Tour, Concert / Performance

Šalter Ensemble

Šalter Ensemble operates on the border between free improvisation and composition, focusing on collective processes as a central part of its practice. The project is an international electroacoustic ensemble initiated in 2017 by Jonas Kocher in collaboration with Zavod Sploh Ljubljana and Izlog Festival Zagreb, and has since performed at numerous venues and festivals in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Switzerland and Serbia. In 2021, the ensemble released the album Štiri dela.

The ensemble consists of outstanding personalities from the Swiss music scene, the Slovenian music scene and, in this year’s edition, exposed representatives of the Styrian music scene. The musicians come from a wide range of backgrounds – from jazz to traditional and folk music to contemporary improvised and electronic music – and are from different generations.

In its current programme, Šalter presents new compositions by Jonas Kocher & Gaudenz Badrutt Interstices / Interferences (2023), Elisabeth Harnik, šum III (2023)
Tomaž Grom, My Wish Your Command (2023)

Line-up 2023: Gaudenz Badrutt, electronics, Estelle Beiner, violin, Ilia Belorukov, saxophone, Tomaž Grom, double bass, electronics, Elisabeth Harnik, piano, objects, Josef Klammer, augmented percussion, Jonas Kocher, accordion, Samo Kutin, hurdy gurdy, Alfred Lang, trumpet, Irena Z. Tomažin, voice

Artistic direction by Kocher & Badrutt, Harnik, Grom

Dates 2023
May 05, Venezia Mestre (IT), Forte Marghera
May 19, Cerkno (SLO), Jazz Festival
May 25, Biel/Bienne (CH), Le Singe
May 26, Zürich (CH), Videoex Festival

November 23, Ljubljana (SLO), Festival Forum nove glasbe
November 24, St.Johann (AT), t.b.a.
November 26, Graz (AT), TaO!

Press announcement
Interview with Ilia Belorukov [Bieler Tagblatt, May 25 2023, in German]

Production
Bruit Association, Zavod Sploh (Ljubljana) and Association for New and Improvised Music (Graz)

Support
City of Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Fondation Nicati – De Luze, Pro Helvetia, Fondation SUISA, SIS, Land Steiermark Kultur, Stadt Graz, Bundesministerium Kunst, SKE Fonds, GFÖM/AKM, Alpen-Adria Allianz (AAA), Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City of Ljubljana, European Union/Culture Moves Europe
Salter Ensemble Poster

Poster by Nayara Siler

More activities

DDK Trio (picture by Danika Trajkovic)
Tour
October 13-17 2023: Concerts in Québec, Ottawa, Montréal and Rimouski, December 9 to 22, concerts in Metz, Genève, London, Ashburton, Brighton, Dieppe
ErikM (Picture by Václav-Kremser)
Workshop
October 1st 2023, improvisation workshop, Biel/Bienne
Luc Ferrari 1964 (picture © Brunhild Ferrari)
Concert / Performance, Talk
September 29 & 30, festival with the music of Luc Ferrari, ErikM, Gilles Grimaître, Bruit – Group for Music Creation a.o. in Biel/Bienne
afield at Festival Klang Moor Schopfe Gais (pictures by Ilia Belorukov)
Concert / Performance, Tour
August 27, September 2, 3, 9 2023: An outdoor sound performance by Stefan Thut with Bruit – Group for Music Creation in Biel/Bienne, Gais, Biberist and Laconnex
Anarchy 2023
Talk, Concert / Performance
July 21 2023: Bruit at the International Anti-Authoritarian Gathering, Anarchy 2023 in St-Imier
Festival-In-Opposition. (Pictures by Minja Smajic)
Concert / Performance, Talk
June 7th 2023, June 8th-11th: a concert in Belgrade with the trio Badrutt, Belorukov, Kocher and a temporary creative hub for encounters and exchanges in Novi Sad

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