Two duos with strong voices meet in one evening: Phil Minton, an icon of improvised vocal art, and Ignaz Schick, a protagonist of Echtzeitmusik and a defining figure of the European improvisation scene, unfold an open, immediate dialogue between voice, turntables and objects – beyond fixed boundaries of language, noise and music. Saadet Türköz meets Anaïs Tuerlinckx and her expanded, noise-intensive piano practice with her powerful, warm voice. Together they create a dense, imaginative space between dream and charged intensity.
When Phil Minton and Ignaz Schick meet for the first time as a duo, two artists encounter each other who have shaped European improvisation music in distinct ways for decades. Minton’s radical extension of vocal expression and Schick’s work with turntables, objects and electroacoustic sound sources open a shared space of listening and response. Voice, material, noise and gesture enter into an immediate dialogue whose trajectory unfolds entirely in the moment. Phil Minton is one of the most influential and singular voices in improvised music. Since the 1970s he has continuously expanded the possibilities of vocal expression, developing a distinctive sonic language that connects singing, speech, noise and bodily articulation. He has worked with musicians such as Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, Fred Frith, Veryan Weston, Audrey Chen and many other key figures of the international improvisation scene. Alongside solo and ensemble work, his participatory project Feral Choir has gained international recognition. Ignaz Schick is a composer, sound artist, curator and one of the most prominent representatives of the Berlin Echtzeitmusik scene. His work moves between free improvisation, electroacoustic music, turntablism, sound art and experimental composition. Since the 1990s he has developed a distinctive practice in which vinyl records, objects, field recordings and electronic sounds merge into complex acoustic situations. Schick performs internationally in a wide range of contexts and is involved in numerous interdisciplinary projects.
The music of Saadet Türköz and Anaïs Tuerlinckx is likewise rooted in the force of spontaneous interaction. Türköz’s unmistakable voice moves between singing, language, memory and sonic abstraction. In encounter with Tuerlinckx’s prepared piano, a multilayered resonant space emerges: fragile and powerful at once, shaped by fine-grained textures, eruptive condensations and a shared attention to sound as a living, continuously transforming form. Saadet Türköz is a singer, improviser and sonic poet. Born in Istanbul and raised in Zurich, she combines influences from Central Asian and Anatolian traditions with contemporary improvisation and experimental vocal practice. Her work revolves around memory, language, identity and the sonic possibilities of the voice. Türköz collaborates internationally with musicians from diverse backgrounds, developing a distinctive musical language between narration, singing and free sonic articulation. Anaïs Tuerlinckx is a pianist, improviser and composer. At the core of her work is the piano as an expanded instrument and resonant body. Through preparations, objects and extended playing techniques she explores a wide spectrum of timbres and textures, both in solo work and collaborative settings. Her music moves between improvisation, experimental sound research and contemporary composition. Across her projects she investigates the poetic and material qualities of sound as well as the relations between listening, space and movement.
19:00: soundwalk with Thomas Gerwin
