Encounter Culture is a new initiative to open live debate between European cities.
Encounter Culture #1: European "Non-Jazz"
The “European Non-Jazz” theme, with its focus on contemporary life in Paris and Berlin, offers many questions for a potentially controversial debate about the practice of improvised-jazz in Europe.
Musicians: Axel Dörner - trumpet Hilary Jeffery - trombone Benjamin Duboc - double bass Yorgos Dimitriadis - drums
Participant: Maxi Sickert - journalist (Die ZEIT, Tagesspiegel, RBB) and expert for jazz and improvised music
Work-in-Progress: Konzertpräsentation und Gespräch
1. Gespräch mit Øyvind Torvund und Mitgliedern des Splitterorchesters - Moderation: Mathias Maschat
2. Konzertpräsentation mit Splittergruppe I : Anthea Caddy, Axel Dörner, Hillary Jeffery, Simon J. Phillips, Michael Thieke und Biliana Voutchkova.
The recent phenomenon of the extreme right in Hungary directly affects the life of artists trying to live and work in the region, it has caused a mass exodus but also an upsurge of new oppositional and creative energy.
For this event organised by ausland and auxxx, 4 Central European artists are invited to perform together their own improvised Danube Blues. They will reflect on and discuss their personal experiences of living in and leaving the region...
Rudi Fischerlehner: drums
Kata Kovács: movement
Paul Schwingenschloegl: trumpet, flugelhorn
Zsolt Sores: viola, objects, electronics
Set 1: live improvised music and movement
Set 2: open discussion moderated by Mathias Maschat
Set 3: live improvised music and movement
(each set ca. 30 min)
