DE/SEMBLE Festival 

Juli Deák 

The Polish-Hungarian flutist and saxophonist Juli Deák bridges classical, contemporary, and jazz music through tender melodic lines, circular breathing, and percussive effects.

The Breathing Project, invites the audience into an intimate and organic sound world, where tender melodies intertwine with ever-lasting circular breathing and percussive effects. By highlighting the hidden sounds of the flute — breath noise, key clicks, and subtle tonal shifts — she creates a deeply immersive atmosphere. During her performances, she challenges both her physical limits and the traditional boundaries of the flute, presenting the circular breathing technique in a way that is raw and direct. 

https://www.de-semble.at/juli-deak/

DoYeon Kim x Lukas Lauermann

To close the DE/SEMBLE Festival 2026, two extraordinary string players meet for an improvised musical encounter: internationally acclaimed gayageum player DoYeon Kim and renowned Viennese cellist Lukas Lauermann.

DoYeon Kim

Featured in the NYTimes for “Blazing a trail for traditional Korean Zither in Jazz” DoYeon Kim is an internationally acclaimed artist known for her expansive and pioneering performances and compositions and for introducing the gayageum, an ancient Korean zither, into contemporary music.

Trained extensively in jazz and improvisation as well as in the canon of classical Korean music including Sanjo, Jeongak, and modern Gygax, DoYeon channels history, literature, and an ever-evolving sense of the human spirit in a musical language entirely her own through her original compositions, powerful solo performances, and collaborations with artists around the world.

Lukas Lauermann

For nearly 20 years, Lukas Lauermann has collaborated with some of the most prominent artists in Austria’s music scene and composed music for theatre and film. His playing can be heard on albums by Soap&Skin and Nino aus Wien, live alongside Alicia Edelweiss, in the multiple Nestroy Award-winning theatre production humanistaa!, and, most recently, in his soundtrack for Pfau – Bin ich echt?, which was nominated for an Austrian Film Award.

In his solo project, Lukas Lauermann combines the cello with electronics, samplers, tapes, and effect pedals. Together, these elements create a “sonic cosmos unfolding between moments of profound inner calm and intense sonic experimentation” (O1). At times sparse and intimate, at others epic and expansive, his music sounds more orchestral than one might expect from a single instrument. Elements of classical music, minimal music, experimental music, and popmerge into richly layered compositions.

https://www.de-semble.at/doyeon-kim-lukas-lauermann/

ABOUT

DE/SEMBLE is a Vienna-based festival dedicated to expanding and redefining jazz and adventurous music. Renowned for its diverse lineup, the festival brings together both internationally established artists and emerging voices. Its mission is to break away from traditional connotations of jazz, cultivating an inclusive and forward-looking musical landscape.

Tickets via: www.de-semble.at/tickets