Impropolis – Solo

In my solo set Impropolis, I alternate bass clarinet improvisations with brief narrations related to my research topic: improvisation and politics. The following themes will be discussed: Martin Luther King Jr.’s improvised speech, Emperor Joseph II’s ban on improvisation in 1770, the Italian improvvisatori and improvvisatrici, and improvised versus writing-based speech in Athenian democracy.

For a review (in Finnish), see https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000009898031.html

For my research project, see https://www.uva.nl/profiel/r/o/j.j.roelofs/j.j.roelofs.html#Profile