Pianolab Festival: Inner Time Spaces
Anatolian/Armenian roots and music of Paul Motian, Komitas Vardapet, Tigran Mansurian, Anastassis Philippakopoulos
Jan Bang (NOR) · live sampling, Vahé Hovanesian (ARM) · duduk, Tom Arthurs (GB/D) · trumpet, Christian Thomé (D) · drums, Stevko Busch (D/NL) · piano, Keiko Shichijo (JP/NL) · solo piano, Dante Boon (NL) · solo piano, Rafael Vanoli, Bram Stadhouders · guitar
Concept: Henning Bolte, Stevko Busch
“Stevko Busch perfectly brings together music from East and West”
York Schaffer in Weser Kurier 15.2.2015
Series of special encounters between Amsterdam-based pianists and well-known international guests during Gallery Of Tones / Pianolab. This year’s starting point is the distinctive style and sound universe of Paul Motian (1931-2011). This American percussionist is known for his unique, spatial playing style, in which he mixes Afro-American and Eastern influences.
From this, the invited musicians improvise with an Eastern – and Western coloring, phrasing and timing. The live electronics by the masterful Jan Bang play a crucial role in this.
The program showcases three pianists in different roles. Romanian-Armenian pianist Harry Tavitian will approach Armenian music from a jazz perspective in his solo performance. Dutch concert pianist Dante Boon and Japanese (forte) pianist Keiko Shichijo use Eastern sources in compositions from different periods. German pianist Stevko Busch, initiator of Pianolab, will perform with a memorable quartet that will include British trumpeter and composer Tom Arthurs, Swiss drummer Samuel Rohrer, and Jan Bang.
The composer Komitas Vardapet – as early as 30 years before Béla Bartòk in Hungary – collected the traditional music of Armenia and put it to paper in compositions for piano, orchestra or choir. In her performance of Komitas´s ‘Six Dances for Piano’, the Japanese pianist Keiko Shichijo revives the traditional playing techniques that the composer incorporated into this piece. In the work of contemporary composer Tigran Mansurian, these techniques reappear in a contemporary guise.
“Under her hands, the instrument produced a purity of sound, truly breathtaking. Her entire appearance exudes purity, and so does her intensity while playing” (audience reaction about Keiko Shichijo)
Photo: Paul Motian by Giovanni Piesco
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SUN 13 DEC 2013, Pianolab Festival PARADOX, Tilburg (NL)
Musical Memory Paul Motian and his Armenian Roots
For Pianolab 'InnerTimeSpace' with special thanks to Henning Bolte
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SUN 19 SEP 2013, Pianolab Festival BIMHUIS Amsterdam (NL)
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SUN 19 SEP 2013, Pianolab Festival BIMHUIS Amsterdam (NL)
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Dante Boon Solo – own work
SUN 28 OCT 2012, Pianolab Goethe Institute Amsterdam (NL)
Burton Greene – Solo
SUN 11 NOV 2012, Pianolab Goethe Institute Amsterdam (NL)
Kris Davis – Solo and Pedro Costa (Cleen Feed Rec.)
SUN 27 OCT 2012, Pianolab Goethe Instituut Amsterdam (NL)
Keiko Shichijo plays Mozart on Fortepiano
SUN 24 JUN 2012, Pianolab Goethe Institute Amsterdam (NL)
Lisa Cay Miller Q
SUN 20 MAY 2012, Pianolab Goethe Instituut Amsterdam (NL)
Keiko Shichijo plays Tom Johnson
SUN 6 MAY 2012, Pianolab Goethe Instituut Amsterdam (NL)
Philipp Rüttgers Impro on Bela Bartok
SUN 22 APR 2012, Pianolab Goethe Instituut Amsterdam (NL)
Köppen & Jörgensmann – reunited ‘Professor Unrat’.
SUN 25 MAR 2012, Pianolab Goethe Institute Amsterdam (NL)
Lisa Cay Miller – Solo
SUN 18 MAR 2012, Pianolab Goethe Institute Amsterdam (NL)
Walter Lampe – Solo
SUN 19 FEB 2012, Pianolab Goethe Institute Amsterdam (NL)
Sylvie Courvoisier – solo
SUN 29 JAN 2012, Pianolab Goethe Instituut Amsterdam (NL)
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SUN 22 JAN 2012, Pianolab Goethe Institute Amsterdam (NL)
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SUN 4 APR 2011 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
Alfred Zimmerlin (CH) Composer, Improvisor, Journalist
FRI 14 OCT 2011 20.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
Uri Caine Solo
FRI 30 SEP 2011 20.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Fred Van Hove
Piano
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Double concert Keiko Shichijo, Michael Wollny
FRI 24 JUN 2011 20.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Alexander von Schlippenbach & Frank Paul Schubert
FRI 15 APR 2011 20.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
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VR 11 FEB 2011 20.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
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Peter Jacquemyn
Bass, Performance
Tatsuya Nakatani
Percussion
Wilbert de Joode
Double bass
Ohlmeier, Perkin, Fischerlehner, Busch
SUN 20 JUN 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Kaja Draksler; Laja Genc
FRI 18 JUN 2010, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
John Cage – Song Books (1970)
SUN 20 JUN 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Italy, Berlin, Amsterdam
SUN 21 MAY 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
India meets classic Marion von Tilzer
SUN 7 MAY 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Recital Dante Boon
FRI 16 APR 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
DNK Guest curator Koen Nutters
SUN 4 APR 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
Double concert by Helena Basilova and Franz von Chossy
FRI 19 MAR 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
Young Masters Ligeti Academy
TODAY 7 MAR 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Tetzepi electrumpet; Provan/Lampe Duo
FRI 26 MAR 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
YPF award winner Anne Guus Teerhuis
SUN 28 FEB 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
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WED 24 FEB 2010, BIMHUIS, Amsterdam (NL)
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SUN 7 FEB 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
Baars, Janssen, Van Veen
FRI 22 JAN 2010 20.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
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SUN 10 JAN 2010 15.00, Pianolab Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (NL)
Pianolab 2007-2009
Concert Series at the Goethe Institute, Amsterdam (NL)