TRIO AMADEUS VÚLKAN

Ines Kolleritsch – voc, piano
Ivar Roban Krizic – bass
Piotr Lipowicy – guitar

The  modern-Jazz/Pop-Ensemble Amadeus Vúlkan was founded in autumn 2014 under the leadership of Ines Kolleritsch, student of jazz singing. From this time the  young band was playing the different concerts in Graz, Wien, Bruck/Mur and too at festival of jazz “Jazzliebe” in the outh East Styria. The sound in the  modern and fresh compositions by the leadsinger and pianist of the band, Ines Kolleritsch, is mixed. You can hear Jazz, Pop and Hip Hop, and also classical  tunes.

Ivar Roban Krizic was born in Zagreb on 28th of September 1990. After his primary and high school education he studied German language and literature and philosophy for three years at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. His musical career started with diverse funk and soul bands in Croatia. His first experience with jazz was through the HGM A-band, a branch of the actual HGM Jazz orchestra where young musicians got a chance to play big band music under the watchful eyes of the great conductor Sigi Feigl. Attending workshops in Groznjan, Ivar got the chance to play with the actual HGM Jazz orchestra, a band he has been a part of ever since. Through this band he got the chance to meet and work with some of the great jazz musicians and arrangers of our time : Miguel Zenon, Luis Bonilla, Erik Truffaz, Mathias Ruegg, Jim McNeely, Don Menza, Arturo O’ Farrill, etc. His musical education started in 2012 with one year at the Conservatorium in Klagenfurt after which he moved his studies to the musical university in Graz. He is currently studying under prof. Morten Ramsbol. At the moment he is working in a multitude of musical projects, ranging from modern jazz to brazilian tradition. He is also part of the newly founded Zagreb Jazz Orchestra, led by Sigi Feigl. In the last years he gained notoriety on the Austrian scene, and is now a highly sought after sideman, accompanying jazz greats such as Alex Sipiagin and Sachal Vasandani.

Piotr Lipowicz — polish guitarist, composer. Graduated from Music Academy in Katowice, currently studying at the Jazz Institute in Graz. Active member of Austrian and European jazz scene – had pleasure to perform on festivals like Getxo Jazz Festival, Jazzliebe, Most&Jazz, MOVE, Swing Festival Graz and many others.