FORBIDDEN COLOR is a quartet of experimental music on historical instruments conceived by Violeta Motta and Rodolphe Loubatière, in collaboration with Anna-Kaisa Meklin and Sandra Weiss. The four musicians explore together the different possibilities of  identifying phenomena related to Baroque performance, such as timbre, nuances, colours, etc., or any element that can make the transition between the usual and the imperceptible sensory. They underline and speak spaces that disturb us in the face of the idea of the familiar and deepen that unique area of conflict between the place of one music and another.

Anker/Sandell/de Heney (DK/SE)
Trio collaboration by 3 eminent and idiosyncratic musicians/improvisers/composers. All three well acquainted with each other from numerous bands, projects and ad hoc constellations over the decades. This is the first time though, they perform as a trio. Powerful expressions, sonic explorations, beautiful confrontations, inte...

FORBIDDEN COLOR is a quartet of experimental music on historical instruments conceived by Violeta Motta and Rodolphe Loubatière, in collaboration with Anna-Kaisa Meklin and Sandra Weiss. The four musicians explore together the different possibilities of  identifying phenomena related to Baroque performance, such as timbre, nuances, colours, etc., or any element that can make the transition between the usual and the imperceptible sensory. They underline and speak spaces that disturb us in the face of the idea of the familiar and deepen that unique area of conflict between the place of one music and another.

Anker/Sandell/de Heney (DK/SE)
Trio collaboration by 3 eminent and idiosyncratic musicians/improvisers/composers. All three well acquainted with each other from numerous bands, projects and ad hoc constellations over the decades. This is the first time though, they perform as a trio. Powerful expressions, sonic explorations, beautiful confrontations, intense presence..

Sten Sandell: Stockholm based Freelancer and Cooperation with Musicians/ Composers including among others: Tone Åse, Lotte Anker, Chris Cutler, Sverrir Gudjonsson, Nina de Heney, Sofia Jernberg, Sven-Åke Johansson, Paal Nilssen-Love, Evan Parker, Kristine Scholz, Carl-Axel Dominique, Phil Wachsmann, Paul Lytton, Emil Strandberg, Mats Gustafsson and Raymond Strid. Music and visual arts, incl Jan-Bertil Andersson, Inger Arvidsson, Katarina Eismann. Music and dance, incl Ingrid Olterman, Nathalie Ruiz, Bo Arenander ao. Music and Drama incl Johan Petri, Stina Ekblad, Magnus Florin, Jörgen Gassilewsk, Willy Kyrklund ao. Concerts, Performances, Seminars in Europe, North America, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, Japan and South Corea 1976-2021.
www.stensandell.com

Lotte Anker: Cph-based saxophonist/composer between improvisation/experimental jazz/ contemporary (new) music. Bands & recent collaborations: Anker/Taborn/Cleaver, What River Ensemble, Lotte Anker & Fred Frith, Sub Habitat (w/ Mazen Kerbaj, Katt Hernandez, Sten Sandell, Andrea Neumann, Burkhard Beins), Wassermann/Anker/ Parkins, Ikue Mori, Okkyung Lee, Magda Mayas, Tony Buck, Nate Wooley, Thomas Lehn, Paul Lovens, Billiana Vouchkova, Evan Parker, Torben Snekkestad, Gabriel Ferrandini and many 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 ao.
www.lotteanker.com

Nina de Heney: Based in Gothenburg, Nina grew up in Switzerland. After studies with
Miroslav Vitous at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Nina moved to
Sweden in 1983, where she again studied at the Göteborg Conservatory of Music, and
where she also achieved a Soloist Diploma. Solo performances, often working with
dancers and co-founder of the festival Dance 'n' Bass alongside dancer and
choreographer Anna Westberg. Her three solo albums Archipelago, 2 and Three have all
been met with critical acclaim as well as a number of awards. Nina has been working in
the jazz and improvisation scene in Sweden and Europe for many years with a number of
groups/musicians and is currently working in duo with pianist Lisa Ullén and in trio with
Karin Johansson, piano, and Henrik Wartel, drums.
www.ninadeheney.com...

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