“Tradition is not worshipping the ashes, but passing on the fire”
(Gustav Mahler)

Starting out as the rhythm section of the band Beefólk, the time eventually came for the ardent musicians of Chrstian Bakanic’s Trio Infernal to break new ground.

A well-attuned working band, they torch popular clichés ablaze, for Christian Bakanic, Christian Wendt, and Jörg Haberl have little in common with a classical accordion trio.

These three three top-class musicians present a vibrantly vivid sound experience that overcomes accustomed styles and abolishes borders – music that is full of freedom, passion, virtuosity, and imagination.

Christian Bakanic, an Austrian accordionist and composer, studied folk music at the Johann Joseph Fux conservatory in Graz, classical accordion at Graz University of Arts and has already made his mark as a jazz musician in Austria. His musical approaches and experiences blend subtly in his compositions and combine the complex spontaneity of jazz, the temperamental passion of Tango Nuevo, and the disciplined momentum of European classicism with multifaceted traditions of European folk music.

The essence of Christian Bakanic’s work is the steady motion, the continuous exchange, and not least the exciting search for new potentials. Curiosity and passion fuel his creative engine, whilst he convinces an audience with authenticity and virtuosity.

“The accordion owes the radical improvement of its image over the last years not least to virtuosos like Christian Bakanic. The musician, who, besides the accordion, plays bandoneón, Steirische Harmonika, piano, and percussions, is known from the highly acclaimed formations Beefólk and Folksmilch, as well as his excellent Trio Infernal, which can be classified as modern jazz. The fact that the star pianist Markus Schirmer hired Bakanic for his project Scurdia is yet further evidence of his mastery and reputation.”
(Eva Schulz, Kleine Zeitung, 11. 11. 2011)

www.christianbakanic.com/projects_trio_infernal

Christian Bakanic’s Trio Infernal

Christian Bakanic - accordion, keyboard, percussion
Christian Wendt - dDouble bass, electric bass
Jörg Haberl - drums

Free entrance.

Concert organised in cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw