Elisabeth Harnik and Vasco Trilla have followed each other’s work with great interest for many years. Trilla’s unique sound on drums and percussion is very similar to Harnik’s approach. Both work in an electro-acoustically inspired sound world, using specific preparations and extended techniques while pushing the limits of their instruments. They met in person for the first time at the Ictus Festival 2022 in Milan, organized by legendary composer, percussionist and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo. Since then they have been working together for joint sound searches and sound reflections.

Biographies

Austrian pianist and composer Elisabeth Harnik has a multifaceted work in improvised music, interdisciplinary projects, and contemporary composition. She studied classical piano and composition with Beat Furrer at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. As an improviser, she is inspired by electro-acoustic sound, using preparations and extended techniques to push the piano’s limits. Her performances combine physicality, introspection, intuition, and precision. She works internationally with renowned contemporary jazz musicians like Joëlle Léandre, Ken Vandermark and Harri Sjöström. CD releases document her compositional and pianistic activities.

Known for his imagination, cross-genre experience and the constant search for expanding the limits of his instrument, Vasco Trilla (born in Barcelona with Portuguese origins) is one of the most active, versatile and creative drummers of the european scene. He has recorded more than 100 albums, 6 solo, ranging from free improvisation, jazz and rock to metal and ambient music. Following international touring and collaborations with Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, Mars Williams, Patrick Shiroishi or Susana Santos Silva among many others, he has established himself as one of the leading voices of creative percussion.