Duo Laia Genc / Daniel Casimir

Duo Laia Genc / Daniel Casimir

The virtuoso Cologne jazz pianist Laia Genc and Daniel Casimir met in 2008 and immediately started working together as part of Laia’s band “Liaison Tonique 5”. Laia’s CD “Polyfangastronosia” was also released during this time, with Alban Darche on saxophone, Sébastien Boisseau on double bass and Nils Tegen on drums in addition to Genc and Casimir.
Since 2023, the two have also been playing as a duo with a program of Daniel Casimir’s own compositions, mainly written for this formation.

Laia Genc
Laia Genc lives and works in Cologne and studied jazz piano there and for a year abroad in Paris. Among the numerous prizes she has won at home and abroad, either alone or with her “LiaisonTonique”, is the Cologne Jazz Prize 2007.
Always in search of her very own and unmistakable sound, Laia Genc follows her very personal musical path.
With her music, she is often a border crosser at the interface between jazz and contemporary music. Open to the rich influences of globalizing life, she also draws from various cultural areas, not least through the most diverse collaborations.
At the heart of her work is the project “LiaisonTonique”, which released its debut album “Trilogien” with “JazzHausMusik” in 2005 and has been giving concerts worldwide ever since. As a sensitive sound painter, composer and arranger, she gives many projects a special color in a captivating mixture of jazz, free improvisation and a lot of musical charm.