LA JAM DU DIMANCHE DE SOTIRIS TSOLIS

Sotiris Tsolis doesn't play drums: he reinvents them with each gesture, in an approach where tradition becomes living matter and rhythm a poetic language. A Greek percussionist and composer, he draws equally on the popular music of the Mediterranean, contemporary jazz, electronic textures and free forms of improvisation. His career path reflects his artistic quest: trained in Athens, then New York and Paris, he has gradually established himself as a singular voice on the European jazz scene. Winner of several distinctions, including first prize in the Onassis Foundation composition competition, he has been rewarded for his artistic audacity and the depth of his writing. He has performed at many prestigious festivals - North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne, Sónar, Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival, among others - where his intense, precise and organic playing never leaves anyone indifferent. Tonight, he opens the evening at Baiser Salé with an hour-long concert, in which improvisation mingles with dense, inhabited writing, before giving way to a jam open to all. An invitation to enter into a generous, lively music, in constant exploration.