Improtest: Baumann / Pietilä / Soo
- When
- Where
- ECCM hall
- Series
- Improtest
- Website
- improtest.ee
Franziska Baumann is a multi-award-winning Swiss singer, improviser- composer and sound artist. As a vocal artist and performer, she draws from archaic, stylistically wide-ranging and experimental expressions of the human voice. As a pioneer of gestural live electronics, she creates original, moving, unique concert experiences beyond stylistic concepts.
Baumann has toured extensively in Europe, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, Belarus, and South Korea. She has collaborated with musicians such as Fred Frith, Jacques Demierre, Matthias Ziegler, Michel Wintsch, Lauren Newton, Hans Koch, Lucas Niggli, Julian Sartorius and many others.
MART SOO
is an Estonian guitarist who has been active for over four decades. He has released more than 50 albums as leader and sideman and has performed in numerous concerts and festivals around the world. He is known for his unique and innovative playing style, which blends elements of jazz, rock, and electronic music.
ESA PIETILÄ
is an internationally acclaimed saxophonist and composer. Though renowned for his extensive work in both contemporary classical and jazz, he transcends genre, creating music without limits. In any setting, he shows a keen interest in combining composition and improvisation, and in mixing styles and instrumentation in surprising and original ways. He has also performed as soloist with a range of top orchestras and has collaborated with leading conductors and composers including Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) and Magnus Lindberg (composer).
Supported by: Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Partners: ECCM, Tallinn Music City
Tickets: 15/10€
Improtest is an international concert series of freely improvised music, held since 2005. The series is curated by Mart Soo and Taavi Kerikmäe. Partners: ECCM, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn Music City, Tallinn Philharmonic Society