Kit Downes, Philipp Gropper, Lucy Railton, Oliver Steidle

The second installment of these musical exchanges features four musicians who, in various combinations, know each other well. The two British musicians, Kit Downes and Lucy Railton, play regularly together in a duo called Tricko. The two Germans, Philipp Gropper and Oliver Steidle, are to be found together in Gropper’s quartet, Philm. Downes and Steidle are both members of the thrash-jazz ensemble Killing Popes. Gropper, born in Berlin, studied at the University of the Arts and is a member of the Jazzkollektiv Berlin. Steidle was born and studied in Nuremberg, where he played big-band jazz and in garage rock bands. Railton, who lives between London and Berlin is a cellist focusing on Neue Musik, improvisation and electronic music. She regularly collaborates with artists, choreographers and film makers and is also curating new and experimental music programmes in the UK (London Contemporary Music Festival, Kammer Klang). Downes, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, will also appear on the final afternoon of the festival, playing the organ in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche.

www.kitdownes.com
www.philippgropper.com
www.lucyrailton.com
www.oliversteidle.com