Vitalii Kyianytsia Trio

• Vitalii Kyianytsia - piano (UKR)
• Tom Berkmann - bass (DE)
• Mathias Ruppnig - drums (AT)

The newly founded International Trio from Berlin presents the pieces from the debut album "Last Day of Spring". The program of the evening also consists of arrangements of classical pieces. The trio is characterized as "breathtaking and explosive".

The Ukrainian pianist Vitalii Kyianytsia has convinced on his debut album “Last Day of Spring” with an almost perfect hand. With seven original compositions, the pianist composed the lion’s share of the repertoire, drummer Mathias Ruppnig contributed the fast-paced “Stranger Than Fiction” and the number with the mysterious title “S”. OM & D. I.D. is by bassist Johannes Fink.

The balance between freedom and structure is kept excellent in this trio, and the pieces Kyianytsia composed for his band – he had plenty of time during the second lockdown and sometimes two pieces in one day – impress with their harmonious sophistication and opulent melodies. Finally, the trio plays a virtuosic “Spring Sprint”, which almost takes your breath away.

The only composition by someone else on the album is one of the famous “Gnossiennes” penned by the French composer Erik Satie. “Satie is one of my favorite composers,” Kyianytsia confessed. This piece is very well known, but that wasn’t the only reason I wanted to work with it. I chose a 7/8 bar, but the original piece has a rather unconventional structure. I wanted to push the rhythmic structure to its limits, and there is even an improvised part in the middle.

... Already at the first listening it is noticeable that the music moves stylistically confidently between freedom and structure, new music and jazz, tradition and modernity - also on paths that have not yet been taken...

Jazzpodium, 01-12-2022

... The balance between freedom and structure is ... brilliantly balanced, and the pieces ... impress with their harmonic finesse and their opulent melodic bliss....

Pianonews, 29-8-2022

... On "Last Day Of Spring", whose repertoire is characterized by the leader, he convinces as an extremely versatile musician with a strongly pronounced sense for structures...

Jazz'n More, 01-7-2022

... This is jazz trio art without hypertrophy of a musical know how or ability, but simply the finest form of chamber music interaction between "freedom and structure" on the field of this traditional music of piano, bass and drums... nmz, 11-4-2022

... The genius of the performers is not shown in the showmanship, but in the concise, unforced playing... jazzfun, 05-4-2022

Strong debut album of Ukrainian pianist Vitalij Kyianytsia ... inMusic, 21-7-2022

... The most refined variant in terms of craftsmanship is delivered by the VITALII KYIANYTSIA TRIO and its "Last Days of Spring"... NaDann, 28-5-2022

... And this leads to the fact that one experiences the music as a commonality, always surprised by some spontaneous insertions, which remind of the great jazz tradition as well as include modern influences... musikansich, 25-5-2022

Great music from this trio, also in the overcrowded world of jazz trios, hats off!

Rootstime, 01-4-2022