Javier Subatin

Javier Subatin was born in Buenos Aires in 1985 and he is now living in Lisbon. His music was reviewed by many blogs and music magazines and was described as a “fine example of contemporary jazz finely chiselled and melodic at wish. Soft lyricism, inscribed in a sinuous universe” (culturejazz.fr). He started his path in the current jazz scene in 2018 with the release of his first recording “Autotelic” with the support of Sintoma Records and Antena 2. He was nominated to participate in various contests like Oscar Alemán Jazz Guitar Competition 2002, Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition 2015 and Komeda Jazz Composers Competition 2017. Additionally, in 2018, he won a grant from Fundação GDA for the production of his second album “Variaciones”. And in 2019, he was a finalist in the Euroradio Jazz Competition at the Copenhaguen Jazz Festival in Denmark. He currently has three projects in which he explores different group setups. His first recording, “Autotelic”, is based on a duo of piano and guitar with the renown Portuguese jazz pianist João Paulo Esteves da Silva. His second album, “Variaciones”, has the collaboration of some of the most relevant jazz musicians from Portugal. His third recording, that will be released in June 2020 by ears&eyes label, is a trio of guitar, alto saxophone and drums called Trance Trio. With this project, he performed in festivals as Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Südtirol Jazz Festival and Somersby Out Jazz. He is also working on a solo performance in which he works on compositions and free improvisations using extended techniques and electronics creating a musical context that mixes contemporary improvised music, jazz and electronic music. ​In 2020, he founded the Composers and Improvisers Community Project where musicians from different parts of the world present exclusive videos and collaborative recordings through the Patreon online platform.

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