Alpenglow is an international improvised music summit mixing leading players from Styria in Austria with a wide range of top-draw musicians from the UK. Embracing a true spirit of experimentation, this extended weekend of performance will mix many artists who, until now, have never shared a stage together to create unexpected and unpredictable results. Click here for more info.

Alpenglow takes place in Dalston, North London at the city's hub for experimental music Cafe Oto, and the capital's world-renowned jazz club The Vortex as well as St Barnabas Church in Dalston. British pianist and composer Veryan Weston and Austrian vocalist Annette Giesriegl, two of the leading figures in improvised music in their respective countries, have selected the artists performing over the weekend. The event will bring together 30 players drawn from across the spectrum of current approaches to improvised music performance in small group contexts and a large improvising orchestra led by the celebrated UK musician Steve Beresford.

Artists performing at Alpenglow:

Annette Giesriegl, Steve Beresford, Alison Blunt, Gail Brand, Angharad Davies, Jane Dickson, James Dunn, Elisabeth Harnik, Seppo Grundler, Josef Klammer, Katherina Klement, Caroline Kraabel, Peter Lackner, Klaus Lang, Hannah Marshall, Hugh Metcalfe, Maggie Nicols, Lee Patterson, Michael Pinter-Koschell, Armin Pokorn, Heimo Puschnigg, John Russell, Henrik Sande, Chuang Se-Lien, Manfred Stern, Rowland Sutherland, Christian Tschinkel, Gernot Tutner, Mark Wastell, Andreas Weixler, Veryan Weston, Mia Zabelka, Martin Zrost.

Alpenglow is supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum London, The Cultural Department of the Styrian Government, the Cultural Department of The City of Graz, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, SKE Fonds.