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Soundtrips NRW

A statewide network for improvised music

The renowned nationwide concert series for improvised music is entering its 15th year and is once again presenting five top-class sound trips.

Bassist Farida Amadou and guitarist Julien Desprez kicked off the series. The Belgian-French duo can be seen in Bonn (1 March), Bielefeld (2 March), Münster (3 March), Dortmund (5 March), Düsseldorf (6 March), Cologne (7 March), Duisburg (8 March) and Gelsenkirchen (9 March).

At the beginning of May, Turkish-Kazakh singer Saadet Türköz will perform with German jazz trombonist Nils Wogram in Münster (5 May), Wuppertal (6 May), Köln (7 May.), Hagen (8 May), Gelsenkirchen (9 May), Dortmund (10 May), Bochum (11 May), Düsseldorf (12 May), Essen (13 May) und Bonn (14 May).

The programme continues with a solo by French-Japanese violinist Frantz Loriot in Bielefeld (31 May), Wuppertal (1 June), Münster (2 June), Essen (3 June), Cologne (4 June), Düsseldorf (5 June), Dortmund (7 June) and Bochum (8 June).

In November, British bassist John Edwards and American saxophonist Caroline Kraabel will be on tour in NRW, performing in Oberhausen (2 November), Münster (3 November), Essen (4 November), Cologne (5 November), Düsseldorf (7 November) and Dortmund (8 November).

The tour concludes with the Mexican-Austrian musician and composer Angélica Castelló, with dates in Düsseldorf (28 November), Cologne (29 November), Bochum (30 November), Münster (1 December), Essen (2 December), Duisburg (4 December), Dortmund (6 December) and Oberhausen (7 December).

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Events

Sun, 05.05.24 20:00

Soundtrip 68: Saadet Türköz & Nils Wogram

cuba – Black Box Münster

Mon, 06.05.24 20:00

Soundtrip 68: Saadet Türköz & Nils Wogram

Ort Wuppertal

Tue, 07.05.24 20:00

Soundtrip 68: Saadet Türköz & Nils Wogram

Atelier Dürrenfeld/Geitel Köln

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Soundtrips concept

"Soundtrips NRW" is characterised by a special event concept that is supported and continuously developed by various partners: Renowned musicians from NRW meet international greats, younger talents meet established representatives of improvised music. In the first part of each concert, the international guests play their own programme; in the second, they perform together with professors from NRW and provide the scene with new impulses. The local hosts are also happy to make guest appearances with their colleagues in other cities and thus benefit from additional performance opportunities. The network is now supported by 15 member cities with their relevant concert organisers, including Aachen, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Cologne, Moers, Münster, Oberhausen and Wuppertal.

With the "Soundtrips", NRW has a unique nationwide network that makes it possible to experience the entire diversity of personal styles, playing styles and soundscapes of improvised music and makes significant contributions to its further development through inspiring musical encounters. The extraordinary series of events, which has been run as an independent programme in the NRW KULTURsekretariat since 2013, has long since developed into a forum for high-quality concerts that attracts attention beyond the region.