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BLUE COUCH
BLUE COUCH TRIO
"Spherical electro sounds, unexpected jazz lines, seductive wave grooves.
Music fused from jazz, hip-hop, and electro to create an absolutely brilliant result!"
SLAWEK DUDAR
TONI HINTERHOLZINGER
PAWEL CZUBATKA
TONI HINTERHOLZINGER / synths, sound
Studied jazz piano at the Meistersinger Conservatory in Nuremberg and runs the recording studio at the Nuremberg University of Music alongside his artistic activities.
As a passionate synthesizer specialist, Toni Hinterholzinger maintains an extensive collection of historical and modern keyboard instruments.
He is a prizewinner of the Nürnberger Nachrichten, an honorary professor and an employee of LEONARDO Center for Creativity and Innovation.
He also works as a freelance editor for online portals in the music market and recording studio technology sector and has been on tour with the "Midnight Story Orchestra" for over 15 years.
PAWEL CZUBATKA / drums
International award-winning drummer, active jazz musician, committed teacher.
Master of Music, graduate of the Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg in the field of classical music and jazz.
His career includes performances in 10 countries, with many top musicians such as: Leszek Zadlo, Nippy Noya, Jovinio Santos Neto, Marek Biliński, Paulo Morelo, Ney Rosauro, Dai Fujikura, Steffen Schorn, Kim Barth, Marcos Fregnani, Jan Freicher, Izabella Effenberg, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Pomorskiej, Zespół "Mazowsze", Orchestre Symphonique des Conservatoires de Nice, Aegean Philharmonic Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble University of Arts Osaka, Bigband HfM Nürnberg,
Special awards: Scholarship of the German-Polish Society in Franconia, Scholarship of the Erna-Koehler-Foundation, 3rd Prize - International Competition of the Percussive Arts Society in Paris, 1st Prize - International Competition of the Percussive Arts Society in Fermo, Scholarship Hans-Sachs-Loge Nuremberg, 3rd Prize - Chamber Music Competition of the Percussive Arts Society in Paris. Prize - Chamber Music Competition of the Mozart Association in Nuremberg, Scholarship of the Sparda-Bank, Finalist of the Jazz-Juniors Competition in Krakow, 1st Prize - Bruno Rother Jazz Competition in Fürth, DAAD Prize (for outstanding achievements and cultural commitment), 3rd Prize - B.R. Jazz Competition in Fürth, Scholarship of the YEHUDI MENUHIN Live Music Now Franken, 3rd Prize B.R. Jazz Competition in Fürth.
SLAWEK DUDAR / saxes
Polish saxophonist, currently living in Germany.Saxophone teacher at Hofer Symphoniker. Musician who explores a variety of musical genres from jazz, funky, Indian music to film, electro and club music.
His alto saxophone can also be heard on the following records: "Inside City", "Brand New World" by Slawek Dudar Quartet, Trylobity Group- BURNING STONES, JUNODUET - Kodex 2 (Magiera, L.A.), "Forever Green"- Urszula Dudziak with the Big Band of Zielona Góra University, "4871", Longing For The Divine- Yashoda.
He took part in many competitions and festivals: Vienna Jazz Floor /AU/, Bandoneon Festival /DE/, 18th Music Meeting /NL/, "ZAPPANALE #16 /DE/, Görlitz Jazztage /DE/, Film Festival T- Mobile Neue Horizonte /PL/, Krokus Jazz Festival, /Jelenia Góra/, "Jazz nad Odrą", "Hot Jazz Spring" /Częstochowa/, International Jazz Struggles in Szczecin /Poland, Music RadioFunk RAM Festival, Traditional Jazz Festival "Hot Jazz Spring" in Czestochowa) /Poland , Nationwide Big Bands Festival in Nowy Tomysl -/Poland , International Jazz Bands Competition in Jelenia Gora /Poland, International Festival of Traditional Jazz in Ilawa /Poland, Wroclaw Jazz Festival "Jazz nad Odra" in Wrocław /Poland, Jazz Juniors in Krakow / Poland, International Film Festival ERA NOWE HORYZONTY /Poland.
He took part in several jazz workshops with outstanding musicians including:
Jim Snidero, David Binney, Billy Harper, Kenny Garrett, Jim Black, Ravi Coltrane, Don Braden, Newman Taylor Baker, Francesca Tekstley, Paquito de Rivera, Piotr Wojtasik, Grzegorz Nagórski, Piotr Baron, Jaroslaw Śmietana, Mack Goldsbury, Wlodek Pawlik, Ernst Bier, Francois Theberge, Stefan Weeke, Jaromir Honzak, Christian Rover.
Cooperated with numerous musicians from USA, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Canada, Uruguay, Poland like: Jeremy Pelt, Bodek Janke, Jean Clair de Ruwe, Boris Oostendorp, Olivia Trummer, Tex Döring, Rainer Glas, Thomas Fink, Alex Bayer, Jochen Pfister, Filip Wisniewski, Freak Weber, Mama Oliver, Max Nauta Simonsen, Dan Freeman, Louis di Matteo, Adam Baldych, Jacek Kochan, Piotr Wojtasik, Michał Barański, Łukasz Pawlik, Dorota Piotrowska, Dominik Wania, Zbigniew Lewandowski, a. o. a.
As an active and creative musician, he also experimented with club music and played saxophone in the biggest clubs in Poland and Germany.
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