Alt R Jazz - Summer edition

It's time!!! We hereby invite you to come and celebrate music in all its shapes, forms and colours at this year's Alt R Jazz - Summer edition. 3 days of free improv and experimental jazz at Sydhavnen, Aarhus.
PROGRAMME:
JUNE 29TH
20:00 Døve Ører
21:00 Michaela Turcerová IN FLUX
22:00 Gintė Preisaitė
JUNE 30TH
20:00 Jungle Money Four + Phil Minton
21:00 Andreas Pettersson/Michala Østergaard DUO
22:00 Natural Curls
JULY 1ST
20:00 Kresten Osgood/Maria Faust Duo
21:00 Alt R Jazz Large Ensemble
Venue: D3, Jægergårdsgade 154c
NB! in the printed programme it says PHONO, but we will be at D3 as usual.
Entrance fee: 100 kr./concert - 500 kr./whole festival
*SPECIAL MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY*
Generously supported by Koda Kultur, Statens Kunstfond, Aarhus Kommune, Aarhus Jazz Festival, Knud Højgaards Fond, Jazz Danmark, Dansk Artist Forbund and Ben Webster Foundation.
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ABOUT THE MUSIC:
Døve Ører
Johannes Berg - drums
Thorbjørn Stephansson - double bass
Mette Marie Ørnstrup - vocal + percussion
We play for you!
With punky maximalism, improvisation is unleashed in this meeting of three masters of impulsivity.
Døve Ører consists of Mette Marie Ørnstrup on vocals and percussion, Thorbjørn Stefansson on bass, and Johannes Berg on drums. Together, they create a jumble of sounds and impressions, which can be both the delicate and fragile as well as the rancid and roaring.
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Michaela Turcerová IN FLUX
Michaela Turcerová - alto sax
Simon Mariegaard - live processing
Michaela Turcerová is a Slovak composer and saxophonist who searches for hidden and unheard sounds within instruments. This concert is a solo prepared alto saxophone (and various objects), using extremely saturated amplification to bring out otherwise hidden microsounds from the instrument's body.
(Un)consciously, Turcerová works to break free from the saxophone's traditional, reference-laden sound, instead exploring various modifications of the keys and the air column, engaging with microscopic details, radical reductionism, and distorted harmonies – all in pursuit of her own personal hyperworld. The musical material draws on diverse tribal music, new compositional music for percussion, and improvised music.
Her debut album "alene et" was released on the Slovak record label mappa in the fall of 2024. She is based in Copenhagen, where she leads her octet Doudouči Ensemble and Ensemble ŠUMUM, and is co-leader of the groups ALAWARI and Wolfskin Ensemble.
She trained in classical composition and classical saxophone at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, and at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.
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Gintė Preisaitė - piano
INFO COMING SOON
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Jungle Money Four + Phil Minton
Phil Minton - vocal
Hasse Poulsen - guitar
Jan Kaspersen - piano
Peter Friis Nielsen - electric bass
Claus Bøje - drums
Experience Jungle Money 4 performing improvisational music alongside British vocalist Phil Minton.
The English singer Phil Minton is a phenomenon. Since he broke through on the English music scene in the 1970s with Mike Westbrook's orchestra, he has established himself as a radical vocal equilibrist. For him, the voice is an instrument, and his radical approach to sound combined with his enormous energy and commitment means that he is still touring extensively all over the world at the age of eighty. Whether he is twisting, cracking and foaming or letting his great Welsh singing voice sing workers' songs or Paul Haine's poems, one cannot help but be captivated by the overwhelming life force he emits.
Jungle Money 4 is Denmark's established state ensemble for improvised freethinking. Jan Kaspersen's laconic unpredictability and Peter Friis-Nielsen's electric bass circles surround Claus
Bøje's percussive sound poetry and Hasse Poulsen's electrified compost modernism.
Jungle Money 4 will release its much-requested CD Too Old to Die Young in July.
