Philippe Festou: Omikuji
Dispiace ammetterlo, ma spesso perdiamo di vista il punto di partenza di un evento o di un conglomerato di considerazioni artistiche. Un esempio? Si, quello del compositore Philippe Festou che nel 2015 paventò l'idea...
Introducing the Brooklyn-based sax player Stephen Gauci’s Gaucimusic label
American tenor sax player-clarinetist Stephen Gauci created a small scene around himself. He runs the Bushwick Improvised Music Series in Brooklyn, where he has presented over 600 concerts featuring many of New York’s most...
Ivo Perelman: messe, cristalli, polarità e supernove
Ultima quaterna di pubblicazioni dell'anno del nostro amato sassofonista Ivo Perelman.
Partiamo con Messa Di Voce, un quartetto registrato nel gennaio del 2018 al Park West studios, formato da Joe Morris al contrabbasso, Ramon Lopez...
3000 – Unrepeatable
3000 is a free jazz quintet featuring Belgian trumpeter Bart Maris (who also did the cover artwork), German alto sax player-flutist Jan Klare, American trombonist Steve Swell, Dutch double bass player Wilbert de Joode,...
Stefan Prins: inhabit
Ancora oggi non sembrano particolarmente apprezzati i miglioramenti che la musica ha ottenuto grazie all'avvento dell'elettricità. Ci sarebbero da fare cascate di considerazioni su questo argomento, partendo dalle prime applicazioni telefoniche di fine ottocento...
Michael Wertmüller – Shlimazl für Sinfonieorchester und Bigband
Swiss drummer-percussionist-composer Michael Wertmüller has worked as a percussionist in the Bern Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and as a drummer in high-octane free improving bands like Peter Brötzmann’s Full Blast,...
Manja Ristić – paper cuts
Serbo-Croatian artist Manja Ristić has developed a multifaceted practice as a sound artist, violinist, composer, poet, curator, and researcher, connecting the open field of improvisation to the domain of electroacoustic work, composition, listening, and...
Earscratcher – Otoliths
The transatlantic free improvising quartet Earscratcher was conceived in 2019 as a way to celebrate Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik’s 50th birthday in 2020. For the occasion, Harnik called on several longtime collaborators from Chicago...
Giovanni Maier / Alexander Hawkins – Two for Keith
Italian, Trieste-based prolific double bass player-composer-educator Giovanni Maier recorded in 2012 a live, free improvised duo album with British legendary pianist Keith Tippett at the Teatro Miela in Trieste, Two for Joyce (Long Song,...
Marianne Schuppe/Deborah Walker – Two Paths
Marianne Schuppe is a German, Basel-based vocalist and composer of music for voice, exploring the space between music and language, an area where the grain of words merges with the fluidity of sound. through...
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Wien Modern 2026
Il tema del prossimo festival Wien Modern (la 39ª edizione) è incentrato sugli ecosistemi, esplorazione del mondo sonoro planetario che viene reso attraverso la...
