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2022 Concerts

INGAR ZACH & MICHELE RABBIA

DEC 17 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Percussion and electronics duo Ingar Zach & Michele Rabbia perform music from their latest release Musique pour deux corps.

SOUND PORTRAITS: HANNA HARTMAN

DEC 15 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Sound Portraits Artist Sessions 

Sound Portraits features live listening sessions, artist discussions, performances, and demonstrations. The last of five sessions this year features electronic musician and sound artist Hanna Hartman with host Doron Sadja

ANGÉLICA CASTELLÓ | TRICOLI & DAFELDECKER

DEC 14 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #22

Angélica Castelló, Wind Diaries for Paetzold recorder, tapes, radios, and objects.

Valerio Tricoli & Werner Dafeldecker, Der Krater for Revox tape machine, sampler, and double bass. 

FESTIVAL SACRED REALISM (DAY 3)

DEC 10 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

17:00-18:00 Clara de Asís & Rebecca Lane, Distances Bending (Day III); 18:00-20:30  reception hosted by Peter Cusack; 20:30 Catherine Lamb, Prisma Interius IV (2016/22)

Clara de Asís (synthesizer) & Rebecca Lane (flute, organ pipes, 'silent' whistle) 

Catherine Lamb (viola, voice), Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone bass flute, voice), Bryan Eubanks (voice), Andrew Lafkas (double bass), Xavier Lopez (secondary rainbow synthesizer)

FESTIVAL SACRED REALISM (DAY 2)

DEC 9 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

17:00-18:00 Clara de Asís & Rebecca Lane, Distances Bending (Day II); 18:00-20:30  reception hosted by Judith Hamann; 20:30 Andrew Lafkas, An Old Drawing of a Room with Two Doors and a Pyramid (Squared Hoop) [UA] (2022); Andrew Lafkas & Bryan Eubanks, duo for double bass and saxophone electronics

Clara de Asís (synthesizer) & Rebecca Lane (flute, quarter-tone bass flute)

Andrew Lafkas (double bass), Clara de Asís (cymbals), Catherine Lamb (gong), Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone bass flute), Bryan Eubanks & Xavier Lopez (synthesizers) 

FESTIVAL SACRED REALISM (DAY 1)

DEC 8 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

17:00-18:00 Clara de Asís & Rebecca Lane, Distances Bending (Day I); 18:00-20:30  reception hosted by lousy cappuccino; 20:30 Peter Ablinger, The Real as Imaginary (2012) for voice and noise; Morton Feldman, Triadic Memories (1981) for solo piano

Clara de Asís (synthesizer) & Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone bass flute); Peter Ablinger (voice); Xavier Lopez (piano)

LUCIE VÍTKOVÁ & XIAOER LIU

DEC 5 MON 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Lucie Vítková & Xiaoer Liu, OPAQUE, a piece for two performers on the endlessness and infinity of the mirror gaze and the impossibility of seeing through it at the same time.

SAVIET/HOUSTON DUO with CATHERINE LAMB

DEC 2 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Catherine Lamb & Saviet/Houston Duo present new works for violin and piano in Lamb's Violin Harmonic Space Tuning, including miniatures by Lamb, Debussy, Froberger, Couperin, and J.S. Bach.

Sarah Saviet (violin) and Joe Houston (piano)

OKER

NOV 30 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Oker, the acoustic quartet of Fredrik Rasten (guitar), Torstein Lavik Larsen (trumpet), Adrian Fiskum Myhr (double bass), and Jan Martin Gismervik (drums)

BAARS & DELIUS | FAGASCHINSKI & MAJKOWSKI

NOV 28 MON 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Duo set by ICP bandmates Ab Baars (tenor sax, clarinet, shakuhachi) & Tobias Delius (tenor sax, clarinet)  

Duo set by Splitter Orchester bandmates Kai Fagaschinksi (clarinet) & Mike Majkowski (double bass)  

ENXIN/ONYX | NICK KLEIN

NOV 26 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Enxin/Onyx, electronics duo by Hiro Kone and Tot Onyx (of Group A)

