Name: Maria Faust's Jazz Catastrophe - 2 SETS
Start: 2026-03-03T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Halmtorvet 15, 1700 Copenhagen, Denmark

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20:00 Doors
20:30 Maria Faust's Jazz Catastrophe - set 1
21:30 Maria Faust's Jazz Catastrophe - set 2
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● Maria Faust's Jazz Catastrophe ●
Maria Faust: kompositioner & altsaxofon
Lars Bech Pilgard: guitar
Anders Vestergaard: trommer
Saxofonist og komponist Maria Faust er anerkendt og respekteret verden over for sine prisvindende ensembler Sacrum Facere, Machina og Jazz Catastrophe. Hendes musikalske sprog og karakteristiske improvisationsstil er let genkendelig, men hun er svær at placere i den moderne jazz- og kompositionskanon. Dels skyldes det hendes brede spektrum af inspirationer, dels går musikken langt ud over stilistiske rammer og ind i noget helt personligt.
I dag hører Maria Faust til blandt Estlands mest markante musikere nogensinde. Hun har modtaget adskillige priser og hædersbevisninger fra både Estland og Danmark, hvor hun bor, og hun nyder anerkendelse i hele Europa, mens hun stille og roligt begynder at tiltrække opmærksomhed fra det amerikanske publikum.
Maria Fausts Jazz Catastrophe blev stiftet i København i 2012 som et moderne bigband. Det aktuelle album dokumenterer bandets tredje mutation. Musikkens essens er kogt ned til sin kerne, tyk som sirup, og består nu af en trio, hvor Maria Fausts altsaxofon flankeres af hendes mangeårige samarbejdspartnere Lars Pilgaard på guitar og Anders Vestergaard på trommer.
»Moth« er Fausts 15. album, og som navnet antyder, er det inspireret af livet hos de mystiske natlige skabninger, nattesværmere. Deres tiltrækning mod lys, positiv fototaksi, er stadig omgærdet af spekulationer. Det kunstige lys, der tilsyneladende kan ændre nattesværmerens vilje og føre til fare, er et gennemgående tema på albummet. Ligheden med menneskelig adfærd er slående: Vi kan høre advarselslydene, når noget er ved at gå galt, men alligevel vælger vi at gå direkte mod flammen. Det er en del af det at være menneske, men albummet handler ikke om død eller undergang.
»Moth« er i første række et album om ulykkelig kærlighed. I deres eufori ser de kun lyset. Her ligger metaforens skønhed, og virkeligheden er, at musikken er så afklaret, ægte og smuk, at den kan gøre ondt, men man kan ikke vende sig væk.
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● Maria Faust's Jazz Catastrophe ●
Maria Faust: compositions & alto saxophone
Lars Bech Pilgard: guitar
Anders Vestergaard: drums
Saxophonist and composer Maria Faust is renowned and respected worldwide for her award-winning ensembles Sacrum Facere, Machina, and Jazz Catastrophe. Although her unique musical language as a composer and singular improvising style are easily identified, She is difficult to place in the kanon of contemporary jazz and composition. This is partly due to the broad spectrum of her influences and also because her music goes beyond stylistic definitions and into the realm of the deeply personal.
Today Maria Faust is one of the most celebrated and established Estonian musicians of all time, recipient of numerous awards and prizes from Estonia and Denmark (where she resides), but also a celebrated artist all over Europe and slowly but surely catching the attention of American audiences.
Maria Faust ́s Jazz Catastrophe was originally founded in Copenhagen in 2012 as a modern big band, The present album documents its third mutation. Concentrated and reduced down to its essence like a thick syrup, the new music is performed by a trio where Maria Faust ́s alto saxophone is flanked by long-time associates Lars Pilgaard on guitar and Anders Vestergaard on drums.
”Moth” is Faust ́s 15th album and as the name suggests, it is inspired by the life of those mysterious nocturnal creatures – moths. Their being attracted to light is called positive phototaxis and although there is much speculation as to why, the reason is still unknown. The potentially fatal lure of artificial light that seemingly changes the will of the moth is a central theme of the album. It is a bittersweet realization of the similarities to human behavior. We can all hear the warning sounds of “hells bells” when something is about to go wrong, but we choose to go straight towards the flame anyway. This is part of the human experience but it's important to say that these compositions are not about death and demise. "Moth" is primarily an album for star-crossed lovers. In euphoria they see only the light. In here lies the beauty of the metaphor and the reality is that this is music that is so stripped down, real and beautiful that it can hurt you, but you won't be able to turn away.

PRiMi is supported by Københavns Kommune, Statens Kunstfond, Vesterbro lokaludvalg, JazzDanmarks Jazz puljen.