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FLORIN RADUCANU: Biography
Pianist, composer and professor at The National College of Music " George Enescu" in Bucharest, Florin Raducanu is also a member of the Romanian Composers and Musicologists Society and the founder of Jazz Department at the The National College of Music "George Enescu" He has also performed extensively on Romanian and European Radio and TV
Channels.
Florin Raducanu is the founder of the Art Factory Pedagogy Project “workshop-concerts” series, which aims to reveal the synthetic role of jazz music as a creative bonding element of world musical heritages.
His past performances include:
▪ Bydgosky Jazz Festival, Poland, 1995
▪ Costinesti Jazz Festival, Romania, 1997
▪ Iasi Jazz Festival, Romania, 1998
▪ 1st edition of the International Musical Fair, Bucharest, 1999
▪ Napocensis Jazz Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2000
▪ Bucharest Jazz Festival, Romania, 2002
▪ Sibiu Jazz Festival, Romania, with his sextet, special guest Tom Smith(SUA), 2004
▪ Bucharest jazz Festival, with Florin Raducanu Big-Band, 2004
▪ Symphonic Jazz Concert of Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra at the Sibiu Jazz Festival as a composer, pianist and conductor, 2006
▪ Symphonic Jazz Concert broadcasted live in 13 European countries, 2007
▪ Swinging Jazz Fest, Vienna, 2007
▪ Malaysian tour (2008) including duo with Dalila Cernatescu at panflute produced by the
Japanese "Soka Gakay Foundation", and concert with Joseph Pruesner-bass(USA) &
Zahid Ahmad- drums(Malaysia) at the "No Black Tie Jazz Club", Kuala Lumpur
▪ George Enescu International Festival, Bucharest, Romania, with "Florin Raducanu & Classical Troubadours Orchestra", 2009
▪ Austrian shows with the "Improvisations about the music of the world" project
in Vienna at the "Porgy & Bess" Jazz Club, and Graz, 2010
▪ Jam Session w Ari Roland Quartet/
Florin Raducanu-piano Ari Roland- d.bass John Mosca- trombon Zaid Naser- alto sax Keith Balla- drums, Bucharest 2010
▪ Dalila Cernatescu & Florin Raducanu
Art Factory Jazz Ensemble /
Tirgoviste, Festivalul "Crizantema de aur", 2011
▪FLORIN RADUCANU & LATIN JAZZ SOCIAL CLUB FROM BUCHAREST
ArtJazz Club and Green Hours , Bucharest, 2011
Collaborations
Dalila Cernatescu(Romania), David Murray(USA), Jorge Silvester, Lee Pearsons(USA),
Jean-Louis Rassinfose(Belgium), Eric Legnini(Italy), Celline Rudolph(Germany),
Zahid Ahmad(Malaysia), Joseph Pruesner(USA/Malaysia), Jasper Blom(Netherlands), Ari Roland(USA)
FLORIN RADUCANU: News and Upcoming Events
The National College of Music "George Enescu" is now member of The International Association of Schools of Jazz. More details here.
New Video. Targoviste, Romania
Festivalul "Crizantema de Aur" 2012
Vineri, 26 octombrie 2012: 19:45 Watch video here
Art Factory Gala for Young Jazz Musicians from
Romania (second edition) Celebrates UNESCO International
Jazz Day
Bucharest, Tuesday April 30th 2013 at George Enescu National
College Concert Hall
VIDEOS from The Art Factory Gala for Young Jazz Musicians
from Romania Link1 Link2
FLORIN RADUCANU: Past Events
Targoviste, Romania
Festivalul "Crizantema de Aur"2012 Vineri, 26 octombrie 2012: 19:45 Watch video here
Florin Raducanu Jazz Big Band
Special Guest / Invitata speciala: Dalila Cernatescu(pan flute / nai)
Recital in cadrul festivalului, cuprinzind
piese semnate de Florin Raducanu precum si lucrari celebre de Beethoven, Albinoni, Michel Camilo, Vivaldi.
February 2012 Romanian pianist, composer and educator Florin Raducanu announced the launch of the Art Factory Records as part of the Art Factory International Cultural Association.
