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Artist Luiza Zan
LUIZA ZAN Born in Tulcea (October 7, 1980), Luiza Zan is one of the most prominent voices of Romanian jazz. With virtuosity and elegance, her warm and imposing voice easily breaks the barrier of patterns and preconceptions. She has won numerous awards at the local jazz competitions, the passion for competition, then leading to the prestigious and undeniably highly deserved 2nd prize at the Shure Jazz Voice Competition at the Jazz Festival in Monteux, Switzerland, the oldest festival in Europe and one of the world's most acclaimed in July 2014. The musical training completes with the graduation of the George Enescu University of Arts in Iaşi, the lied-oratorio section, Prof. Marie-Jeanne Stoia class, but constantly participates in workshops and master classes with various well-known musicians: Dennis Chambers, Neenna Freelon, etc., before being a pedagogue herself - between 2008-2010 she is teaching vocal jazz at the Bucharest University of Music and between 2010 and 2014 she is supporting the vocal jazz course at the Icon Arts music camp. She studies jazz with American saxophonist Rick Condit and American pianist Armen Donelian. In July 2004, he won the 1st prize at the Golden Deer Festival, the interpretation section, along with the Slang band.

MUSIC

Passionate and tender, bright and compassionate. This is how Luiza's music could be included in a few words. New jazz inspired by Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Kurt Elling, Dianne Reeves and Nat "King" Cole. Soul & Fun inspired by Aretha Franklin, Chakka Khan, Erykah Badu. Hip hop & R & B inspired by D'Angelo, Angie Stone, Bilal. All are features of a voice full of force and liveliness. He sang with sounds from us and from ours. With Sorin Romanescu, Mircea Tiberian, Pedro Negrescu, Romeo Cosma, Ion Baciu Jr, Mihai Iordache, Alex Man, Abert Tajti, Liviu Butoi, Nicolas Simion, Arthur Balogh, Catalin Milea, Sebastian Burneci, Vlad Popescu, Emil Bâzgă, Big Band Radio and many others as well as foreign musicians: Rick Condit, Dave Stamps, Petras Geniusas, Corrine Chapelle, Gyarfas Istvan, Berkes Balazs, Peter Sarik, UNC Jazz Lab 1, McNeese State University Big Band and others. She wrote film music for "Carambol", "Merry Circus" (an HBO production) and "Maria" (nominated for the best documentary film category at the Lucarno festival in March 2013). She has written theater music - for the performance Npasta - directed by Afrim - played at the National Theater of Bucharest and the protagonist of the play Three Rupturi - also directed by Radu Afrim - playing at the Andrei Muresanu Theater and where Luiza Zan has a live appearance throughout the show. She has written numerous music for TV and commercials audio and is an indispensable presence on the stage of theaters, showrooms, clubs and festivals in the country and abroad.

DISCOGRAPHY

2005 - "SLANG" - Slang, Zone Records 2010 - "Christmas Carols and Stories" - Sorin Romanescu, Luiza Zan - Soft Records 2012 - Like Water - Pedro Negrescu, Luiza Zan - Soft Records (called "Best Album of 2012" by "Cultural Observatory" and "Music and Phases") September 2014 - "Romanian Impressions" - Nicolas Simion Trio - with Nicolas simion and Sorin Romanescu March 2016 - "Heritage" - Luiza Zan (an album recorded at Supersize Studios Budapest with Sarik Peter, Gyarfas Istvan, Fonay Tibor, Attila Galfi and Ioana Mardare) - produced by Luiza Zan and released with FiverHouse Records.

Useful Links:

	Concert Luiza Zan @ GuerriLIVE Radio Session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcxjhsIsjyo 	Riding for the Nest - theater play by Radu Afrim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnhvJ54IODo 	Luiza Zan & Hungarian All Stars - Live (1) @ Bucharest Jazz Festival 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGyC1xRMJyI&app=desktop 	Chronicle Anca-Maria Pănoiu, Feb 2014: http://agenda.liternet.ro/articol/17741/Anca-Maria-Panoiu/Salturi-in-tandem-Luiza-Zan-si-Peter-Sarik.html 	Chronicle: http://alternativ.ro/ineditorial/luiza-zan-come-away 	Cover Memory Lane, with Matt Grundy: https://www.facebook.com/zan.luiza/videos/vb.696588435/10152988406703436/?type=3 	http://www.myspace.com/zanluiza