ROUNDHOUSE PERFORMANCE CENTRE

The Roundhouse Performance Centre Pass allows access to all six shows Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30 for $32. Individual show tickets will be available the day of show at the door for $10.

In Love With

June 29 @ 1:30pm

“All three search the timbral qualities of their instruments, patiently and organically sketching a poetic yet chaotic texture... Impressive and inspiring”–AllAboutJazz

French drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq (Émile Parisien) leads this vital and startlingly creative trio through abstracted, brain-meltingly virtuosic compositions that come off like mash-ups of Webern, Satie, Mr. Bungle, and beautifully textured chamber jazz. Alternating between plucking and bowing, cellist Valentin Ceccaldi (Joëlle Léandre), lays down grooves rivaling the heaviest of bassists, while his violinist brother Théo Ceccaldi (Marc Ducret) shreds like a reincarnated Hendrix and pizzicatos like a possessed man sending urgent telegraphs that will change the course of history.

Lori Freedman, Joshua Zubot, Nicolas Caloia -

June 29 @ 3:15pm

Steeped in the Montreal and Vancouver improvising communities, Lori Freedman clarinet/bass clarinet, Nicolas Caloia double bass, and Joshua Zubot violin are leading lights in a dynamic and conversational form that’s distinct from the European improvised chamber music and American free jazz traditions. Freedman, Caloia, and Zubot emphasize fluidity and form over gratuitous virtuosity. Unpredictable, organic, and irregular, their music is nonetheless full of sensitive cadences, stunningly beautiful consonance, and moments of profound stillness.

Kris Davis Craig Taborn Duo

June 29 @ 5pm

See Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, Dylan van der Schyff in Innovations Late Night above.

Montevago (duet Negro Ciccaldi)

June 30 @ 1:30pm

Pianist/composer Roberto Negro (dadada – Performance Works June 25) and violinist Théo Ceccaldi (In Love With – Roundhouse Performance Centre June 29, David Lam Park Main Stage June 29) together as a duo present a masterful helping of European improvised jazz.

Emma Augustsson, Cat Toren, Mili Hong

June 30 @ 3:15

An intercontinental meeting of sublime song and thoughtful improvisation. Swedish cellist/vocalist Emma Augustsson’s sound touches on classical, jazz, folk and world music, while her collaborative spirit includes interdisciplinary work in contemporary dance, theatre and visual arts. JUNO Award-winning pianist Cat Toren (Pugs & Crows) leads expansive groups in both Vancouver and New York. Drummer Mili Hong is one of the most exciting emerging players in Canadian creative music, performing in idiosyncratic indie-rock band Moondle, Eli Davidovici’s Shapes, and a host of improv collaborations.

Soundings of Malcolm Goldstein

June 30 @ 5pm

Internationally acclaimed violinist, composer, and sonic conceptualist Malcolm Goldstein (John Cage, Ornette Coleman) has been active in new music and experimental improvisation since early 1960s. Now based in Montréal, his “soundings” are compositions/directed improvisations that inhabit a compelling intersection of physicality and philosophy, structure and chance. Using graphic and text-based scores, his multidimensional approach explores the sound spectrum from virtual silence to abrasive, bombastic expressionism. A master facilitator of deep listening and engaged interaction, Goldstein is joined by Joshua Zubot violin, Lori Freedman clarinets, Nicolas Caloia bass, Lisa Cay Miller piano, Peggy Lee cello, Dan Gaucher drums, and JP Carter trumpet.