TIMNA BRAUER

Born in Vienna, she grows up between Israel, France and Austria with a jemenite mother and an austrian father, the painter Arik Brauer. Education: Conservatory of Vienna (piano and singing) / Sorbonne-Paris (musicology), doctorate for «vocals in jazz» / Summeracademy Salzburg, Elisabeth Grümmer / mastercourses in Indian singing, München, Prof. Javheri / CIM-Paris (jazz, singing and composition) /masterclass Simon Baddi-Vienna (opera). In 1985 she and her husband, the pianist Elias Meiri, establish an ensemble, with which they tour all over the world and record CDs, emphasis being on jazz, ethno and chansons.
In 1986, she represents Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest. Since 1993 the Ensemble performs also with diverse concerts for children. In 1995 Timna Brauer gives master classes for jazz improvisation at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Since 1998 she performs with the Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt,the ?x201E;Threepennyopera?x201C;, directed by H.K.Gruber (Musiktriennale Köln, Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany etc.)
2001 she plays the role of EVITA at the musical summerstage of Klagenfurt, Austria

ELIAS MEIRI
Born in Israel in 1959, he begins to take piano lessons at the age of five. Mostly due to his absolute pitch, he masters at early age the art of improvisation. He visits the Talma-Yalin Conservatory in Tel-Aviv, and completes his studies at the Berkelee College of Music in Boston. In New York he plays with jazzstars like Dizzie Gillespie, Dave Liebmann and Steve Grossmann and 1988 he settles down in Europe. In addition to numerous performances with Timna Brauer, he plays with his jazz trio, teaches piano and jazz-improvisation, dedicates himself to composition, production of Cds and sound-technic. In 1985, he wins the second prize at the international jazz competitions in Leverkusen, Germany and Hoilaart, Belgium. In 1987, he wins the first prize at the international jazz competition for pianists in Kalicz, Poland.

ENSEMBLE
Together the couple, Timna Brauer & Elias Meiri and their Ensemble win the international jazz competition at Paris-la –Défense and produce their own fantasy-show for Austrian television. In 1995, they put on a big musical show - «Hava Nagila» – for Ronacher Theatre in Vienna, featuring 40 artists from Israel. 1998 they start a co-operation with an Arabic and an Israeli choir for «Music for peace» with tours in Europe, a TV-production and a CD.

DISCOGRAPHY

  • Orient (Edel 1987)
  • Mozart Anders (Edel 1992)
  • Jewish Spirituals (Blue Flame BMG 1997)
  • Chansons et violons (Blue Flame BMG 1998)
  • Piano Forte (Edel 1998)
  • Die Brauers (Edel 2000)
  • Songs from Evita (Edel 2001)
  • Voices for Peace (Edel 2001)

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