Manvydas Pratkelis Quartet

Entrance Fee 門票: $200

music starts 表演 : 9.30pm

Manvydas Pratkelis – alto sax

Yuwen Peng – piano

Vincent Hsu – double bass

Weichung Lin – drums

After winning the Grand Prix in the international “Vilnius Jazz Young Power” in 2010

alto saxophonist Manvydas Pratkelis has come a long way. He has developed into an

expressive, universal and subtle performer, exploring technique and improvisation in a wide

range of musical traditions and styles, starting from early jazz, to be-bop, free jazz, fusion,

contemporary, hip-hop, funk, R&B styles. That gives him freedom of performing and producing

complex improvisations in any of those styles.

Nevertheless, Manvydas is concentrated in refining his own unique sound, composing his

own music and exploring new musical ideas and waves in order to achieve musical exclusivity

and recognition. He has his own band named ‘Big Little Emotions Trio’, revealing as a powerful

and expressive band, with a particularly modern and intense sound. In 2013 they had toured in

the Europe.

In 2013 Manvydas performed in North sea jazz festival. In 2015 Manvydas toured in

Taiwan, where he gave concerts and led several workshops. Played in Vilnius jazz, Reykjavik

jazz and Dola jazz-Lilehammer jazz festival with Icelandic-Lithuanian band “Sons of Gislason”.

Manvydas was studying in the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (Netherlands)

with renowned jazz saxophone and clarinet player and teacher John Ruocco.