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.
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 Algeria, Kudsi Erguner from Turkey, and Vlatko Stefanovski from Macedonia. On Transpacifik (2003) he started collaborating with Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits, and continued on Xenophonia (2006) with Ben Perowsky and Ari Hoenig, as well as Frenchman Remi Vignolo. He often uses the combination of acoustic piano with 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]
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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.
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bojan, zulfikarpašić, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, artic. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Bojan Zulfikarpasic news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Bojan Zulfikarpasic Serbian Cyrillic Boјan Zulfikarpashiћ known professionally as Bojan Z born February 2 1968 is a Serbian jazz pianist Bojan ZulfikarpasicBojan Z at Moers Festival June 2006 GermanyBackground informationBorn 1968 02 02 2 February 1968 age 56 Belgrade SerbiaGenresJazzOccupation s MusicianInstrument s PianoYears active1988 presentWebsitebojanz com Contents 1 Early life 2 Later life and career 3 Personal life 4 Discography 4 1 As sideman 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editHe started playing and studying piano at the age of 5 in music school Kosta Manojlovic 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 editIn 1986 studied with Clare Fischer 1 at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan He was influenced by the traditional Balkan music playing in an army orchestra during his military service in former Yugoslavia which would influence all his subsequent work He moved to Paris in 1988 playing with Henri Texier Michel Portal Noel Akchote 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 Algeria Kudsi Erguner from Turkey and Vlatko Stefanovski from Macedonia On Transpacifik 2003 he started collaborating with Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits and continued on Xenophonia 2006 with Ben Perowsky and Ari Hoenig as well as Frenchman Remi Vignolo He often uses the combination of acoustic piano with 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 Zulfikarpasic 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 Academie du Jazz 3 In 2005 he was granted the Hans Koller European Jazz Prize as the Best European Jazz Musician 1 Personal life editHe was born to a Bosniak mother while his father comes from the prominent Bosnian family Zulfikarpasic who originate from Foca in Bosnia and Herzegovina Discography editBojan 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 edit 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 amp 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 edit a b Patterson Ian 2006 07 31 Bojan Z Stranger Sounds All About Jazz Retrieved 2011 01 06 Jean Pierre Thiollet 88 notes pour piano solo Neva Editions 2015 p 173 174 ISBN 978 2 3505 5192 0 Les prix Django Reinhardt depuis 1955 Academie du Jazz Archived from the original on 2010 02 12 Retrieved 2011 01 06 External links editOfficial site nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bojan Zulfikarpasic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bojan Zulfikarpasic amp oldid 1138993220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
