Name: Punkt 2025 Day 1 Thursday 4th September I Kunstsilo
Start: 2025-09-04T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-04T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Kunstsilo

Punkt 2025 Day 1 Thursday 4th September I Kunstsilo

Punkt 2025 Day 1 presents:
16:00-19:00 Punkt Seminar (free entrance)
Curated and hosted by David Toop

21:00 Doors open
21:30 Jon Balke «Skrifum»
From the very first note, Norway’s Jon Balke proposes a new sonic dimension with Skrifum, continuing a line of inquiry begun with Warp (2016) and Discourses (2020), solo piano albums which also processed the acoustic environment in which the music was heard. Skrifum (the Icelandic word for “write”) takes things a step further. With the aid of electronic audio tool the Spektrafon, which he helped develop, Balke is now able to directly manipulate ambient audio sound from the piano while playing – pulling out frequencies and sustaining them as chords of harmonics. This activated reverberation becomes new material for improvised dialogue, often with quite beautiful results. Jon Balke: “The Spektrafon’s sound feeds back in ways that demand space. I take that opportunity to play mostly monophonically and to focus on every single note and its position in the soundscape.” Skrifum was recorded in November 2023 at Village Recording in Copenhagen and edited and mastered at Bavaria Musikstudios in Munich. The album was produced by Manfred Eicher and Jon Balke.
22:30 Arve Henriksen / Jan Bang with Eivind Aarset / Ingar Zach «After the Wildfire» Album Release
After the Wildfire is a composition that was commissioned by the Skopje Jazz Festival for the opening of its 42nd edition in 2023 with the two composers Arve Henriksen and Jan Bang as soloists together with guitarist Eivind Aarset and percussion player Ingar Zach.
Nenad Giorgevski ́s brilliant review of the world premiere performance at Skopje Jazz Festival, October 2023:
"After the Wildfire" demonstrated a level of artistry and craftsmanship that was not hastily thrown together but carefully considered. It showcased the remarkable skills and emotional depth of the musicians involved, creating a rich and textured sonic landscape that captivated the listener from start to finish."
Day pass Thursday: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/punkt-2025-torsdag-pa-kunstsilo-billetter/1504365091
Festival pass: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/punkt-2025-festivalpass-billetter/1800675362

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