This year's festival will feature an exchange of artists not only from Spain and Denmark but also from other European improvisation scenes, including Poland and England. Additionally, this edition will emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the art of improvisation.
Copenhagen concert series
August 28th & 29th 2023
@Metronomen, Copenhagen
This concert serie in Copenhagen presented a diverse program of Scandinavian-based artists, who each explored numerous sound worlds in their own approach.
Featured artists: Malina Midera, Bruno Tagliasacchi Masia, Sól Ey, Antti Lähdesmäki, Otso Kasperi Mielon, Beatriz Gijón, Sigrid Aftret, Mumriq
Aarhus concert series
July 16th 2023
@Institut for (X), Aarhus
We brought GIF all the way to Denmark’s second-biggest city’s Jazz Festival - presenting the international septet Onbeat and the Aarhus-based quintett WATATU.
A colorful mixture of groove, experimentation and jazz filled the spaces of Institut for X, with Beatriz Gijón’s “Onbeat” playing the first set on stage. WATATU concluded the evening by making people get out of their chairs and dance together until the last song.
Granada Improfest was part of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival this year! Local improvisers and musicians presented their own projects and works, for example the Copenhagen-based trio “Evil Girl”, the performance project “Lexie”, the danish duo “Plum” or the video installation “(What lies) Between two habitats”.
Copenhagen concert series
2nd,3rd,4th July 2023
@Metronomen, Copenhagen
In addition, improvisation ensembles were put together for this occasion, including artists such as Beatriz Gijón, Antti Lähdesmäki, Sarvin Asa, Carolyn Goodwin, Anne Efternøler, and Maria Dybbroe.