Tania Giannouli SOLO

Greek pianist, composer, improviser and bandleader Tania Giannouli explores jazz as the most creative form of music with improvisation at the heart of her practice. Inspired by many different traditions and influences, her music and interdisciplinary projects span an impressive range of styles - a creative and boundless fusion of today's global reality. She establishes her very own voice, embracing and transcending Western and Oriental spheres on her soulful path of creation and dedication to the essence of moving sound. Her genre-bending open sound language is often described as lyrical, inspired, complex, eclectic, captivating and highly original. The Korean magazine Jazzspace wrote: "This music invites the listener to dream of eternity."

Tania Giannouli's fifth album SOLO, released on the New Zealand label Rattle Records, is a lovingly conceived collection of piano improvisations - fearless, personal and deeply musical, it highlights her extraordinary talents as an accomplished, highly intuitive pianist and composer.

"...astounding piece of musical soul-baring...the confidence is palpable throughout all 24 tracks, their clever sequencing heightening the feel of a cinematic narrative, of stories within a story, releasing emotions that intrigue as they ebb and flow..." (Jazzwise)

"Giannouli's playing is both open and emotional and adventurous and elusive, with manoeuvres that are always unexpected and exciting, and then full of emotion. In perfect balance; restrained and exuberant, then wonderfully dynamic and exploring new sounds using the entire grand piano, Giannouli finds wonderfully fascinating new heights on SOLO." (Written in Music)