Zoe Rahman & Empirical at QEH

Zoe Rahman and Empirical will be providing the music at the QEH Theatre. Zoe Rahman has firmly established herself as one of the brightest stars on contemporary jazz scene whilst Empirical are five jazz stars of the future, dedicated to maintaining the roots of traditional modern jazz but with a definite finger on the pulse of the contemporary world. The Asylum Monologues is an acted account of the UK’s asylum system, told first hand by the people who have experienced it.

Zoe Rahman, Empirical Jazz and the Asylum Monologues make the fantastic triple bill for this year's musical event at the QEH Theatre. Tickets available from the Colston Hall box office, £10/7.50 concs.

Zoe Rahman

Described in The Observer newspaper as "one of the finest young pianists in Europe", Zoe Rahman has firmly established herself as one of the brightest stars on contemporary jazz scene. Her most recent album, 'Melting Pot', has been short-listed for the 2006 Nationwide Mercury Prize and was voted 'Jazz Album of the Year' at the 2006 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.

She has been the featured artist on Radio and Television programmes such as Courtney Pine's 'Jazz Crusade' on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4's 'Women's Hour', BBC London's 'Now's the Time', Andrea Oliver's 'The Selector', Northern Broadcasting Internet Radio, Resonance FM and Julian Joseph's Jazz series for Meridian Television. She has performed live on the BBC World Service and on Radio 3's 'In Tune' and music from her Melting Pot album has also been featured on BBC Radio 3's 'Jazz Record Requests'.

Aside from working with her own groups, she continues to perform, record and tour (both in the UK and internationally) with a diverse range of other artists.

"One of the finest young pianists in Europe"
Dave Gelly, The Observer

"An exceptional pianist"
Jack Massarik, London Evening Standard

"Melting Pot...a fantastic new album"
Courtney Pine, BBC Radio 2

Find out more on her website .

 

Empirical

Empirical are five jazz stars of the future – four of them recent graduates from Tomorrow’s Warriors (the organisation founded in 1992 by original Jazz Warriors double bassist Gary Crosby to nurture and develop talented young jazz musicians) – are now stepping forward on their own terms and with their own compositions. Performing with astonishing musical maturity, confidence and a cohesiveness derived from many years of playing together, Empirical is dedicated to maintaining the roots of traditional modern jazz but with a definite finger on the pulse of the contemporary world. Hear their music here.

 

The Asylum Monologues

The Asylum Monologues is an account of the UK’s asylum system, told first hand by the people who have experienced it. With personal testimony at its core combined with public opinion, political statements and statistical fact, this production will disseminate what it really means to be displaced in the UK.

This project is a collaboration between iceandfire and Actors For Refugees, a new network which aims to use the collective might of UK performers to influence community attitudes toward refugees and asylum seekers and to encourage a humanitarian response to their situation, using Asylum Monologues as their main advocacy tool.