Gur Liraz Organ Trio

Bild: Stefan WeberBild: Stefan Weber

Gur Liraz Organ Trio

Gur Liraz — Guitar
Valley Balshai - Organ
Tillman Person – Trommeln

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1988, Gur first took up the guitar when he was 9 years old, and soon began his journey with Jazz music. He majored in Jazz at the prestigious Thelma Yellin High School, where he studied with some of the best musicians from the Israeli scene such as Amit Golan, Yuval Cohen, Erez Barnoy, Amos Hoffman and many more. He spent 4 years of that time studying under Jazz guitar master, Ofer Ganor.

As soon as graduating highschool in 2004 he became an active part of the lively Tel-Aviv Jazz scene, performing in Jazz clubs, bars and different venues, as well as recording. At the same time he was also teaching guitar and music, both privately and in music schools. Later Gur took up the classical guitar, studying under internationally acclaimed guitarists Seth Josel and Ruben Saroussi and gaining third place at the Young Guitarist’s competition of the Music Academy in Jerusalem.

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Nach acht Monaten in New York zog Gur 2013 nach Berlin, nachdem er Unterricht bei der Gitarrenlegende Peter Bernstein genommen hatte, und wurde bald in die sich schnell entwickelnde Jazzszene involviert. Er tritt regelmäßig in einigen der meistbesuchten Jazzclubs der Stadt auf. Neben seinen eigenen Quartett- und Trioprojekten kooperiert er mit einigen der gefragtesten Musiker der Stadt. Zusammen mit seinem Quartett zeigte er Sängerin Amanda Becker auf ihrem Debütalbum You’re Looking At Me.

During the Corona crisis and the subsequent lockdown and ban on live music Gur took on the challenge of composition. Seeking an inspiring environment to investigate questions of Jewish heritage and its intersections with Jazz, he applied and was accepted to the prestigious LABA Jewish culture lab, where he wrote the music that will feature in his next Album.