Solo electronics set by Nick Klein of Psychic Liberation

WIIK–EBERHARD–GRIP–REED

NOV 25 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Nowhere Street #11

A new quartet featuring Håvard Wiik (piano), Silke Eberhard (alto saxophone), Joel Grip (double bass), and Mike Reed (drums) 

SOUND PORTRAITS: JESSICA EKOMANE

NOV 24 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Sound Portraits Artist Sessions 

Sound Portraits features live listening sessions, artist discussions, performances, and demonstrations. The fourth of five sessions features electronic musician and sound artist Jessica Ekomane with host Doron Sadja

AVIVA ENDEAN | REBECCA LANE

NOV 23 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Aviva Endean (bass clarinet and electronics) performs music from Moths & Stars, her new solo release on Room40.

Rebecca Lane performs her recent composition for 9 voices for quarter-tone bass flute and playback.

CHICO MELLO | ANDRÉ DAMIÃO | MANUEL PESSÔA DE LIMA 

NOV 19 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Solo sets by Chico Mello (voice, guitar), André  Damião (viola caipira), and Manuel Pessôa de Lima (piano, voice & electronics) and a trio performance of Lecture on Bossa

ANZÛ QUARTET

NOV 18 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Anzû Quartet performs new and recent works by Cassie Wieland, Josué Collado Fregoso, Ken Thomson, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Anna Webber. 

Ken Thomson (clarinet), Olivia De Prato (violin), Ashley Bathgate (cello), Karl Larson (piano)

NEO HÜLCKER

NOV 17 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #22 

Neo Hülcker performs Breaking of the voice (post voice break version) featuring paranormal φeer group's staying broken, Neo Hülcker's NN, Andy Ingamells' stand facing an audience, and Henry Wilde (Antonia Baehr)'s, Komposition für Stimmbruchvirtuose, Op. 3 

QUENTIN TOLIMIERI

NOV 15 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Quentin Tolimieri performs solo piano works from his triple-album release Monochromes (Elsewhere Music 2022).

MERCHE BLASCO | MARIO DE VEGA | VIOLA YIP

NOV 10 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Merche BlascoMario de Vega, and Viola Yip present Subjective Currents, featuring solo sets and a trio for self-built instruments and electronics.

MICHIKO OGAWA 

NOV 8 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Michiko Ogawa, Junkan (2020) performed by Sam Dunscombe (bass clarinet),  Rebecca Lane (flute), Cat Lamb (viola), Fredrik Rasten (guitar), Jonathan Heilbron (bass), Sarah Saviet (violin), Judith Hamann (cello), Michiko Ogawa (clarinet)

Mary Jane Leach, 4BC (1984), performed by Sam Dunscombe (bass clarinet) and Michiko Ogawa (bass clarinet) 

REMPIS–HARNIK–ZERANG

NOV 8 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Nowhere Street #10

Rempis–Harnik–Zerang, the decade-long partnership of Dave Rempis (saxophone), Elisabeth Harnik (piano), and Michael Zerang (percussion), tour their third release Astragaloi (Aerophonic Records 2022).

MICHELLE LOU with MAM

NOV 4 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

MAM test kitchen #0:  Michelle Lou 

Michelle Lou performs solo and in quartet with MAM.manufaktur für aktuelle musik (Marie Schmit, cello; Alexander Hadjiev, bassoon; Paul Hübner, brass) and presents her untitled three-part construction (2022), performed by MAM.

SOUND PORTRAITS: PETER BLASSER

NOV 2 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:00 CONCERT  

Sound Portraits Artist Sessions 

Sound Portraits features live listening sessions, artist discussions, performances, and demonstrations. The third of five sessions features noted synthesizer and instrument builder Peter Blasser (Ciat-Lonbarde) with host Doron Sadja

JONES & MAYAS | JONES–ULHER–VOUTCHKOVA

NOV 1 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Bonnie Jones (electronics) performs a trio with Birgit Ulher (trumpet, radio, speaker) and Biliana Voutchkova (violin, voice) followed by a duo with Magda Mayas (piano).

