Marina Džukljev in trio and solo piano

Serbian, Novi-Sad-based pianist-organist-educator Marina Džukljev is a classically-trained musician who performed free improvised, classical and contemporary music. She has collaborated with like-minded, innovative European improvisers, and sound and multimedia artists such as dieb13, Michael...

Intelligent Dissonances in Improvisation: Han-earl Park

It is not obvious to ask whether it is possible to give a form to improvisation based on an underlying topic. Is it possible to transform topics from everyday life, art or politics into...

In the realm of trombones

Three album reviews about the trombone: 1) Dan Blacksberg - The Psychic/Body Sound System (Relative Pitch, 2024) 2) RAGE Trombones - Breaking Ships (Tripticks Tapes, 2024) 3) Sliders - Sliders (Hora, 2024) American trombonist-eductor Dan Blacksberg is a...

Isabelle Duthoit & Ocnos Arkestra – Chillar todo el día

Isabelle Duthoit is a French clarinetist-vocal artist, known for her work with like-minded genre-defying improvisers like trumpeter Franz Hautzinger (her partner), double bass master Joelle Leandre and pianist Marilyn Crispell. The Spanish Seville-based Ocnos...

Peter Herbert & Wolfgang Mitterer: Quiets Riots

Viennese double bass-composer-educator Peter Herbert and pianist-electronics player-composer Wolfgang Mitterer are old friends but an odd musical couple. Herbert is a much-in-demand bass player, mostly for jazz outfits (but he also played with Paul...

Sophie Agnel plays in two trios

French classically-trained pianist Sophie Agnel escaped jazz for its too-strict treatment of harmony and timbre and now she is one of the most fascinating free improvisers. She plays the piano in the most unconventional...

Clara Levy: Outre-Nuit

Clara Levy is a French, Brussels-based violinist-improviser who focuses on developing solo projects addressing different topics at the core of contemporary music practice, experimental music and free improvisation. She plays in European contemporary music...

Zeena Parkins: two new works on Relative Pitch

Zeena Parkins is a harpist-mult-instrumentalist-composer-improviser-eductor who pioneered contemporary harp practices by employing extended techniques, object preparations, and electronic processing that re-defined the instrument’s capacities. Dam Against the Spring Tide offers two cycles of compositions...

Martin Tétreault: Vraiment plus de Snipettes!!!

Canadian, Québec-based Martin Tétreault is a sound artist, turntablist, DJ and improviser who came to music from the visual arts milieu. His work shifted from highly imaginative puzzles of musical citations to exploration of...

Georg Graewe & Sonic Fiction Orchestra in concert, Bochum 2022

German master pianist-composer-bandleader Georg Graewe feels at home when composing music for chamber outfits, orchestras, operas, or scores for films, theater productions, radio drama and video. Graewe is also a master improviser, known for...

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I Leoni della Biennale Musica 2025 a Venezia

Pubblichiamo il comunicato stampa appena ricevuto dall'ufficio stampa della Biennale Musica di Venezia in merito all'assegnazione dei Leoni d'oro e d'argento dell'edizione 2025. È la...

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