MUSIC : The Shonai Collective ft. Sofia Hoffmann > 9pm-11:55pm on 8th March 2019

Venue : The Piano Man Jazz Club, B 6-7/22 Safdarjung Enclave Market

Time : 9:00 pm - 11:55 pm Add to Calendar 08/03/2019 21:00 08/03/2019 23:55 Asia/Kolkata MUSIC : The Shonai Collective ft. Sofia Hoffmann Event Page : https://www.delhievents.com/2019/03/music-shonai-collective-ft-sofia-hoffmann-piano-man-jazz-club-safdarjung-enclave.html The Piano Man Jazz Club, B 6-7/22 Safdarjung Enclave Market, New Delhi 110029 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry by Tickets priced at Rs. 299, Rs. 499, Available at :
Online : BookMyShow
Offline : at the venue before the show if not sold out
Tele-Booking : 011-41315181

Venue : The Piano Man Jazz Club, B 6-7/22 Safdarjung Enclave Market, New Delhi 110029
Landmark : opp deer park
Venue Info : thepianoman.in | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Green Park(Yellow Line)'

Event Description : MUSIC : The Shonai Collective ft. Sofia Hoffmann

The Shonai Collective is a project which is basically a collaboration with different musicians. Shonai, had started the journey of this collective in 2016 as a trio with he himself on Piano and two very talented musicians from Kolkata, Premjit Dutta (Drums) and Aakash Ganguly (Bass).  
The first project saw them releasing two of their own compositions in a compilation album (FOXTROT V2) with a few selective bands playing original improvised music. This collective had a successful album launch tour across the country and their tunes were well received everywhere.  
In 2017 they did a series of gigs in Delhi as a quintet with two very efficient horn players Rie Ona (alto and tenor) and Fabio Carlucci (trumpet). They also took part in a Jazz festival called GIANTS OF JAZZ. The idea of this project of collaborating with various artists from different places and performing together continued when Shonai shifted his base to Delhi. This time he has collaborated with three other very talented musicians to continue his journey with his collective. They are Sofia Hoffmann (voice), Ekaterina Aristova (upright bass) and Aditya Dutta (drums).
The sound can be best described as a mix of groovy funk, traditional jazz, blues and pop. Apart from their own compositions they cover a few Bebop, Jazz standards and a few popular tunes too. This collective has developed its unique sound and it can be found in the arrangement of their compositions and rearrangement of the popular tunes they cover.  

Sofia Hoffmann : Voice
Sofia Hoffmann sings jazz & bossa nova. Sofia presented her original songs in 2017, based in the world music and jazz styles.  
It all started with the bisel flute, with the choirs, with the German and Brazilian records, which she listened to for hours! Enthusiastic about the versatility of the classic guitar, Sofia started to learn it in 1995, and studied it during 4 years with the Prof. Walter Lopes. Sofia played in concerts together with her Teacher at the Superior School of Music of Almada, at the CCB and the Queluz Palace. In parallel, during high school, Sofia started to sing and to compose original songs with her closest friends, and the band performed in several events, being already renowned in Estoril and Praia da Rocha (Algarve) for its original themes composed by themselves. 

Between 2001 and 2002, the stage was at MesaCais in Lisbon, where Sofia sang pop standards. In 2006, after moving to Milan, Sofia had the opportunity to learn more about jazz with the Italian Singer and Teacher, Laura Fedele. Back to Lisbon in 2009, Sofia directed her work to jazz and bossa nova. Currently, her regular perfomances take place in Lisbon, including the Casino do Estoril, Duetos da Sé, Jardim das Amoreiras Kiosk and the Pestana Palace Hotel private events. Sofia also performs in private concerts and events.  

Ekaterina Aristova : Upright Bass 
Based in Delhi doublebass/bass guitar player, originally from Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Ekaterina finished music school as a classical piano player. She then graduated from the M. P. Musorgsky's Saint-Petersburg State Music College as a doublebass/bass guitar player and music teacher, and high-graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts as a jazz performer on a doublebass/bass guitar, participant/leader of modern music/jazz bands and orchestras, and music teacher of modern music and jazz. She has also learnt art of improvising, arrangement and performing with jazz orchestras in special workshops in Bayerisch Musikakademy, Marktoberdorf, Germany and has trained in the theory of jazz music and improvising at the workshops of the legendary American piano player Barry Harris.   

Shantanu Sudarshan : Drums
Shantanu Sudarshan has been working as an active session musician for both stage and studio scenarios since 2017. Proficient in many styles of music, he has had the opportunity to work with/for Bollyjazz, Saby Singh, Senor Elephante, Syncopation, The Copycats, RollsRoy's, Angad Katari, Rie Ona, Nathalie Ramirez Tovar, Jose Neil Gomes, Bowjob, Nik And Nat, The Lyric Ensemble of Delhi, Kamakshi Khanna, Ioish, Gaurav Chintamani, Shadow and Light, The Rahul Misra Enquiry Commission, No Honey, Grain, Ujwal Nagar and the Shri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication. 
Shantanu has been playing professionally since 2008 and was a member of the Delhi-based bands, October, Jester and Grammy Winning Effort. In 2016, he completed his Bachelor's in Music(Honours) Degree from the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, London and earned a Level 6 Teaching Licentiate Diploma from Rockschool, London.

Music of Shonai Collective : youtu.be/JesL9nZ70UY

Related Links : Music Nightlife
MUSIC : The Shonai Collective ft. Sofia Hoffmann > 9pm-11:55pm on 8th March 2019 MUSIC : The Shonai Collective ft. Sofia Hoffmann > 9pm-11:55pm on 8th March 2019 Reviewed by DelhiEvents on Friday, March 08, 2019 Rating: 5

No comments:

Comment Below