Adomas Rekasius TREE
Biography Adomas Rekasius TREE
Adomas Rekasius
born in Vilnius, Lithuania. Studied classical piano in art high school, later classical and jazz piano in Lithuanian Academy of Music.
Afterwards he deepened his musical knowledge at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.
Adomas Rekašius has been improvising since childhood and has attended improvisation master classes with John Taylor, Brian Blade. In 1998 he won the International Competition "Piano Jazz Improvisation" in Vilnius. Adomas Rekašius has played in various formations at jazz festivals in Lithuania, Germany and Denmark. Numerous albums as a solo pianist. Since 2011 he has been teaching piano at the Bern Conservatory.
Stephan Urwyler
graduated from the Swiss Jazz School in Bern in 1988. Urwyler has no fear of contact and feels at home in jazz and rock. He can be heard on about 35 recordings and lives in Bern/CH.
Played with: Stephan Eicher, Andy Hug, Gere Stäubli, Büne Huber, Immanuel Brockhaus, Rhonda Dorsey, Joachim Rittmeier, Ron McClure, Tim Hagens, Joe Haider, Glenn Ferris, David Golochokin, Andrej Kontakov, Orazio Maugeri, Roman Schwaller, Samuel Rohrer, Take Torijama, David Elias, Don Li, Lars Lindvall, Peter Keiser, Wilbert "Junior" Gill, Wolfgang Zwieauer, Jim Odgren, Renato Chicco, Michel Poffet, Laurent Wolf, Walter Schmocker, Donat Fisch, Antonello Messina, Markus Schieferdecker, Richie Beirach, Rainer Witzel, David Liebman, Adam Nussbaum.
Lukas Bitterlin
studied with Billy Brooks and at the Jazzschule Luzern.
In addition to his active freelance work, he plays in various jazz, rock and free music formations and has appeared on several CDs, including Robin Kenyatta, Peter Schärli, Harald Haerter, Jürg Bucher Quartett, Philipp Schaufelberger, Tomas Sauter, Lukas Heuss Bari-Tones, Willi Schnyder's JazzHorchester, Eliane Cueni Septett, Tripod.
He teaches at the music schools Muri & Bolligen.
