Mat Maneri
Over the course of a twenty-five year career, Mat Maneri has defined the voice of the viola and violin in jazz and improvised music and has established an international reputation as one of the most original and compelling artists of his generation, praised for his high degree of individualism, a distinctive marriage of jazz and microtonal music, and his work with 20th century icons of improvised music. Maneri co-founded the legendary Joe Maneri Quartet with his father, drummer Randy Peterson, and bassists Ed Schuller and John Lockwood. The quartet’s recordings for ECM, HatOLOGY and Leo Records were widely acknowledged by critics and fellow musicians as among the most important developments in 20th century improvised music. Maneri’s 1999 solo debut on ECM Records marked his emergence as a musician with a singular, uncompromised voice. The long list of musicians with whom he has worked includes icons such as Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, Paul Motian, and William Park...

Mat Maneri
Over the course of a twenty-five year career, Mat Maneri has defined the voice of the viola and violin in jazz and improvised music and has established an international reputation as one of the most original and compelling artists of his generation, praised for his high degree of individualism, a distinctive marriage of jazz and microtonal music, and his work with 20th century icons of improvised music. Maneri co-founded the legendary Joe Maneri Quartet with his father, drummer Randy Peterson, and bassists Ed Schuller and John Lockwood. The quartet’s recordings for ECM, HatOLOGY and Leo Records were widely acknowledged by critics and fellow musicians as among the most important developments in 20th century improvised music. Maneri’s 1999 solo debut on ECM Records marked his emergence as a musician with a singular, uncompromised voice. The long list of musicians with whom he has worked includes icons such as Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, Paul Motian, and William Parker, as well as influential 21st century bandleaders such as Joe Morris, Vijay Iyer, Matthew Shipp, Marilyn Crispell, Joelle Leandre, Kris Davis, Tim Berne, and Craig Taborn.

Lotte Anker
Cph-based saxophonist/composer within and between improvised/experimental music, freeform jazz and contemporary music.
Own bands & recent collaborations: Anker/Taborn/Cleaver (w/ Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver), What River Ensemble, Lotte Anker & Fred Frith, Sub Habitat (w/ Mazen Kerbaj, Katt Hernandez, Sten Sandell, Nina de Heney, Andrea Neumann, Burkhard Beins), Wassermann/Anker/Parkins (w/Ute Wassermann & Andrea Parkins), Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, Okkyung Lee, Magda Mayas, Tony Buck, Nate Wooley, Thomas Lehn, Paul Lovens, Christof Kurzmann, Biliana Vouchkova, Evan Parker, Chris Corzano and numerous others. Performances/workshops/lectures etc in Europe, USA, Canada, Russia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Commissions and premieres at Huddersfield Contemporary Musicfestival, Gong Tomorrow, Donaueschingen New Music Festival/SWR, Ensemble Modern, Danish Radio Orchestra, Copenhagen Art Ensemble a.o....

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