RUBEN PATIÑO | BASTIEN POUILLÈS

OCT 28 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Rubén Patiño, solo computer and electronics

Bastien Pouillès performs Michael Winter's dawning redux for accordion and electronics (2022).

REFLUX FESTIVAL

OCT 27 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

REFLUX: Festival for Contemporary Electroacoustic Music 

Live performances by Martina Claussen, plait (2022), and Annette Vande Gorne, Various Works (2022), and Wolfgang Musil's diffusion of Luc Ferrari, Éphémère I (1974) 

JULIA REIDY | MARCUS PAL

OCT 25 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Solo sets by Julia Reidy (electric guitar & electronics) and Marcus Pal (sound synthesis)

UTE WASSERMANN & JOKE LANZ

OCT 20 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Ute Wassermann & Joke Lanz perform their composition Kryptozoo (2022) for voice, objects, bird whistles, and turntables.

ABDELNOUR & MAYAS | ABDELNOUR & KERBAJ

OCT 19 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:00 CONCERT [EARLY START TIME]

Christine Abdelnour (alto saxophone) performs extended duo sets with two of her closest collaborators, Magda Mayas (piano) and Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet).

ERIC WUBBELS & ELIAS STEMESEDER

OCT 18 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Eric Wubbels & Elias Stemeseder perform duos for piano, harpsichord, and synthesizers.

EMMELUTH'S AMOEBA

OCT 15 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Nowhere Street #9

Emmeluth's Amoeba with Signe Emmeluth (alto sax, compositions), Karl Bjorå (guitar), Christian Balvig (piano), and Ole Mofjell (drums)

MARTA FORSBERG | ALESSANDRO MASSOBRIO 

OCT 14 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #21

Marta Forsberg, All Sounds from Above and Underneath for voice, violin, and field recordings

Alessandro Massobrio, Five Phenomenological Studies (2004–08), performed by Alessandro Massobrio (electric guitar, electronics, typing), Matthias Koole (electric guitars, electronics), and Valentina Besegher (live visuals)

SMALLEST FUNCTIONAL UNIT 

OCT 13 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Graphème Vol. 2 release concert

smallest functional unit (Tony Buck, Mazen Kerbaj, Magda Mayas, and Ute Wassermann) perform works from the second volume of Graphème, a book series for unconventional, hybrid notational formats and graphic scores.

ERNSTALBRECHT STIEBLER & TILMAN KANITZ

OCT 7 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Ernstalbrecht Stiebler premieres four new compositions: Solo piece for quarter-tone bass flute and delay, Monodie (für Eric) for solo flute, 1/4-tone piece for solo cello, and Monodies for solo piano.

Ernstalbrecht Stiebler & Tilman Kanitz, duo for cello and piano, marking the release of The Pankow-Park Sessions Vol. 1 (Another Timbre 2022)

Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone bass flute), Tilman Kanitz (cello), Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (piano)

SOUND PORTRAITS: FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER

OCT 6 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Sound Portraits Artist Sessions 

Sound Portraits features live listening sessions, artist discussions, performances, and demonstrations. The second of five sessions features Frank Bretschneider with host Doron Sadja

SHOLTO DOBIE | NINA & AUGUSTĖ 

OCT 4 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Sholto Dobie, solo for home-made organs

Nina Guo & Augustė Vickunaitė, duo for voice and reel-to-reel tapes

ZINC & COPPER: WELL-TUNED BRASS

SEP 30 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Well-Tuned Brass: 2022

Zinc & Copper perform Morton Feldman's A Very Short Trumpet Piece (1984) and premiere Hilary Jeffery's Long Forest (2022, UA) and Zinc & Copper's Well Tuned Brass (2022, UA)

Elena Kakaliagou (horn), Hilary Jeffery (trombone, trumpet), and Robin Hayward (tuba)

ZINC & COPPER: GEDÄMPFT

SEP 29 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Well Tuned Brass: Gedämpft

The low brass ensemble Zinc & Copper present a concert on the theme of mutes, performing Juan Felipe Waller's Die sprechende Stummen (2022, UA) and Robin Hayward's Gruntled (2021)

