Angelika Niescier / Tomeka Reid / Eliza Salem

In the organizer's words:

20:00 I Concert I 🎤 Concert hall

This trio delights itself and the audience with a breathtaking tempo that is a real joy.
They explore every possible aspect of playing together, often explosively bold and dense, sometimes chamber-musically delicate and transparent, always full of tension until the last note and the last pause sign.
The complexity and originality of Niescier's compositions is unmistakable, the organic structure leads the listener into different musical worlds, which makes the trio's performance so incredibly captivating.
With absolute mastery, the three convey a captivating intensity through their music and sound.

"A wildly intense ride, the group approaches the vast avant-garde landscapes in which they operate with a powerful combination of individual drive and collective ambition. Each individual musician constantly provokes his bandmates to achieve their goals of emancipated improvisational fulfillment." - (B. Whittaker)

As a cellist and composer, Tomeka Reid (Chicago) is one of the driving artistic forces of the American jazz scene. The award-winning musician has worked with Roscoe Mitchell, Craig Taborn, Myra Melford, Anthony Braxton, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed and Mary Halvorson, among others.

Eliza Salem (NYC) is a sought-after up-and-coming drummer and composer. She has participated in several national and international tours, including with Marta Sanchéz, Caroline Davis and Max Johnson. In 2024, Eliza was awarded the Next Jazz Legacy Award, a transformative program that creates a more inclusive future for those who are most underrepresented in the various contexts of jazz and improvised music.

Angelika Niescier (GER) The alto saxophonist is always on the lookout for new musical adventures and is one of the most outstanding voices on the European jazz scene. She has built up close relationships with some of the most important and distinctive personalities on the American jazz scene and is one of the musicians who are developing European jazz and taking it to an international level.
The multi-award-winning musician is "breathtakingly spirited and virtuosic" (BR Klassik). She has worked with Tyshawn Sorey, Nasheet Waits, Aki Takase, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ernie Watts, Alexander Hawkins and Mabe Fratti, among others.

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Angelika Niescier (alto saxophone), Tomeka Reid (cello), Eliza Salem
(drums)