicians of the European jazz scene. Following classical piano studies, he studied at the Fridhems Folkhögskola, Svalöv (Sweden) in a one-year program of study in 2011 and continued his piano studies at the Berlin Jazz Institute (UdK/HfM Hanns Eisler) a year later with Wolfgang Köhler, among others. In 2017, he concluded his studies with top marks. He is the laureate of various awards, among them „Jazzkatten - Newcomer of the year 2018“ awarded by the Swedish National Radio, and has performed at festivals such as the Umeå Jazz Festival. He lives at present in Berlin and takes part in many active projects with groups such as Dyki Lys, Mirna Bogdanovic Quintet, Felix Henkelhausen Quintet and the Musina Ebobissé Quintet. In addition, he is currently working on a solo project.
Mathias Højgaard Jensen
Mathias Højgaard Jensen is a New York-dwelling Danish bassist and composer, who through his idiosyncratic style in diverse line-ups, has attracted international attention. Jensen studied at the Fridhems Folkhögskola, Svalöv in Sweden from 2011 to 2013 and the Berlin Jazz Institute (UdK/HfM Hanns Eisler) from 2013 to 2018, completing his bachelor degree under the tutelage of Greg Cohen and Marc Muellbauer, among others. In New York he’s part of several projects and bands, among them are Quiet People which is getting ready to release their debut album and are playing on many stages across the city, as well as freelance work. In addition to the various album releases in the realm of jazz, he has solid classical training and given classical concerts, among others, in the Berlin Philharmonie with the Jungen Sinfonie Berlin. Jensen has studied since 2018 at the Manhattan School of Music in New York with Buster Williams, Kendrick Scott, Jaleel Shaw, Roggerio Boccato, Theo Bleckmann, Phil Markowitz and Dave Liebman among others. He is the 1st prizewinner of the 12on14 Jazzwings soloist prize.