Progressive Chamber Music Festival

In the organizer's words:

The "Progressive Chamber Music Festival" breaks down the boundaries between chamber music, jazz, avant-garde, folklore, pop, hip-hop and other genres of contemporary music. It allows the different styles and tonal directions to merge in an often surprising and congenial way.

Fiona Grond & Luca Zambito

Sometimes playfully rhythmic, sometimes delicate and lyrical, sometimes lyrically powerful and sometimes onomatopoeic, but always unerringly accurate and enchantingly beautiful: this is what it sounds like when Fiona Grond and Luca Zambito explore the tradition of the piano-vocal duo together, questioning the roles of piano and voice in the classical duo construct and taking their listeners on a journey of exploration. Inspired by role models such as Norma Winstone and John Taylor, the duo playfully reinterpret their own compositions as well as pieces from various styles of music history. The focus is often on storytelling through personal lyrics that form the basis of the compositions and reveal strong singer-songwriter influences.

Free improvisations and creative songwriting unfold in an intimate musical dialog under the premise of impartiality and the joy of experimentation. The two musicians contribute their individual musical influences through innovative harmonies and melodious vocals, creating their very own sound aesthetics. By playing with breaking with listeners' expectations and balancing harmony and dissonance, they repeatedly create captivating moments of surprise and a memorable listening experience.

Sirius Quartet

The Sirius Quartet, made up of internationally recognized protagonists of contemporary music, combines thrillingly fresh repertoire with unprecedented improvisational fire. These composing performers with a university background shine with precision and pure energy that is rarely experienced on stage. Their progressive approach makes labels such as "new music" seem bland. Since their debut concert at the Knitting Factory in New York, Sirius has performed in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls, including Lincoln Center, Beijing Music Festival, Musik Triennale Cologne, Stuttgart Jazz Festival, Musique Actuelle in Canada, Taichung Jazz Fest (Taiwan's premier jazz festival) and many others. World premieres of works by important living composers are just as much a part of their concert repertoire as bold, original compositions of their own, which demonstrate their constant desire for musical innovation. Advanced playing techniques, captivating improvisations and irresistible grooves also come to the fore in the integrated pop songs, which find their equal place in the unique programs.

O/H/R

The trio O/H/R consists of saxophonist odizouu alias Moritz Stahl, bass guitarist Bernhard Hollinger and drummer Fabian Rösch. The group focuses on sound-based improvisation with a unique combination of instruments and electronics and moves musically in the spectrum between jazz, beats, avant-garde and post-contemporary improvisation. The results are organic structures interspersed with tangible melodies and rhythmic mutations that redefine time and space. The non-hierarchical concept leaves room for each individual to contribute, to give impulses and to follow and support ideas - a constant process of communication, adaptation and reorientation.