Leonel Kaplan

Leonel Kaplan
Kaplan at High Zero Festival, 2006
Background information
Born	(1973-11-21) November 21, 1973 (age 43) Buenos Aires, BA, AR
Genres	experimental free improvisation electroacoustic
Instruments	Trumpet
Labels	Another Timbre Relative Pitch Records L'innomable Dromos Records Creative Sources

Leonel Kaplan (born November 21, 1973) is an Argentine trumpet player active in free improvisation. He has been part of the international improvised music scene since the early 2000s performing and recording throughout Latin America, Europe and U.S.

Kaplan worked with percussionist Diego Chamy and trumpeter Axel Dörner first. The trio album debut “Absence” (Creative Sources 034) was recorded in Buenos Aires in 2003, and followed by european presentations during the subsequent years, including festivals like “Musique et Quotidian Sonore” and the “NPAI” Festival. Other Kaplan’s collaborations around that time involved him on tours with musicians like Le Quan Ninh, Michel Doneda, Wade Matthews, Bhob Rainey & Greg Kelley (Nmpering) and Ivar Grydeland (Huntsville). In 2005, and after the rare opportunity of daily rehearsal and exploration for 20 days in upstate New York, Kaplan formed "Silo trio", together trumpeter Nate Wooley and cellist Audrey Chen. The trio released “Silo” (Utech Records 033) the same year, and toured Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and England in the winter of 2006, and during late September they traveled through the Midwest, South, and East Coast of the U.S.

At that time, Kaplan also played extensively with Japanese drummer Tatsuya Nakatani. In 2007 they were invited to perform at the “Festival of New Trumpet” (FONT) in New York City by trumpeter Dave Douglas. Other Kaplan’s collaborations includes tours and recordings with French clarinetist Xavier Charles, the large improvisation group “No Spaghetti Edition Ensamble”, dancers Nicole Bindler, Andrea Fernández and Ly Thanh Tiên, and a trumpet piece commissioned by Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla for a work entitled “Wake Up”, originally created for the Renaissance Society in Chicago.