Free Roskam jazz concerts

Lúcia Pires invites
22 February 2026 E 20:00
Lúcia Pires - flute, electronics
Chaeyon Lee - keys, synths
Sasha Sykes - voice, modular synth
+ Guests
Lúcia Pires (flute, electronics) invites singer and modular synth artist Sasha Sykes, along with pianist and synth player Chaeyeon Lee, to explore the crossroads of electronic and acoustic sound through improvisation and song.

Le Grand Partir
1 March 2026 E 20:00
Sam Comerford - saxophone, clarinette
Théo Lanau - drums, keys
Léo Rathier - guitar
Benjamin Sauzereau - guitar
Le Grand Partir is led by drummer Théo Lanau, a prolific and eclectic musician, influenced by the work of Jim O'Rourke, Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley and Fred Frith. Together with guitarists Benjamin Sauzereau, Léo Rathier and clarinetist, saxophonist Sam Comerford, the quartet delivers a sensitive and striking music.
For those who like : Gastr del Sol, The Lounge Lizards, Marisa Anderson, Horse Lords, Dirty Three

Another Part Of
The World (CH/DE)
15 March 2026 E 20:00
Marc Jufer - saxes, composition
Josephine Nagorsnik - trombone
Christian Weber - doublebass
Clément Grin - drums
Entre lignes finement sculptées et élans sauvages, Another Part Of The World explore une géographie sonore mouvante, où quatre improvisateur·rices d’exception dessinent, à chaque détour, un monde libre et singulier.

Rajazz meets Messiaen
5 April 2026 E 20:00
Manuel Hermia - alto saxophone
Laurence Cousseau - alto flute
Clément Cerovecki - keyboard
Gionata Giardina - drums
Emanuel Van Mieghem - double bass
As part of his FRArt research grant, Manuel Hermia launched a call for scores in 2024, inviting composers to write new works based on his theory of rajazz. In response, Clément Cerovecki wrote a series of pieces which combine the rajazz system with Messiaen’s modes. The symbolic motivation behind rajazz’s theory arises from a desire to merge contrasting approaches from Eastern music (modal) versus Western music (tonal). In parallel, Messiaen’s modes of limited transposition are another source of fascinating ambiguity through the opposition between their idealistic rigidity (exact divisions of the octave) and strong poetical potential (tonal evocations and coloristic imagination). In parallel, Messiaen’s modes contain other kinds of contrasts, between their idealistic rigidity (exact divisions of the octave) versus strong poetical potential (tonal evocations and coloristic imagination). From the meeting of these two systems emerges a music with gently weird and unfamiliar colors, open to multiple readings and allowing each musician to freely follow distinct approaches simultaneously. The quintet will play compositions by Clément and Manuel


