HERZOG | MUCHE | NILLESEN – TON meets HEDVIG MOLLESTAD

HERZOG | MUCHE | NILLESEN is a trio for advanced improvisation at the interface of new music, experimental playing styles and free sound research. With trombone, double bass and snare drums, the three musicians develop a highly concentrated, physically and acoustically precise music in which timbre, resonance and microtonal friction take center stage.
The instruments are conceived and played beyond traditional roles. Breath, friction, overtone fields and subtle movements form dense, intertwined sound spaces. It is not about effects or virtuosity, but about a carefully balanced whole that slowly unfolds and demands a special quality of listening.
The music moves between intimate reduction and expansive, constantly changing soundscapes. Dynamics, form and tonality emerge from the moment and deliberately remain open, creating space for individual perception and concentrated attention.
"It must be impressive to experience the space filled with the omnipresent sounds of this adventurous trio."

• Dolf Mulder

HEDVIG MOLLESTAD - SOLO
Hedvig Mollestad is a Norwegian guitarist and composer, working in a wide range of scenes and genres, being an artist with a take-no-prisoners-attitude no matter the task given. She’s toured with her trio for 15 years to big venues like SXSW, Vancouver Jazz festival, Berlin and London Jazz fest, Penang Jazz festival (Malaysia), Superdeluxe in Tokyo, Roadburn, Down the Hill and toured all over Europe. In 2023 she was Artist in Residence at Molde Int. Jazz Festival, and in 2020 Downbeat claimed she was one of 25 who would «shape the direction of jazz in the decades to come». She has received two Grammys for her releases as a solo artist, and she has collaborated with names like Colin Stetson, Mats Gustafsson, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Shahzad Ismaily, Ingrid Laubrock, Nels Cline and Trevor Dunn. Her next release is due 17th April, together with Ståle Storløkken and Ole Mofjell: Bitches Blues.