In the Sea is a family of instruments and a family of musicians. Their music is full of intimacy, sincerity, debate and conflict. They strive to create a new approach to the string trio music through collective improvisation, verbal instructions, traditional notation, and graphic scores. Together they share the responsibility for the outcome of the music because of the actions they make during each performance. In the Sea represents a homecoming for Tristan Honsinger who started improvising in Montreal more than forty years ago, prior to his move to Europe.

Tristan Honsinger (Berlin) is a singular artist : originally from Vermont, he has made his life in Europe and has worked with most first generation improvising artists. He has played extensively with Derek Bailey and Evan Parker in the UK; Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink in Holland; Peter Brotzman and Peter Kowald in Germany; and Cecil Taylor in the USA. Currently he regularly tours and gives workshops with the ICP orchestra.

Nicolas Caloia (Montreal) He has been a composer, performer and bandleader in Montreal since the early 1990s and has toured in North America, Europe and Asia. He has worked with musicians like Marshall Allen, Roscoe Mitchell, Joe McPhee, Steve Lacy, William Parker, Malcolm Goldstein, Lori Freedman, and Matana Roberts. http://www.nicolascaloia.net/

Joshua Zubot (Vancouver) came to age in Montreal leading the groups Subtle Lip Can, and Mendham.Some collaborations include projects with Patrick Watson, William Parker, Pierre-Yves Martel, Michael Blake, Sam Shalabi, Myra Melford, Marshall Allen, Fred Frith, Matana Roberts, Jean Derome, Malcom Goldstein, and John Butcher.

In the Sea is touring in support of their new recording, released in May 2017 on the New Jersey label “Relative Pitch”. This string trio sounds fantastic, they have performed over 40 concerts in North America and Europe this past year.

Trio Giesriegl / Klement / Wurzwallner

Annette Giesriegl, vocals/electronics
Katharina Klement, piano/electronics
Patrick Wurzwallner, drums/percussion

Die drei MusikerInnen treffen zum ersten Mal in dieser Konstellation aufeinander, kennen sich bereits über das alle zwei Jahre stattfindende VNM_Festival in Graz. Ihre individuell geschärften Spielweisen stammen aus den Bereichen Jazz, Rock, elektronische und experimentelle Musik, Komposition als auch freie Improvisation.

Man darf gespannt sein, was aus diesem Gemisch entstehen wird – Ohren auf!