Maxine Troglauer wanted to learn an instrument that none of the other girls played yet. At the age of six she decided to play the trombone. The specialization in the bass trombone – traditionally a purely male domain – also came early. After two years in New York, the 28-year-old is now one of the outstanding border crossers between jazz, classical and contemporary music. Her colleague Goran Stevanovich originally had piano in mind, but in 1992, when he was six, war broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina and most of the teachers fled. So he picked up the popular accordion, whose sound he liked so much. Starting from Bosnian folklore, Stevanovich developed into a conceivably independent musician who switches effortlessly between new music, improvisation and brilliant solo literature. When the two team up with percussionist Leonard Senfter, the whole musical world seems to be open to them. No wonder they call themselves "cosmopolitans". It's about much more than miles and more: what they're looking for is poetry and feeling, groove and flow....

Moderated concert without intermission