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About this event

Support from the DCU Jazz Vocal Ensemble
Conducted by vocalist and cellist Aleka Potinga, the DCU Jazz Vocal Ensemble is comprised of a mixture of vocalists and instrumentalists who study on DCU's BA in Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance. They will perform a mixture of improvised and arranged music that stems from jazz and pop.

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Lina Andonovska ​(flutes) and ​Matthew Jacobson ​(drum kit) come together occasionally to subdivide, recite semiotic quotes, and bring new sounds into the ether. Independently, both are internationally respected soundmakers in the fields of composed score and improvisation. Collectively, they are embarking upon a quest to commission new work and improvisational scenarios for their combination of amplified low flutes and drum kit. So far the duo have presented offerings for the Association of Irish Composers and performed as part of composer/performer Nick Roth’s residency at the Dun Laoghaire Lexicon. Upcoming projects include an appearance at the much-acclaimed improv and contemporary music ‘Bottlenote’ festival in Dublin and world domination.

Video links:
Andonovska and Jacobson perform Nick Roth’s ‘Bátá’ ​https://youtu.be/1_h_9sCpzNA
Lina Andonovska performs ‘Sequenza’ by Luciano Berio ​https://youtu.be/iyoDAxu0Y2U
Matthew Jacobson ‘dlr Musician-in-Residence duo Performances’ ​https://youtu.be/iyoDAxu0Y2U

Lina Andonovska​ (flute) leads a diverse career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, and collaborator. Quickly gaining recognition internationally as a fearless and versatile artist, she has collaborated with Crash Ensemble, Deutsches Kammerorchester, Australian Chamber Orchestra, s t a r g a z e, Southern Cross Soloists, Ulysses Ensemble and eighth blackbird. She is critically acclaimed for her interpretation of new music; Rolling Stone Magazine hailed her performance at Bang On A Can Summer Festival as “superbly played, (ranging) from sustained ‘somebody-please-get-that-tea-kettle’ squeaks to the flit and flutter of its beautifully lilting trills…”

Recent performance credits include Dean’s flute concerto ‘Siduri Dances’ with Deutsches Kammerorchester, Tokyo Experimental Festival, appearances with s t a r g a z e at the Edinburgh International Festival and Berlin’s ​Unerhörte Musik series​.​ In 2019, she will be giving the world premiere of a new work written for her by Donnacha Dennehy at Musica Nova, Helsinki.

www.linaandonovska.com 


Matthew Jacobson​ is an Irish drummer, improviser, composer, educator and producer. As well as leading his own groups Insufficient Funs and ReDiviDeR, he regularly tours, performs and records with preeminent improvisers around the world. He is also co-director of independent Irish record label Diatribe, a jazz lecturer at Dublin City University, is completing a PhD at Ulster University and has received numerous awards and scholarships from institutions including Arts of Council of Ireland, Music Network, Fulbright Scholar Award, Berklee College of Music and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Councty Council.

2019 will see Jacobson featured on several new releases and tours, including a live album release tour in China with European jazz quintet AERIE, an Irish tour with his own drums/bass saxophone duo Insufficient Funs, the debut album release from contemporary Irish piano trio F-JoB and a release with a new New York-based project featuring saxophonists Oscar Noriega and Daniel Rorke and bassist Simon Jermyn.

"a European jazz artist of growing charisma"
​ - John Fordham, the Guardian "one of the most dynamic forces in Irish jazz, on and off the stage"
​ - the Irish Times

www.matthewjacobsonmusic.com