Christoph Cech & oenm “Satiesfaction”

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AustriaValentina Cinquini – harpDušan Kranjc - tromboneStefan Konzett – tromboneChristoph Cech – piano, composition “Signs of the times: Artists have become professionals, amateurs artists,” Erik Satie is said to have stated, his surname resonating in the project name of pianist and composer Christoph Cech’s current program. With musicians from the 50-year-old oenm, short for Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, the recently retired professor of various forms of jazz and improvisation lives out a polyamorous relationship with these desired musical partners. The fact that the above-quoted French Gymnopédist is honored in a duo with harp and piano, and that two different trombones are added for “Joni” (which could well be dedicated to a Canadian friend of Charles Mingus) or the onomatopoeic “Snowflakes Chaos Theory,” only makes things more exciting. Jazz and New Music are, like the 66-year-old, “still alive,” as another title states.