Absolute Candor | Villa For Forest

Datum: Mi, 04.09.2024 um 20:00
Veranstalter: Verein Innenhofkultur
Ort: Villa For Forest, Viktringer Ring 21, 9020 Klagenfurt
Link: www.blaz-svagan.com

Arsenije Krstić - piano
Matheus Jardim - drums
Tjan Šoštarič - doublebass
Blaž Švagan - tenor saxophone

Eintritt: 22 | 11€

„As players – and inherently fans of the music – we are always interested in searching for unique voices out there. Blaž Švagan is that refreshing identity that emerges once in a blue moon. After listening to Blaž’s record, Sound In Time, I was excited to hear his specific and unique articulation, and the fire, fierceness and energy in his sound. The songs on this record are passionate and tell a complete story from front to back. Gatekeepers: pay attention to Blaž.“ – Noah Preminger
Švagan’s debut album Sound in Time was recorded in January 2022 and released on Berlin-based AUT records in April 2023. It is a trans-cultural project full of fresh and modern musical concepts, flirting with the New York music scene, while also incorporating more Balkan melodic and rhythmic elements, structures. Italian vibraphonist Nazareno Caputo participates on the record, who was chosen as the artist’s „best debut album“ by the New York Jazz Times last year. Other internationally recognized musicians also participate in the album: Brazilian drummer Matheus Jardim (collaborated with Raul de Souza et al.), double bassist Miha Koren (Johnatan Kreisberg et al.) and trumpeter Boris Majcen (Dave Weckl et al.).
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„Blaž is a strong composer and player. His interesting fresh ideas are pushing the music forward.“ – Joris Teepe
„Blaž shows incredible devotion and love for this music and he is constantly creative. This album is a great debut from a musician that is not willing to sacrifice his sincere musical voice!“ – Marko Churnchetz
„Equipped with tradition, flirting with the future and rooted in the moment are all ingredients that allow jazz and improvised music to evolve. Blaž demonstrates just that, adding a high level of musicianship, technique and the full spectrum of emotional maturity to his playing. Keep an eye on this cat as he will deliver much more!“ – Jure Pukl

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Noise, Silence, Action | Villa For Forest

Villa For Forest, Viktringer Ring 21, 9020 Klagenfurt In this event, the GMPU Experimental Music Workshop will perform works by Pullitzer Prize recipient, Diné musician and artist Raven Chacon; experimental music mavericks Christian Wolff and James Tenney; and founding member of the Fluxus Movement Alison Knowles. Each work explores alternative forms of musical notation including graphical scores and text-based event scores that result in sounds and actions that challenge the very definition of music and prompt innovative and unconventional performance practices. These works also encourage a new form of listening and engaging with music by probing extremal and liminal musical spaces: from the almost imperceptibly soft and sparse to the loud and dense. In some cases, the music even reaches "beyond sound" through the consideration of colonial histories and the navigation of social systems and their corresponding power dynamics.

Free admission