Leonel Kaplan (BsAs, Argentina 21/11/73) is largely a self-taught musician, and one of the undoubtedly most commited and subtle south american musicians currently active on the international improvised music scene.
After many formatives years as a local free jazz figure, was the discovery of free improvisation, which led him to understand how to take maximum advantage of those aspects of his instrument directly linked to air itself. Thus, the physical nature of the instrument and the presence of air as the bearer of sound, became fundamental points of reference in his quest for a personal language, in which he draws away from the tradition of the trumpet in order to draws ever closer to its nature. In this process, he also found himself as a musician.
During the past years Kaplan has collaborated with improvisers such as: Michel Doneda, Bhob Rainey, Xavier Charles, L� Quan Ninh, Jack Wright, Ivar Grydeland, Sean Meehan, Tatsuya Nakatani, Axel D�rner, Wade Matthews and Ingar Zach between many others outstanding musicians. He also currently works in the music and dance world with Andrea Fernandez and Nicole Bindler and runs his own music label, called Three Chairs Recordings.
PAST TOUR PARTICIPATION
Argentinean tour w/ Jane Rigler. May 2005
Argentinean tour w/ Michel Doneda. November 2004
Argentinean tour w/ Wade Matthews. October 2004
South American tour w/ Ivar Grydeland. August 2004
France tour w/ Axel D�rner. May 2004
European tour w/ Wade Matthews. May and June 2004
Argentinean tour w/ Greg Kelley. April 2004
Erupean tour w/ Wade Matthews. November 2003
Argentinean tour w/ L� Quan Ninh. September 2003
Argentinean tour w/ Bhob Rainey. July 2003
South American tour w/Wade Matthews. March 2003
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