Leonel Kaplan
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Leonel Kaplan is an Argentine
trumpet player active in free improvisation
. He has been part of the international improvised music scene since the early 2000s performing and recording throughout Europe and U.S.
Kaplan worked with percussionist Diego Chamy first, touring overseas as a trio with Madrid based bass clarinetist and alto flutist Wade Matthews and also with German trumpeter Axel Dörner, but also in Argentina and South America, often performing for audiences in cities and towns where improvised music had never before been heard. The duo split up in 2004 after Chamy's decision to quit music in favor of philosophy and dance. Collaborations around the same time includes musicians like Le Quan Ninh
, Michel Doneda, Ivar Grydeland, Bhob Rainey and Greg Kelley.
In 2005, and after the rare opportunity of daily rehearsal and exploration for 20 days in upstate New York, Kaplan formed "Silo trio", together trumpeter Nate Wooley (New York) and cellist Audrey Chen (Baltimore). The trio toured Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and England in the winter of 2006, and during late September they traveled through the Midwest, South, and East Coast of the U.S.
Around the same time, Kaplan started collaborating with many New York, Philadelphia and Chicago musicians, like Guillermo Gregorio, Tatsuya Nakatani, Sean Meehan, Fred Lonberg-Holm
and Jack Wright
; becoming a regular visitor to the US since then.
Besides projects with musicians, Kaplan works extensively with dancers Nicole Bindler and Ly Thanh Tiên.
Recordings of Kaplan's music have been released on labels such as Creative Sources, Utech Records and his own Three Chairs Recordings. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
trumpet player active in free improvisation
Free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved. The term can refer to both a technique and as a recognizable genre in its own right....
. He has been part of the international improvised music scene since the early 2000s performing and recording throughout Europe and U.S.
Kaplan worked with percussionist Diego Chamy first, touring overseas as a trio with Madrid based bass clarinetist and alto flutist Wade Matthews and also with German trumpeter Axel Dörner, but also in Argentina and South America, often performing for audiences in cities and towns where improvised music had never before been heard. The duo split up in 2004 after Chamy's decision to quit music in favor of philosophy and dance. Collaborations around the same time includes musicians like Le Quan Ninh
Lê Quan Ninh
Lê Quan Ninh is a French percussionist active in contemporary music and free improvisation.He began studying piano at the age of 5, but turned towards percussion as a teenager. When he was 16, he entered the National Conservatory in Versailles. During this time he discovered free jazz...
, Michel Doneda, Ivar Grydeland, Bhob Rainey and Greg Kelley.
In 2005, and after the rare opportunity of daily rehearsal and exploration for 20 days in upstate New York, Kaplan formed "Silo trio", together trumpeter Nate Wooley (New York) and cellist Audrey Chen (Baltimore). The trio toured Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and England in the winter of 2006, and during late September they traveled through the Midwest, South, and East Coast of the U.S.
Around the same time, Kaplan started collaborating with many New York, Philadelphia and Chicago musicians, like Guillermo Gregorio, Tatsuya Nakatani, Sean Meehan, Fred Lonberg-Holm
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Fred Lonberg-Holm is an American cellist based in Chicago. He relocated from New York City to Chicago in 1995.Lonberg-Holm is most identified with playing free improvisation and free jazz. He is also a composer of concert works...
and Jack Wright
Jack Wright
Jack Wright was the hero of a popular series of Victorian science fiction dime novels and story papers written by Luis Senarens, the so-called "American Jules Verne". A few stories are also credited to Francis W. Doughty...
; becoming a regular visitor to the US since then.
Besides projects with musicians, Kaplan works extensively with dancers Nicole Bindler and Ly Thanh Tiên.
Recordings of Kaplan's music have been released on labels such as Creative Sources, Utech Records and his own Three Chairs Recordings. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.