MOPOMOSO Live Concert Series
MOPOMOSO was founded in 1991 by guitarist John Russell and pianist, trumpeter and composer Chris Burn to promote improvised music and where applicable its relationship to other forms of contemporary music making.
Since then we have presented over 300 concerts and a number of special events and workshops. Practitioners come from backgrounds in jazz, rock, folk, classical, electronic, world and computer generated music, with instrumentation covering everything from traditional to invented instruments. There have also been occasional collaborations with poetry, dance, film and performance art.
We hold a passionate belief that improvised music, sometimes called free music or free improvisation offers many exciting opportunities both to players and listeners alike.
Sunday 19 February 2012
Continuing to bring you the very best in free improvisation, in this their 21st anniversary year, Mopomoso presents a concert featuring some of the finest players in Europe today.
Nina De Heney (bass) / Lisa Ullen (piano) duo
Highly accomplished and critically acclaimed Swedish duo it is a real delight to host this, their UK debut.
‘tonal creations carved out of raw sound material, sometimes familiar, often quite new to the ear, yet each full of wonder, full of surprise and fragile beauty’ stef free jazz
Gianni Mimmo / Harri Sjoestrom (soprano saxophones) duo
Two masters of the instrument whose shared lyrical and melodic understanding is second to none.
Here, en route to promote the CD Live in Bauchhund, this is their only UK appearance and not to be missed. Pure inventiveness!
John Butcher (sax) / Dominc Lash (bass) / John Russell (guitar) trio
Back from a year in New York Dominic Lash rejoins John Butcher and John Russell to continue the work of this fine trio. Drawing on all sonic aspects, their music is an immediate and multi faceted journey of surprise.
