The Indo-German pianist and composer Jarry Singla has always been crossing borders between the most diverse musical worlds. Several years of stays in Mexico City, New York, Mumbai, La Paz / Bolivia and at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris opened his heart and mind. Intensive musical collaborations in Buenos Aires, Katowice, Zurich and Kiev promoted his successful search for a way past all dogmas, for a fresh, refined and exciting sound between jazz and ethnic inspiration.

The influence of Indian music is particularly pronounced: His trio JARRY SINGLA EASTERN FLOWERS appeared at renowned festivals such as “Jazz Utsav New Delhi”, “Buenos Aires Jazz”, “Festijazz Bolivia” or “Lille Piano(s) Festival”. THE MUMBAI PROJECT – created during an artistic residency in Mumbai – performed in major Indian and German cities and as part of a production with the FRANKFURT RADIO BIGBAND.

Jarry Singla’s individualistic work in the wide-ranging field of European jazz includes compositions for his quartet with the outstanding British saxophonist Julian Argüelles and for the German-Polish-French TRIO WEI3. Current projects include a collaboration with the Swiss duo ZUGLUFT and AEROPHONIC with the exceptional harmonica player Olivier Ker Ourio from Réunion Island.

Performances with the Iraquian ensemble LAGASH took Jarry to the Biennal of the Emirate Sharjah and the Berlin Philharmonic. With the trumpeter Markus Stockhausen he performed for the Dalai Lama. As a founding member of the collective SONIQ, Jarry has been initiating visionary projects with renowned artists such as Majid Bekkas, Rhani Krija, Aly Keita, Mariana Sadovska and Karl Seglem.

Jarry created the award-winning webplayer GRAMOFON, a tool for interactive composing. The Goethe-Institut supported his virtual project TONAL PRISM with the Argentinian guitarist Demián Ornstein and the Indian singer Sanjeev Chimmalg.