Elena Kakaliagou (horn), Hilary Jeffery (trombone), and Robin Hayward (tuba)

NETI-NETI | PATRICK SHIROISHI | ERNESTO CÁRCAMO CAVAZOS

SEP 28 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Neti-Neti, the lo-fi ritual music duo of Matt Evans (drums/electronics) and Amirtha Kidambi (vocals/electronics) 

Patrick Shiroishi, alto saxophone solo 

Ernesto Cárcamo Cavazos, Deslizando aires for voice and synthesizer 

THE HOLLOWS | SOFIA BORGES

SEP 24 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

The Hollows is the Appalachian-infused electroacoustic trio of Nick Dunston (banjo), Ettiene Nillesen (snare drum), and Weston Olencki (banjo).

Sofia Borges performs a solo set for percussion.

OTOMO–ZIMMERMANN–GORDOA–PITSIOKOS

SEP 22 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Otomo Yoshihide (turntables and guitar) is joined by Tizia Zimmermann (accordion), Emilio Gordoa (vibraphone and percussion) and Chris Pitsiokos (alto saxophone) in this forward-looking quartet.

OTOMO YOSHIHIDE & CHRIS PITSIOKOS

SEP 21 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Otomo Yoshihide, solo for turntables and guitar, and a duo with Chris Pitsiokos (alto saxophone), marking the release of their recent recording Live in Florence (Astral Spirits 2020).

CALLAHAN & WITSCHER | VELOCE & SOBOTTKE

SEP 16 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Callahan & Witscher is the computer music duo of Jack Callahan and Jeff Witscher, co-founders of the Flea label and composers of Stockhausen Syndrome; The Past, Present And Future Of Experimental Music; and What Happens on Earth Stays on Earth.

Stellan Veloce and Claire Vivianne Sobottke perform Veloce's Everyone can play harmonica (umland editions/Q-O2, 2021) for cus­tom-tuned dia­ton­ic harmonicas.

BRASS ABACUS

SEP 15 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Brass Abacus is the duo of Robin Hayward (microtonal tuba & tuning vine) and M. O. Abbott (bass trombone & tuning vine). In their lecture-performance Memory Chords, they perform newly composed pieces enabling a "poetry of remembering" and discuss different ways to explore multidimensional harmonic space.

DARA STRING FESTIVAL

SEP 10 SAT and SEP 11 SUN 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERTS 

The fourth edition of DARA String Festival, curated by Biliana Voutchkova, features compositions, improvisations, and works by György Kurtág, Heather Frasch (WP), Georges Aperghis, Malika Kishino, Rainer Rubbert, Gabriel Iranyi, Salvador Torré (WP) and Norbert Fröhlich.

Anna Lindal (violin), Katt Hernandez (violin), Biliana Voutchkova (violin), Megumi Kasakawa (viola), Enikö Ginzery (cimbalom), Nick Dunston (double bass), and special guest Lisskulla Moltke-Hoff (visuals)

McCOWEN–OLENCKI–RAILTON

SEP 8 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Nowhere Street #8

John McCowen presents his latest solo release Models of Duration (Astral Spirits & Dinzu Artefacts 2022) for contrabass clarinet, followed by a trio set with Weston Olencki (trombone) & Lucy Railton (cello).

JULIA REIDY & MORTEN JOH | MICHIKO OGAWA

SEP 7 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Julia Reidy (adjustable fret guitar) & Morten Joh (vibraphone, gran cassa, synthesizer, tape) present Tape Shadow (Futura Resistanza 2022), their first release as a duo.

Michiko Ogawa (Hammond organ) presents her recent release Solo/May 2020 (ftarri 2020).

DEPARTURE DUO

SEP 6 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Nina Guo (soprano) and Edward Kass (contrabass) are the inimitable Departure Duo, performing recently commissioned works for soprano and contrabass by Emily Koh, Mikhail Johnson, Sarah Gibson, and Emily Praetorius.

