Lucian Ban
Jazz
The next Lucian Ban concert is scheduled for Saturday, September 6, 2025 at The Mill on Round Lake in Round Lake, NY, United States. See all 1 upcoming concerts
![Listen to Violin Song (Live at the Baroque Hall of the Temisoara Museum of Art in Romania on November 7, 2018) [Live] by Lucian Ban, John Surman & Mat Maneri, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music125/v4/4e/7a/d2/4e7ad2bf-44c6-70ce-8529-dcfe5fc85011/1580ITunes.png/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Violin Song (Live at the Baroque Hall of the Temisoara Museum of Art in Romania on November 7, 2018) [Live] by Lucian Ban, John Surman & Mat Maneri, see lyrics, music video & more!")
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About Lucian Ban
Hometown
Teaca, Transylvania, Romania
Born
1969
Genre
Jazz
Lucian Ban is a Romanian-born pianist who draws upon European classical music, Transylvanian folk, and modern post-bop jazz. Based in New York since 1999, he issued his U.S. debut, Somethin' Holy, in 2002. He released the celebrated Playground with his Asymmetry ensemble in 2006, and The Romanian-American Jazz Suite with saxophonist Sam Newsome. Ban and violist Mat Maneri initially worked as a duo on Transylvanian Concert for ECM in 2013. 2016 saw the issue of Songs from Afar by Lucian Ban's Elevation. 2017's Sounding Tears was recorded with Maneri and saxophonist Evan Parker. In 2020, Ban, John Surman, and Maneri issued Transylvanian Folk Song. Ban followed with the solo piano Ways of Disappearing in 2023. He also serves in Maneri's quartet. In 2024, he and Maneri released the live Transylvanian Dance on ECM.
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