Jozef Van Wissem + Gordon Allen/Pierre-Yves Martel duo + Brian Lipson/John Heward duo

When

09:00 PM September 9, 2007

Where

Casa del Popolo - 4873 St. Laurent, Montreal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 13th, 2007

Jozef van Wissem probably plays and composes for the most unlikely instruments in the world of contemporary improvised music: the Renaissance and Baroque lute. He has accomplished the strange feat of bridging the idiom of seventeenth century lute literature and twenty-first century free improv of the silent type. Although Van Wissem uses subtle electronic sound manipulation, he has largely stayed faithful to the particular timbre, resonance and playing technique of the lute. Van Wissem first came to be noticed a few years ago because of his radical conceptual approach to Renaissance lute music: he deconstructed existing compositions, for instance by playing them backwards. He also composed his own pieces for lute, using palindromes and mirrored structures. His music therefore does not have a traditional linear progression, nor leads to a climax, it rather stays on the same level of intensity. His music is quiet and not so much demands concentrated listening, as it will bring the listener in a state of concentrated listening - an aspect that makes Van Wissem a natural ally of the current post-reductionist improvising musicians. Van Wissem also runs the Incunabulum label, and performs regularly around the world in duo with guitar-wizard of Captain Beefheart-fame, Gary Lucas. He also works with M.B. / Maurizio Bianchi., Tetuzi Akiyama and Elliot Sharp.

<http://www.jozefvanwissem.com/>
http://www.myspace.com/vanwissem
Information - 514-284-0122
info@casadelpopolo.com

Tickets

Tickets - 7$ at the door

Organized By

Suoni Per Il Popolo and CKUT