Programme Presentation – WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: TANGO EN DOS

Novi Soni Irma Servatius (Bratsche, Komposition) & Eva Jiménez (Bandoneon, Piano, Komposition)

Das Duo NOVI SONI Eva Jiménez (bandoneon, piano, compositions), Irma Servatius (viola, compositions)- create colourful, melancholic, swinging, tart, cheerful, rousingly rhythmic soundscapes:
boldly and freely painted in the air, glazed, opaque, pastose, framed by imaginative creations, the audience hears rhythms such as  tango nuevo, valses, milongas …

Eva Jiménez has been composing for over 20 years and plays in various formations.In her 2nd band she plays tenor sax together with a pianist and a drummer – jazz standards, original compositions and free improvisation (“House”).
Occasionally she also performs with a classical violinist and pianist. Here Eva’s

Eva’s compositions increasingly emphasise the special sound of the bandoneon.
Numerous training and further education programmes: at the conservatory and the University of Music in Graz, at jazz seminars, ongoing bandoneon lessons with Leandro Schnaider (Duo Ranas) from Buenos Aires.

Irma Servatius (Viola) is a native of Styrian, but grew up in Boston, USA. She trained as a concert bralist at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where she completed her master’s degree in 2006. She plays on a viola built especially for her by Marten Cornelissen in 2008. Among other things, she works with the music publishing house “Musikproduktion Höflich” for which she writes introductions for editions of music rarities. In 2015 she moved to Graz, and from the typical “classical setting” she performs with many groups. For example, United Intonations – a string quintet founded in Graz.