Leonel Kaplan, trumpet (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1973)
Since the 2000s, Kaplan has contributed actively to the international free improvised music scene.
He has toured and recorded with musicians such as Christof Kurzmann, John Butcher, Edén Carrasco, Klaus Fillip, Paul Pignon, Axel Dörner, Birgit Ulher, Nate Wooley, Greg Kelly, Bohb Rainey, Michel Doneda, Le Quan Ninh, Tetuzi Akiyama, Audrey Chen, Tatsuya Nakatani, Ivar Grydeland, Wade Matthews, Diego Chamy, among others.
Kaplan also composes music for dance, theater, and light installations, working on projects for Allora & Calzadilla, Capriconnection, Nicole Bindler, Ly Thanh Thien, and Aleksandra Stratimirovic.
His music is available on labels like Another Timbre, Relative Pitch, ESP-DISK’, and others.