Promotion of improvised music - this is what our statutes somewhat formally say about our intention. In the sixth year of our existence we want to implement this aim in an even more active sense than with concerts for "mere" consumption:
We are happy to be able to open the Munich Lautwechsel-Tage on April 14th with an extraordinary choir project conducted by Phil Minton in the concert hall Black Box at Gasteig. This will be a unique experience for everybody - particularly for all the workshop participants/choir members. >>> More information about the application for this workshop you get here (in German only).
Feral Choir originated in the late 1980's when Phil Minton was asked to conduct workshops with non-singers in the Musik Centrum Stockholm. The success of these led him to develop the idea further. The following years there have been Feral Choirs in different places around the world - soon in Munich!
May begins with Fagaschinsky - Stangl, a long-established duo which has preserved the originality and spontaneity of its first session. Those who know their CD published by Erstwhile Records will confirm that their music is a refreshingly relaxed oscillation between Jimmy Giuffre and Jimmy Hendrix.
At the weekend immediately following this concert the Munich improvisers‘ scene has a chance to enter into a constructive musical exchange with one of the key figures of improvised music in Britain for the last three decades. John Russell is going to conduct a workshop that will be concluded with a public performance.
In June we are looking forward to welcoming Michel Doneda once again after his inspiring duo performance together with Nils Ostendorf last year. This time he is bringig along two outstanding fellow improvisers, the French trombonist Fabrice Charles and the master percussionist Ninh Le Quan.
At the end of June the final concert of our spring series will offer us another workshop situation: the trio Audrey Chen, Miya Masoaka and Christofer Varner is giving its world première. And it is not only the somewhat unusual instruments that will guarantee a special concert experience.
>>> Details about the concerts
>>> application for Phil Minton Feral Choir (in German only)
From 15 to 18 April 2010, within the the frame of Lautwechsel-Tage in the Black Box, Gasteig:
Wednesday 14 April 2010 Phil Minton Feral Choir WorkshopOffene Ohren concerts at t-u-b-e klanggalerie, Einstein Kulturzentrum:
Thursday 06 May 2010 Fagaschinski - Stangl
Kai Fagaschinski (clarinet)
Burkhard Stangl (guitar)
Saturday 08 May 2010 John Russell Workshop
Sunday 09 May 2010 John Russell Workshop
John Russell (guitar, conductor)
5-10 local improvisors (guitar and other instruments)
Monday 07 June 2010 Doneda-Charles-Le Quan
Michel Doneda (soprano sax)
Fabrice Charles (trombone)
Ninh Le Quan (percussion)
Friday 25 June 2010 Varner-Masaoka-Chen
Christofer Varner (trombone, electronics)
Miya Masaoka (koto)
Audrey Chen (voice, cello)
The Sping Concerts Series is organised by Offene Ohren e.V. (principal organiser) and the cultural affairs department of Munich (co-organiser).
>>> This site will inform you about any programme modifications.