Bojan Zulfikarpašić

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Bojan Zulfikarpašić
Bojan Z at Moers Festival, June 2006, Germany
Bojan Z at Moers Festival, June 2006, Germany
Background information
Born (1968-02-02) 2 February 1968 (age 56)
Belgrade, Serbia
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Piano
Years active1988–present
Websitebojanz.com

Bojan Zulfikarpašić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Зулфикарпашић), known professionally as Bojan Z. (born February 2, 1968) is a Serbian jazz pianist.

Early life

He started playing and studying piano at the age of 5 in

music school "Kosta Manojlović" in Zemun. As a teenager, he started playing in bands on Belgrade jazz scene, where he received an award as the Best Young Jazz Musician of Yugoslavia
award in 1989. Since 1988 Bojan moved to Paris, France, where he developed a successful career as a pianist, composer and producer.

Later life and career

In 1986 studied with

former Yugoslavia, which would influence all his subsequent work. He moved to Paris in 1988, playing with Henri Texier, Michel Portal, Noël Akchoté, and Julien Lourau
.

In 1993, he recorded the debut album with his Bojan Z Quartet, followed by Yopla!. In 1999, he was engaged in Koreni (Roots) with Karim Ziad from

Fender Rhodes
electric piano, often playing them simultaneously, and recently is claimed to be the inventor of "Xenophone", a hybrid instrument, based on the customized Fender Rhodes electric piano. It can be heard on Xenophonia.

He won the Victoires du Jazz prize in France in 2007 for Xenophonia and in 2013 for Soul Shelter[2] as the Best Albums of the Year.

In 2002, Zulfikarpašić was granted the title of Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and he received the Prix Django Reinhardt for Musician of the Year from the Académie du Jazz.[3] In 2005, he was granted the Hans Koller European Jazz Prize as the Best European Jazz Musician.[1]

Personal life

He was born to a Bosniak mother, while his father comes from the prominent Bosnian family Zulfikarpašić, who originate from Foča in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Discography

  • Bojan Z Quartet (Label Bleu, 1993)
  • Yopla! (Label Bleu, 1995)
  • Koreni (Label Bleu, 1999)
  • Solobsession (Label Bleu, 2001)
  • Transpacifik (Label Bleu, 2003)
  • Xenophonia (Label Bleu, 2006)
  • Humus (EmArcy/Universal, 2009)
  • Soul Shelter (Universal, 2012)
  • Duo (2birds1stone, 2015)
  • Housewarming (Nwog, 2015)

As sideman

With Henri Texier

  • An Indian's Week (Label Bleu, 1993)
  • Mosaic Man (Label Bleu, 1998)
  • Mad Nomad(s) (Label Bleu, 2002)
  • Strings' Spirit (Label Bleu, 2002)

With Julien Lourau

  • The Rise (Label Bleu, 2001)
  • Fire (Label Bleu, 2005)
  • Forget (Label Bleu, 2005)

With others

  • Claude Barthelemy, Sereine (Label Bleu, 2000)
  • Jean-Jacques Birge
    , Sarajevo (Suite) (L'Empreinte Digitale, 1994)
  • Matt Darriau, Matt Darriau Paradox Trio With Bojan Z. (Felmay, 2010)
  • Angelo Debarre, Caprice (Hot Club, 1998)
  • Madame Piano, Predeli (ITMM, 1997)
  • Malouma, Nour (Marabi, 2007)
  • Amira Medunjanin, Amulette (World Village, 2011)
  • Amira Medunjanin, Silk & Stone (World Village, 2014)
  • Nguyen Le
    , Purple (ACT, 2002)
  • Oktobar 1864, Oktobar 1864 (Jugodisk, 1987)
  • Michel Portal, Dockings (Label Bleu, 1998)
  • Michel Portal, Bailador (Universal, 2010)
  • Nils Wogram, Work Smoothly (Nwog, 2018)

References

  1. ^ a b Patterson, Ian (2006-07-31). "Bojan Z: Stranger Sounds". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  2. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
  3. ^ "Les prix Django Reinhardt depuis 1955". Académie du Jazz. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2011-01-06.

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