Varner / Töpp

In the organizer's words:

Christofer Varner - p

Thorsten Töpp - g

"Guitarist Thorsten Töpp and trombonist Christofer Varner take on each other - and sometimes it can get pretty intense. That's the credo of George Lewis on their new CD: Do the Shout - Fuck the Response!" (Stefan Pieper, nrwjazz)

At the end of the 90s, the then still young Jörg Widmann composed his piece "Duell" for Varner and Töpp. The two performers stayed in contact and the duel can still be heard today, as the two musicians improvise at a high level with confrontational but also surprisingly tender passages.

Varner, an American who has lived in Munich for decades, has played with everyone from Brötzmann to Minton, as an orchestral musician he played under Celibidache and Bernstein, as a jazz musician he led and arranged big bands: he is familiar with everything from Bach to the noisy avant-garde. His highly emotional playing grips the audience immediately, his immense power is only matched by his superior technique. Varner is one of those gifted musicians who can express everything with one instrument and does so with tongue-in-cheek humor.

Töpp plays concerts with Renaissance and Baroque music as well as interpreting new music (e.g. Henze or Takemitsu). As a composer, he has written numerous pieces for well-known performers as well as for youth ensembles. He has also composed numerous pieces for the theater, including eight of his own contributions to the Duisburger Akzenten. As a guitarist, he shows that he has mastered classical techniques as well as creating avant-garde sounds, with a deep love of blues and rock that emerges time and again.

sponsored by the Cultural Office of the City of Dortmund, made possible by the APPLAUS program award and the NRW venue program premium

Price information:

10 reduced, U 20 free