Sifters is a new international powerhouse trio with players who have made their mark in the world of free improvisation and experimental music. Together they explore multi-faceted terrains, with free-wheeling improvisation stemming from compact compositional gems. Their sound is as intricate as it is intense, infusing the avant-garde with both raw, explosive energy and uncanny, quizzical passages.

Drummer Kate Gentile will make her debut on our stage. Since 2011 she has been active as a performer and composer out of Brooklyn, New York, collaborating with jazz and improv greats such as Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas and John Zorn. In Sifters she plays with her close collaborator Jeremy Viner, the American saxophonist and clarinetist currently based in Berlin, who has performed on our stage with Anna Webber and Steve Lehman. Guitarist Marc Ducret is a veteran of French adventurous music and has previously played here with the likes of Louis Sclavis and Tim Berne.

Jeremy Viner tenor sax/clarinet, Marc Ducret guitar, Kate Gentile drums