18 November 2022
Doors 19:00 | stage 19:45 (this is an unreserved seated event)
JULIA BIEL + AMY GADIAGA
Curated by Martha D Lewis for Jazz Plus Sessions in association with Theatro Technis @ 26 Crowndale
A stunning double-bill of artists transcending borders of jazz and singer/songwriter.
JULIA BIEL
Award-winning artist Julia Biel puts it all on show – catch this rare solo performance of vulnerability, strength and an emotional landscape to touch even the hardest of hearts.
Likened by critics around the world to such greats as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Chet Baker and Miles Davis for her instantly recognisable tones and singular approach to music.
For Julia - a songwriter who counts the likes of Bob Dylan, Jamie Cullum and Ben Watt as fans - the song is always king, taking the credit for a globe-trotting career that has seen her performing headline shows at many of the world’s most prestigious venues and jazz festivals.
The solo piano and voice, and classic ‘singer – songwriter’ sound, brings listeners back to the source – just Julia singing at the piano “taking no prisoners” whether over meditative and immersive piano soundscapes or more groove lead songs – a proposition that has in its very existence seemed to offer the gentlest of challenges to cultural stereotypes of music
“Biel’s third solo album confirms her knack for penning smart, intimate songs and delivering them in a voice both crystalline and dreamy… a total delight.”
- Evening Standard
Visit Julia Biel's website here.
AMY GADIAGA
Amy Gadiaga (pronounced AH-mee) is a singer, double bassist, composer and dancer born and raised on the outskirts of Paris to Senegalese and Malian parents. She spent her teenage years dancing before seeing music as a possibility for her.
Inspired by artists such as The Jacksons, Stevie Wonder and Betty Carter, she taught herself bass guitar as a teen after saving money to buy one. Aged 18, Amy moved to London, where she is currently based, to pursue conservatoire studies in Jazz Double Bass at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
For years, Amy played and toured as a bassists for other artists until she gathered the courage to pursue her solo career. Now a fast rising star of the London jazz scene, her debut single ‘Everything I Do’ is out now!
Visit Amy Gadiaga's Instagram here.
ABOUT
The EFG London Jazz Festival is the capital's biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November, which has long been acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the world.
Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK's landmark music events.
The festival was created in 1992 by live international music producers, Serious. The festival emerged from the long-standing Camden Jazz Week which was created in 1970; with the active support of the London Arts Board (now Arts Council England, London). Serious - who had for some years produced the Camden Jazz Week - engineered a transition that saw the evolution of the festival. Taking a mix of international and British artists and a commitment to education activity, the London Jazz Festival began to spread its wings.
The aims of the festival still remain the same today; celebrating the place of jazz in a city which is at ease with its rich cultural diversity, and drawing in a multitude of venues across London who present the music, week in, week out, throughout the year.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Estimated running time
Performance times
Doors 19:00 | stage 19:45 (this is an unreserved seated event)
Ticket prices
£16, £13
Concession
Full-time students, those aged under 16, senior citizens, the unwaged, members of Equity and BECTU
Access
Theatro Technis is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system fitted in the main auditorium. If you have any questions or specific requests, please email boxoffice@theatrotechnis.com.
Features acoustic jazz music.
