Julian Calv

Julian Calv is an American composer, singer, and trimbist. Born February 18 1999 in New Brunswick, NJ, Julian grew up in Bethlehem Township, NJ. He graduated from Moravian University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s of Music focusing on composition, education, and classical piano. While there he studied piano with Barbara Thompson and <a href="spotify:artist:35ajhcgxwzaNSD0SM8vI05" data-name="Dan DeChellis">Dan DeChellis</a>. In his senior year he completed an independent study of <a href="spotify:artist:7HvQfRNJCvPXTVirKKB0Nn" data-name="Moondog">Moondog</a>&#39;s creative life. Throughout the course of this impactful project he established an apprenticeship with <a href="spotify:artist:1wb0rRS8LsRDis0lJBVQP9" data-name="Stefan Lakatos">Stefan Lakatos</a>. Self proclaimed as the grand-student of <a href="spotify:artist:7HvQfRNJCvPXTVirKKB0Nn" data-name="Moondog">Moondog</a> Julian is the sole prodigy of <a href="spotify:artist:1wb0rRS8LsRDis0lJBVQP9" data-name="Stefan Lakatos">Stefan Lakatos</a>-- who <a href="spotify:artist:7HvQfRNJCvPXTVirKKB0Nn" data-name="Moondog">Moondog</a> himself said is “the leading [and only] exponent of the <a href="spotify:artist:7HvQfRNJCvPXTVirKKB0Nn" data-name="Moondog">Moondog</a> method of drumming.” Through both this mentorship and dedicated study of <a href="spotify:artist:7HvQfRNJCvPXTVirKKB0Nn" data-name="Moondog">Moondog</a>&#39;s creative life, he upholds his grand-teacher&#39;s dying wish to “please take care of my music.” Learning to build and play the trimba and oo, two of <a href="spotify:artist:7HvQfRNJCvPXTVirKKB0Nn" data-name="Moondog">Moondog</a>&#39;s invented instruments, Julian has sculpted a unique soundscape, preserving the sonic tradition of his mentors. He re-imagines that same tradition in his original compositions.
Recorded in late 2023, Calv&#39;s first album <a href="spotify:album:6MyrqyZxaSybAk1GUJsdwK" data-name="Nonstop Motion">Nonstop Motion</a> debuted November 9th of 2024. It features <a href="spotify:artist:71SCtEH0PRD5fQVEet7PD2" data-name="Ava Bloomfield">Ava Bloomfield</a> on piano and the vocal sextet Non Prophets– led by Calv. Comprising both original and <a href="spotify:artist:7HvQfRNJCvPXTVirKKB0Nn" data-name="Moondog">Moondog</a> music, some of which was never previously recorded, the album&#39;s nine song track list is unified by the nonstop trimba present throughout.