Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson - "Bone Bells"

In the organizer's words:

20:00 | Concert | 🎤 Concert hall
Jazz, improvisation

Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and Mary Halvorson (guitar) will play brand new compositions as well as music from their latest releases: the new album Bone Bells will be released in March 2025 on the Pyroclastic Recrods label. The duo presents intricate compositions, telepathic interplay, exuberant and wild fun. Rarely have acoustic piano and electric guitar duets triggered such pleasure.

Swiss-born pianist and composer Sylvie Courvoisier is known for blending two distinct worlds: the deep, detailed chamber music of her European roots and the groovy, hook-laden sounds of New York City's downtown jazz scene, where she has made her home for more than two decades. Few artists feel comfortable playing improvised or composed music in both concert halls and jazz clubs. But Courvoisier - "a pianist who is equal parts bold and commanding," according to the New York Times - is as captivating when she performs Stravinsky's iconic Rite of Spring with flamenco dancer and choreographer Israel Galván and pianist Cory Smythe as she is when she improvises with her own widely acclaimed jazz trio, which includes bassist Drew Gress and drummer Kenny Wollesen. In music as in life, Courvoisier pushes boundaries with a creative spirit and free thinking; her music-making is as playful as it is intense, as tradition-conscious as it is exploratory and fearless.

Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been called "New York City's most unpredictable improviser" (Howard Mandel, City Arts), "the most forward-thinking guitarist working today" (Lars Gotrich, NPR.org) and "one of today's most formidable bandleaders" (Francis Davis, Village Voice). Halvorson's most recent releases, Amaryllis and Belladonna, feature her string quartet compositions skillfully interpreted by the Mivos Quartet, as well as a new sextet with Adam O'Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums). The two debut albums for Nonesuch Records, released in May 2022, were described in a five-star review by The Guardian as "...new milestones in Halvorson's already inimitable discography".

Price information:

VVK € 22 / 12 reduced | B.O. € 25 / 15 reduced