MAX MURRAY

SEP 2 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Composer Max Murray presents recent compositions for voice, violin, piano, and electronics, alongside works by Bach, Schubert, Liszt, and Rădulescu.

Peyee Chen (voice), Sarah Saviet (violin), and Joe Houston (piano)

SOUND PORTRAITS: FELICITY MANGAN

SEP 1 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Sound Portraits Artist Sessions 

Sound Portraits returns for a second season of live listening sessions, artist discussions, performances, and demonstrations. The first of five sessions features Felicity Mangan with host Doron Sadja

ABIGAIL TOLL

JUN 30 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Abigail Toll, Matrices of Vision (Shelter Press, forthcoming). 

Evelyn Saylor (vocals), Lucy Railton (cello), Rebecca Lane (bass flute), and Abigail Toll (electronics and C flute)

TANRIKULU–JERMYN–DUNSTON–PORTUGAL

JUN 29 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

A new quartet featuring Ayse Cansu Tanrıkulu (voice, electronics), Simon Jermyn (electric guitar), Nick Dunston (double bass, electronics) & Maria Portugal (percussion)

CORSANO–KERBAJ–MAYAS

JUN 21 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Chris Corsano (drums) caps his European solo tour with a trio performance featuring Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet) & Magda Mayas (piano)

ELIAS STEMESEDER

JUN 17 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Intakt Records release concert

Elias Stemeseder presents his latest release Piano Solo (2022).

O

JUN 10 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

dBUT interambience release concert

O, the acoustic free folk trio of Helen Louise Solberg (acoustic guitar, voice) & Inga Margrete Aas (viola da gamba) present their debut album Firstness, with guests Jan Martin Gismervik (drums)  Fredrik Rasten (guitar).

LAURIE TOMPKINS | NEIL LUCK

JUN 9 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Hyperdelia release concert

Laurie Tompkins, Sharp Love Slow Faint for voice, karaoke & samples (Hyperdelia HEX 007)

Neil Luck, solo for voice, laptop & video

RAILTON & HOUSTON play FELDMAN

JUN 8 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Morton Feldman, Patterns in a Chromatic Field (1981) performed by Lucy Railton (cello) & Joe Houston (piano)

CLCJ QUARTET

JUN 7 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Nowhere Street #7

CLCJ Quartet  Chris Pitsiokos (alto saxophone), Chris Williams (trumpet), Luke Stewart (double bass), and Jason Nazary (drums)

CAMILLA BARATT-DUE | POPON

JUN 4 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Power Loom #10

Camilla Barratt-Due and Popon perform solo electronics sets.

PARANORMAL CLARINET SOCIETY

JUN 3 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

The Paranormal Clarinet Society premieres Kai Fagaschinski's Welcome to the 20th Century and Sam Dunscombe's new work for 8 clarinets.

Lucio Capece (bass clarinet), Anat Cohavi (clarinets), Sam Dunscombe (clarinets), Kai Fagaschinski (clarinet), Chris Heenan (contrabass clarinet), Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson (clarinets), Michiko Ogawa (clarinets), Michael Thieke (clarinet)

NOR

JUN 1 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

NOR, the duo of Luc Döbereiner (guitar & electronics) and Martin Lorenz (percussion & electronics) perform Clara de Asís, Sleepless night (2022); Lula Romero, borrowing / borrowed walks (2022); and NOR, Rekurrenz II (2022), Rekurrenz III (2022); and MIT II (2021) 

HORSE LORDS

MAY 28 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Horse Lords  Owen Gardner (electric guitar), Andrew Bernstein (sax & percussion), Max Eilbacher (bass), and Booker Stardrum (drums)

RIOT ENSEMBLE

MAY 27 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Sequence presents

Riot Ensemble performing Bryn Harrison, Quietly Rising for solo piano, Enno Poppe, Trauben for piano trio, and Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor

Sarah Saviet (violin), Louise McMonagle (cello), and Joe Houston (piano)

MARCIN MASECKI plays MONK

MAY 25 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Marcin Masecki (piano) plays Thelonious Monk.

