L’Ensemble ensemble

French pianist and composer Eve Risser is one of the most distinctive and authentic creators of contemporary French improvised music. Drawing inspiration from personal experiences and images, she transforms the interior of a piano into a peculiar, mystical instrument, which sounds sometimes like a trumpet or saxophone, and other times like drums.

In “L’Ensemble ensEmble,” Risser is surrounded by four notable musicians of different geographic and aesthetic backgrounds.

The electronic experiments and Norwegian folk of Mari Kvien-Bruvoll (vocals) and Kim Myhr (guitar), encounter the improvised jazz of Romanian composer Georges Dumitriu (violin) and the inventive style of Toma Gouband (drums), in a heterogenous aural amalgamation.

Their collaboration creates enigmatic compositions, whose rhythms and harmonies are based less on the classical rules of music, than on a sense of collectivity, one whose moving intensity electrifies the atmosphere.