Bojan Z
| Bojan Zulfikarpašić | |
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Bojan Z at Moers Festival, June 2006, Germany
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Бојан Зулфикарпашић |
| Born |
2 February 1968 Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1988 - current |
| Associated acts | Bojan Z Quartet |
| Website | bojanz.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Fender Rhodes | |
Bojan Zulfikarpašić (Бојан Зулфикарпашић, also known by the stage name Bojan Z.) was born February 2, 1968 in Belgrade) is a Serbian jazz pianist.
He started playing and studying piano at the age of 5 in music school "Kosta Manojlović" in Zemun. As a teenager, he started playing in bands on Belgrade jazz scene, where he received an award as the Best Young Jazz Musician of Yugoslavia award in 1989. Since 1988 Bojan moved to Paris, France, where he developed a successful career as a pianist, composer and producer.
In 1986 studied with Clare Fischer at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. He was influenced by the traditional Balkan music playing in an army orchestra during his military service in former Yugoslavia, which would influence all his subsequent work. He moved to Paris in 1988, playing with Henri Texier, Michel Portal, Noël Akchoté, Julien Lourau, Magic Malik, and other renowned French musicians.
In 1993, he recorded the debut album with his Bojan Z Quartet with Label Bleu, followed by Yopla!. In 1999, he was engaged in multi-ethnical project Koreni (Roots) with musicians such as Karim Ziad from Algeria, Kudsi Erguner from Turkey, and Vlatko Stefanovski from Macedonia.
His solo piano album Solobsession (2001) brought him wider worldwide recognition. On Transpacifik (2003) he started collaborating with American jazz musicians Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits, and continued on Xenophonia (2006) with Ben Perowsky and Ari Hoenig, as well as Frenchman Remi Vignolo.
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