The woodwind duo NoSax NoClar has captivated audiences across Europe with their deep sound and seamless interplay. The French pair, who performed at the Etnosoi! festival in autumn 2023, will be in Finland for an artist residency from July 20 to 26 and will perform in Helsinki, Seinäjoki, and at the Raahe Jazz on the Beach festival.
The name says it all – how to do more with less? Is a duo simply a dialogue between saxophone and clarinet? How to go further? How to capture attention with the power of two breaths?
Bastien Weeger and Julien Stella have discovered, through this project, a formula whose full dimensions they could not have imagined. Each piece, each program is for them an opportunity to explore the art of dialogue as a duo. NoSax NoClar finds excuses in everything to seek new ways to play their instruments (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto and soprano saxophone). A play of textures – but especially rhythms – is at the heart of their music. They perform with virtuosic fearlessness, making the audience almost forget there are only two musicians on stage....
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The woodwind duo NoSax NoClar has captivated audiences across Europe with their deep sound and seamless interplay. The French pair, who performed at the Etnosoi! festival in autumn 2023, will be in Finland for an artist residency from July 20 to 26 and will perform in Helsinki, Seinäjoki, and at the Raahe Jazz on the Beach festival.
The name says it all – how to do more with less? Is a duo simply a dialogue between saxophone and clarinet? How to go further? How to capture attention with the power of two breaths?
Bastien Weeger and Julien Stella have discovered, through this project, a formula whose full dimensions they could not have imagined. Each piece, each program is for them an opportunity to explore the art of dialogue as a duo. NoSax NoClar finds excuses in everything to seek new ways to play their instruments (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto and soprano saxophone). A play of textures – but especially rhythms – is at the heart of their music. They perform with virtuosic fearlessness, making the audience almost forget there are only two musicians on stage.
NoSax NoClar was selected for the prestigious Jazz Migration touring program in 2019. Since then, the duo has released three albums on the Yolk label: Kahmsïn (2020), Rëd Sisters (2021), and No Dåhïss (2023).
Julien Stella: clarinet, bass clarinet, compositionsBastien Weeger: alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet, compositions
Photo: Jeff Rabillon
Concert production: Vapaat äänet & Aux heures d’été – Artists in Residence – Sounds of Europe: Co-funded by the European Union
The concert is supported by City of Helsinki and Svenska Kulturfonden.
Puupuhallinduo NoSax NoClar on ihastuttanut kuulijoita ympäri Eurooppaa syvällä soundillaan ja saumattomalla yhteispelillään. Etnosoi!-festivaalilla syksyllä 2023 konsertoinut ranskalainen kaksikko on taiteilijaresidenssissä Suomessa 20.-26.7. ja esiintyy Helsingissä, Seinäjoella ja Raahen Rantajatseilla.
Duon nimi sen jo kertoo, miten tehdä enemmän vähemmällä? Onko duo vain saksofonin ja klarinetin välistä dialogia? Miten mennä pidemmälle? Miten herättää huomiota kahden henkäyksen voimalla?
Bastien Weeger ja Julien Stella ovat löytäneet projektinsa kautta kaavan, jonka kaikkia ulottuvuuksia he eivät olleet osanneet aavistaakaan. Jokainen kappale, jokainen ohjelmisto on heille mahdollisuus tutkia dialogin taidetta duona. NoSax NoClar löytää kaikesta tekosyitä etsiä uusia tapoja soittaa instrumenttejaan (klarinetti, bassoklarinetti, altto- ja sopraanosaksofoni). Tekstuurien leikki, mutta erityisesti rytmit, ovat keskeisessä roolissa. He soittavat taiturillisen pelottomasti, saaden yleisön melkein unohtamaan, että heitä on vain kaksi soittamassa.
NoSax NoClar valittiin arvostettuun Jazz Migration -kiertueohjemaan 2019 ja sen jälkeen duo on julkaissut kolme albumia Yolk-levymerkillä, Kahmsïn (2020), Rëd Sisters (2021) ja No Dåhïss (2023).
Julien Stella: klarinetti, bassoklarinetti, sävellyksetBastien Weeger: altto- ja sopraanosaksofoni, klarinetti, sävellykset
Kuva: Jeff Rabillon
Konsertin tuotanto: Vapaat äänet & Aux heures d’été – Artists in Residence – Sounds of Europe: Co-funded by the European Union
Konserttia tukevat Helsingin kaupunki ja Svenska Kulturfonden
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