Ikonen, Puntin & Chemirani

Acclaimed Finnish composer and pianist Kari Ikonen has developed his own completely unique musical language, inspired by various musical traditions around the world. He has a special interest in Arabic, Turkish and Persian music, and in order to be able to play these microtonal maqamat on the acoustic grand piano, he invented the revolutionary Maqiano™ micro tuning system. (Maqam, plural maqamat is the in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian art music for the mode of a piece of music.)
Berlin-based Swiss clarinet virtuoso Claudio Puntin is an extraordinary combination of originality and superior professionalism. Delicate melodies, passages that are almost impossible to play, or constantly evolving improvisations – he is an expert in this.
Keyvan Chemirani, born in Paris, is a member of a famous Persian family of musicians. An agile improviser and master of various percussion instruments such as zarb or daf (both types of drums from the Arab-Persian region), he feels just as much at home in the music of the Middle East or India as he does in Jazz, experimental or early music.
Together, these three gentlemen take the listener on a magical journey through time and space: from the pristine nordic forest, to the bazaars of ancient Persepolis, and on to distant, unknown galaxies.