MARÍA GRAND & MAYA KEREN

María Grand tenorsaxophone, vocal
Maya Keren piano, vocals

A pair of exceptionally talented young musicians, each with a variety of projects and collaborations, present an exclusive repertoire that will convince you of their deep artistic and human connection.

María Grand is a tenor saxophonist originally from Switzerland and based in New York. In 2018, she was voted Best New Artist in a critical poll by the influential Jazz Times magazine and was nominated for the Jazz Journalists Association’s Emerging Musician of the Year Award. After all, it’s no surprise when her debut EP TetraWind, released the year before, was named one of the best jazz debuts of the year by NYC Jazz Record and her first full-length album , Magdalena, was named one of the top ten jazz albums of 2018 in Billboard magazine’s critics’ poll.

In her relatively short career, María Grand has managed to perform with a number of great musicians and musicians, especially from the progressive jazz scene, including Vijay Iyer, Steve Coleman, Craig Taborn, Mary Halvorson and Aaron Parks. The artist leads the ensemble DiaTribe and has toured Europe, the United States and South America as its leader and as a member of other ensembles, playing in clubs, large concert halls and prestigious festivals.

Pianist Maya Keren is originally from Philadelphia and, like María Grand, lives in New York. She has studied in a number of arts courses, workshops and masterclasses and graduated from Princeton University in 2022 with a degree in Music and African American Studies. The very next year she debuted her album Blebba Grows. She also currently leads the band Careful In The Sun, which will release its first album in the fall of 2025, while completing her second solo album , Slow Burn. Alongside this, she is involved in a number of other projects with Bill Frisell and Brandon Ross, among others.

When on sale?

You can buy the concert on its own or as part of the “CREATE YOUR OWN” season subscription from 9 June 2025 (8am) when non-renewed subscriptions are released.

The concert can be purchased as a part of the SUBSCRIPTION Jazz and World Music ONLINE from 29 April and at the Ticket Office of Filharmonie Brno since 12 May 2025.

SUBSCRIOPTION RENEWAL is possible immediately when confirmed by email about the reservation in the 70th season.

The discussion with the dramaturge and his guests will take place at 6 pm in the director’s lounge. Reservations are required at besedy@filharmonie-brno.cz by 12 noon on Wednesday of the week of the concert.