Gordon Grdina & Christian Lillinger are two of the creative Jazz World’s most exciting and prolific improvisers. On April 04, they will be performing at An die Musik Live for the first time as a duo, performing selections from Duo Work, their groundbreaking new album that landed on numerous best of 2024 lists.

Phenomenal genre-mashing juggernaut Grdina/Lil’inger mixes electronica, drum and bass, metal, punk, and freejazz, into their explosively self-expressive sound.

A force of nature on guitar and oud Grdina and virtuosic powerhouse innovator Lil’iinger intersperses intense, complex, spacious, heavily grooving free improv with modular composition ideas. With equal parts rock, punk, and exploratory atonality, these next-level innovators take unexpected turns at every corner taking their wildfire chemistry to the next level in this duo setting.

Gordon Grdina and KrisChen Lil’inger first collaborated in 2017 when creating the debut Live album of Grdina's Project Square Peg. On their debut album DUO WORK on ATTABOYGIRL RECORDS they have expanded their palette to include electronics, and midi-controlled instruments. The resulting sonic creations draw on influences from electronica, Persian and Arabic music, metal, freejazz, Alban Berg and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The overarching connecting theme being an intense dedication to improvisation.

In-person seats: $25 / $10 students
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.

Streaming passes: $15
The link will remain active through April 11

Donations welcome!