Moulin Noir

Fortuitously meeting in Stavanger, Norway, Moulin Noir is a music band

collectively formed by six professional musicians from around the world. Their
music is a mixture of jazz, improvisation, Balkan traditional and film noir.


Moulin Noir performs well-known Balkan classics as well as their own

repertoire, making music unique in style. It seems in life that the most
interesting things happen in doorways, at the borders, and right along the
edges where cultures meet. It is along these borders that Moulin Noir’s unique
style provides an opportunity for epicureans to discover new musical worlds.

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Musicians

Momir Novaković
Accordionist
Momir is a classical soloist and
chamber accordionist who lives and
works in Stavanger, Norway. He
performs at various festivals and
occasions around the world and as a
student was considered one of the
best at the Conservatory of Lugano.
Momir holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Music and a Master of Arts in Music
Pedagogy at the Conservatorio di
Lugano, Switzerland and carries the
titles Master in Music Performance, Producer and Audio Engineer. Also he has education from
the Lugano University of Applied Science and worked as a professor in the early classical music
department. Thus far in his career, he has won over 40 competitive music awards, such as first
place in The World’s Best Classical Accordionist “Couple Mondial,” held in Glasgow, UK. For
many years he was supported by Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, and by the Fritz Gerber
Stiftung from Basel. Currently, he is engaged in research and in the development of accordions.
He fuses his talent, technical and music knowledge with the spirit of traditional music providing a
specific genre for his audience. Resulting, Moulin Noir is established alongside other world
class musicians. For Momir, music and creativity do not have borders, but bring musicians and
the audience together.

Bastien Ricquebourg
Percussionist
Beginning his career at the age of seven, Bastien Ricquebourg is
a professional percussionist and conductor. Bastien achieved
education in percussion and classical music and finished his
Master’s degree in 2008 at the French National Music Academy
in Lyon (CNSM). Beginning from his student life, he has been
working with the National Orchestra and operas ever since,
earning a Meisterklassdiplom from Muinich Musikhichschule, and
in 2012 turning to conducting at the Norwegian Academy of
Music Master’s program in Orchestra Conducting. Presently,
Bastien is the artistic leader and conductor of the Regional Youth
Orchestra, Rogaland Ungdom Symfoniorkester in Norway.
Bastien Ricquebourg invests much time and energy to developing his orchestra  and educating
young talent into orchestra musicians. The Sandnes Symphony Orchestra regularly invites him as
a guest conductor. Bastien has been a permanent member of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
and is the main professor at the University of Stavanger for percussion and timpani.
Since an early age he has been engaged in music and possesses an unlimited passion for the
orchestra sound. He joined Moulin Noir to enrich the band with his percussions skills and
enjoys combining various rhythms and music genres into one.

Frank Braafhart
Trumpetist
Born in the Netherlands, Frank is a
professional trumpet player, first taught by
his father. At the age of 15 he already had
lessons at the Conservatory of Amsterdam
with Fritz Damrow. In 2007 Frank completed
the Academy of the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra which gave him the opportunity to
play concerts around the world with the
world-famous orchestra. Frank continued his
studies in Karlsruhe in the class of renowned
trumpet player, Reinhold Friedrich and
finished his masters degree Cum Laude.
Frank played with numerous orchestra’s
throughout Europe such as the Radio
Symphony Orchestra Stockholm, Antwerp Symphony orchestra, the Dutch Philharmonic
Orchestra, Staatskapelle Baden-Würtenberg, and Orchestra Mozart di Bologna formed by
Claudio Abbado. He remains a regularly invited guest in chamber music ensembles such as the
Osiris Trio, New European Ensemble, World Brass, the Dutch Wind Ensemble and the David
Kweksilber Big Band.
Since 2017 he has been a solo trumpeter at the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and a band
member of Moulin Noir. Possibilities are endless when a musician makes the space for
creativity combining various music genres with other musicians and wherever the music
begins, borders disappear and new music is born.
 Maja Vagner
Violinist
Maja, professional violinist, is a committed and inspiring
musician born in Serbia. In 2004 she acquired her title as
violinist in Belgrade at the University of Arts. Maja
continued her studies in Stavanger, Norway and in 2008
became a Master of Music Performer and in 2010 she
fi n i s h e d h e r p o s t g r a d u a t e D i p l o m a i n M u s i c
Performance at the University for Music and Dance in
Stavanger. Throughout, Maja took part in numerous
master level classes playing in several concerts in Italy,
Stavanger (Norway) and Belgrade (Serbia). She won
several 1st and 2nd Violin prizes in Serbia as well as
competing on the international scene such as
International Competition in Stressa, Italy.
Presently, she is a permanent member of Stavanger
Symphony Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra EnB1
under the leadership of professor Jan Bjøranger. She
joined the band Muolin Noir where she combines her
talent, musical knowledge and enthusiasm with her
native balkan spirit and so creates and expression of
herself.

Jósef Zachariassen
Pianist
Jósef is a Faaosesse
classical and jazz
pianist. Born into a
musical family in 1995,
he developed an
interest in music at the
early age. At the age
of five he attended
Cello lessons, but
switched to piano
shortly thereafter. Although he was learning classical music, he did not hesitate to play
Rock'n Roll and other genres with his classmates. At the age of 16, Jósef moved to
Denmark for a year to immerse himself in music and was admitted to a talent program
the following year. For the next three years, Jósef played a wide variety of music, but
ended up choosing classical and jazz piano. He acquired a Bachelor in Classical Piano and
is now an undergraduate in jazz piano at the University of Stavanger. He has been on
several solo and band tours including the highlight of playing for her Majesty Queen
Margrethe II of Denmark. Jósef currently resides in Stavanger, Norway, studying classical
music and jazz piano.
He is a very talented and dedicated young musician, who not only teaches, but
composes his own music. Josef expresses his creativity contributing with his
improvisational skills in the band Moulin Noir.

Ivan Zavgorodniy
Double Bass
Ivan was born in 1984 in Odessa, Ukraine and
began studying music from an early age
beginning in 1990 at the Odessa Special Musical
School, named after Professor P. Stolyarskiy. Later
he continued his passion in the class of Chekalyuk
at the Odessa Music Academy. He won and
received several international competitions. In
2006 Ivan graduated from the Academy with
honours and was invited to stay as a junior
member of the teaching staff. For many years
Ivan was a member of the National Odessa
Philharmonic Orchestra and member of the
Double Bass Quartet. In September 2008, Ivan
started to study with the renowned double bass
player and teacher, Rinat Ibragimov, in the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. In September 2009 he won third prize in
ARD’s international music competition.
Currently, he is a permanent member of Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and a band
member of Moulin Noir. Ivan is a fan of Balkan film. He joined the band Moulin Noir due
to his passion of Balkan rhythm and sound.