NICA live: Fabian Dudek / Human Interest

In the organizer's words:

20:00 I Concert I 🌿 GREEN ROOM

Saxophonist and composer Fabian Dudek has written a lot of new music in the past year and brought it to the stage in changing national and international line-ups. As part of the "NICA live" concert series, another world premiere can be experienced: Human Interest

The Cologne-based musician and NICA artist 2022 offers his fellow musicians the freedom to develop their individual expression in his compositions. Dudek himself steps back as an instrumentalist in many places, leaving space and occupying it with playful conciseness depending on the occasion. Estonian pianist Kirke Karja already took part in the world premiere of Dudek's "Day By Day" (Cologne Jazzweek 2023) last year. So did Cologne-based drummer Leif Berger and bassist David Helm. The latter is also part of Dudek's quartet, which has just released its third album "Distant Skies, We Dream" (May 2024, Traumton Records). The collaboration with Tizia Zimmermann is a first for all involved. The accordionist, who lives in Switzerland, plays in various formations with a focus on contemporary music, free improvisation and experimental (noise) music.

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Tizia Zimmermann (accordion), Fabian Dudek (saxophone, composition), Kirke Karja (piano, synthesizer), David Helm (e-bass), Leif Berger (drums)