Gianluca Renzi invites
Christos Rafalides (vibes)
Peter Kronreif (drums)

Born in Kozani, Greece, Christos Rafalides can't remember a time when he wasn't surrounded by music. Upon receiving a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music, he moved to Boston, where he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree. Finishing his Masters Degree, Christos began to immerse himself in the vital NYC jazz scene. In a short while he was playing with such notable musicians as Ravi Coltrane, Antonio Sanchez, Donny McCaslin, Hector Martignon, Ron Affif, Joe Locke, Randy Brecker, Christian McBride, Gunther Schuller, Lew Soloff, Lew Tabackin, Ronnie Cuber, Victor Lewis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra. Moreover his collaboration with Greece’s legendary composer Mimis Plessas led to the release of two projects both based on Plessas’ music. For several years Christos has been a guest faculty member at the ‘Zeltsman Marimba Festival’ which takes place every summer in different parts of the world. He also has an Artist Residency at the ‘Music Village’ in Greece. This is an international music community that became an institution which reinforces both creativity and human relations. He is also a member of ‘Queens College’ private lesson faculty.

Born and raised in Salzburg, Austria, Peter Kronreif went to Graz (A) to study Jazz at the University of Arts with Alex Deutsch, he then transferred to the Anton Bruckner University in Linz (A) where he completed his Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in 2007 with first-class honors, studying with Doug Hammond and later, in the master's program, with Jeff Boudreaux. From 2004 to 2010 Peter Kronreif lived in Vienna (A) and became a most-wanted sideman in Austria’s Jazz-scene. Working with, amongst others, Harry Sokal, Martin Reiter, Matthieu Michel, Alegre Correa, Bastian Stein, Ana Paola DaSilva, Peter O'Mara, Fabian Rucker, Pepe Auer and Phil Nykrin brought him on tour in over 20 nations – and in 2010 he was awarded the Hans-Koller-Prize as “Sideman of the Year 2009“. He too was granted the "Annual Scholarship for Music 2010" by the city of Salzburg as well as a studying grant from the Ministry of Arts & Culture.In 2010 Peter moved to the Big Apple, where he currently lives. Peter has been working with numerous artists in the NYC music scene over a variety of genres while still being on the road a lot with artists like Florian Hoefner Quartet, Le Boeuf Brothers, Thana Alexa, Immigration Booth, Allan Harris and many others.