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    Sorin Zlat is a Romanian jazz pianist born in 1985. He comes from a family of accomplished musicians and began studying multiple instruments at age 7. Zlat has won numerous jazz competitions throughout Europe and in the US. In 2015, he released his first album titled "Endurance" which features original compositions influenced by jazz, Latin, and classical styles. Zlat continues to perform internationally and release new music.

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    Sorin Zlat is a Romanian jazz pianist born in 1985. He comes from a family of accomplished musicians and began studying multiple instruments at age 7. Zlat has won numerous jazz competitions throughout Europe and in the US. In 2015, he released his first album titled "Endurance" which features original compositions influenced by jazz, Latin, and classical styles. Zlat continues to perform internationally and release new music.

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    GEORGIAN SORIN ZLAT

    Website: sorinzlat.com
    Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/zlatescoro/sets
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SorinZlatJazz
    Contact: Ioana Marcu, Manager
    Telephone: 832.299.9747 (U.S.A.)
    Email: marcu@comcast.net

    “For as long as I can remember, my greatest joy has been sitting at my piano and expressing my

    thoughts and feelings through the music I play” - Sorin Zlat


    Zlat was born on May 7, 1985 to a family of accomplished musicians – his grandfather was a

    renowned violinist and conductor for the Romanian National Folkloric Ensemble; a position he

    held for decades. Zlat’s father is a professional jazz saxophonist. Zlat grew up surrounded by the

    sound of classical and contemporary music.

    At the age of seven, and continuing in his family’s tradition, he studied multiple instruments

    beginning with the violin and the clarinet. At the young age of thirteen he won the National

    Music Olympics and two years later was featured as a soloist with the Romanian Philharmonic

    Orchestra “Mihail Jora”. In 2009, he graduated from the George Enescu University of Arts with

    a degree in classical clarinet.

    It was during those university years when he started to experiment with, and then fell completely

    in love with jazz. Beginning as an autodidact, his musical influences shifted to the work of Dizzy

    Gillespie, Keith Jarret, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, and Chick

    Corea. Zlat found the piano as the sublime instrument to reflect his innermost feelings as a

    composer and orchestrator. Zlat perfected his technical virtuosity in 2011 by earning a Master in

    Music Degree, the Piano Jazz Section, from the Romanian National University of Music.

    Zlat’s style is a surprising fusion of jazz, Latin, pop and classical music, which erupts into a

    colorful and fascinating repertoire. His talent, revealed by his ability to find new dimensions to

    existing jazz standards and to create original compositions, gained him instant recognition on the

    jazz scene.

    Zlat proved to be a promising young musician from the beginning of his performing career, by

    winning the Grand Prize at the 2009 International Student Jazz Competition, in Targul Mures,
    Romania and the Grand Prize at the 2010 International Jazz Competition, in Sibiu, both while

    still a student.

    In 2014, Zlat furthered his career accomplishments by reaching the finalist stage at elite

    international competitions such as the Parmigiani Montreux Jazz Piano International

    Competition in Switzerland and the Nottingham Jazz Piano Competition in the United Kingdom.

    He was also the 2015 Nominee for the Public Diplomacy Award and Most Important People of

    Our Time (Oamenii Timpului), both in his home country of Romania, and won the Grand Prize

    in the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition which took place in Florida, United States.

    Zlat appeared in numerous festivals, both nationally and internationally, as a solo performer or

    with his Trio. Notable festivals include: Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival,

    Getxo Jazz Festival, Sibiu Jazz Festival, Jazz Napocensis, Cluj Napoca, Bucharest Jazz Festival,

    Jazz Compass, Terra Festival, Instanbul, Turkey, Jazz Hoeillart, Belgium, and Enter Music

    Festival, Poland. He had the chance to share the stage with great artists such as Kenny Garett,

    Lee Ritenour, Branford Marsalis, Lee Konitz, Roy Hargrove, Chris Potter, Chucho Valdes,

    Sonny Emory, Jeff Ballard, Dave Grusin, Ravi Coltrane, and Leszek Mozdzer.

    In the summer of 2015, Zlat released his first album, entitled Endurance, a work centered on the

    power of love and family. The project itself is an attestation to his progression as an artist and to

    his creative capabilities. The inspiration behind the album came to life with Zlat composing the

    song Roxane, which is dedicated to his younger sister. His sister, that started battling cancer in

    2011, became Zlat’s creative muse. It was from the pain, suffering, and turmoil that arose from

    those events, that the song was born. Roxane, encompasses all those emotions which are

    masterfully reflected in the melody. With influences from the Latin, flamenco, and classical
    music styles combined with jazz, each song on Endurance reaches new harmonic and rhythmic

    depths that leave a lasting impression with the audience.

    In October 2016, Zlat took his creativity a step further and premiered his jazz suite symphony at

    the famous Kings Place in London, United Kingdom, a commission that was funded by the

    Rimbaud and Verlaine foundation and was very well received by the public and jazz critics. As

    an artist underwritten by the Romanian Cultural Institute, Zlat can be found performing in jazz

    clubs both in his country of Romania, as well as across Europe and North America.

    For Booking Information, please contact:

    Ioana Marcu, Manager


    Telephone: 832.299.9747 (U.S.A.)
    Email: marcu@comcast.net

    Please see next page for notable achievements.


    NOTABLE ACHEIVEMENTS

    2017 Jazz Gala, Muzza Jazz Association; Bucharest, Romania

    o Special Prize for Outstanding International Performance – Awarded by the


    Romanian Cultural Institute

    2015 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition; Jacksonville, Florida, United States

    o Grand Prize

    2015 Muzza Jazz Association; Bucharest, Romania

    o Best Musician of the Year

    o Best Band of the Year “Sorin Zlat Trio”

    2014 Romanian Composers and Musicians Society; Bucharest, Romania

    o Best Jazz Musician of the Year

    2014 Jazz Piano Competition; Vilnius, Lithuania

    o Second Place and Prize of the Public Award

    2014 International Jazz Competition; Lille, France

    o Special Prize of the Jury and Golden Jazz Trophy

    2013 International Jazz Competition Johnny Raducanu; Braila, Romania

    o Best Band Award

    2013 International Jazz Competition; Monaco

    o Grand Prize and Prize of the Public

    2012 International Jazz Competition; Hoeillart, Belgium

    o Special Prize of the Jury

    2011 International Jazz Competition; Getxo, Spain


    o Best Solo Performance, Best Band Performance, and Prize of the Public

    2011 Europafest International Jazz Competition; Bucharest, Romania

    o Grand Prize

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