YAN JUN & ERIC WONG | SETH JOSEL

MAY 24 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Yan Jun & Eric Wong, duo for voice, sine waves, white noise, and speakers

Seth Josel performs Jürg Frey, guitarist alone (2016).

LÉO DUPLEIX | FREDRIK RASTEN

MAY 21 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Léo Dupleix's Poème d’air (2022) and Fredrik Rasten's Fuse modulations (2020) performed by Léo Dupleix  (synthesizer), Fredrik Rasten (guitars), Rebecca Lane (flutes), and Jon Heilbron (double bass)

CONCRETE SUN

MAY 20 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Concrete Sun is the trio of Myra Melford (amplified inside piano, objects), Evelyn Ficarra (laptop, found sounds) & Heather Frasch (amplified objects and electronics)

BETTINA JUNGE & ERNST SURBERG 

MAY 19 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Bettina Junge (flutes) & Ernst Surberg (synthesizers) of ensemble mosaik perform works by Kirsten Reese, Sarah Nemtsov, Oliver Schneller, and Georgia Koumará.

DDK

MAY 18 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

DDK  Axel Dörner (trumpet), Jacques Demierre (piano), and Jonas Kocher (accordion)

JESSIE MARINO  & PONY SAYS

MAY 15 SUN 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Pony Says performs Steven Takasugi's Die Klavierübung (2007-09/2022) for guitar, piano, xylophone and electronics and Jessie Marino's The Ideal Hour/Collages with Tom (2021/22) for voice and ensemble (with Jessie Marino)

SYDNEY SPANN | AVEL MISMO

MAY 14 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Power Loom #9

Sydney Spann and Avel Mismo perform solo electronics sets.

ANDREW BERNSTEIN

MAY 13 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Release concert for Andrew Bernstein's  a presentation, featuring In Flux with Owen Gardner (guitar), Philipp Gerschlauer (alto sax), Judith Hamann (cello), Julia Reidy (guitar), and Deborah Walker (cello)

MAYA VERLAAK & POST MUSIC

MAY 11 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Post music (Joanna Bailie, Lucio Capece, Heather Frasch, Joseph Kudirka, Koen Nutters) and Maya Verlaak perform new works composed by Verlaak for the ensemble.

MAX EILBACHER | SAM DUNSCOMBE

MAY 6 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Max Eilbacher, Imitating a Particular Word for digital synthesis and four speakers, from his Rough Music series

Sam Dunscombe, solo set for field recordings, clarinet, and digital synthesis

GRENSCO–HARNIK–VANDERMARK–LYTTON (DAY 2)

MAY 5 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Ken Vandermark (reeds), István Grencsó (reeds), Elisabeth Harnik (piano), and Paul Lytton (drums) tour as a new quartet featuring compositions by Vandermark, Harnik, and Grencsó.

GRENSCO–HARNIK–VANDERMARK–LYTTON (DAY 1)

MAY 4 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Ken Vandermark (reeds), István Grencsó (reeds), Elisabeth Harnik (piano), and Paul Lytton (drums) tour as a new quartet featuring compositions by Vandermark, Harnik, and Grencsó.

QUARTABÊ

MAY 3 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Quartabê  Mariá Portugal (drums), Joana Queiroz (clarinet, bass clarinet), Maria Beraldo (clarinet, bass clarinet) and Chicão (keyboards) 

BRYAN EUBANKS' TRANSPARENT GRID

APR 28 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Series :: presents

Bryan Eubanks, Transparent Grid (2014-21), performed by Rebecca Lane (flute), Sam Dunscombe (clarinet), Eric Bauer (feedback), Bryan Eubanks (clave, sine tones), Lucy Railton (cello), Derek Shirley (cello), Catherine Lamb (viola), Sarah Saviet (violin), Morten Joh (percussion), Xavier Lopez (piano), all performers (seeds in jars)

LES MARQUISES

APR 27 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Les Marquises featuring Emilie Škrijelj (accordion, turntable, electronics) and Tom Malmendier (drums)

PIP

APR 26 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Pip featuring Torstein Lavik Larsen (trumpet) and Fredrik Rasten (acoustic guitar)

MIKE MAJKOWSKI | ANTHEA CADDY 

APR 22 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Mike Majkowski presents his latest record Four Pieces (Fragments Editions 2021) for solo electronics. 

