Sagapool (joyful worl music)

Sagapool (joyful worl music)
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Description

NEW ALBUM AND NEW SHOW - MARCH 2012

Mix of Klezmer, Jazz, fanfare, all original music composed and performed by 6 multi-instrumentalists. Since 1999, Sagapool has done more than 330 concerts around Canada, including 4 major performances at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Biography

NEW ALBUM AND NEW SHOW - MARCH 2012

2011 Ontario Contact official showcase selection

2011 La Francofête (RADARTS) official showcase selection

2010 Folquébec WOMEX 2010 Showcase - Spotlight Quebec selection

2010 Contact East official showcase selection

2010 Pacific Contact official showcase selection - april 2011

2008 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners for Best Instrumental Group and nominee for Best World Music Album

Biography

With its contagious joie-de-vivre and its vibrant music, this band of six musicians has created an original and dazzling repertoire that reflects the colourful influences of Montreal’s cultural mosaic.

Conceived in the hallways of the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal on a sunny day in 1999, Sagapool – previously known as Manouche – recently celebrated its ninth year with the release of its third album, Épisode Trois.

Guitar, double bass, accordion, percussions, banjo, glockenspiel, Rhodes, violin, clarinet and piano all shine in the hands of these multi-talented instrumentalists. With its diverse cultural background, the group defies simple categorization and performs its own blend of joyful music which, like their city of Montréal, marries the best of the Old World and the New.

With Épisode Trois, Sagapool lets its music travel without borders and preserves the free spirit and exuberance of its first loves – gypsy music, gypsy swing and klezmer, while adding elements of Celtic, ska, latin and folk rythms.

Sagapool’s new album was roundly praised by the public and critics alike. Épisode Trois also reached #1 on the CIBL World chart for 7 consecutive weeks, #6 on the !Earshot Jazz chart and reached the Top 10 list of Montréal CD sales.

Since 1999, Sagapool has played over three hundred times in Canada, with four major performances at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. The band has sold more than 10 000 copies of its first three albums. In 2006, the album St-Urbain Café was nominated at ADISQ (the Québec Junos) for best instrumental album. That same year, the group won the Roseq-Radarts award given by music promoters of Québec. In 2007, Sagapool performed for the first time in the United States at Bliss Fest in Michigan.

2008 was a monumental success for Sagapool, as they won awards from across the music industry, including the GALAXIE Rising Star Award at ROSEQ, Best Instrumental Group at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, and were nominated for Best World Music album at both the Canadian Folk Music Awards and at GAMIQ.

Members

Luzio Altobelli (Italy)- ACCORDION + percussions, piano et drums
Marton Maderspach (Hungary) - DRUMS + percussions
Zoé Dumais - VIOLIN + glockenspiel
Alexis Dumais - PIANO + doublebass and percussions
Guillaume Bourque - Clarinet
Dany Nicolas - GUITAR + doublebass and piano


Booking and Management Worldwide : COOP Les Faux-Monnayeurs - Jean-François Guindon - 514.525.8851 - contact@coopfauxmonnayeurs.com

Booking USA (all markets)

Booking États-Unis (tous les marchés): LEDArtists - Laura E. Dyer - 1.347.678.4686 -led@ledartists.net

Booking Canada (except Quebec) : Marilyn Gilbert - 1.416.410.8224 - Marilyn@mgam.com

Files

DossierSagapool.pdf [2.34 MB]
SPFicheTechnique EN [76.25 kB]

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