The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maestro David Zinman, during the recording of a new piece by critically acclaimed contemporary composer Anders Hillborg, called "Cold Heat". The session took place at the blue Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden, during November 2013 and will be released by BIS soon.

In Oslo for ECM records

Juan visited Oslo, Norway, to shoot the recording sessions of a couple of ECM albums at the legendary Rainbow Studio. Piano music by Dino Saluzzi, performed by Horacio Lavandera and a debut album on ECM by Danish guitar player/composer Jakob Bro. There was a chance of taking some photos of the Dino Saluzzi Trio (Dino Saluzzi/Anja Lechner/Felix Saluzzi) at the amazing venue of the Oslo Opera House. The beautiful weather helped achieve these stunning pictures that will be used on future projects by the trio. Please note the players are flying, condor-style, over the skyline of Oslo. Manfred spent the whole sessions kidding the Saluzzis about them being condors, referring to the previous album by the family "Juan Condori"and also to the fact that they were both born in Salta, a province in Argentina on the Andes, home of our national bird. Besides this, we must agree that Dino's improvisational style might sometimes resemble the feeling of flying, and if we are lucky, might take us on a ride.

Jakob Bro Trio

Another session that took place during Juan's stay in Oslo was the debut album on ECM by the Danish guitar player and composer Jakob Bro. The recording was, again, at the Rainbow Studio and engineered by Jan-Erik, produced by Manfred. NYC based bassist Thomas Morgan and legendary drummer Jon Christensen completed this trio. Christensen played with mostly every giant in european jazz (Garbarek, Jarrett, Stenson, Rypdal, among many others). The amazing colours of autumn helped us find a right spot for the portraits, in spite of the extremely short daylight times. The photos will be used in the forthcoming release.

Dino Saluzzi at the Rainbow Studio

Horacio Lavandera recorded the piano music of the great bandoneon player/composer Dino Saluzzi for ECM Records. The session was held at the legendary Rainbow Studio in Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher and engineered by Jan-Erik Kongshaug. After listening to ECM albums for more than 35 years it was a memorable experience to share this ocassion with Grammy Award winner founder of ECM and producer Mr. Eicher.