Sarah Belle Reid + Vinny Golia: Accidental Ornithology
“Ornithology” is still one of the most popular be-bop standards, almost eighty years after it was recorded by Bird, aka Charlie Parker (who changed the chord progression of another standard, “How High the Moon”)....
Carlo Mascolo & Thollem McDonas – Quattro frecce e buonanotte
American, globe-trotting, pianist-synth player-vocalist Thollem McDonas calls his improvisations that often turn into instant compositions “post-classical circus punk world jazz free music, for people and everyone else”. His irreverent, exploratory approach fits perfectly with...
Ilinx – Flipperen
Ilinx is the trio of Romanian, New York-based vocalist-guitarist Suzana Lașcu, Dutch pianist-synth player Reinier van Houdt, and sound artist-DJ-clarinetist-guzheng and electronics player Robert Kroos, all are genre-defying composers who work in the realm...
Martina Verhoeven & Dirk Serries between Brecht and Café OTO
Belgian pianist-photographer (and bassist and mindfulness trailer) Martina Verhoeven began her career as a free improviser only seven years ago, most of the time joining the projects of her partner, prolific Belgian guitarist Dirk...
Izumi Kimura / Barry Guy / Gerry Hemingway – Six Hands Open As One
The trio of young, Japanese-born, Irish-based pianist Izumi Kimura with British double bass player Barry Guy and American drummer Gerry Hemingway is by no means a typical piano trio. These musicians are idiosyncratic composers...
Christian Moser – Abrash
Swiss, Basel-based Christian Moser plays the Middle-Eastern lute, the oud, like no other. In his youth, he studied the violin but at 18 he discovered the oud, and after a few years of taking...
Bruno Duplant – de ce paysage au loin nous ne percevons que des sons
de ce paysage au loin nous ne percevons que des sons (From this landscape, in the distance, we only perceive sounds) is the poetic title of the new sound work by French composer, sound...
Jacob Kirkegaard: two haunting sound works
"The work of Danish composer, sound artist, and field recordist Jacob Kirkegaard explores ways to reflect on complex, unnoticed, or unapproachable conditions and environments His works have treated themes such as radioactivity in...
Mark Kirschenmann – Tonics: 7 Melodies for Trumpet with Bamboo Mouthpipe
America, Ann Arbor-based trumpeter Mark Kirschenmann is known for his pioneering live electric trumpet performances and as a scholar who explores the confluence of composition and improvisation at the University of Michigan. He has...
Draumr – Excursions
Draumr means dream in Faroese and it is the name of the electro-acoustic duo of Swedish composer-sound artist-concert pianist Eva Sidén and Danish electronics composer-sound artist-recording engineer-producer Christian Rønn. The duo's title captures faithfully...
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RIP Sofia Gubaidulina
Con un corposo comunicato la Boosey & Hawkes ci avverte della scomparsa della compositrice Sofia Gubaidulina (leggilo qui). La notizia fa molto dispiacere. La...
