Laszlo Umbreit, Sirah Foighel Brutmann & Eitan Efrat – Là
Là refers to Là-bas, the 2006 film by Belgian-Jewish director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015), in which Akerman expressed her ambivalent relations with the Israeli state, especially its settler-colonial narrative. Phonetically, Là (meaning ‘there’ in French)...
Two Argentinian cellists: Violeta García and Cecilia Quinteros
Two experimental Argentinian cellists from Buenos Aires - Violeta García and Cecilia Quinteros - keep exploring and expanding the sonic palettes of their instrument.
Violeta García is a composer and curator now based in Bern,...
Meinrad Kneer / Albert van Veenendaal – The Munderkingen Sessions, Part 2
German, Berlin-based double bass player-composer Meinead Kneer and Dutch, Amsterdam-based pianist-composer-arranger-producer Albert van Veenendaal have played together for almost 25 years and collaborated in many musical endeavors. They founded the Evil Rabbit label, dedicated...
Drank (Ingrid Schmoliner / Alexander Kranabetter – Breath in Definition
Austrian pianist Ingrid Schmoliner (who is also a vocalist and educator, known for her duo with master drummer Hamid Drake, and the sound-sculpting trio GRIFF with the Berlin-based percussionist Emilio Gordoa and bassist Adam...
Klaus Lang: tönendes licht.
Non dev'essere molto semplice configurare una musica che nell'osservazione delle sue influenze non ne voglia sottolineare nessuna. Per il compositore Klaus Lang (1971) questo difficile passaggio estetico sembra possibile. Lang dà il suo sguardo...
Lea Bertucci + Olivia Block – I Know the Number of the Sand and...
Lea Bertucci is a New York-based experimental musician whose works revolve around electronic and spatial extensions of woodwind instruments and vocal artistry, as well as bridges performance, installation, and multichannel activations of site-responsiveness and...
Fridolin Blumer – Anklam
Swiss, Zürich-based double bass player Fridolin Blumer works in the fields of modern jazz, free improvisation, and contemporary music. He says that his music is inspired by everyday life and seeks illiterate or musical...
Oriol Saladrigues Brunet: Your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients
Giunge solo ora a compimento la pubblicazione programmata di una monografia Kairos del compositore Oriol Saladrigues Brunet (1975), che fu uno dei tre prescelti del Förderpreis del 2018, il prestigiosissimo premio elargito dalla Bayerische Akademie...
The Hemphill Stringtet – Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill
Next week will be the 30th yahrzeit of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century, sax player-composer Julius Hemphill (1938-1995), co-founder of the multidisciplinary arts collective Black Artists’ Group, founder of...
Gérard Pape: Le Purgatoire
Esiste il Purgatorio? Sembra una domanda retorica ma non lo è affatto. Se andiamo a consultare perbene le fonti religiose (cristianesimo, ebraismo, buddismo, etc.) non ci sono appigli per decretarne l'esistenza; o è assente...
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Festival Archipel 2025
Inutile ribadire come l'Archipel, uno dei principali festival di musica in Svizzera che si tiene a Ginevra, abbia modificato le sue vesti nel tempo....
