Stand with Ukraine concert: Dennis Adu & Dmytro Avksentiev

STAND WITH UKRAINE

Concert by Dennis Adu & Dmytro Avksentiev

Mariana Bondarenko from the Ukrainian Institute gave an introduction to this musical duo before they performed, explaining that the collaboration between Dennis Adu and Dmytro Avksentiev first began in the Am I Jazz? Festival in 2020, thanks to Olga Bekenstein. During the whole collaboration, they never met each other but only exchanged messages on Telegram. They both worked intuitively and emotionally, and despite their short time collaborating are still to this day working together on upcoming projects.

About the duo: Koloah (Dmytro Avksentiev) is an electronic musician based in Kyiv, now temporarily displaced. For more than a decade, his musical path has taken him through a cross-section of underground, famous clubs and parties such as Closer, Tresor, Berghain, and more. He also produces in different genres and works under aliases such as Tropical Echobird and Voin Oruwu. In 2020, he founded the label Salon Imaginalis, a platform for realising non-genre music.

Dennis Adu was born in 1987 in Saltpond (Ghana). When he was 2 years old, his family moved to Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. He started playing the trumpet at the age of 7, and when he turned 8 was invited to join the Alexander Gebel Orchestra. Dennis participated in international festivals and competitions like Millau en Jazz (France), Fel du Sher (France), Jazz A Vienne (France), Alfa Jazz Fest (Ukraine) and many others. Since 2012 he has been leading his Quintet, Sextet, Septet and Big Band.