Presenting Petr Vrba at n:ear is like presenting Mozart at the Prague Spring festival. What is clear is that if anyone is addicted to blowing, it’s him. Vrba plays trumpet and has played it all around the world. In a caption about Vrba you can make a few standard pages long list of world class musicians he has worked with or you can take the easier route and list those with whom he did not. He has already played at n:ear with the Prague Improvisation Orchestra. This time he will be performing with younger talent of the Prague scene - Michael Nachvátal aka Kult Masek. He and his modular synthesizer will mix a light krautrock foundation for Vrba’s intergalactic excursions. This is a set that could also be described by the Latin motto 𝘗𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢. It starts with plugging in the wires, continues with knob-turning and oxygen deprivation, and ends with a hallucinogenic suction through one of the black holes.

Presenting Petr Vrba at n:ear is like presenting Mozart at the Prague Spring festival. What is clear is that if anyone is addicted to blowing, it’s him. Vrba plays trumpet and has played it all around the world. In a caption about Vrba you can make a few standard pages long list of world class musicians he has worked with or you can take the easier route and list those with whom he did not. He has already played at n:ear with the Prague Improvisation Orchestra. This time he will be performing with younger talent of the Prague scene - Michael Nachvátal aka Kult Masek. He and his modular synthesizer will mix a light krautrock foundation for Vrba’s intergalactic excursions. This is a set that could also be described by the Latin motto 𝘗𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢. It starts with plugging in the wires, continues with knob-turning and oxygen deprivation, and ends with a hallucinogenic suction through one of the black holes.

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n:ear is a space of closeness and intimacy, experimental music, avant-garde jazz, free improvisation and contemporary classical music. it is a space for attentive listening and sonic discovery in the captivating concert spaces of Banská Štiavnica. with its size and focus, it offers the opportunity to participate in this proximity and to establish unexpected encounters of both musical and non-musical kinds.

The fifth edition of the international festival of improvised and experimental music n:ear will bring artists from ten countries to various venues in Banská Štiavnica. n:ear suggests close and attentive listening, focused and perceptive hearing and promises an intense spectator and listener experience. In addition to concerts, the festival also presents lectures, site-specific performances, workshops, author readings and film screenings.

n:ear is a space of closeness and intimacy, experimental music, avant-garde jazz, free improvisation and contemporary classical music. it is a space for attentive listening and sonic discovery in the captivating concert spaces of Banská Štiavnica. with its size and focus, it offers the opportunity to participate in this proximity and to establish unexpected encounters of both musical and non-musical kinds.

The fifth edition of the international festival of improvised and experimental music n:ear will bring artists from ten countries to various venues in Banská Štiavnica. n:ear suggests close and attentive listening, focused and perceptive hearing and promises an intense spectator and listener experience. In addition to concerts, the festival also presents lectures, site-specific performances, workshops, author readings and film screenings.