Luiza zan biography

Born in 1980, Luiza Zan began her career at the age of 4.
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Born in Tulcea (October 7th 1980), Luiza Zan is one of the prominent figures in Romanian jazz.

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Sarik Peter

He was born in 1972 in Cegléd, Hungary.

He studied at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, where he earned a degree in 1997. Later, he studied classical music under the tutelage of Ilona Prunyi.

Throughout the years, he has proven himself in practically all genres, in addition to jazz – he has played classical, pop, Latin and world music.

In 2002, he joined Jazzpression, which quickly became one of the most popular jazz formations in Hungary. They won the 2004 Emerton Award as the “Jazz Band of the Year”. Three of their records were published, and they achieved great success all over Europe.

He founded his own band in 2007, called “Peter Sarik Trio”. The team was re-established in 2012, with the joining of Tibor Fonay and Attila Gálfi. The Peter Sarik Trio swiftly became one of the leading jazz bands of the country. Four of their records have been published so far, and the record entitled “Jazz Request Show” became a ”gold record” within four months of its publication, and received the 2014 Fonogram Award as the “Best Hungarian Jazz Album of the Year”.

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jazzunit presents: Luiza Zan Quintet / Delia Teși / Jam Session @ Control Club

In my village by Luiza Zan is a literary narrative on lyrics and music, describing in full detail the landscape of the small mountain village where Luiza moved at the beginning of the pandemic. Out of unrest, surprise and intense aliveness, an amalgam of harmonies, sounds and texts was born, unveiling along the musical discourse of this discographic material.

Every swirl of the mountain stream, every rock in the masonry church built in the XIV-th century, every branch of the Shaman Tree are described in the lyrics. Among the songs in the album, there is one dedicated to a nightly bird nesting in Luiza’s attic.

The music and the lyrics are both signed by Luiza Zan and arranged with the amazingly talented Vlad Briciu and Razvan Florescu.

Luiza Zan – voice
Vlad Briciu – keys
Dimitrie Cristian Milea – bass guitar
Răzvan Florescu – vibraphone
Anthony Gutierrez &
Luiza Zan
Born in Tulcea (October 7th 1980), Luiza Zan is one of the prominent figures in Romanian jazz. With virtuosity and elegance, her warm yet imposing voice easily knocks down the barrier of patterns and preconceptions.

She won numerous awards in Romanian jazz and classical singing competitions, her passion for competing thus leading to the prestigious and undeniably most worthy second award in Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition in July 2014, at the oldest jazz festival in Europe and one of the most acclaimed jazz festivals in the world.

She completes her music studies in Iassy, at the University of Arts George Enescu, section camber mi – lied/oratorio/catata, under the hand of prof. Marie-Jeanne Stoia, but she constantly assist and participates in workshops and masterclasses with renowned musicians: Dennis Chambers, Neena Freelon, etc, before becoming a teacher herself – between 2008 and 2010 teaches vocal jazz at the National University of Music Bucharest and between 2010-2014 she teaches ”vocal technique” at the music camp IconArts.

She studied jazz with Ameri