“大即兴”是为留下来的音乐家和观众而安排的加料单元。

The Improvisation Unit is a distinctively arranged unit for the artists and audiences who stay until the last day of the festival, and are hungry for the unexpected.

英国 UK
2025.10.26 20:20–21:20

Alexander Hawkins – 钢琴 Piano
Neil Charles – 低音提琴 Double Bass
Stephen Davis – 鼓 Drums

Alexander Hawkins 被公认为英国最具革新精神与想象力的钢琴家及作曲家之一。作为一名自学成才的音乐家，他怀揣对爵士传统的深刻热爱与渊博学识，也将古典乐的影响融入创作与演奏。

三位音乐家早在 Hawkins 的四重奏和大乐团等项目中就有多年的合作经历，而他们作为三重奏的首张专辑 Carnival Celestial 则于 2023 年在 Intakt 厂牌发表。低音提琴手 Neil Charles 浑厚的音色与精准的节奏掌控，配合鼓手 Stephen Davis 极度敏锐的感知与回应，在自由与结构、作曲与即兴之间构筑出精妙绝伦的音乐对话。

Hawkins 及三重奏曾受邀参与爵士大师 Anthony Braxton 的多个音乐项目，包括在 2018 在伦敦进行的“Braxton’s Standards”项目演出，以及他 2020 年的欧洲巡演——这段历程被全程录制并发行为具有里程碑意义的 13 CD 现场录音合集 Quartet (Standards) 2020。

Alexander Hawkins is widely recognised as one of the UK’s most innovative and imaginative pianists and composers. He is self-taught with a great love and deep knowledge of the jazz tradition which he brings, along with classical references, to his compositions and performance.  

These three musicians have played together for many years in other projects led by Hawkins, including his Quartet and Ensemble, and the Trio released their album Carnival Celestial on Intakt in 2023. Together in the Trio, the huge sound and immaculate sense of time of bassist Neil Charles and the empathic drumming of Stephen Davis produce a masterful interplay of freedom and structure, composition and improvisation.   

Hawkins and the trio have worked with Anthony Braxton in a number of his projects. In 2018, the trio performed with him in London on Braxton’s Standards, and was invited in 2020 to join him on the European tour that resulted in the monumental 13-CD live box set Quartet (Standards) 2020.

葡萄牙 Portugal / 瑞典 Sweden / 德国 Germany
2025.10.26 19:00–20:00

Rodrigo Amado – 次中音萨克斯 Tenor Saxophone
Joel Grip – 低音提琴 Double Bass
Michael Griener – 鼓 Drums

葡萄牙萨克斯演奏家 Rodrigo Amado 被广泛认为是当今欧洲乐坛最重要的即兴音乐家之一。他拥有大师级的无瑕技巧和迷人的声音表现力，充分拥抱自由爵士和即兴音乐的每一寸自由。目前，他领导着多个走在乐坛前沿的乐队，如 The Bridge 和 The Attic，并不断寻找新的挑战和音乐视角以突破自我。

在这个名为 New Orbit 的新三重奏中，他汇聚了柏林充满活力的爵士乐坛中两位极其重要的即兴音乐家：Joel Grip 和 Michael Griener。在“完全即兴”这一苛刻的准则之下，三人不同的语言和背景在发自本能的演奏中纯粹融合。一息之间，岩浆般炽烈流动的即兴能量与充斥着丰富音色和肌理的声场同时迸发，永不设限。

Widely considered one of the most important European improvisers currently on the scene, Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado is a master of the instrument with immaculate technique and fascinating expressiveness of sound, embracing all the freedom that free jazz and improvised music allow him. Currently leading several cutting-edge formations, like The Bridge or The Attic, Amado is always looking for new challenges and new musical perspectives that will allow him to develop his music. 

In this new trio, named New Orbit, he brings together two of the most important improvisors of the vibrant Berlin jazz scene, Joel Grip and Michael Griener. Instinctive in the delivery, this specific trio represents a pure fusion of different languages and backgrounds, all united under the demanding discipline of total improvisation. Improvised red-hot magma and harmonic fields of timbric and textural wealth, in the same breath. Always open.

2025.10.26 14:00–16:00
A3+

这场分享将带你回到九十年代的芝加哥——在那个音乐能量不断碰撞重组的十年里，原本各自独立发展的地下音乐社群逐渐交汇，音乐家们在录音室互相助力，在舞台上并肩演出，在美学理念上彼此激发。他们之间的合作不仅打破了风格的边界，更共同建构了芝加哥独具影响力的音乐生态。我们将聚焦 Ken Vandermark、Rob Mazurek、Tortoise、Gastr del Sol、Kevin Drumm、U.S. Maple 等关键人物，在这幅自由爵士、后摇滚与实验音乐交织的独特图景中深度漫游。

讲者 Peter Margasak 是一位资深音乐记者，曾担任《芝加哥读者报》专职撰稿人逾二十年。他是知名爵士杂志 DownBeat、《室内乐》杂志和 Bandcamp Daily 等的定期撰稿人。其作品亦见于英国 The Wire 杂志、《纽约时报》、Musicworks 杂志、《滚石》杂志、《芝加哥论坛报》以及美国国家公共电台（NPR）的“All Things Considered”栏目。 自 2013 年起， 他也以音乐策划人的身份继续活跃于芝加哥。

A discussion of how musicians from different musical communities worked together, collectively building Chicago’s deeply influential scene. In the 90s, musicians from disparate underground scenes of Chicago increasingly collaborated, whether helping one another in the recording studio, sharing live bills, and sharing stylists ideas. The discussion will focus on artists such as Ken Vandermark, Rob Mazurek, Tortoise, Gastr del Sol, Kevin Drumm, U.S. Maple, and more.

Peter Margasak is a long-time music journalist who spent more than two decades as a staff writer at the Chicago Reader. He’s a regular contributor to DownBeat, Chamber Music, and Bandcamp Daily, among other publications. His work has also appeared in The Wire, New York Times, Musicworks, Rolling Stone, Chicago Tribune, and NPR’s “All Things Considered”. Margasak has also been active as a curator of music events in Chicago since 2013.