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DEAE
Zofia Ilnicka – flutes
Ola Rzepka – drums, keyboards, electronics
DEAE is a duo for flutes, drums, keyboards and electronics. Their starting point is the medieval music of Hildegard of Bingen, transformed into partly composed contemporary improvised material, shaped and filtered through their distinctive musical sensibilities.
In 2023, the ensemble made a warmly received concert debut with Estonian double bassist Mingo Rajandi at the 12th Katowice JazzArt Festival and Jazzkaar in Tallinn. In 2024, the duo performed at the Days of New Music in Gdańsk, the Lublin Jazz Festival’s Future Friendly series and Jazz Club Od Nowa in Toruń. They have also collaborated with Axel Dörner and Erhard Hirt at Avant Art Festival in Berlin and at the closing concert of the Ad Libitum festival in the Witold Lutosławski Studio.
The album lithium was released on 24 June 2024 by Kilogram Records.
Zofia Ilnicka is a flautist, composer and improviser working at the intersection of classical, experimental and improvised music. She graduated from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in 2016. She explores extended performance techniques and takes part in projects including DEAE, Hajstra Trio, Trio_io, Layers, Space Welders, Brzoska Kolektyw and Kraków Improvisers Orchestra. She has worked with the Pomeranian Philharmonic and the Toruń Symphony Orchestra, and performed with Zygmunt Krauze, Agustí Fernández and Timothée Quost.
Ola Rzepka is a drummer, pianist, composer and performer. A graduate of the Academy of Music in Katowice, she also held a scholarship at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, studying piano and drums. She teaches music lessons and workshops, including piano improvisation. Her collaborators include Raphael Rogiński and Antoni Ziut Gralak. She has composed music for theatre, including the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków and Capitol in Wrocław. She received recognition in Jazz Forum’s Jazz Top 2024 critics’ poll.
Shih-Yang Lee Solo
Shih-Yang Lee – piano (Taiwan)
Shih-Yang Lee is an acclaimed Taiwanese pianist, composer and curator working primarily in improvised music. He has performed across Europe and Asia at festivals including Météo Festival in France, All Ears Festival in Norway, Jazz Improvise Meeting Festival in China, Freespace Jazz Fest in Hong Kong and KLEX Festival in Malaysia.
He has collaborated on dance projects and founded the improvising ensemble Ka Dao Yin, with which he has received prestigious honours including the Taishin Art Award, Golden Melody Award and Golden Indie Music Award. As a curator, he is a leading figure in Taiwan’s rapidly developing improvised music scene.
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