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31 January 2025, at 7:00 p.m., Multicultural Centre of Transilvania University

Chamber Jazz @ Transilvania University returns with this year’s first concert, which brings on stage, in a successful collaboration, Christian Lillinger (drums) and Sian Brie (guitar).

Christian Lillinger and Sian Brie began their collaboration in 2016, with a demo starting from Sian’s compositions. Inspired by the visual art movement of gesturalism, the duo’s music transposes, through the physical act of performance, their own subjectivity and emotions, conveyed as spontaneous, intuitive creations. In this regard, music turns into the expression of the sensitivity and idiosyncrasies arising from the two artists’ interaction.

Christian Lillinger, known for his innovative approach to percussion, is one of the most interesting drummers of the contemporary jazz and experimental music stage. With a career including over 110 albums, of which 23 released under his own name, Christian has redefined the limits of his instrument, interweaving technical precision and unlimited creativity. Distinguished with prestigious awards such as SWR Jazzpreis and German Jazz Prize, he has collaborated with internationally renowned artists and has been present on the stages of the most important festivals, from Donaueschinger Musiktage to Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

After studying at the National University of Music of Bucharest, where he was initiated into jazz and free jazz by the pianist Mircea Tiberian, Sian Brie moved to Berlin. There he had the opportunity to meet and collaborate with important musicians of the Berliner stage, such as Christian Lillinger, Horst Nonnenmacher or Manuel Miethe. After one year, Sian Brie left for London, a city where he met the musicians with whom he would form the experimental band UMAMI, namely John Edwards, Mark Sanders and Dawid Frydryk. Together with UMAMI, Sian Brie has given a series of concerts in Romania, the most recent being on the stage of Cluj Radio Hall and Apollo 111 Theatre of Bucharest. He is a co-founding member of the experimental music band And then This!, which also includes Diana Miron, Laurentiu Cotac and Daniel Stanciu. Over time, he has collaborated with artists such as Maurice de Martin, Michael Griener, Aram Shelton, Anthony Gutierrez or Peter Ajtai.

We are therefore waiting for you on Friday, 31 January 2025, at 7:00 p.m., at the Multicultural Centre of Transilvania University (29 Eroilor Blvd). 

Partners: Goethe Institute Romania and German Cultural Centre of Brașov

The entrance is free, within the limit of available seats.