LOOS Verein Voor Improvisation
The LOOS Verein Voor Improvisation (LVVI) is a concert and workshop series dedicated to improvised and adventurous music organized and housed at Studio LOOS. Current curator is Ike.
The mission of LVVI is to bring top improvisors (professionals and new talents) to Studio LOOS to inspire and enrich the improvisation community in The Hague. LVVI works hand-in-hand with Transfer to create an artistic dialogue about various kinds of improvisation, including non-western traditions. LVVI hosts concerts, masterclasses, workshops, and jam sessions. Past LVVI artists have included the Evan Parker, Roscoe Mitchell, the ICP, Michiel Braam, Peter Evans, Frank Gratkowski, Matthew Ostrowski, Leo Svirsky, Jasper Stadhouders, The Astronotes, Geoff Leigh, Ab Baars, Luc Houtkamp, Frank Wuyts, Seppe Gebruers, the Sho Shin Trio, Rempis, Stadhouders, Rosaly & Henry Fraser, Ada Rave, Wilbert de Joode, Erik Boeren, Cement Shoes, Daniele de Santis, Timothée Quost, Görkem Arikan, Abacaxi, Pak Yan Lau, Lynn Cassiers, John Pope & Faye MacCalman, and others. LVVI has been curated/produced by different artists like Leo Svirsky, Anna Smaragda, Laura Agnusdei, Riccardo Marogna. Editor in Chief is Peter van Bergen.
LVVI 2019 events
SHO SHIN TRIO ( IT/BE )
Seppe Gebruers: piano
Riccardo La Foresta: drums
Riccardo Marogna: tenor saxophone, clarinets
ABACAXI (FR)
Julien Desprez: Guitar, Composition, Light
Jean François Riffaud: Bass, Light
Max Andrzejewski: Drums, Synth, Light
LVVI 2018 events
Join us at Studio Loos for a one-day festival about free improvisation with 27 musicians coming from Den Haag, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Utrecht ready to improvise in many different combinations. And then videos, DJ sets, delicious Mediterranean food, drinks!
