{"id":929,"date":"2017-05-03T17:16:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T17:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2024-03-14T08:15:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:15:13","slug":"the-hille-konighofer-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=929","title":{"rendered":"Hille-K\u00f6nighofer Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSC03046-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Hille-K\u00f6nighofer Experience is a refreshingly anarchistic improvisation Duo that spontaneously creates multi-colored and multi-faceted soundscapes.<br \/>\nTheir musical conversations have mesmerized audiences in concert halls, art museums as well as in garages or jazz clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian saxophonist Herbert K\u00f6nighofer also plays the bass flute, the bass clarinet, he sings and speaks, plays guitar, percussion and uses loops.<br \/>\nHille plays acoustic and electric piano (Fender Rhodes), uses analogue synthesizers, loops and effect pedals, and plays theremin and percussion.<\/p>\n<p>Hille met K\u00f6nighofer for the first time at the Salzburg train station in September 2016, three hours before their first concert.<br \/>\nAfter that, the duo has toured extensively, performing in Austria, Finland and Estonia.<br \/>\nHere is a video from a concert at Vienna&#8217;s &#8216;Roter Salon&#8217;:<\/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>There followed concerts at Espoo&#8217;s museum of modern art EMMA, three visits to Tampere&#8217;s Sara Hild\u00e9n museum, various jazz clubs in Finland and Austria as well as two concerts in Helsinki&#8217;s Temppeliaukio Church.<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-1197x800.jpg 1197w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-958x640.jpg 958w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757-640x428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3757.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Temppeliaukio Church concert in November 2018 was recorded and released on CD under the title &#8216;All &amp; Everything&#8217; in 2019.<br \/>\nThe CD can be listened to (and purchased) on Sid&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sidhille.bandcamp.com\/album\/all-everything\">bandcamp website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a clip from the same concert, including a moment when Hille conducts the audience to participate by coughing:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/geMff5b7P0k\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On various occasions multi-instrumentalist K\u00f6nighofer teamed up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=778\">Hille&#8217;s trio F#<\/a>, an improvising trio that is operating on similar guidelines, creating spontaneously composed soundscapes as a jazz group.<br \/>\nHere is a clip from Philly Joe&#8217;s jazzclub in Tallinn, Estonia, where F# feat. K\u00f6nighofer was joined by Estonian singer Liina Saar to create some magical moments:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HM25UZj37yU\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Hille-K\u00f6nighofer Experience will be on tour in Finland in the beginning of May 2024 and in Austria in June 2024.<br \/>\nPlease, check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=1513\">gig calendar<\/a> to stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hille-K\u00f6nighofer Experience is a refreshingly anarchistic improvisation Duo that spontaneously creates multi-colored and multi-faceted soundscapes. 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