Christoph Götzen - conducting
Darja Goldberg - accordion
Ghazal Faghihi - clarinet
Asja Kadic - flute
Gregory Kharaneka - saxophone
Tord Hagbarth Bremnes - cello
Ben Finlay - cello
Arto Van Roey - elec. guitar
Margo Sanda - elec. guitar
Anton Lambert - double bass
Mario Calzada - drums
+ Bart Maris - trumpet

The European Music Collective: Large Ensemble - is part of the European Music Collective, which primarily focuses on improvised and contemporary music. The Collective is a group of musicians from around the world who have made Europe the center of their lives and artistic work. Their main goal is to create a platform and community for improvised music that unites national identities within a collective, cross-border spirit. Their repertoire includes free improvisation, conducted ensembles, and collective compositions, striving for confrontation, simultaneity, and contrast between individual expression and collective dialogue. Their music is young, free-spirited, and collectivist in nature - a dynamic force in improvised and contemporary music.

Today, the European Music Collective consists of members, being based in ten different European countries and representing thirteen nationalities. The Collective has already organized a number of diverse performances and tours across Europe. In 2024, it organized its first artistic residency in Sidrabini, Latvia, and recorded its debut album, ‘Sidrabiņi No.1’, which has been released on Klankhaven Records on June 26, 2025. (They’ve also been recording their second album this summer already, release date tba.)
The Collective is focusing on a variety of projects, including its own large ensemble, which has been presenting original material and world premieres at various venues and festivals across Europe. Additionally, the group organizes concerts, tours, workshops, residencies, and other cultural events throughout the continent.

Sidrabiņi No.1 Debut Album (Klankhaven Records) https://europeanmusiccollective.bandcamp.com/album/sidrabini-no-1

European Music Collective: Large Ensemble at contemPLAY Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6z1L6bm2uA&t=26s


European Music Collective Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/emc.collective/

European Music Collective Website: https://europeanmusiccollective.wordpress.com/

Bart Maris - trumpet
Jana De Troyer - saxophone
Tam Thi Pham - đàn bầu
Jan Wegmann - modular synth

Bunte Luft Trio is an improvisation group from Hamburg that focuses on the sonic interactions of Đàn Bầu, baritone saxophone and modular synthesizer. All three instruments are rooted in completely different genres. The musicians use this peculiarity as a springboard to create their characteristic sound. Tam Thi Pham (VN), Jana De Troyer (BE) and Jan Wegmann (DE) bring their own artistic backgrounds to the table, moving through different atmospheres that let the audience travel through interplanetary deserts and microscopic forests.

Bunte Luft Trio has played in venues and festivals such as the MS Stubnitz, blurred edges Festival Hamburg, Runde Ecken Festival Münster and Westwerk Hamburg. In October 2023 they performed as part of Hiền Hoàng’s outdoor installation “Scent from Heaven.” They regularly invite guests to join their concert evenings and they have played with musicians such as Kris Kuldkepp, Mahakit Mahaniranon and Ha Thuy Hang. Their first album Apiaciae was released in June 2024. In September 2025 the trio released their second album Xeronema on bandcamp and as a cd.

More information and updates: https://www.instagram.com/buntelufttrio/ and https://wegmann.digital/bunte-luft-trio/
More music: https://bunteluft.bandcamp.com/