The woodwind duo NoSax NoClar has captivated audiences across Europe with their deep sound and seamless interplay. The French pair, who performed at the Etnosoi! festival in autumn 2023, will be in Finland for an artist residency from July 20 to 26 and will perform in Helsinki, Sein\u00e4joki, and at the Raahe Jazz on the Beach festival.<\/p>\n
The name says it all \u2013 how to do more with less? Is a duo simply a dialogue between saxophone and clarinet? How to go further? How to capture attention with the power of two breaths?<\/p>\n
Bastien Weeger and Julien Stella have discovered, through this project, a formula whose full dimensions they could not have imagined. Each piece, each program is for them an opportunity to explore the art of dialogue as a duo. NoSax NoClar finds excuses in everything to seek new ways to play their instruments (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto and soprano saxophone). A play of textures \u2013 but especially rhythms \u2013 is at the heart of their music. They perform with virtuosic fearlessness, making the audience almost forget there are only two musicians on stage.<\/p>\n
NoSax NoClar was selected for the prestigious Jazz Migration touring program in 2019. Since then, the duo has released three albums on the Yolk label: Kahms\u00efn (2020), R\u00ebd Sisters (2021), and No D\u00e5h\u00efss (2023).<\/p>\n
Julien Stella<\/strong>: clarinet, bass clarinet, compositions Photo: Jeff Rabillon<\/p>\n Concert production: Vapaat \u00e4\u00e4net & Aux heures d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 – Artists in Residence \u2013 Sounds of Europe: Co-funded by the European Union<\/p>\n The concert is supported by City of Helsinki and Svenska Kulturfonden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The woodwind duo NoSax NoClar has captivated audiences across Europe with their deep sound and seamless interplay. The French pair, who performed at the Etnosoi! festival in autumn 2023, will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5758,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-5760","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBastien Weeger<\/strong>: alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet, compositions<\/p>\n