MODERN BALKAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
ALEX SIMU (Romania) - band leader/conductor/ arranger 
BORISLAV PETROV (Bulgaria) - drums/co-leader 
VANIA VALKOVA (Bulgaria) - vocals/gadulka  
ELENA EKICHINA (Russia) - flutes/vocals 

trumpets: 
TOBIAS REISACHER (Germany) - lead trumpet/flugel horn 
JAN DEKKER (Holland) -trumpet/flugel horn 
WIEBKE PAHRMANN (Germany) - trumpet/fflugel horn 
DOLAN JONES(UK) - trumpet/flugel horn 
COOS ZWAGERMAN (Holland)- trumpet/flugel horn 

saxophones: 
FLORIS VAN DER VLUGHT (Holland)- alto/soprano 
sax/flute/clarinet 
MAARTEN HOGENHUIS (Holland) - alto sax/soprano sax/flute 
JARED WELSH (Canada) - tenor sax/flute 
PAWAN BENJAMIN (USA) - tenor sax/flute 
TINI THOMSEN (Germany) - baritone sax/bass clarinet 

trombones:
MICHAEL RORBY (Sweden) - lead trombone 
JOS VAN DEN HEUVEL (Holland) - trombone 
NATHANIEL ADKINS (USA) - trombone 
JULIANE GRALLE (Germany) - bass trombone 

rhythm section:
TONY ROE (Holland) - piano 
SYBEREN VAN MUNSTER (Holland) - guitar 
MACEJ DOMARADZKI (Poland) - double bass 

DIMITAR LIOLEV (Bulgaria) - alto sax 

LEX TANGER (Netherlands) - studio recording, mixing and mastering 

Primăvara - Springtime

Tracks used:
Max Richter - Twins(Prague)
Dusk - In the sun

Mixed by: Matina Sous Peau

Max Richter Feat. Dusk - Daisies In Prague(Matina Sous Peau Mashup)

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The Weight Of The Sea

Alex Simu is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer. Born in Romania, Simu followed a music education from a young age. In pursue of an international music career, he moved to the Netherlands at age 22, where he began his studies at the Prins Claus Conservatory in Groningen, obtaining a Bachelors degree in Jazz Saxophone, followed by a Masters degree from the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 2007 he received an HSP Huygens scholarship to study at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. In 2008 he was awarded the First Prize of the Utrecht Holland Casino Jazz Contest. The same year he won first prize of the Dutch Jazz Competition at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, and in 2009 was awarded with the EBU jazz scholarship, and became a member of the European Jazz Orchestra for the project Swinging Europe lead by Peter Herbolzheimer.  After completing his studies, Alex Simu co-founded the Dutch-based quartet Arifa. Their debut album Beyond Babylon was released in 2010, followed by Anatolian Alchemy in 2012. Both albums were awarded the Best World Music Release of the year in the Netherlands, and distinguished with 5 stars by various publications. In 2017, Alex Simu released Echoes of Bucharest, his debut album as a band leader together with his quintet. The release at Bimhuis in Amsterdam was highly received by the national press:
 “Adventurous and stunningly beautiful. How much it was shared with the audience was evident from the daunting discharge after the end of the first set: an applause eruption that lasted so long that it seemed almost as if the final was reached." – Ton Maas, MixedWorldMusic  “Alex Simu shows his versatility and sense of beauty by playing clarinet in a style that unites his native city of Bucharest and his current city of Amsterdam. From a completely integral attitude, the quintet made the Balkan songs with their melancholy and beautiful melodies. Amsterdam seemed a little like Bucharest tonight." – Het Parool ****  Also a film music composer, Alex Simu has worked since 2010 on a great number of award-winning international film productions. In 2016, he was awarded with the Golden Calf  by the Dutch Film Academy for the Best Music of Beyond Sleep.  Since 2015, Simu is Head and Professor of clarinet within the jazz and world music departments of the Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam. He is active in the field of organology and clarinet synthesis, and has innovated the tenor clarinet, as well as brought into contemporary use the alto clarinet, clarinet d’amour, and the bass clarinet d’amour.  Active on the jazz and world music scene since 1999, Alex Simu performed and toured professionally in 41 countries over 5 continents, and shared the stage with important figures such as Alvin Queen, Brian Lynch, Benny Golson, Bennie Wallace, Peter Herbolzheimer, Mari Boine, Jorge Reyes, Naseer Shamma, Ghalia Benali, Aynur Dogan, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, and many others.

Primăvara - Springtime

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