shaul bustan Trio
SHAUL BUSTAN TRIO
An old tape recorder with only one reel is the only evidence of composer Shaul Bustan's musical ancestors.
Shaul Bustan's great-grandfather, who came from Iran, came from a musical family. He played traditional instruments and sang Persian folk music at the king's court. Shaul's other great-grandfather, born and raised in Romania, was not only a great lover of opera, but he also performed Yiddish songs on the guitar and introduced people to Yiddish folklore.
The Shaul Bustan Trio are Shaul Bustan (oud), Julia Czerniawska (violin) and Lillia Keyes (cello).
The music of the trio is the compositions of Shaul Bustan - a unique blend of Israeli music with European sounds and music from the desert, inspired by his own musical family history.
The trio has performed across Germany, gracing stages at venues like Radialsystem Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Elbphilharmonie Kulturcafé in Hamburg, Französischen Dom in Berlin, and Jüdische Musik- und Theaterwoche in Dresden.
The three virtuosos invite you to a concert of a special kind - fascinating new sounds and improvisations that sweep you along. Music that tells stories.
Past concerts:
Radialsystem Berlin – ID FESTIVAL
Pronstorf – Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Jüdische Gemeinde Offenbach
Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche – Berlin
Kunsthalle Kühlungsborn
Kulturhaus Centre Bagatelle – Berlin
Elbphilharmonie Kulturcafé – Hamburg
Französischen Dom – Berlin
Jüdische Musik- und Theaterwoche – Dresden
Kulturzentrum Marstall, Ahrensburg
Johannisklang, Flensburg
Jüdische Gemeinde Pforzheim
Jüdische Gemeinde Braunschweig
Jüdische Gemeinde Herford
Jüdische Gemeinde Bielefeld
Tage der jüdischen Kultur, Chemnitz
Shaul Bustan Trio –
Between the desert and the sea
Shaul Bustan (Compositions and Oud)Julia Czerniawska (Violin)
Lillia Keyes (Cello)
PRESS
A bridge over the Mediterranean Sea. Carsten Dippel (March 18, 2022)
"Without a doubt he is one of the up-and-coming, young composers of our time and a cultural enrichment for Germany."
"His virtuoso lute playing enchanted the audience time and time again."
"devoted joy", "imaginative pieces of music", "stormy applause"
"I always felt closer to jazz musicians" (Interview), 16.01.2021
So klingt die Wüste, 14.09.2018
Biography
The Israeli composer and oud player Shaul Bustan was born in 1983 in a small kibbutz in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. He grew up between two worlds, as the child of a Persian mother and an Eastern European father. That not only shaped him personally, but also musically he is a traveler between cultures and genres. His tonal language tells of his origins as a studied composer of classical music as well as his virtuosity as a player of the oud, the oriental short-necked lute, on which he improvises effortlessly incorporating elements of jazz into his tonal language. In this way he creates highly original and yet very smooth listening experiences, which clearly bring the connection between Orient and Occident to life. Located between classical avant-garde, world music, jazz and free improvisation, Bustan’s music creates a completely new world of sound, far from narrow genre boundaries.
Since relocating to Germany in 2011, Shaul has enriched the musical landscape with his creative endeavors. In addition to composing for various projects, he serves as the musical director of Ensemble Flensburg, a platform for cross-border communicative new music.
Instrument: Hamid Ghorbanzadeh (13 strings Oud, 2014)
Strings: Bernd Kürschner
Mizrab/Risha: Yaron Naor
Julia Czerniawska grew up in a family of musicians and started playing the violin at the age of six. After completing her violin studies in Poland and Austria (University Mozarteum Salzburg), she played in various European orchestras and smaller ensembles. Already during her classical training she discovered her fascination for jazz and improvised music. By playing in various bands and studying jazz with Didier Lockwood in Paris, she developed her musical freedom and joy in discovering different styles of music.
American Cellist Lillia Keyes has made her home Berlin, Germany. Originally from Poughkeepsie, New York, Lillia began living in Berlin during her tenure in the Orchestra Academy of the Staatskapelle Berlin. She completed her Masters Degree at the Universität der Künste Berlin and has since continued to collaborate with numerous orchestras in Berlin including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, and education projects with the Berlin Philharmonic. An avid contemporary musician, she performs regularly with Ensemble United Berlin. Lillia is a founding member of both she plays cello and Duo Nuage.
Contact
shaul (at) shaulbustan.com