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Kika Sprangers and Irene Reig Quintet
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Alto For Two is a project led by two of the most innovative saxophonists in Europe today: Kika Sprangers and Irene Reig, and it features a repertoire of their own compositions.
The coming together of these two artists’, with their unique musical backgrounds, results in an eclectic and distinctive musical offering with a varied sound palette translated into the quintet format.
Alto For Two will soon release their first album, consisting of a new original repertoire demonstrating the artistic direction and evolution of the group.
Irene Reig has established herself as a successful saxophonist and composer on the European jazz scene. She is one of the most active artists on the scene and leads various groups, including The Bop Collective, with whom she won the Publieksprijs prize at the Dutch Jazz Competition 2018. She has released three albums: Views (Discmedi, 2017), featuring John Swana, one of the world’s most renowned trumpet players, Iaspis (The Changes, 2019) and Mira (The Changes, 2021).
Kika Sprangers is one of the most renowned artists in the Netherlands. She was the lead saxophonist of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, where she gained valuable experience and which lead to her performing at some of the most important festivals, such as the North Sea Jazz Festival. In 2018, she was selected as a Young VIP, which gives her the opportunity to take her own project on tour to the most important concert halls and clubs in the country. Her first album as a leader was Leaves of Lily (Not On Label, 2017).
Program and cast
Kika Sprangers, Irene Reig: alto saxophones
Xavi Torres: piano
Thomas Pol: bass
Sun-Mi Hong: drums
PORGY & BESS Jazzclub
Porgy & Bess (actually, Jazz and Music Club Porgy & Bess ) is a jazz club in the Riemergasse 11 in the 1st district of Vienna. The club , founded in 1993 is considered " the most important jazz organizer and trendy meeting point " of the Austrian capital .
The program of Porgy & Bess speaks to a very large audience , about 70,000 guests a year ; is accordingly Jazz " understood very pluralistic ," and the program " even in fringe areas , such as electronic music , contemporary music and world music penetrated . " Many international artists , particularly from the U.S. space , see also Austrian musician here an opportunity to perform . The club also offers the stage for events, such as the award of the Austrian World Music Award.
Musicologist Christian Scheib According to the Porgy & Bess " at the same time essential for the development of the musical ( jazz ) reality of a City" and needs and uses ' plain commonplace as urban space music. " It creates itself " through artistic preferences, acoustic quality , capacity and real capacity, the necessary exclusion of other clubs. " Here, the different areas of the jazz clubs allow - the area in front of the stage with tables, upstairs gallery , a lateral area with a bar at counter - different intense concentration on the concert scene . For Jazzthetik Porgy & Bess is even a " traditional club . "
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