Category: Concerts

Christian Kjellvander is back at Rörane Studio, this time with a concert. In an ever-accelerating contemporary world, where immediate confirmation and measurability are rewarded, Christian Kjellvander’s artistry stands as a counterforce. His music is not built on quick kicks but on patience, consistency and a stubborn belief that what really matters takes time. Where others…

Gayageum, geomungo and haegeum. Three stringed instruments with a thousand-year history. The two former a kind of large zithers, and the latter a standing stringed instrument. Behind them sit three musicians from South Korea: Yoin Cho, Yerim Kim and Somin Park. The soundscape they evoke is ancient and earthy. At the same time suggestive, dreamlike…

Harmonies are built up in different layers, shifted, pulsated. The boundary between structure and improvisation is constantly moved towards new unexplored territories. Suddenly at home, but lost. Music with a fantastic inventiveness, energy and sharpness. “The members of GUSH are extremely well matched: the group includes three of the Swedish Improv scene´s leading performers, Mats…

Experiencing The Necks live is like entering a living organism, a hypnotic, mystical experience. The music takes shape in small, almost inaudible movements, building up layers upon layers that undulate to a point where time and space dissolve. As the Los Angeles Times wrote: “A magic act masquerading as a piano trio… You’ll rarely spend…

The Death of Kalypso is a surreal, genre-busting opera, where the jazz group Angles meets strings and singer Elle-Kari Sander. Timeless melodies meet explosive improvisation and warped drone. Ancient myths and timeless themes meet contemporary issues. The music and libretto are written by the composer/musician Martin Küchen, the arrangements are by pianist Alex Zethson, and…

Drummer Anton Jonsson meets poet Pär Thörn in a kind of struggle between the different expressions of the individuals. Pär Thörn is a writer, poet, experimental musician and with connections to the Swedish text/sound tradition. Anton Jonsson enjoys playing improvised jazz and can be found in a number of groups (Svenska Folkjazzkvartetten, Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding…

One of Scandinavia’s most explosive live bands Saxophonist and composer Lina Langendorf leads her band through a universe where spiritual jazz, afrobeat, psychedelia and ethio-jazz meet and merge into something completely their own. Or as Justin Turford puts it: “Outrageously good heavyweight revolutionary jazz!” Langendorf United consists of some of the foremost musicians in the…