Pierre Borel, Katapult | Takako Suzuki, 残響室　zankyoshitsu

Pierre Borel (saxophone, drums) presents his latest album Katapult (Umlaut Records 2025).

In April 2020, Pierre Borel began to work intensively on a solo form, first on the saxophone, then incorporating various percussion elements into his playing. Right hand, right foot, left hand, left foot and mouth: five parts of the body are now involved. The coordination difficulties inherent in drumming are made even more complex with the saxophone. The basic rules are 1) Mouth on the saxophone: four limbs are available for drumming. 2) Mouth and left hand on the saxophone: the right hand and both feet remain for drumming. 3) Mouth, left hand, and right hand on the saxophone: both feet remain for the drums.


Takako Suzuki performs: 残響室　zankyoshitsu

Takako Suzuki has worked with Sasha Waltz since 1992, featuring in the productions Travelogue I - Twenty to Eight, Allee der Kosmonauten, Zweiland, and Körper, among many others. In 2008, she received a scholarship from Tanzplan Dresden for her works Empire at the Dresden Semperoper and Collavocation, which was performed at the European Center for the Arts Hellerau in Dresden in 2010. Other notable works include Blind-Tisch (2015), Treader (Labor Sonor Berlin, 2016), and More than one species, which was part of the German-Georgian Year 2017, supported by the Goethe-Institut. Suzuki pursues a multidisciplinary approach in her work and collaborates with numerous musicians, including Dietmar Diesner (saxophone), Axel Dörner (trumpet), Robin Hayward (tuba), and Yan Jun (poet/voice).