Indigo Georges Soyka & Kyoko Kashii

• Daniel Schnyder (b. 1961): Trumpet Sonata:
• 1 Schnyder: Trumpet Sonata 05:45
• Heinrich Sutermeister (1910 - 1995): Gavotte de concert for Trumpet & Piano:
• 2 Sutermeister: Gavotte de concert for Trumpet & Piano 05:54
• Maurice Le Boucher (1882 - 1964): Scherzo appassionato for Trumpet & Piano:
• 3 Boucher: Scherzo appassionato for Trumpet & Piano 07:57
• Jan Windeshausen: Jay:
• 4 Windeshausen: Jay 05:22
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): Elegie (Arr. for Trumpet & Piano):
• 5 Massenet: Elegie (Arr. for Trumpet & Piano) 01:53
• Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962): Impromptu for Trumpet & Piano:
• 6 Ibert: Impromptu for Trumpet & Piano 01:43
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): C´est ainsi que tu es (Arr. for Trumpet & Piano):
• 7 Poulenc: C´est ainsi que tu es (Arr. for Trumpet & Piano) 02:02
• Jean Hubeau (1917 - 1992): Trumpet Sonata:
• 8 Hubeau: Trumpet Sonata: I. Sarabande 04:57
• 9 Hubeau: Trumpet Sonata: II. Intermède 02:00
• 10 Hubeau: Trumpet Sonata: III. Spiritual 05:58
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): Oblivion (Arr. for Trumpet & Piano):
• 11 Piazzolla: Oblivion (Arr. for Trumpet & Piano) 03:57
• Total Runtime 47:28

Info for Indigo

This new release presents selected works for trumpet and piano, performed here by Georges Soyka and Kyoko Kashii. "Indigo is one of the oldest pigments and was already used in prehistoric times to dye textile. While it was obtained out of organic sources back then, today's industries make use of syn-thetic indigo to dye clothes, especially blue jeans.

Ancient European and Asian tribes knew about the anti-inflammatory effects of Indigo naturalis and often used it to heal lesions and wounds.

Indigo is the sixth colour of the rainbow and it has some meaningful qualities: it stands for being at peace with yourself, but also has characteristics of truth, intuition, inspiration, imagination. It further symbolises comprehensive thinking and the connectivity between all aspects of life.

As I can see colours while listening to music and as the symbolism of indigo intrigues me, I was inspired to choose Indigo as the title of this album." Georges Soyka (Trumpet)

Georges Soyka was born in 1988 in Luxembourg City. From 2007 to 2013, he studied classical trumpet at the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik Karlsruhe, Germany with Prof. Reinhold Friedrich and got his Master's degree of classical trumpet in 2013.

Since 2020, Georges has been a professor for classical trumpet and chamber music at the Conser-vatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg and continues playing classical and jazz music as well as many other styles with different orchstras and bands, such as the Minor Majors, Orkester Konterbont, 7 Moukekingen and many others.

Georges Soyka, trumpet
Kyoko Kashii, piano

Georges Soyka
Georges Soyka from Luxembourg studied classical trumpet at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (HfM) in the class of Prof. Reinhold Friedrich. During his time in Karlsruhe, Georges was a member of the Thomas Jehle Quartet and recorded two CDs with this jazz ensemble: "... Close Enough For Jazz" and "StandARTs". He then completed a master's degree in jazz trumpet in Amsterdam, where he participated in projects with John Clayton, Justin DiCioccio, Terrell Stafford and David Berger. Since autumn 2014, he has been teaching trumpet as an adjunct professor at the Main Conservatory of the City of Luxembourg and at the Music School in Bad Mondorf. Georges currently performs mainly with his Georges Soyka Quartet and the quintet Luxembourg Jazz Messengers, he is also a member of the Luxembourg Rubrica Art Ensemble and the band Murphy's Law.

Kyoko Kashii
was born on 22 February 1977 in Osaka (Japan). She started playing the piano at the age of 3 with H. KOBAYASHI (jury member of the International F. CHOPIN Competition and President of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition). She won several prizes, including first prize at the Mainichi Music Competition in 1993, the most important student competition in Japan. In 1996 she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she studied piano with J. ROUVIER, G. PLUDERMACHER, M. BEROFF, and chamber music with A. Meunier, B. Pasquier and D. Hovora. In addition, she also studied fortepiano with P. COHEN, and composition. In all these subjects she obtained the Diplôme de Formation Supérieure with the Prix de Piano and the Prix de Musique de Chambre. In 2002, she received a 3-year scholarship from the Japanese government of the Overseas Study Programme for Artists. She is currently studying in the soloist class of Homero FRANCESCH at the Hochschule Musik und Theater Zürich and composition with Prof. MULLENBACH in Luxembourg. She is also a member of an ensemble with two pianos and two percussionists, with which she performs in major concert halls worldwide.

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