Originally from a double «classical and jazz» formation and motivated to working together, the tandem Jef Neve & Pascal Schumacher form a duet (vibraphone - piano) since 2005.
This enables them to open a new form of chamber music that mixes their various influences and gives rise to a true poetry of sounds. Jef and Pascal seek to be non-sectarian musicians who aspire to combine the colours of Claude Debussy to the universe of Steve Reich’s Monkish dissonances with the rhythmical world of Igor Stravinsky and vice versa.
They like the unbounded horizons and have taken time to find a musical agreement in which they arranged for free spaces so that each concert has a particular and new dimension.
The duo’s album “Face to Face” will be released in January 2010 on Enja Records, followed by a ‘Rising Star’ tour for ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) in Europe’s most prestigious venues like Paris Cité de la Musique, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Köln Philharmonie, Wien Konzerthaus, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, etc ..

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