George Dumitriu (Monk on Viola) @ de Roode Bioscoop

George Dumitriu performing Monk On Viola live at the Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. Recorded live on 12 February 2021.

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Monk on viola aims for a meticulous and complex adaption of Thelonious Monk’s themes through spontaneous and emergent improvisation. An organic exploration of sound with guitar pizzicatos, extended techniques, double harmonics, microtonality, and hypnotic repetitions.
George Dumitriu is a master of a rich musical language rooted in jazz, classical music, live electronica, and free improvisation. Equally proficient on electric guitar and violin, Dumitriu focused the past three years of his musical exploring a new instrument, the viola. Becoming acquainted with the instrument by performing works of Ligeti, Bach, Enesco, Shostakovich, and Khachaturian, as well as improvising freely, Dumitriu developed a unique approach to playing.

Awarded with more than 15 prizes, his musical journey began with classical training, which later grew new roots into jazz improvisation. He studied with important figures in the field, following a professional exploration that brought him from Bucharest to Groningen, Amsterdam, and New York. He collaborated with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Theo Loevendie, Michel Godard, Ab Baars, Ack van Rooyen, Michael Moore, Peter Herbolzheimer, Benny Golson, and Dick Oatts.
As the leader of DUMItRIO, he released the albums Proverbe (TryTone 2017) and Future Nostalgia (FN 2014) and is featured as a sideman on many other releases. With insights into education, George Dumitriu is a guest guitar teacher at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam, and a guest viola teacher at the Prins Claus Conservatorium Groningen.

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Credits
Video: Henk Huibers; Audio: Philip ten Brink; Lights: Nistal Wloczysiak; Video Editing: Kingdon Productions; Producers: Hanna Schreuders, Isla Van Hout, Kasper Stern, Martijn Grootendorst

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