{"id":913,"date":"2017-03-14T15:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?p=913"},"modified":"2017-04-08T17:21:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T17:21:04","slug":"the-konighofer-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?p=913","title":{"rendered":"The K\u00f6nighofer experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-920 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-1200x800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-960x640.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What a week!<br \/>\nAnd what a thrill it was to play!<br \/>\nSix days, six concerts, 2500 kilometers covered.<br \/>\nIf you have followed this blog, you might remember how multi-instrumentalist Herbert K\u00f6nighofer and I met last year in September to play three concerts in Austria.<br \/>\nThe Vienna concert can be viewed here on Vimeo:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/183723183\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This time in Finland, we played three gigs as a quartet, Herby joining the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=778\">Sid Hille Trio F#<\/a> with bassist Jori Huhtala and drummer Markus Ketola, one as a quintet in Tallinn, Estonia, with the addition of singer Liina Saar, another one as trio, Herby, me and violinist Virpi Taskila and one more as a Duo at the Sara Hild\u00e9n Art Museum in Tampere.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-915 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-1197x800.jpg 1197w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-958x640.jpg 958w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-640x428.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wonderful and challenging thing of it was that all the concerts were completely improvised.<br \/>\nOne of us would play the first note and we&#8217;d take it from there, responding to each other, to the surroundings and the audience.<br \/>\nExciting!<br \/>\nNOW &#8211; and nothing but the present moment!<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll post some videos soon.<\/p>\n<p>Before Herby left Finland, we had a little photo session at the villa where Herby had been staying, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elaintarhanhuvila.fi\/fi\/huvila\">El\u00e4intarhan huvila<\/a> in Helsinki, which is a residence for foreign artists to spend up to two months and get inspired by this country and culture.<br \/>\nHere is another picture from that session:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-916 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03063-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03063-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03063-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03063-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03063-1200x800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03063-960x640.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03063-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, while we&#8217;re looking forward to some concerts coming up in Austria this fall and possibly also in Finland again, I got a pretty busy spring here in Helsinki.<br \/>\nFirst me and my old friend saxophonist Manuel Dunkel will be playing with tap dancers Max Pollack and Jussi Lindroos this week in Turku, then it&#8217;s time to get into the composer&#8217;s shed to dedicate myself to two commissions for organ pieces and then I&#8217;ll be heading to Bremen again for the JazzAhead, meeting &#8216;the industry&#8217;, promoters, agents, musician colleagues&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Things are happening!<br \/>\nAnd I haven&#8217;t even mentioned the new string quartet CD &#8216;Farbformen&#8217; yet&#8230; But I&#8217;ll get back to that next time.<\/p>\n<p>All the best to y&#8217;all<br \/>\nSid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a week! 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