Instruments Trumpet Name Leonel Kaplan | Role Music performer | |
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Albums Una Casa / Observatorio, Absence Genres Experimental music, Free improvisation, Electroacoustic music Record labels Utech Records, Relative Pitch Records, Creative Sources, l'innomable Similar People Christof Kurzmann, Le Quan Ninh, Eric La Casa, Jean‑Luc Guionnet, Eve Risser | ||
WAVES by Aleksandra Stratimirovic & Leonel Kaplan
Leonel Kaplan (born November 21, 1973) is an Argentine trumpet player active in free improvisation. He has been part of the international improvised music scene since the early 2000s performing and recording throughout Latin America, Europe and U.S.
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History
Kaplan worked with percussionist Diego Chamy and trumpeter Axel Dörner first. The trio album debut “Absence” (Creative Sources 034) was recorded in Buenos Aires in 2003, and followed by European presentations during the subsequent years, including festivals like “Musique et Quotidian Sonore” and the “NPAI” Festival. Other Kaplan’s collaborations around that time involved him on tours with musicians like Le Quan Ninh, Michel Doneda, Wade Matthews, Bhob Rainey & Greg Kelley (Nmpering) and Ivar Grydeland (Huntsville). In 2005, and after the rare opportunity of daily rehearsal and exploration for 20 days in upstate New York, Kaplan formed "Silo trio", together trumpeter Nate Wooley and cellist Audrey Chen. The trio released “Silo” (Utech Records 033) the same year, and toured Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and England in the winter of 2006, and during late September they traveled through the Midwest, South, and East Coast of the U.S.
At that time, Kaplan also played extensively with Japanese drummer Tatsuya Nakatani. In 2007 they were invited to perform at the “Festival of New Trumpet” (FONT) in New York City by trumpeter Dave Douglas. Other Kaplan’s collaborations includes tours and recordings with French clarinetist Xavier Charles, the large improvisation group “No Spaghetti Edition Ensamble”, dancers Nicole Bindler, Andrea Fernández and Ly Thanh Tiên, and a trumpet piece commissioned by Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla for a work entitled “Wake Up”, originally created for the Renaissance Society in Chicago.
Since 2007 he has been working in duo with Christof Kurzmann (sometimes amplified by Edén Carrasco, John Butcher, George Cremaschi or dancer Nicole Bindler) playing all through Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Austria. Kaplan and Kurzmann’s music has been showcased in recordings like “Una Casa/ Observatorio” (2011 Three Chairs Records), “Casa Corp” (2012 Dromos Records) - both with Chilean saxophonist Edén Carrasco- and “Shortening Distances” (2013 L’innomable), this time with British saxophonist John Butcher.
More Kaplan’s recordings published through that time are “Moments of Falling Petals” (2009 Dromos Records), with Edén Carrasco and Tetuzi Akiyama, “Portraits 2004” (2011 Audition Records) compiling unreleased recordings from the Diego Chamy, Axel Dörner and Ivar Grydeland era, and a solo trumpet track issued as part of the Another Timbre’s Anonymous Zone project (Another Timbre 2013). In 2011 Kaplan also formed a duo with trumpeter Birgit Ulher. They released his first album in 2015 called “Stereo Trumpet” on Relative Pitch Records (RPR1030). Both musicians have played together for many years now, having toured Argentina, Chile, and Germany repeatedly.
In 2013 he started a new project with Austrian sine waves minimalistic Klaus Filip. They first album "Tocando Fondo" has been released on Another Timbre (UK) in November 2015.
Discography
“Absence” (Creative Sources 034) Axel Dörner, Leonel Kaplan & Diego Chamy
“Silo” (Utech Records 033) Nate Wooley, Audrey Chen & Leonel Kaplan
“Patagonia” (Three Chairs Recordings 002) Xavier Charles, Jean Pallandre, Leandro Barzabal & Leonel Kaplan
“Moments of Falling Petals” (Dromos 001) Tetuzi Akiyama, Edén Carrasco & Leonel Kaplan
“Portraits 2004” (Audition Records 030) Ivar Grydeland, Leonel Kaplan, Axel Dörner & Diego Chamy
“Una Casa/Observatorio” (Three Chairs Recordings 004) Christof Kurzmann, Edén Carrasco & Leonel Kaplan
“Casa Corp” (Dromos 004) Christof Kurzmann, Edén Carrasco & Leonel Kaplan
“Shortening Distances” (L’innomable) John Butcher, Christof Kurzmann & Leonel Kaplan
“Stereo Trumpet” (Relative Pitch 1030) Birgit Ulher & Leonel Kaplan
"Tocando Fondo" (Another Timbre at90) Klaus Filip & Leonel Kaplan
Appears on
“A Second Shadow” (Recorded 022) - Christine Sehnaoui
“Sixty Interpretations of Sixty Seconds of Sixty Solo Improvisers” (AP 04) - Various Artists -
“Then & Now” (Trost Records 120) - Christof Kurzmann
“Theoral No.8” (Theoral) - Christof Kurzmann