Kadri Voorand Quartet
Kadri Voorand, voice & piano
Marek Talts, guitar
Taavo Remmel, double bass
Ahto Abner, drums
PROGRAMME:
Kadri Voorand´s compositions
Kadri Voorand is a jazz singer and composer, whose original music and expression have brought her a number of prizes and performances in Estonia as well as abroad. In 2017 was hailed by the Estonian Music Awards as the Best Female Artist of the Year and her album “Armupurjus” (“Love Intoxication”) was given the award of the Best Jazz Album of the Year. In 2015, she was given the award of the Best Jazz Musician of the Year by Danske Bank at that year’s Jazzkaar festival. In 2014, she was given a prominent Estonian Music Council Award. She was also awarded with The Young Jazz Talent Award of the Year 2008.
In 2012, she was the soloist with the EBU European Jazz Orchestra touring Europe. Over the last couple of years, she has appeared with her original music at many festivals and clubs, for example in Ukraine, Russia, Finland, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, Norway and more. She has recorded several albums with some of the best jazz musicians both in Estonia and abroad, for example Anthony Branker’s modern jazz album “Dance Music” in USA. Besides collaborating with many other musicians, she also leads her own quartet and a cappella vocal sextet Estonian Voices.
Kadri Voorand uses her improvisational skills and original expression to create a wide range of contemporary jazz, while at the same time maintaining her roots using folk elements with her trio, composing for Estonian poetry, or combining contemporary harmonies with the rhythms of Latin and R&B music when composing for her large band.
Having studied jazz at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, she continues as the youngest teacher in the faculty of the jazz department of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Marek Talts is one of the most appreciated Estonian guitarists, whose playing style is mainly characterised by a wild stage energy and openness, as well as technical virtuosity.
Taavo Remmel’s bass is the foundation of the early music ensemble Hortus Musicus as well of many jazz ensembles home and abroad. He has created music for dance performances and solo projects. The bassist and composer was awarded the Danske Jazz Award in 2013.
Ahto Abner is one of Estonia’s busiest jazz drummers, his style and flexible play is highly appreciated by both audience and musicians.