For 25 years they have been making music of unequalled clarity, somewhere in-between jazz and chamber music. Moore and Kaufmann will perform a duo set followed by a performance with their quartet.

Saxophone and clarinet player Michael Moore and pianist Achim Kaufmann started playing together 25 years ago, when they both took part in the Amsterdam improv scene. Kaufmann currently lives in Berlin. There’s still a remarkable chemistry between the two, judging from their album trilogy Nothing Something, Something Nothing and Furthermore, which was recorded in Berlin. The music is of an unequaled clarity, whether it’s duo improvisation (Nothing Something), compositions (Something Nothing) or variations on the music of Herbie Nichols (Furthermore). During the concert the duo will be augmented to a quartet featuring double bassist Wilbert de Joode and drummer Michael Vatcher.

Michael Moore is renowned all over the world for his beautiful tone and his rich musical imagination, which links the American tradition to the anarchy of the Amsterdam-based ICP Orchestra, of which he is a member. The piano playing and compositions of Achim Kaufmann have associations with jazz, folk and chamber music.

‘You’re tempted to turn back and listen again. It is open music of the highest, most satisfying kind’ (Point of Departure).

The Bimhuis restaurant is open prior to the concert from 6.30 till 8.30PM (reservations via 020-7882158). After the concert, the Bimhuis Café is open (free entrance).