Rusconi
Switzerland 瑞士
9:30 pm-10:30 pm,29,Sep 2011

演出者 Artists
钢琴 Piano: Stefan Rusconi
贝斯 Bass: Fabian Gisler
鼓 Drums: Claudio Strüby

2006年，Rusconi 乐队在瑞士苏黎世的 Jazznojazz 爵士音乐节上演奏其第二张大碟《Stop & Go》中的作品而一鸣惊人，即被誉为当年欧洲爵士音乐节中的重大“新发现”。Rusconi 擅长钢琴，并以节拍优雅、慑人的琴音而受到捧戴。他们年轻、清新、有风格、有创意，是渴求革命的爵士乐民的救世主。

新大碟《It’s a Sonic Life》中的音乐，是受到独立摇滚乐队 Sonic Youth 启示而创作的，可说是一个大胆越界而成功的例子。Rusconi 更被欧洲传媒誉为 Esbjorn Svensson Trio 的接班人。

Rusconi Trio, who stormed the world at the Jazznojazz Festival in Zurich, Switzerland, 2006, was immediately praised as “The New Discovery” and was hailed as the new Esbjorn Svensson Trio after his passing in 2008.

Their music is harmonic and warm without appearing sterile while expressing an interplay of disunity and aesthetics. Stefan’s piano impresses with his rhythmic elegance and captivating harmonic magic. They are young, fresh, stylistic, and innovative ˉbut above all they are simply great performers. The trio is said to be the future of jazz.

Their new album It’s a Sonic Youth is inspired by the music of Sonic Youth, one of the most influential indie rock bands. Rusconi will be showing a new side without loosing their own distinctive sound in this exceptional project, continuing to lift the European Jazz scene to a higher level.

In The Country
挪威 Norway
8:00 pm-9:00 pm,29,Sep 2011

演出者 Artists
钢琴 Piano: Morten Qvenild
贝斯 Bass: Roger Arntzen
鼓 Drums: P?l Hausken

听 In The Country，不会有似曾相识的感觉。他们的音乐混入不同风格，不乏创意灵感，但每每在灵感激发的一刻过后，你会发觉那音乐仍然是一贯平实不造作。这三个年轻人也确实不赖，一出道便被选为挪威最佳年轻爵士乐手，随即出版了一张被《Downbeat》誉为欧洲全年度中最出类拔萃的唱片。

In The Country 近年气势如虹，2009年的作品《Whiteout》被 L.A.TIMES、ALL ABOUT JAZZ、Swedish Lira 选为年度最佳唱片，挪威的权威报章 Dagens Naerlingsliv 和 Turkish Undomundo 也对他们赞不绝口。此外，In The Country及其电影《Sounds And Sights》还获得了美国独立音乐奖。

In The Country belongs to no musical world as their music contains inspiration from a lot of different genres. Best known for being the orchestra in Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Morten Qvenild has been a member of both Shining and Jaga Jazzist and is a long term
member of Solveig Slettahjell’s Slow Motion Orchestra. He formed In The Country with bass-player Roger Arntzen and drummer Pal Hausken at the Norwgian Academy of Music in Oslo in 2003.

Since then, they have been selected best young jazz artists in Norway, played concerts in Europe, USA and Asia and, released three albums and a concert to much critical acclaim. Downbeat called their debut album “Whiteout” was voted one of the “Best Releases of 2009”. And In The Country has won The Independent Music Awards in the USA with our film “Sounds And Sights”.