The Shin

Zaza´s Guitar in the new Manufacture Series

jv — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:14:56 +0000

Developed jointly by Zaza and Guitarmaker Daniel Stark, the JaZZ guitar model is now available in limited edition.
The newly developed head makes the instrument very distinctive. The idea for this head came from Alexander Kilian (Open Strings 2005 Winner / Creole World Music Award 2009). Alex recently received the first guitar with this head shape.

The JaZZ Manufacture Series is built in collaboration with a workshop from Eastern Europe. Each signature doubletop is made by Daniel Stark personally. Annual production is limited to a maximum of 50 instruments. This combination ensures the highest quality at an unbeatable price.

This first class guitar is constructed from solid wood of the highest quality. Guitars are available in two versions with neck-body connection of 12 frets or 14 frets. Optionally available with ‘hexaphonic’ pickup, just like Zaza’s guitar.
More info at Guitaratelie Daniel Stark

New photos – The Shin & Maia Baratashvili featuring Ray Kaczynski in Tbilisi

jv — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:53:15 +0000

On March 8-th The Shin presented their project Georgia in Your Mind at the Rustaveli Theater in Tbilisi , Georgia.

Tbilisi 08.03.2012

The Shin is working on the new program.

jv — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:28:39 +0000

The Shin is working on its new program Extraordinary Exhibition. It was inspired by the book “Simple music for piano”, written by the great contemporary composer Giya Kancheli Extraordinary Exhibition will be a musical performance where different music areas and systems will perform as an actors. Music of the great Maestro Giya Kanchlei will play the leading part in the show.

Première will take place in Liepaja (Latvia) in November 2012. Liepaja Symphony Orchestra will take part in this concert.

Happy New 2012!

jv — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:26:27 +0000

All the best in 2012!

Open World Project concert in the Wagenhallen Stuttgart, 22.12.2011

jv — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:42:18 +0000

Open World Project performs on 22.12.2011 at 8 p.m in the Wagenhallen Stuttgart, (Innerer Nordbahnhof 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Tel 0711 – 25 37 012 (Tu – Fr // 11h – 15h)

http://www.wagenhallen.d/programm.html

Live online broadcasting from Ekaterinburg on 16.12.2011

jv — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:37:38 +0000

On Friday 16.12.2011 The Shin will perform at the Snow Jazz Festival in Ekaterinburg.

The Shin will be featuring Polish accordion player Jakub Mietla and great Russian folk vocalist and musician Sergei Starostin.

We have a great opportunity to invite all of you to this concert!!! No visas, no travel, no stress! All you need is Internet.

Live broadcasting of the concert will take place on 16.12.2011 at

http://sgaf.tv/live

at 13:30 Middle European time ( 16:30 Moscow time/16:30 Tbilisi time/ 15:30 Istanbul time).

See you at the online concert!!!

Georgia in Your Mind – premiere in Latvia

jv — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:38:29 +0000

During two evenings – 06.12 and 07.12 The Shin together with Georgian jazz singer Maia Baratashvili presented in Riga their new program Georgia in Your Mind. This project is a combination of world music elements and American jazz intensively flavoured with Georgian sound .

It is a great pleasure and also a challenge to present new program to the audience, which knows you and has high expectation. Riga is one of these special places, where The Shin has been performing tregularly starting from 2007 and also doing joint project Es ari together with Latvian musicians.

We want to thank Ilze, Gita and their families for organizing our coming, the audience for listening and support and our Latvian friends and colleagues for performing Es ari with us.

Paldies!

Riga 07.12.2011

Open World Project in Kulturhaus Schwanen, Waiblingen

jv — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:55:56 +0000

Open World Project is an ambitious project of Georgian world-jazz band The Shin and international musicians from Stuttgart.

In the Open World Project Argentinean Tango fuses with Arabic sounds and Caucasian spirited melodies. North African beats meet Latin American rhythms, highlighted by stunning flamenco guitar, driving bass and jazzy drums. Algerian and Argentinian singer and Georgian polyphony, lot of percussion, drums and guitar makes it a surprising Arab-Argentinian- Caucasian-sound experience.

Lineup:
Zaza Miminoshvili (The Shin/Georgia) — guitar
Zurab Gagnidze (The Shin/Georgia) — bass, vocals
Mamuka Gaganidze (The Shin/Georgia) — vocals, percussion
Gabriela Brgallo (Argentina) — vocals
Daniel Messina (Argentina) — drums
Ranem Hamous (Algeria) — vocals
Gerald Dorsch (Germany) — vibrophone

Open World Project – Maria de Buenos Aires

Photos from Singapore

jv — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:21:23 +0000

We have posted some photos of The Shin performance at the Night Festival in Singapore.

The Shin in Singapore

Open World Project 2011

jv — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:39:08 +0000

On 15.07 new program of the Open World Project ” Maghreb & Co” was presented to the enthusiastic audience of the Festival der Kulturen in Stuttgart. This year Open World was presented by The Shin musicians, Argentinian drummer Daniel Messina, Algerian singer Ranem Homous, Georgian singer Mamuka Tchitchinadze, Tunisian musicians Amine & Hamza Mraihi, Polisch accordion player Jakub Mietla. We thank all participants for their efficiency. We also thank Kulturamt Stuttgart for its support, Kulturhaus Schwanen and Laboratorium for the rehearsal possibilities, and Rolf Grasser for his trust in Open World Project!

Photos of the Open World Project 2011