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We Free Live at Drugstore

  • Date: July 29, 2019
  • Time:20:00
  • Location: Belgrade, Serbia
  • Venue: DIMCetinjska 15

CONCERT WILL BE HELD AT DIM, Cetinjska 15!

We Free are:
Alexandre Saada – Fender Rhodes
Ichiro Onoe – drums
Milana Zarić – electric harp
Vukašin Đelić – electric guitar

Alexandre Saada is a french pianist, composer and arranger.
He started to learn classical music at 5 and became a jazzman and improviser around his 20. Alexandre performs with many artists all over the world : Malia (Germany, Turkey, Spain), Madeleine et Salomon (China, Australia, Japan, USA), the Motown singer Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (UK, Brasil, Spain, Belgium). He also performs in solo (tours in China, France, Canada). Saada is a soundtrack composer. He recorded 7 albums as a band leader, 3 in solo and just released another one as a pop singer and composer. Alexandre Saada initiated the We Free project in 2015 which is a ensemble of improvised music concerts in different countries (Congo, USA, Israel, Bosnia, Serbia, France and Canada).

Ichiro ONOE : Japanese drummer, composer living in Paris.
He graduated from Berklee College of Music. He performed in over 40 countries world wide with Bobby Few, Ricky Ford, Frank Lacy, Chris Cheek, Andy Narell, Manolo Badrena, Norman Simmons, Makoto Ozone, Ron Carter and many more. In 2014, he released his first album WIND CHILD with his quartet – Geoffrey Secco (tenor sax), Ludovic Allainmat (piano), Matyas Szandai (double bass). With this group, he recorded his second album MIYABI in 2018. All music in these albums are his original compositions.

Versatile musician, active in classical, contemporary composed and freely improvised music, harpist Milana Zarić combines orchestral and ensemble work with solo performance, connecting the classical idiom to contemporary sensibility and new technologies. Organizer as well as performer in collaborative projects, she aims to create new bridges and challenge the boundaries between the traditional roles of composer, performer and improviser. Milana is currently active as the leader of Ensemble Studio6, principal harpist at Belgrade Philharmonic orchestra, improviser and solo harpist.

Vukašin Đelić is guitarist from Belgrade, Serbia.
Member of the band Dol. Played guitar in Halftones and Belgrade Noise. Collaborated with many musicians and artists including: Incredible Bob, Svetlana Maraš, Ivan Čkonjević, Jamal Al Kiswani, Suzana Sumrah, Olga Wojciechowska, AuderRose and many others. Released several records as WoO since 2007 on various labels. Member of ImprovE collective that focused on organizing improvised music events around Belgrade. Amplifying different mobile devices such as mobile phones, diskmans, media players and computer equipment, and using guitar as a receiver of these signals, he creates all analogue electronic sound that is very immediate, spontaneous and exciting.