Anthea Caddy performs a solo set for amplified violoncello, loudspeakers, and environment. 

LIAM BYRNE | SARAH SAVIET

APR 21 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Sequence presents

Liam Byrne performing solo works for viola da gamba by Ferrabosco II, Farrant, and Lawes

Sarah Saviet performing Bryn Harrison's A Coiled Form (2022) for solo violin

KAYA DRAKSLER

APR 20 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Nowhere Street #5

Kaja Draksler, solo piano, with her latest release In Otherness Oneself (Unsounds 2022)

JAMES RUSHFORD

APR 19 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

James Rushford performs recent work for portative organ, piano, and electronics.

HIRO KONE | TINTIN PATRONE

APR 16 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Power Loom #8

Hiro Kone, solo electronics set, and Tintin Patrone, solo electronics set

JOHN KAMEEL FARAH plays BYRD

APR 15 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

William Byrd's major keyboard works, including A Ground for My Ladye Nevell, Hugh Ashton’s Ground, and selected Pavanes & Galliards, performed by John Kameel Farah

STELLAN VELOCE | CARLO SPIGA

APR 8 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Hyperdelia release concert

Stellan Veloce's Complesso Spettro, with Stellan Veloce (cello), Andreas Dzialocha (electric bass), Julia Reidy (guitars), Earl Harvin (drums), Carlo Spiga (drums) & Elena Kakaliagou (horn) 

Carlo Spiga's Makika for launeddas, voice, sampling, guitar, drums, and tape

CARVALHO & REDKINA | HAYDEN DEAN | MOISÉS HORTA VALENZUELA

APR 5 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Focus Group presents

Mariana Carvalho & Dasha Redkina, duo for voice and accordion; Hayden Dean, live score solo; Moisés Horta Valenzuela, AI/modular electronics solo

SVEN-ÅKE JOHANSSON & SIMON JAMES PHILIPS

APR 2 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Sven-Åke Johansson, Six solos for piano (2021), Solo for two high-hats (2020), vom gleichwertigen und ungleichwertigem for piano (1997), and selections from Songs from Elsewhere (2017), performed by Sven-Åke Johansson (percussion, voice) and Simon James Philips (piano)

ANDY MOOR & GENEVIEVE MURPHY

APR 1 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Andy Moor (electric guitar) & Genevieve Murphy (spoken word, tape, bagpipes) performing solo works and their joint composition The One I Feed.

CATHERINE LAMB'S MUTO INFINITAS

MAR 30 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Series :: presents

Catherine Lamb's Muto Infinitas (2016/18), performed by Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone bass flute) and Jon Heilbron (double bass)

ANTONINA NOWACKA | MAX EILBACHER

MAR 29 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT [with support from Adam Mickiewicz Institute]

Antonina Nowacka, solo vocals

Max Eilbacher, solo multichannel electronics  

TRIGGER | WESTON OLENCKI

MAR 23 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Weston Olencki, solo for trombone and electronics

Trigger  Nils Ostendorf (trumpet), Matthias Müller (trombone), and Chris Heenan (contrabass clarinet) 

BUMŠTEINAS & GRICŪTĖ  | AUGUSTE VICKUNAITĖ 

MAR 18 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Arturas Bumšteinas and Gailė Griciūtė, duo for turntables and prepared piano  

Auguste Vickunaite, solo for reel-to-reel recorders

JOKE LANZ & DIEB13 

MAR 17 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Turntablists Joke Lanz & Dieb13 perform solo sets and a duo that furthers a collaboration that began with  Musical Education (Klanggalerie 2021).  

SIMON TOLDAM TRIO

MAR 13 SUN 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Nowhere Street #4

Simon Toldam Trio  Simon Toldam (piano), Nils Davidsen (double bass), and Knut Finsrud (drums) 

NICK KLEIN | JUSTIN

MAR 12 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Power Loom #7

Solo electronics sets by Nick Klein of Psychic Liberation and Justin, who recently released Furns Neigh on Belgian label MONTAGE.

