Maria Markesini
Maria Markesini ( Greek Μαρία Μαρκεσίνη ; * around 1973 in Kefalonia ) is a Greek pianist and jazz singer .
Live and act
Markesini received piano lessons from the age of five. She began her training as a classical pianist at the age of 14 at the Athens Conservatory and continued at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Michael Davidson and Daniel Wayenberg , where she graduated in 1993. She continued to study at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with André De Groote ; she was also trained in master classes by Lazar Berman and Zoltán Kocsis . Then she worked as a concert pianist, but was also interested in jazz and improvisation .
Just before a piano recital, she broke her arm. Markesini offered the audience to sing instead - a jazz repertoire. After the success of this concert, she concentrated on singing and received training from Fay Claassen . The artist, who lives and works in the Netherlands, fills the large concert halls there as well as in her home country; she has also performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival , jazzahead and the Women in Jazz Festival . She presented her album Cinemapassionata with "siren-like coloratura - Scats " together with the Klazz Brothers .
Discographic notes
- The Mimis Plessas Songbook - 12 Sketches (2007)
- Kosmo featuring Richard Bona , Bert van den Brink (2009)
- Cinemapassionata (2011)
- Studio Concert feat. Klazz Brothers (2015)
Web links
- www.mariamarkesini.com
- Maria Markesini at Discogs (English)
- Maria Markesini at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dresden Jazz Days
- ^ The jazz location Greece lives Die Welt , April 11, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Markesini, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μαρκεσίνη, Μαρία (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek pianist and jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kefalonia |