The activity and goals of the association "Art Factory" is focused on three levels
1. Production of cultural events
2. Educational projects to support and promote young artists
3. Production of recordings and musical informative materials
FLORIN RADUCANU & LATIN JAZZ SOCIAL CLUB FROM BUCHAREST
@ ArtJazz Club, Bucharest, 29 octombrie 2011 21:30
După proiectul de succes de pe albumul "Florin Răducanu plays Beethoven, Chopin, Enescu on Jazz", înregistrat într-unul dintre cele mai importante cluburi de jazz din Europa, „Porgy & Bess" din Viena, Florin Răducanu lansează acum, împreună cu unii dintre protagoniştii albumului amintit, un nou concept inspirat din muzica afro-cubană, caracterul latin fiind elementul compatibil cu personalitatea şi caracterul pianistului, compozitor şi profesor. Dacă pe albumul "... plays Beethoven, Chopin, Enescu on Jazz"- promovat în lume de către cele mai importante site-uri de jazz precum „Jazz Review", „Jazz Corner" sau „JazzWorldQuest"-, Răducanu realizează un "fussion" classical-jazz, în noul proiect se abordează repertoriul standard de jazz în maniera latino-jazz. Florin Răducanu- piano, arrangements & leader
Mihai Sebastian- tenor saxophone
Adrian Flautistu - double bass
Eugen Nichiteanu- drums
Gilberto Ortega (Rep. Cuba) - congas
FLORIN RADUCANU & LATIN JAZZ SOCIAL CLUB FROM BUCHAREST
@ Green Hours, Bucharest, 30 octombrie 2011 20:30
▪ Jazzul ca simbioza muzicala(II)
Perioada Swing-Big Band Era si primele demersuri muzicale ale muzicienilor in vederea detaşării de cadrul estetic al divertismentului muzical
Featured Artist: FLORIN RADUCANU
Pianist, Composer, Professor
Reviews
Florin Raducanu plays Beethoven,
Chopin, Enescu...on Jazz (2010)
Live from "Porgy & Bess Jazz Club, Vienna
Pianist, teacher, composer, conductor and arranger Florin Raducanu was at the heart of many innovative projects of classical and folk jazz fusion in his native Romania and abroad.
Over the years he performed in trio, sextet and he collaborated with big bands and large symphonic orchestras, during prestigious festivals and live events. Musician of the year in 2009, he won many prestigious prizes and accolades for his achievements.
On his third album recorded along with his band at the Porgy and Bess Jazz Club in 2010, Florin Raducanu composed and arranged a musical synthesis that draws on jazz and classical on four surprising live explorations, each of them with its personality. Inspired by the music of great composers and driven by the inventivity of jazz he delivers a performance where elegance and swing merge together in a fresh personal expression.
The first piece of the album built around the beautiful Chopin's "Scherzo No2"is a spirited jazz improvisation that opens and ends with the original composition. In between, the pianist goes into in a colorful, dynamic swing infused by the elegance of the Chopinian melody.
Then we enter the Beethoven’s realm with the second movement of the "Sonata Pathétique", opening the door to a dynamic piano-saxophone dialogue followed by a bass solo and a virtuosic piano free ride, rich in melodic variations.
On pianist's composition, "Veneratie Ave Maria" a pleasant surprise is the airy sound of the pan flute, played by special guest Dalila Cernatescu, adding an exquisite Vivaldian touch to a fusion of Bach themes and Latin jazz.
The last piece honors the music of the famous Romanian composer George Enescu. Here the seductive grace of the piano is complemented by reflective saxophone and bass solos.
An album that worth hearing for the variety of themes and approaches, everything is crafted with good taste and high instrumental virtuosity. Florin Raducanu is full of swing and spirit, respectful of traditions yet confident in his own artistry.
