Forde/ Gato / Parkins

Andrea Parkins - accordion, electronics

João Gato - alto saxophone

Declan Forde - piano  

Declan Forde is a Scottish pianist who has been a vital part of Berlin’s Jazz and improvised music scene since 2014. His music explores the delicate balance between tradition and innovation, blending a deep reverence for the history of improvised music with daring explorations into the unknown.  Forde has performed with both local and international artists including Han Bennink, Tony Malaby, Michael Attias, Doug Weiss, Andrea Parkins, Tobias Delius, and Jeff Williams.

João Gato is an alto saxophone player, improviser and tune-maker working in the areas of Jazz, improvised music and interdisciplinary projects with cinema and dance. An active presence in the Copenhagen and european improvised and jazz-adjacent music, Gato has performed with Peter Evans, Audrey Chen, Kresten Osgood, Michael Formanek, Axel Dörner, Bart Maris and Margaux Oswald

Andrea Parkins is an electroacoustic performer, sound artist and composer whose work explores connections and slippages between the body, material, sound, site, and space. She has long been known for her pioneering approach as an improvisor, through which she uniquely combines her' electronically-processed accordion’s textures and timbres with layered electronic feedback, amplified object sounds, and live-processing from her custom-built instruments.  She tours internationally as a solo performer and has collaborated with such artists as Ute Wassermann, Magda Mayas, George E. Lewis, The Necks, choreographer Vera Mantero, and filmmaker Abigail Child, among others.