Award winning and ECM recording artist Simin Tander is one of the most amazing voices in European jazz; she „balances on the boarders of pain and beauty, of gracefulness and passion.“ (Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, GE) and sings with an intensity that is rare to find. She draws a fascinating route to her Mid- Eastern heritage by also singing in Afghaani / Pashto, the language of her late father. After a number of international tours and two highly acclaimed albums with her former Dutch quartet ("Where Water Travels Home"), Simin Tander released her joint ECM record "What Was Said“ (Annual German Critics Award, 2016) with star pianist Tord Gustavsen and toured the world. Her new album "Unfading" will be released on Oct 9th on Jazzhaus Records and features some of the finest musicians in the Jazz, World and Improvised European Music Scene with Björn Meyer, Samuel Rohrer and Jasser Haj Youssef. Beside her new quartet Simin plays in a Duo with cellist Jörg Brinkmann and has worked with the WDR Rundfunkchor, the Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Eric Vloeimans, Nils Petter Molvaer etc. and developed film music for the German cult crime movie series "TATORT" and others.