JazzWorldQuest 2010
Track listing: Scherzo no.2, Sonata Patethique part. II, Veneratie Ave Maria, Toccata in D
Musicians: Florin Raducanu - piano & arrangements,
Adrian Flautistu - double bass,
Eugen Nichiteanu - drums,
Mihai Sebastian - ten sax, Special Guest: Dalila Cernatescu - pan flute (3)
Awards
▪ 3rd prize at the "Ciprian Porumbescu" Piano contest, Bucharest, 1982
▪ 1st prize at the Napocensis Jazz Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2000
▪ Laureate of the Music Festival "Hoeillaart", Belgium 2003
National Radio Broadcast Society Award for Composition, 2004
▪ Muzza Foundation Prize for Jazz, 2004
▪ "Best in Jazz" awarded by the Romanian cultural magazine “Cuvantul", 2005
▪ Prize for Jazz Symphonic Composition of the Romanian Union of
Composers and Musicologists, 2007
▪ Romanian Jazz musician of the year, 2009
▪ Muzza Foundation : "Revealing the Romanian Traditional
Music on Jazz" - Album of the year, 2011
Discography
Hermannstadt Jazz Town (Soft Records 2004)
with American trombonist Tom Smith
Tracks:
1.Incognito 9:11
2.Latin Spirit 17:24
3. I Miss You G 13:43
4.But Soul 7:22
5.Hermannstadt Jazz Town 13:29
Double Bass – Pedro Negrescu
Drums – Laurenţiu Ştefan
Piano – Florin Răducanu
Saxophone – Garbis Dedeian
Trombone – Tom Smith (5)
Trumpet – Laurenţiu Moise
Tracks:
1 Round Midnight
2 Preambulum Medley
3 Latin Medley Toccata
4 Veneratie - Ave Maria
Florin Raducanu plays Beethoven,
Chopin, Enescu...on Jazz (Florin Raducanu- Art Factory 2010)
Tracks:
1 Scherzo No.2
Frédéric Chopin
8:20
2 Sonata Patethique, Part. II
Ludwig van Beethoven
10:35
3 Veneraţie Ave Maria 9:35
4 Toccata In D
George Enescu
15:42
Musicians:
Arranged By – Florin Răducanu
Double Bass – Adrian Flautistu
Drums – Eugen Nichiteanu
Panpipes – Dalila Cernătescu (tracks: 3)
Tenor Saxophone – Mihai Sebastian (tracks: 2, 4)
Revealing the Romanian Traditional
Music on Jazz - - featuring Dalila Cernătescu (Florin Raducanu- Art Factory 2011)
Tracks:
1-Mocirita
2-Catu-i Maramuresu
3-Doina & Joc batranesc
4-Maramures plai cu flori
5-Geampara
6-Joc din Oas
7-Breaza
Musicians:
Florin Raducanu: piano
Dalila Cernatescu: pan flute
Mihai Sebastian: saxophones
Adrian Flautistu: bass
Eugen Nichiteanu: drums
Florin Răducanu Jazz Orchestra in Enescu Festival 2009 (Florin Raducanu- Art Factory 2012)
Tracks:
1. Preambul: Subtle Blues - comp. & orch F. Raducanu 02:05
2. Toccata (from D Suite for piano) - comp. G. Enescu/orch. F. Raducanu 10:17
3. Sonata "Patetique" part. I - comp. L.W. Beethoven / orch. F. Raducanu 09:37
4. Sonata "Patetique" part. II - comp. L.W. Beethoven / orch. F. Raducanu 05:17
5. Sonata "Patetique" part. II - comp. L.W. Beethoven / orch. F. Raducanu 05:57
Bonus tracks:
1. Song for St.Anthony - comp. & orch. F. Raducanu 04:35
2. Veneratie, Ave Maria - comp. & orch. F. Raducanu 09:35
3. Concert Samba - comp. & orch. F. Raducanu 03:43
Total time: 49:46
FLORIN RADUCANU on the Web
Interviews
Recent projects
Album of the year, 2011 awarded by Muzza Foundation
Revealing the Romanian Traditional
Music on Jazz
Revealing the Romanian Traditional Music on Jazz is the title of project which contains live recordings performed by Florin Raducanu and his band at the "Porgy & Bess" jazz club in Vienna (Austria), in October 2010.
The Romanian traditional music consists of a multitude of specific styles characteristic to Romania's historical regions.
Drawing its multicultural influences from the Balkans and the Danube-Carpathian region, the traditional Romanian music
contains original elements musical elements belonging to the Oriental region of the Balkans and even Celtic ones.
This rich heritage is reflected on "Breaza" and "Geampara" featuring Oriental rhythms and inflexions, and on "Mocirita",
"Cantec din Oas" and "Catu-I Maramuresu' ", infused with with Celtic themes.
The musicologists and anthropologists found Celtic influences in the traditional music of the Maramures-Oas region
of Romania, which makes this music easily understood by listeners familiar with Celtic music.
There is a common element specific to the world music, that is spontaneous creativity and improvisation.
The Romanian "Doina" is a song with an improvising structure similar to the Afro-American "Blues" or to the Hindu "Raga".
The musical project "Revealing the traditional Romanian music on Jazz" is a synthesis of world music and jazz that illustrates
how jazz can unify genres and traditions.
1-Mocirita
2-Catu-i Maramuresu
3-Doina & Joc batranesc
4-Maramures plai cu flori
5-Geampara
6-Joc din Oas
7-Breaza
Musicians:
Florin Raducanu: piano
Dalila Cernatescu: pan flute
Mihai Sebastian: saxophones
Adrian Flautistu: bass
Eugen Nichiteanu: drums
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