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Christoph Cech & oenm „Satiesfaction“
Austria
Valentina Cinquini – harp
Dušan Kranjc - trombone
Stefan Konzett – trombone
Christoph Cech – piano, composition
"Signs of the times: The artists have become professionals, the amateurs artists", goes a reputed quote by Erik Satie, whose surname resonates within the title of the current program by pianist and composer Christoph Cech. Together with musicians from the 50-year-old oenm, short for the Austrian Ensemble for New Music, the recently retired professor of various forms of jazz and improvisation enacts a polyamorous relationship between these musical partners of choice. The fact that this endeavor pays tribute to the aforementioned French “Gymnopédiste” in a duo setting for harp and piano—and that two distinct trombones join the mix for pieces such as "Joni" (which could well be dedicated to a certain Canadian friend of Charles Mingus) or the onomatopoeic "Snowflakes Chaos Theory"—only serves to make the whole affair even more intriguing. Jazz and New Music are, much like the 66-year-old composer himself, "still alive", as another of the program's titles aptly declares.
Valentina Cinquini – harp
Dušan Kranjc - trombone
Stefan Konzett – trombone
Christoph Cech – piano, composition
"Signs of the times: The artists have become professionals, the amateurs artists", goes a reputed quote by Erik Satie, whose surname resonates within the title of the current program by pianist and composer Christoph Cech. Together with musicians from the 50-year-old oenm, short for the Austrian Ensemble for New Music, the recently retired professor of various forms of jazz and improvisation enacts a polyamorous relationship between these musical partners of choice. The fact that this endeavor pays tribute to the aforementioned French “Gymnopédiste” in a duo setting for harp and piano—and that two distinct trombones join the mix for pieces such as "Joni" (which could well be dedicated to a certain Canadian friend of Charles Mingus) or the onomatopoeic "Snowflakes Chaos Theory"—only serves to make the whole affair even more intriguing. Jazz and New Music are, much like the 66-year-old composer himself, "still alive", as another of the program's titles aptly declares.