GRATKOWSKI'S FO[U]R ALTO 

MAR 11 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Fo[u]r Alto, the microtonal saxophone quartet of Frank Gratkowski (alto saxophone), Christian Weidner (alto saxophone), Florian Bergmann (alto saxophone), and Leonhard Huhn (alto saxophone)

BÖSENBLICK ENSEMBLE

MAR 10 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT   

Böseblick Ensemble  Alessandra Eramo (voice, tapes, electronics), Korhan Erel (electronics, samples), Ariel Orah (electronics), and Kirsten Reese (software, objects, microphones)

DANS LES ARBRES 

MAR 5 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Dans les arbres  Christian Wallumrød (piano), Xavier Charles (clarinet), Ivar Grydeland (guitar), and Ingar Zach (percussion) 

AXEL DÖRNER & MAZEN KERBAJ

MAR 4 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Axel Dörner (trumpet, electronics) & Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet, electronics) present acoustic and electroacoustic sets based on their new release Döner-Kebab on the Lebanese label Al Maslakh.

JOSEPH KUDIRKA | QUENTIN TOLIMIERI

FEB 28 MON 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Joseph Kudirka premieres pieces for music boxes by Christian Wolff, Luiz Henrique Yudo, Maya Verlaak, Federico Pozzer, and others.

Quentin Tolimieri performs solo piano works by Joseph Kudirka.

PETER ABLINGER & ERIK DRESCHER

FEB 24 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Series :: presents

Peter Ablinger's Against Nature (2020), extended flute project with Erik Drescher

OWL

FEB 22 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

OWL  Karl Bjorå (guitar & electronics) and Signe Emmeluth (alto sax & electronics) present their latest release Mille Feuille.

LUCY RAILTON & KHYAM ALLAMI

FEB 16 WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Lucy Railton (cello) and Khyam Allami (oud) present new work as part of Railton's Lament Series, which began with the solo cello release Lament in Three Parts (Takuroku, 2020).

DAVID GRUBBS & JAN ST. WERNER

FEB 15 TUE 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

David Grubbs & Jan St. Werner perform their duo project Traverse, networking the basic elements of voice, synthesizers, and guitars.

BOOKLET

FEB 12 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Booklet  Tobias Delius (tenor sax), Joe Williamson (double bass) & Steve Heather (drums)

CRUHDA | BRIDGET FERRILL

FEB 11 FRI 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Power Loom #6

Cruhda and Bridget Ferrill, solo electronics sets

CORTEX

FEB10 THU 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Nowhere Street #3

Cortex  Thomas Johansson (trumpet), Kristoffer Berre Alberts (saxophone), Ola Høyer (double bass), and Dag Erik Knedal (drums) 

ERNSTALBRECHT STIEBLER & FRIENDS

FEB 6  SUN  19:30 DOORS 20:00 CONCERT 

An evening of works by and for Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, with solo and ensemble performances by Biliana Voutchkova (violin), Tilman Kanitz (cello), Caleb Salgado (double bass), and Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (piano). The second set features remixes and new compositions by Voutchkova and Sarah Davachi based on Stiebler's music. 

ANDREAS DZIALOCHA | ELIZABETH DAVIS

JAN 26  WED 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Andreas Dzialocha presents a concert version of For Always (Hyperdelia, 2020) for electric bass and electronics, and Elizabeth Davis performs Feedforward, a new work for soloist and computer.

NICHOLLS–BEAINI–EDWARDS–LOHR–BOER

JAN 22 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Dan Nicholls (keyboards) forms a new collaboration with Rabih Beaini (electronics), John Edwards (double bass), and Marc Lohr (drums), featuring video by Louise Boer.

MARTA FORSBERG | BEN KUDLER

JAN 15 SAT 19:30 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Power Loom #5

Power Loom kicks off our 2022 season with two solo electronics sets by Marta Forsberg and Ben Kudler.