Lena Bloch - Roberta Piket at The Drawing Room

Lena Bloch lived in Europe for many years, being exposed to European classical music tradition, as well as to Middle Eastern and Turkish Music. Roberta Piket has traveled the world as a leader and member of other projects - Russia, Ukraine, Western and Eastern Europe, Canada. Lena have been studying with Yusef Lateef and Lee Konitz, whereas Roberta has been a student of Stanley Cowell and Richie Beirach. Today both Roberta and Lena are "jazzwomen", active on the NY jazz scene. Their program takes the audience on an emotional journey through diverse musical events, colored by various cultural influences...

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Lena Bloch lived in Europe for many years, being exposed to European classical music tradition, as well as to Middle Eastern and Turkish Music. Roberta Piket has traveled the world as a leader and member of other projects - Russia, Ukraine, Western and Eastern Europe, Canada. Lena have been studying with Yusef Lateef and Lee Konitz, whereas Roberta has been a student of Stanley Cowell and Richie Beirach. Today both Roberta and Lena are "jazzwomen", active on the NY jazz scene. Their program takes the audience on an emotional journey through diverse musical events, colored by various cultural influences. At the same time, the presentation is unified by their dedication to contemporary art form - jazz, as well as by their extraordinary ability to improvise and musically converse with each other.

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