Studio Dan

It is only recently that the music of New York composer Julius Eastman (1940–1990) has been rediscovered. His pieces are designated part of the Minimalist movement

So, an absurdist piece of music theater in honor of the end of the world. With ritual music to banish the fear of loss and breaking news: “Fall Fashion Must-Haves!”

The two works shown – Die Strase (L. Riegler) and GIF Frenzy (C. Ressi) – pursue a fundamentally different approach to combining film and live music.

Continuing the series that began with Elliott Sharp and George Lewis, we are commissioning a composition by the New York pianist Anthony Coleman.

Following Zappa’s motto ‘Anything Anytime Anywhere for No Reason at All (AAAFNRAA)’, How is Your Bird? will celebrate itself as art and, in so doing, give us back a piece of our dignity.

One, two, three, four . . . compositions, played by one, two, three, four . . . musicians in one, two, three, four . . . minutes. A rigorous formal principle as the basis for expanding the comfort zone.

Welcome to Planet Globokar, a singular musical laboratory. On this planet, everything is disassembled and reassembled in totally unexpected ways. But why?

Studio Dan was founded in 2005 in Vienna. The name of the ensemble was derived from Studio Tan, a Frank Zappa album recorded in 1978.

A highlight of 2018 was the long-awaited premiere of Passaggio Verso Il Rischio by Vinko Globokar.

Studio Dan is a band – but not just any band. Studio Dan is a BIG band! At least 16 instruments are here to be seen and heard. Some musicians even play two instruments or more, the stage is jam-packed. Drums, bass, piano, trombone and trumpet, cello and turntable, marimba, oboe