Harry Tavitian
Harry Tavitian (born 11 August 1952) is a Romanian jazz pianist and singer, whose style covers free-jazz, blues, ethno-jazz and avant-garde. After attending the Mircea cel Bătrân High School in his native city, he graduated from the Academy of Music in Bucharest. He came to prominence in 1978–1987, when he set up a jazz club, organizing recordings and listening sessions where he presented albums by some of the world's most prominent jazzmen.
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Harry Tavitian
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- Name
- Harry Tavitian
- Birthplace
- Constanța, Constanța County, Romanian People's Republic
- Born
- 11 August 1952
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- Romania
- Fields
- jazz · free jazz · blues · ethno jazz · avant-garde jazz
- Education
- National University of Music Bucharest
- Languages
- Romanian
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The club was hosted by Constanța Library, where he was working at the time. He plays piano solo, as well as with the Orient Express septet and with the Black Sea Orchestra. Creativ is the duo formula with Corneliu Stroe (drums and percussion). Musicians he performed with over the years include: Johnny Răducanu, Cserey Csaba, Mihai Iordache, Anatoly Vapirov, Alexander Bălănescu, Edi Neumann, Hanno Höfer, Ivo Papasov, Jürg Solothurnmann, Wolfgang Puschnig, Hans Kumpf, Floros Floridis, Jimi El Lako, and Mario Florescu.
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• Name — Harry Tavitian • Background — Non-vocal instrumentalist • Birthplace — Constanța, Constanța County, Romanian People's Republic • Born — 11 August 1952 • Instrument — piano voice flutes • Genre — Free-jazz Blues Ethno-jazz Avant-garde jazz • Occupation — Musician
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• Open End (Stuttgart, 1984, with Hans Kumpf) • Horizons (London, 1985) • Transylvanian Suite (London, 1986) • East-West Creativ Combinations (Bucharest, 1988) • the Creation (Bucharest, 1991) • There's Always a Hope (Sofia, 1993) • Black Sea Orchestra (Athens, 1998) • Axis Mundi (Bucharest, 1999) – with Orient Express
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