Thomas Strønen
Time Is a Blind Guide

Performers
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Ayumi Tanaka, piano
Håkon Aase, violin and percussion
Leo Svensson Sander, cello
Ole Morten Vågan, double bass
Thomas Strønen, drums and percussion
Program
Time is a blind guide, perhaps, but time will tell us if projects like this one by Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen succeed in breaking through the boundaries that restrict some music and musicians to certain cycles and spaces. Time will tell, of course, but Time Is A Blind Guide can be performed by either string trio or by a conventional jazz trio. The latter opens the doors to the world of jazz, while the former (I’m not so sure about this) those of chamber music. In fact, I have my doubts about jazz too, as Strønen’s approach is unlike what many would understand as jazz. There is certainly improvisation. Indeed, Strønen proposes that the compositions should merely be guidelines and that the musicians should play “whatever seems right to them”. This clearly goes against the conventions of chamber music. The dilemma can be easily resolved: take your seat, open your ears wide and let yourself be carried away by this essentially beautiful music. And what is beauty? We’ll talk on the way out.
- Thursday 2 March 20:00
- €15
- Hall 2 Oriol Martorell
- Sessions
Jazz? Chamber music? Strønen’s music is essentially beautiful.
Sessions and tickets
Thursday
- Dates:
- 2 March 2023
- Time:
- 20:00
- Price:
- €15

Wesphere
Nosaltres Esfera – Escultura Sònica
- Representacions:
- 16 March 2023
- Lloc:
- Sala 3 Tete Montoliu

Za! & La TransMegaCobla
Cobla Festival
- Representacions:
- 25 March 2023
- Lloc:
- Hall 2 Oriol Martorell

The death of the Radioshow genre
- Representacions:
- 5 May 2023
- Lloc:
- Hall 2 Oriol Martorell