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Edith Lettner- alto & soprano saxophone, duduk

Alessandro Vicard-  double bass

 

The two cosmopolitan musicians share a glowing intensity in their playing and a rich vocabulary for dialogs full of temperament and changing moods. The fact that both are also visual artists certainly has a significant influence on their musical potential. For some years now, they have performed together again and again to live out their passion for improvisation and Edith Lettner regularly takes part in the RARA Festival for Improvised Music founded by Alessandro Vicard in his home town of Palazzolo/ Sicily. She was part of the “Sicilian Connection” at Wien Modern Festival 2019 as well.

 

Alessandro Vicard

Double bass player - composer - visual artist

 

He worked with visual artists, composers, performers, and composed music for theater, film productions and multimedia projects.

In 2019, he was the curator of the "Sicilian Connection" at Wien Modern.

In the same year, Alessandro's first opera was presented at "Wir sind Wien".

Collaborations with Peter Greenaway and Saskia Boddeke (GB/NL),Giancarlo Schiaffini, Mark Dresser, Benat Achiary, Agostino DiScipio, Michael Fischer, Gianni Gebbia, Franz Hautzinger, Didi Kern, Cort Lippe, Kuchera-Morin, Marcello Nisinman, Barre Phillips, Steve Potts, Michael Riessler, Vienna Improvisers Orchestra, Jacek Kochan; for theatre with EmmeA Teatro (I), Theatre Spirale (Switzerland).

Since 2019 he is acting as composer of the Gervasi Tanz Company(Vienna).

Tours in Europe, Asia, Cuba, Lebanon.

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Edith Lettner

Is a musician, composer and painter, who performs internationally with numerous outstanding musicians & bands. With her chosen instruments, alto & soprano saxophone and duduk, she plays jazz, improvisational music and world music.

 

Edith’s unique sound and polychromatic talent have been shaped by an openness to different artistic genres and cultures and her numerous stays abroad (New York, Sicily, Senegal, Morocco, Canada, Armenia, …) Improvisation seems to be written into her DNA; it drives her music, her art work, and it defines how she lives her life.

 

Edith has recorded many CDs and has composed music for film, theatre and dance performances. In the field of improvised music she has worked with many inspiring artists in New York e.g. Warren Smith, Dafna Naphtali, Eric Zinman, Kenny Wessel, Ras Moshe Burnett und Mara Rosenblum, Matt Lavelle…. in Austria with Alessandro Vicard, Howard Curtis, Sylvia Bruckner, Herbert Lacina, Ursula Schwarz, Stephan Brodsky, Martin Kratochwil and many more. A studio session on Sicily with TRes Drei Trio with Antonio Longo on drums and Antonio Aiello on double bass will soon be released on CD and vinyl.