Concert
Melting Pot
followed by Kiez-Session #3
Sofia Salvo, Henrik Sandstad Dalen, Kasia Kapela, Judith Schwarz, Alex Koo © Ana Iramain, Johnny Hyunh, Paweł Gronowski, Frank Schindelbeck, Alexander Popelier
What does the future hold for improvised music? No answer, but exciting insights are offered by Melting Pot, a collaborative project that annually features five of Europe’s best young improvisers from five different cities – including Berlin based Argentinian baritone saxophonist Sofia Salvo – finding common ground in real-time. Afterwards, students from the Jazz Institute Berlin will be performing a neighbourhood session at Café Carla, which is open to anyone interested in music to actively participate.
19:00
Melting Pot
(AR, AT, BE, NO, PL)
Every year the European cooperation project Melting Pot brings together various groups of young improvisational musicians who form new ensembles without long rehearsal times. This year, the Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin, Handelsbeurs Concertzaal (Ghent), Jazztopad (Wroclaw), Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria (Oslo) and the International Jazz Festival Saalfelden are working together, with each organizer inviting a musician from their own region to participate. This year’s configuration is especially exciting, as these five distinctive, budding improvisers come together to navigate spontaneous sonic fabrics: baritone saxophonist Sofia Salvo, double bassist Henrik Sandstad Dalen, drummer Judith Schwarz, violinist and singer Kasia Kapela as well as pianist Alex Koo. The great appeal and special feature of improvisation lies in that very different artists can come together without the compulsion of common contexts; that five musicians, most of whom do not know each other, symbolically bridge different styles and origins in order to develop something new.
Line-up
Sofia Salvo – baritone saxophone
Henrik Sandstad Dalen – double bass
Judith Schwarz – drums
Kasia Kapela – violin, voice
Alex Koo – piano
A cooperation of Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin, Jazztopad Festival (Wroclaw), Handelsbeurs (Gent), Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria (Oslo) and the International Saalfelden Jazz Festival
20:00
Kiez-Session #3
From Monday to Friday, Jazzfest Berlin invites young musicians to actively participate in shaping the festival. Students from the Jazz Institute Berlin will be performing lunch concerts and neighbourhood sessions in Moabit, with the latter being open to anyone interested in music to join in.