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Andreas Pettersson/Michala Østergaard DUO
Andreas Pettersson - drums
Michala Østergaard - drums
In 2019, Michala Østergaard-Nielsen (DK) and Andreas Pettersson (SE) finally brought their shared musical vision to life by forming this distinctive drum duo, offering listeners the opportunity to experience a wide spectrum of sounds and moods.
The two percussionists have known each other for several years and, along the way, have shared experiences, reflections, and conversations about music in its many forms. The duo emerged from a common pursuit of presence, openness, and active listening – qualities that form the musical core of their collaboration.
The music is primarily improvised, yet it also incorporates compositional points of departure, where a structure, a short melody, or a particular musical expression may be predetermined. From there, a living musical space opens up – one that the duo can enter, explore, and transform in the moment.
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Natural Curls
Elin Forkelid - sax
Johannes Gammelgaard - sax
Elsa Bergman - double bass
Ryan Packard - drums
This quartet was formed in 2023 and consists of four prominent musicians from the jazz and improvisation scenes in Sweden.
Their music stands on the shoulders of the American free jazz tradition, while striving to push the boundaries of what their expression can contain.
Over the past three years, the quartet has built a shared repertoire of songs and melodic fragments, which are interwoven with modal landscapes and abstract sound experiments in long,
seamless passages. The ensemble is tight, expressive, and dynamic.
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Kresten Osgood/Maria Faust Duo
Maria Faust - alto sax
Kretsen Osgood - drums
Maria Faust and Kresten Osgood are among the most groundbreaking artists on the Danish jazz scene – now you can experience them in a duo format.
Estonian saxophonist and composer Maria Faust and Danish drummer Kresten Osgood are both known for their uncompromising approach to music and their ability to challenge both themselves and their audience.
Maria Faust has made her mark internationally with her powerful artistic voice, which moves effortlessly between composition and improvisation. Her music is characterized by a deep emotional intensity and a curious approach to the possibilities of sound, which has made her a prominent figure on the European experimental music scene.
Kresten Osgood is one of Denmark's most active and versatile musicians. He has gained recognition through collaborations with legendary names such as Roscoe Mitchell and Peter Brötzmann, and his work spans broadly across genres and constellations. With his explosive energy and intuitive playing, he is a driving force in any musical context.
Together, Maria Faust and Kresten Osgood create a concert experience that is both dynamic and unpredictable. Their shared expression challenges traditional genre boundaries and opens up a vibrant, spontaneous space where anything can happen – to the delight of audiences willing to let themselves be swept away.
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Alt R Jazz Large Ensemble
The Alt R Jazz Large Ensemble marks the culmination of this year's festival with a tribute to music in all its conceivable and unimaginable forms. They'll focus on the Aarhus experimental music scene, of which the ensemble is a central part, and which continues to challenge and expand the boundaries of live music.
Audiences can look forward to a bold, sensuous finale where community, curiosity, and artistic courage take center stage.
This year's ensemble is led by the prominent Maria Faust and Kresten Osgood, who will set the direction for an open and vibrant musical investigation that blends structure and improvisation.
Based on open compositions and instructions, the audience is invited into a dynamic soundscape where the musicians can freely move between the wild, the intimate, the magnificent and the quiet.
Faust and Osgood's artistic direction will create a space for the unpredictable to happen and for the music to evolve. The result is a concert that is both a celebration and an experiment – a unique event that can only be experienced once.
Line Up:
Maria Faust og Kresten Osgood - direction
Mette Marie - vocal
Elin Forkelid - sax
Johannes Gammelgaard - sax
Jenny Raunsmed Peitersen - sax
Jens Balder - trombone
Elsa Bergman - double bass
Andreas Pettersson - drums
Jens Højbøge - drums
Johannes B - drums
Jan Kaspersen - piano
Hasse Poulsen - guitar
Olga Witte - synth/piano
Jens Munch - synth
Gorm Askjær - guitar
Linnea Hildén - cello