2009 Bands

18 bands representing 21 countries have entered the Semifinal of the 3rd Bucharest International Jazz Competition 2009: Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Republic of Macedonia, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine.

In alphabetical order:
ART VOICES / Armenia
Avag Margaryan - blul, zurna
Levon Puchinyan - trumpet
Artur Grigoryan - saxophones
Manuk Ghazaryan - keyboard
Edgar Avetisyan - bass
Pertsh Nahapetyan - drums

 
BEEFÓLK / Austria
Georg Gratzer - saxophones, bassclarinet, dizi
Klemens Bittmann - violin, mandolin
Jörg Haberl - drums
Christian Wendt - double bass, electric bass
Christian Bakanic - accordion, percussion

 
CITRIC / Spain
Hilario Rodeiro Cabanas - drums
Ander Garcia Bustamante - electric bass & double bass
Luis Verde Lopez - alto & sopramo sax

 
DWOOTHO / Poland
Maciej Dziedzic - drums
Bartosz Łuczkiewicz - bass
Tomasz Piatek - saxophone
Marek Tarnowski – accordion

 
JAZZILANTI / Slovenia
Valentina Tehovnik - piano
Vedran Mutić - electric bass
Primož Podobnik - drums
Mateja Dolšak - saxophone

 
KNH / Hungary
Bálint Hrecska - electric bass
Zsófia Kristó - flute, alto flute
Tamás Németh - drums

 
THE MOONSTONES / Romania
Ioana Hartescu - vocal
Peter Sarosi - keyboard, piano
Gabor Pal - drums
Sebastian Joo - bass guitar

 
OFF-QUAR-TET / Denmark, Poland
Marek Kądziela - guitar
Tomasz Dąbrowski - trumpet
Morten Jensen - double bass
Rasmus Nielsen - drums

 
ORIOXY QUARTET / Switzerland, France, Israel
Yael Miller Booton - vocal
Julie Campiche - harp
Brice Berrerd - double bass
Roland Merlinc - drums

 
PALEKA / The Netherlands, Germany
Alexander Tzschentke - guitar
Benjamin Koch - drums
Olaf Hollmann - saxophone
Mathias Polligkeit - double bass
Frank Windemuller - piano

 
THE SHTRIKER SEXTET / Israel
Gaya Feldheim Schorr - vocal
Omer Leshem - saxophone
Tomer Ron - trumpet
Micha Gilad - piano
Dor Samoha - double bass
Itay Morchi Levi - drums

 
SONIA & THE BAND / Romania
Sonia Dumitru - vocal
Ciprian Mateian - guitar
Alin Văcean - piano
Theodor Groszmur - bass guitar
Ferencz Szekerez - drums

 
TAMARAZENE / Hungary
Tamara Mózes - vocal, piano
Dániel Horváth - drums

 
TAVITJAN BROTHERS / Macedonia, Armenia
Diran Tavitijan - piano
Garo Tavitijan - drums
Goran Gješovski - bass

 
TRYBALA - WIEG DUO / Germany, Poland, Belgium
Karolina Trybala - vocal, percussion, loops
Vinzenz Wieg - guitar, loops

 
VITIME BAND / Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia
Vitaliy Zolotov - guitar
Tsimafei Birukou - drums
Bruno Böhmer - piano
Fedor Ruškuc - bass
Rodrigo Villalón - percussion
Farouk Gomati - percussion

 
YARA AND THE SWEET MOB / Germany, Brazil
Yara Linss - vocal
Joachim Lenhardt - saxophone
Patrick Schanze - guitar
Alexander Bayer - bass

 
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