In the past two decades, New York musician Sylvie Courvoisier (1968) has created a distinctive, poetic musical universe (RADIO),which combines instances of shatter, mirroring, flashing light and mysterious shimmerings in a fascinating way to form a strongly radiant, imaginative whole; all this with a clear, in-depth structure to enable deep delving and far projection.

Bernd Köppen - piano
Theo Jörgensmann - clarinet

 

Bernd Köppen and Theo Jörgensmann have been a distinguished duo in jazz between 1984 and 1999. During that time they published several broadcast recordings, and performed on festivals and concerts. Their way of playing jazz and improvisation in a setting of chambermusik founded what you can call the "European way".

 

 

(3/7 titles of the CD "Waterwall")

 

Lisa Cay Miller - piano, comp
Jesse Zubot - viool
Steve Smith - bas
Dylan van der Schyff - drums

 

“If the new improvisational movement means to convey the spirit of jazz without reiterating its stylistic clichés, then Vancouver-based pianist Lisa Miller deserves to be considered one of its leading lights.”
J.D. Considine, The Globe and Mail

 

Pianist & fortepianist Keiko Shichijo is a special voice in both the Classical and new music worlds. Her traditional Japanese sensibilities have combined with her knowledge of European historical performance practices to shape her unique vision, and this is reflected in her feeling for the music, the instruments and the story behind them.

 

 

Kris Davis has quickly grown to become a vital contributor to New York's jazz scene. An artist exploring the balance between improvisation and composition, her writing and pianistic prowess have been described as 'adventurous' and 'refreshing'.

 

 Live recorded by Kees van de Wiel voor Concertzender

 

Dante Boon is co-founder of the Pianolab and played several astonishing and beautiful concerts in the series. This is the first set with his own compositions.
Sit back and relax....

 

 

Here as well: Lean back and listen the space...

 

In 2010 Keiko Shichijo en Dante Boon performed their first duo during Pianolab @ Bimhuis, Amsterdam, including works for two pianos by Morton Feldman.

 

Enjoy this video by Wout Boekeloo on YouTube

 

 

Overwhelming performance by a great pianist of this beautiful piece.

 

Here again: Sit back and become calm.

 

 

The quartet came together in summer 2012 while Ingrid has been working as artist in residence in Moers (DE). On november 10th the group had also performed a concert in a chapel called "Waalse kerk" in Arnhem - organised bij AMP. 

 

The first six titles have been played there. Recorded by Jason Alder, mixed with no reverb added.

 

The last title of this playlist has been recorded at the Goethe Institut on the next day.

 

more audio to be published

 

 

Lisa Cay Miller is a pianist and composer from Vancouver, British Columbia. These miniatures were inspired by the short stories of Doris Lessing.

 

I. An old woman and her cat
'Tibby would normally be hunting, the night was his time, but he had stayed with the old woman now for three nights.'

 

II. Through the tunnel
'He was trembling with horror at the long, long tunnel under the rock, under the sea.'

 

III. A Mild Attack of locusts
'Margaret looked out and saw the air dark with a criss-cross of the insects, and she set her teeth and ran out into it -'

Philipp Rüttgers is a german pianist from Arnhem (NL). 

 

He is using Bartoks composition as given form for his improvisation. The different original parts from No. 138 are mainly kept in order, though Philipp is using his own way of shaping this tune. Sometimes relating to other pieces from the Mikrokosmos, sometimes adding his own ingredients.

 

Walter Cornelius Lampe (Australia) comes out of the jazz tradition, developing his emotive style of surfing between all music genres-combining sonic;atonal improvisation with simple intimacy.

 

 

Burton Greene played several times in Pianolab Series, giving fun and joy to the listeners...

 

Being one of the first musician he combined klezmer with free improvisation and jazz. Still burning...