Contemporary flute and piano: a range of action and 10 pieces to survive
Bruno Mantovani stated that writing a score for an orchestral instrument in combination with a piano was one of the most difficult things to manage; it was a difficulty that arose in the sclerotization...
Núria Andorrà: on the interdisciplinary nature of free improvisation
Many times the best music comes across through an observation of the creative idea, something that puts in communication the essence of an idea or a musical development early established in the mind of...
On Damon Smith’s latest works
The reviews of 3 albums of prolific, American double bass player Damon Smith, connecting the Afro-American free jazz legacy to free improvisation:
1) K. Curtis Lyle / George R. Sams / Ra Kalam Bob Moses...
A focus on current times: Sergej Maingardt
I think that the Cologne Hochschule für Musik und Tanz began to regain a leading role of academic electronics with the arrival of Michael Beil in 2007. Beil's teachings were oriented towards an interdisciplinarity...
Modney: Ascending Primes
The primes of Ascending Primes, the new album by violinist/composer Modney, formerly known as Josh Modney, are prime numbers. As natural numbers evenly divisible only by themselves and by one, prime numbers can be...
Sylvaine Hélary & Orchestre Incandescent – Rare Birds
French flutist-vocalist-composer Sylvaine Hélary is a rare bird. She has played in Eve Risser's White Desert Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Jazz under the artistic director Frédéric Maurin. She will become the director of...
Kaufmann, Gratkowski & de Joode: Canberra
The trio of pianist Achim Kaufmann, clarinetist/saxophonist Frank Gratkowski, and double bassist Wilbert de Joode has been together for over twenty years now. First formed in Amsterdam in 2002, the group has toured extensively...
Giuseppe Doronzo, Andy Moor, and Frank Rosaly: Futuro Ancestrale
Futuro Ancestrale: ancestral future, a vision of a future with its roots sunk deep in the past. With this title of their debut album as a trio, baritone saxophonist Giuseppe Doronzo, guitarist Andy Moor,...
Marlies Debacker & Salim(a) Javaid: Convolution
Pianist Marlies Debacker and saxophonist Salim(a) Javaid, both based in Cologne, have been long-time collaborators since meeting as students at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, where they both now teach. Debacker, originally...
Camila Nebbia: two new works
Prolific Argentinian, Berlin-based tenor sax player, visual artist and concert series curator Camila Nebbia seems - or sounds - as if she is everywhere, globe-trotting and constantly recording and initiating free improvised meetings with...
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Musica in Prossimità 2024
Ritorna dal 29 novembre il festival di Musica in Prossimità a Pinerolo. Come sempre, dietro la rassegna c'è l'associazione Metamorfosi Notturne con la mano...
