&#8220;As soon as I could stand, I was wandering over to the piano, wanting to play,&#8221; she remembers. &#8220;I started piano lessons aged six, then wrote my first piece of music aged seven, inspired by a storm outside.&#8221; By thirteen, she’d recorded a DIY album between classes at school.

Later in life, Evensen spent some time living in London and New York. &#8220;Whatever city I was in, I would find a piano. I needed to. Music has always helped me organise and understand how I’m feeling and release something that maybe I’ve been carrying within.&#8221;

Eydís Evensen

Eydís Evensen is a classically-trained pianist and post-classical composer from the Icelandic North. Her music reflects on the nature she grew up in and her years of travel abroad.

Icelandic Pianist and Composer

Fyrir Mikael

Bylur

Midnight Moon

Dagdraumur

Wandering II

Brotin

Eydís Evensen un Sinfonietta Rīga stīgu kvartets

Cēsis Vidzeme Concert Hall

Kumu Auditoorium

Gogo Penguin was formed in 2012, and since then, they have released several critically acclaimed projects. Their sophomore album v2.0 has received a nomination for the Mercury Prize. During their time on Blue Note Records, they sold over 300.000 albums, making them the best-selling contemporary instrumental artists on the label. The band composes and performs as a unit, and the band members refer to their music as &#8220;acoustic-electronica.&#8221; Their primarily (but not exclusively) acoustic music draws on break-beats, classical influences, jazz, minimalist piano melodies, powerful basslines, drums inspired from electronica, and anthemic riffs. The combination of &#8220;the human and the machine,&#8221; says Chris Illingworth, the band&#8217;s pianist, &#8220;will remain core to GoGo Penguin&#8217;s MO.&#8221;

GoGo Penguin has toured extensively internationally, performing at International Festivals such as Coachella, Outside Lands, Fuji Rock, Blue Dot, Montreal Jazz Festival, La Vienne, Pukkelpop, North Sea Jazz, and many more and have sold-out venues across the world from The Royal Albert Hall to La Cigale via Paradiso and Bowery Ball Room. In 2015 the trio debuted its own original score for the cult film ‘Koyaanisqatsi,’ performing the show to audiences worldwide.

GoGo Penguin

Known worldwide for their iconic sound and fiery live performances, GoGo Penguin (Chris Illingworth, Nick Blacka, Jon Scott) have been pioneers of genre-blending instrumental music for years, with their unique blend of influences from jazz, rock, electronic, and modern classical music.

British Band

Zorlu PSM, Istanbul

Zorlu PSM Touche

Sala Apolo

Tivoli Vredenburg

Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

Paradiso

Eurosonic Noorderslag 2023

Oosterpoort

National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

New Century Hall

Roundhouse

Elbphilharmonie - Kleiner Saal

XXIM:EXPO is our exploratory series for outstanding young talents from across the whole spectrum of progressive instrumental music. Each instalment is given to one artist to curate his or her own ideal EP, sharing their own unique musical vision. With XXIM:EXPO we want to give young artists a platform, while mapping out all areas and developments of our wide area of music. 

Dec '22

Eydís Evensen

Cēsis Vidzeme Concert Hall - Cēsis, Latvia

Eydís Evensen

Kumu Auditoorium - Tallinn, Estonia

GoGo Penguin

Zorlu PSM Touche - Beşiktaş, Turkey

GoGo Penguin

Sala Apolo - Barcelona, Spain

GoGo Penguin

Tivoli Vredenburg - Utrecht, Netherlands

GoGo Penguin

Muziekgebouw Eindhoven - Eindhoven, Netherlands

GoGo Penguin

Paradiso - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jan '23

Eydís Evensen

Oosterpoort - Groningen, Netherlands

Feb '23

GoGo Penguin

National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Katowice, Poland

May '23

GoGo Penguin

New Century Hall - Manchester, United Kingdom

GoGo Penguin

Roundhouse - London, United Kingdom

Jun '23

Eydís Evensen

Elbphilharmonie - Kleiner Saal - Hamburg, Germany

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