Karo Trio

Karo Trio

     




The Karo Trio, a subset of the Ensemble Karo, gives an important place to improvisation under its various forms. The objective is to bring the music of Daniel Schell to a larger public of "New Music" lovers.  From a composition point of view,  Daniel continues to explore some mathematical properties of harmonic tiling, which he calls "carreaux". This is then applied to various musical forms and sources, as melodies and material from North Indian music, melodies from the antiquity, or from the folklore repertoire. The whole is performed under a variety of characteristic rhythmic.
From the instrumentation point of view, the Karo Trio combines a rhythmic base with a soloist. The rhythmic is made by Daniel who plays the tiptar, a 12-strings sort of tap guitar tapped with the tip of the fingers and which allows therefore hands independency. And Sandip Banerjee, a well known tabla player from Kolkotta.
The  soloist is Ariane De Bievre. Ariane studied the flute at the Conservatoire of Brussels and Mons. She then started to study the bansuri flute with Hariprasad Chaurasia at the Rotterdam Conservatorium. The bansuri flute is a simple piece of bamboo without any keys. Therefore all the alteration and ornamental work has to be done by rolling the fingers on the holes with a great accuracy.

Another form of the Karo Trio is with Fabrice de Graef on bansuri and Carlo Strazzante on daf and tombak. Fabrice de Graef studied flute and oboe in the Conservatoire de Valencienne (Northern France) . He then took on bansuri and studied with Harsh Wardan, with whom he became associated. He studies also with Hariprasad Chaurasia. Still on bansuri, he follows the Jazz course of Daniel Beaussier at the EDIM in Paris. In 2001, he obtains a grant from the ICCR  in order to study in India with his two teachers. Fabrice is one  of the first who brings the bansuri in the jazz idiom, mastering difficult chromatic passages present in be-pop compositions for instance.
Carlo Strazzante, Italian born, studied classical music in Belgium, then oriental percussion with Dahmane Khalfa and  Habib Yammine. The last years, he studied with the Iranian master percussionist Madjid Khaladj.

Festivals: The Karo Trio has played at numerous important European Festivals as Jazz Festival "Tallers de Music" live on Radio Barcelona, at the Festival Jazz & cetera Bruxelles  and the Festival "Tapage Nocturne" live on radio France, Paris.  Recently the Karo Trio was touring India, on invitation by the ICCR, an participated to festivals in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Varanasi and Kolkata.
Karo Trio in India

Discography:

 
L'Or du Fou - Fool's gold ClicMusic In our Shop
Karo Trio Delhi: " Live in Delhi" Clic Music In our Shop

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Friday, May 7 - Concert: Tala, Guitarra & Compas
posted 06/05/2010
Flamenco meets Indian - music & dance / CC De Steiger v.z.w. Waalvest 1, 8930 Menen - Belgium    More
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Saturday, May 8 - Concert: Tala, Guitarra & Compas
posted 06/05/2010
Flamenco meets Indian - music & dance / CC De Steiger v.z.w. Waalvest 1, 8930 Menen - Belgium    More
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Saturday, May 22 - Concert: Tala, Guitarra & Compas
posted 06/05/2010
Théâtre Marni / Rue de Vergnies, 25 - 1050 Brussels - Belgium    More
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Friday, June 4 - Concert: Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
posted 06/05/2010
Hindustani vocal / Art Base: 29 rue des sables, 1000 Brussels    More
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***Past***
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April 7-8 - masterclass Harsh Wardhan
posted 31/03/2010
Bansuri masterclass . Rue Locquenghien 31, 1000 Brussels.    More
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Wed, April 7, 8pm - Concert Harsh Wardhan
posted 31/03/2010
Harsh Wardhan (bansuri), Carlo Strazzante (tabla) . Rue Locquenghien 31, 1000 Brussels. 8pm    More
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New album: Cos "Viva Boma"
posted 16/03/2010

]]>Release 2010 by "Fluide Records". Limited edition. Available on vinyl only!    More
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Fri, June 4, 8pm - Concert Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay - Hindustani vocal
posted 16/02/2010
Art Base, rue des sables 29, 1000 Brussels - Accompanied by Daniel Schell (tiptar) and Sandip Banerjee (tabla)    More
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07/05/2010 - Concert Tala, Guitarra & Compas
posted 16/02/2010
20:00 - CC De Steiger v.z.w. Waalvest 1, 8930 Menen - Belgium    More
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08/05/2010 - Concert Tala, Guitarra & Compas
posted 16/02/2010
20:00 - CC De Plomblom Graanmarkt 12, 9400 Ninove - Belgium    More
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29/05/2010 - Concert Tala, Guitarra & Compas
posted 16/02/2010
20:00 - CC Regional "La Posterie" de Courcelles Rue Philippe Monnoyer, 46 , 6180 Courcelles - Belgium    More
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18/05/2010 - E-Tap seminar
posted 16/02/2010
AKDT Institut Centre Ardenne (ICA) - Avenue Herbofin 39 - B-6800 LIBRAMONT    More
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