Saturday, 1/18/2025
at 8:00 PM



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Moving songs from Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and more

The Dresden-based duo KATERYNA KRAVCHENKO & ARTHUR CLEES experiments with refreshing approaches to setting poetry to music, improvisation, and the unique combination of their instruments to explore different sound worlds. Ukrainian singer Kateryna Kravchenko and Luxembourgian vibraphonist Arthur Clees met at the University of Music Dresden. After performing at various venues and being invited to the podcast "Hören. Ein Kulturpodcast," they decided to work on a completely new repertoire consisting solely of self-composed pieces. The result was awarded the Grand Prix at the International Jazz Juniors Competition in Krakow (Poland).
In March 2024, Kateryna Kravchenko's "Maria Prymachenko Suite" had its world premiere with a 12-member band – a major composition inspired by the paintings of Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko, whose museum was tragically destroyed at the beginning of the Russian large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
In the following months, the KRAVCHENKO – CLEES DUO performed across Europe in Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Germany, among others, with pieces from the suite, often featuring clarinetist EDGAR NEUMANN as a "special guest". He has since joined the ensemble permanently as a trio.

The band SVĚTLEM has been active in the Czech music scene since 2023. It arose from the urgent need of the band members to write and perform their own pieces. At the end of May 2024, Světlem performed their complete program publicly for the first time at the Vihohradský Pivovar in Prague. A recording of the concert became their debut album, which is now available on all platforms. Their alternative jazz-pop songs deal with their "concerns and joys – feelings that every listener can easily relate to and empathize with. We try to spread love and brightness in a world full of hate and darkness – hence the name of the group 'Světlem' (translated: through the light)."

Doors open at 7 PM

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KATERYNA KRAVCHENKO & ARTHUR CLEES feat. EDGAR NEUMANN [d] // SVĚTLEM (cz)