TEREZA CATAROV
SINGER & COMPOSER
“Based in London and drawing upon her Romanian and Bulgarian roots, Tereza is a well polished artist who I cannot wait to hear more from”
Jay Phelps - Somethin’ Else at Jazz FM London (March 2022)
About.
Tereza Catarov is a musician based in London (UK), gifted with the talent of composition and the art of singing. She grew up in a multicultural environment, therefore she was exposed to different music genres from a very early age. She nurtured her imagination with Romanian and Bulgarian old songs and accomplished her techniques studying classical music. Now, her music and sound are influenced by jazz, traditional eastern European music and classical music.
Currently, Tereza is in the process of recording and producing her debut album, "Koren", that will be released in 2025
Official Video
"INFINITY"
Live @Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho
London
Tereza Catarov - Album Recording (Behind the Scenes)
Bio.
Tereza Catarov has studied at prestigious universities in Romania, (National University of Music, Bucharest) the Netherland (Prince Claus Conservatory, Groningen) and in UK (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London).
She has collaborated with well-known musicians like: David Binney, Jacob Collier, Kaya Thomas Dyke and Alex Simu.
She has performed on famous jazz stages like: EFG London Jazz Festival, Swinging Groningen, JazzX, Jazz in the Park, Barbican, South Bank Centre, Vortex Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho (London).
Her music has received good reviews such as the one in the renowned website London Jazz News, and her composition Infinity has been broadcasted on Jay Phelps ' show Somethin' else, from the London radio JazzFM.
In Koren, Tereza Catarov's debut album, she translates in music the life stories of the women from the community she grew-up in. The music reproduces the voices of the women from the past, whose experiences have passed to the women from the present through their life stories and through their thought patterns. Tereza Catarov overlays the voices of generations of daughters, and her compositions, inspired by the grandmothers' songs, enrich the local cultural heritage and the transcultural heritage of the modern world.
The musicians who have joined this musical journey are: Yiorgos Bereris (Greece) – a talented pianist who has developed a personal musical language inspired by jazz and Balkan music traditions; Cem Evin (Turkey), a virtuosic guitar player already noticed by jazz publications such as London Jazz news and compared with Pat Metheny; Thodoris Ziarkas (Greece)– an inspiring double bass player, co-founder of the London psych-jazz band Valia Calda; Billy Pod (Greece) – an amazing drummer who has been added in the list of Top 10 new and upcoming drummers by French “Batterie” Magazine.