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onQ, Tyn Wybenga and Ben van Gelder
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With Die Welt von Gestern, the onQ collective presents a new project dedicated to exploring the work of Stefan Zweig. The suite consists of five newly composed pieces that deal with themes such as identity, exile, social change and artistic reflection - inspired by Zweig's literature and his contemporary environment.
The project brings together two prominent voices of the Dutch jazz scene, Tyn Wybenga and Ben van Gelder, with the onQ Ensemble. While Wybenga's three works focus on Zweig's short stories (The Invisible Collection, The Fugitive and Chess Novella), van Gelder draws inspiration from two paintings by Oskar Kokoschka - a contemporary and companion of Zweig's in the cultural Vienna of the interwar period.
Both artists contribute different compositional perspectives: Wybenga works with his “Brainteaser Method”, in which improvised material forms the basis for structured orchestration. Van Gelder, on the other hand, pursues a more lyrical and harmonically dense sound language, which often arises from the combination of music and visual impressions.
Program and cast
Ben van Gelder: alto saxophone
Joanna Lewis: violin
violin, viola, cello: tba
Stepan Flagar: tenor saxophone
Alsitair Payne: trumpet
bass clarinet: tba
David Soyza: vibraphone
Michael Tiefenbacher: piano
Tobias Vedovelli: bass
Matheus Jardim: drums
Tyn Wybenga, Ben van Gelder: compositions
PORGY and BESS Jazzclub
Porgy & Bess (actually, Jazz and Music Club Porgy & Bess ) is a jazz club in the Riemergasse 11 in the 1st district of Vienna. The club , founded in 1993 is considered " the most important jazz organizer and trendy meeting point " of the Austrian capital .
The program of Porgy & Bess speaks to a very large audience , about 70,000 guests a year ; is accordingly Jazz " understood very pluralistic ," and the program " even in fringe areas , such as electronic music , contemporary music and world music penetrated . " Many international artists , particularly from the U.S. space , see also Austrian musician here an opportunity to perform . The club also offers the stage for events, such as the award of the Austrian World Music Award.
Musicologist Christian Scheib According to the Porgy & Bess " at the same time essential for the development of the musical ( jazz ) reality of a City" and needs and uses ' plain commonplace as urban space music. " It creates itself " through artistic preferences, acoustic quality , capacity and real capacity, the necessary exclusion of other clubs. " Here, the different areas of the jazz clubs allow - the area in front of the stage with tables, upstairs gallery , a lateral area with a bar at counter - different intense concentration on the concert scene . For Jazzthetik Porgy & Bess is even a " traditional club . "
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