Deniss Pashkevich

“I believe that music is an infinite language of intercultural fellowship, it gives people freedom to think and to express their true personality ” musician and educator

Deniss Pashkevich

The roots:

Musical education:

Jāzepa Medina muzic college, flute class
Georg Gots music college in Estonia (Tallin), jazz dep.,saxophone
Jāzepa Vitola Music Academy of Latvia Flute class (prof. Strautins)
Enschede Music Academy jazz dep.
Deniss studied in meny workshops with Hall of Fame artists like :
Joe Lovano workshops
Jerry Bergonzi workshops
Berklee College of Music in Freiburg (Germany) and Umbria jazz festival (Italy) .

His teaching activities :

Teacher – 18th Annual IASJ Jazz Meeting .
Deniss Pashkevich is leading workshops for young musicians in jazz.
Also leading his family business , privat music school ,, Performing Art School,, He is teaching improvisation ,saxophone, flutes , practical jazz harmony and ensemble lessons .

Traditions:

Steeped in the tradition of John Coltrane ,Deniss Pashkevich is a Latvian flautist & saxophonist, producer, ad-libber and educator with a profound calling.

Activities/Europian Tour Balticness

Deniss’s own country has highly evaluated his investment in music in general, not only in Jazz, choosing him and his band Riga Groove Electro to represent Latvia in 11 Baltic Sea countries in the frame of the project Balticness (2007-2008), during which he performed in the best concert halls of those countries. The culmination of this project was its Gala Concert, where Deniss and participants from other countries performed in front of 11 prime ministers and President of Republic of Latvia Valdis Zatlers. The State has expressed its gratitude to Deniss, by issuing him a certificate of honor for “Strengthening the Republic of Latvia”.

Places:

His sound has penetrated all the major festivals in the Baltics and Scandanavia such as Pori Jazz, Klaipeda Jazz, Rigas Ritmi, Birstonas Jazz, Jazz Kaar, Jazz Globus in Israel, Quasimodo Jazz Club in Berlin, Fasching Jazz club in Stockholm and Akwarium Jazzarium in Warsaw, Jazz House in Copenhagen and Music Village in Brussels

In 2008 he performed as soloist with Latvian National Chamber Orchestra.

Besides concerts:

He and his wife Jolanta Gulbe -Pashkevich are owners and educators of private jazz school – ,,Performing art school ,, in Latvia. He performs in and is a musical producer of TV shows. For ten years Deniss has been conducting different jazz workshops in Latvia, former Soviet Union and Germany. He is the founder of concert agency and jazz music records company ZePirats in Latvia.

Endorsements:

In 2009 MARCA REEDS (France), manufacturing world’s finest musical instrument reeds since 1957, chose Deniss Pashkevich their official artist endorser.

Who’s who list…

In demand, Deniss has performed with a who’s who of top musicians such as Gene Perla (Elvin Jones’ Bassist) Brian Melvin (USA), Ryo Kawasaki (USA), Ben Dowling (Al McKay Allstars), Nick ‘Brownman’ Ali (CAN), Ted Curson (USA), Karl Martin Almqvist (SWE), Ulf Adaker (SWE), Sebastian Studnitzky (Mezzoforte, GE), Villu Veski (EST), Toonu Naissoo(EST), Toomas Rull (EST), Aivar Vasiljev (EST), Toivo Unt (EST), Neff Irira(POR), Jukka Eskola (Five corners, FIN), Ricardo Padilla (CHI), Simone Moreno (BRA), Erling Wiklund (NO), David Goloschokin (RU), Slava Ganelin (ISR), Victor Fonarev (USA), Klaus Kugel (GE), Tim Miller (USA), David Kikoski (USA) and

Web Links: www.denisspashkevich.com www.performingartschool.lv

last CD’s/recordings