Jazz Cafe – Entangled Fields

The result is something new and unprecedented, and the audience is invited on a fascinating journey through the realms of modern improvised music – an incomparable listening experience characterised by instant composing, lively improvisation and virtuoso technique.

• Constanza Pellicci – vocals/performance
• Simone Weißenfels – piano
• Antti Virtaranta – bass
• Guido Kohn – violin/pedals

Simone Weißenfels is one of the most distinguished and versatile East German artists in the field of contemporary music, as well as in the realm of free improvisation in all its facets.

She often works across genres, moving between free jazz, improvisation and instant composing.

“S. W. is constantly on the move, touring Europe, Asia, North and South America, performing at renowned festivals and in legendary venues such as New York’s Knitting Factory and The Stone, and is at home all over the world.

Not with run-of-the-mill projects, but in the best possible way: driven by her own convictions, unafraid of the supposedly unwieldy, with an unbridled thirst for discovery, consistent and self-assured.” ~S. Pohle

Constanza Pellicci is a Zurich-based vocal artist originally from Córdoba (Argentina).

Her artistic work centres on exploring the human voice through experimentation and improvisation, moving fluidly between free improvisation, dance and performance.

Guido Kohn is a string player, improviser and noise artist, born in Buenos Aires in 1988 and now based in Berlin.

Building on a classical training in the cello, he now moves between non-academic and popular music, playing in punk projects as well as in sounds more closely associated with dance and nightlife, whilst remaining firmly rooted in the improvisation, experimental and noise scenes, and as a cellist at the Gorki Theatre in Berlin.

He is currently exploring the sonic possibilities arising from the dialogue between the instrument, preparations, digital technology and analogue effects.

Antti Virtaranta is a Finnish bassist and composer. He was born in Stockholm (Sweden) and has lived in various places throughout his life.

As a teenager, whilst living in North Carolina (USA), he began playing bass in math rock bands. In 2006, he enrolled at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to study jazz.

It was there that he was introduced to free jazz and improvised music, which led him to move to Berlin in 2011.

Since then, he has been an integral part of Berlin’s diverse scene for free jazz, improvised and experimental music.

Since moving to Europe, Antti has performed in numerous different ensembles across Europe and Japan.

Supported by funding from the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Jazz Project Funding