Rolf Hansen - Releasekoncert for 'Tableau' | Copenhagen Jazz Festival

Schedule

Wed Jun 29 2022 at 08:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Location

HUSET | Copenhagen, SK

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Guitarist og komponist Rolf Hansen er klar med sit nye album "Tableau" - en eksperimentel plade i ordets bogstavelige forstand.
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Døre: 20.00
Koncert: 21.00
Entré: 100 kr. / 50 kr. for studerende
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Guitarist og komponist Rolf Hansen udgav i september 2019 sit første rent instrumentale album i Tyskland på det berlinerbaserede label Karaoke Kalk.
Titlen var programmatisk: »Elektrisk Guitar« udforskede i 13 klangligt meget forskelligartede kompositioner den elektriske guitar som soloinstrument.
"Hans stil er præget af stor klarhed og kunstnerisk modenhed, hans kompositioner forbliver melodisk tilgængelige og følelsesmæssigt åbne i hvert øjeblik på trods af en lyst til at eksperimentere, og hele albummet er båret af en suveræn uafhængighed og varme” skrev nordische-musik.de om »Elektrisk Guitar«
På »Tableau« udforsker den københavnske komponist og musiker nu yderligere elguitarens soniske muligheder ved at vælge en radikalt anderledes tilgang til instrumentet og opstille begrænsninger for sig selv som performer. "Tableau" er en eksperimentel plade i ordets bogstavelige forstand, hvor konventionelle måder at spille instrumentet på undgås og guitaren i stedet gøres til lydkilde for kompositioner, der på én gang synes abstrakte og konkrete.
På trods af deres æstetiske forskelle er slægtskabet mellem forgængeren "Elektrisk Guitar" og disse 14 kompositioner ubestrideligt. Begge er baseret på selvvalgte begrænsninger, en radikal form for reduktion, der har gjort det muligt for RH at udvide sin klangpalet og kompositoriske tilgang. Selv om stykkerne på "Tableau" for det meste er korte, koncise og abstrakt klingende, taler de et klart, varieret og enkelt sprog. (Aftenens sæt vil bestå at en kombination af matariale fra begge albums.)
Ud over sin aktivitet som solo-artist har Rolf Hansen i de seneste år indgået i tætte kunstneriske samarbejder med bl.a. Henriette Sennenvaldt (forhenværende Under Byen), bandet Vessel samt Berlinske Donna Regina.
Rolf Hansen, der er uddannet på rytmisk musikkonservatorium og som trådte sine musikalske teenagesko i det københavnske jazzmiljø, har turneret omfattende i Europa som singer-songwriter under navnet Il Tempo Gigante; først med albummet »Lost Something Good« (Speed of Sound, 2010) og senere med »Watch It Watch« (Resonans, 2014).
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'Tableau' is an experimental record in the truest sense of the word.
Guitarist and composer Rolf Hansen released his first purely instrumental album in Germany in September 2019 on the Berlin-based label Karaoke Kalk. The title was programmatic: "Electric Guitar" explored the electric guitar as a solo instrument in 13 sonically very diverse compositions. "His style is marked by great clarity and artistic maturity, his compositions remain melodically accessible and emotionally open at every moment despite a desire to experiment, and the whole album is carried by a sovereign independence and warmth" nordische musik.de wrote about "Elektrisk Guitar"
On "Tableau",the Copenhagen-based composer and musician further explores the sonic possibilities of the electric guitar by opting for a radically different approach and putting great limitations on himself as a performer. »Tableau« is an experimental record in the truest sense of the word, eschewing conventional modes of playing the instrument and instead turning the guitar into a sound source for compositions that seems at once abstract and concrete.
Despite their aesthetic differences, the kinship between its predecessor »Elektrisk Guitar« and these 14 compositions is undeniable. Both are based on self-imposed constraints, a radical form of reduction that made it possible for Hansen to broaden his sonic palette and compositional approach. Though mostly short, concise, and abstract-sounding, the pieces on »Tableau« speak a clear, varied and simple language.
In addition to his activity as a solo artist, Rolf Hansen has in recent years engaged in close artistic collaborations with Henriette Sennenvaldt (formerly of Under Byen), the band Vessel and Berlin's Donna Regina, among others.
Rolf Hansens early musical training was in Jazz, educated at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. Later in his career he also toured Europe extensively as a singer-songwriter under the name Il Tempo Gigante; first with the album "Lost Something Good" (Speed of Sound,
2010) and later with "Watch It Watch" (Resonans, 2014).
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