Julia Kent

Show Update

June 11 in Düsseldorf Julia Kent will perform with percussionist Jens Düppe, visual artists Egbert Mittelstadt and Walter Padao, and dancer Birgit Gunzl for “Re:Loop,” an evening of multidisciplinary improvisation.

And she continues to appear live with Kevin O’Day Nationalballett Mannheim through July for Dominique Dumais’s “Naked.”

More solo shows to be announced shortly!

June 7th, 2016

May Shows

Julia Kent shows for May:

1 May: Utrecht: Fluister at De Helling with Field Rotation

3 May: Lisbon: Carpe Diem with Joana Guerra CANCELED

4 May: Leiria: Fade-in CANCELED

28 May: Dublin: Freemasons’ Hall with David Donohoe

31 May: Paris: Cafe de la Danse: opening for Elysian Fields

Plus I’ll be playing live with Nationalballett Mannheim for Dominique Dumais’s “Naked” on 29 April and 7 and 14 May.

photo: shazzula

April 24th, 2016

Spring Shows

Julia Kent shows for March and beyond:

7 March: Berlin: Volksbühne, Roter Salon: solo + Barbara Morgenstern

11 March: Udine: Visionario: solo

12 March: Cagli: PSIC festival: solo + Paolo Spaccamonti

15 March: Hamburg: Ms Stubnitz: solo + Sontag Shogun

16 March: Aalborg: Huset: solo + Sontag Shogun

17 March: Copenhagen: Stengade: solo + Sontag Shogun

18 March: Stockholm: Fylkingen: solo + Sontag Shogun, Léo Dupleix/Henrik Olsson duo, Francisco Meirino, and Lise-Lotte Norelius/Johannes Bergmark duo

19 March: Sandviken: Kulturcentrum: solo + Sontag Shogun

20 March: Eskilstuna: Konstmuseum: solo + Sontag Shogun

22 March: Halmstad: Stadtsbiblioteket: solo + Sontag Shogun

23 March: Malmö: Inkonst: solo + Sontag Shogun

15 April: Ascoli Piceno: APP festival: solo + Form Ensemble, Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi Trio, Persian Pelican, and Sorge (Emidio Clementi and Marco Caldera)

1 May: Utrecht: Fluister at De Helling: solo + Field Rotation

Julia Kent will also play live for the 29 April premiere and subsequent performances of Dominique Dumais’s “Naked,” at Kevin O’Day Ballett Nationaltheater Mannheim.

Poster design: Thäila Khampo

March 3rd, 2016

January shows

Julia Kent shows for January:

22 January: Torino: Cinema Massimo: live soundtrack to Carl Th. Dreyer’s “C’era una volta,” with Paolo Spaccamonti/Stefano Pilia/Julia Kent

23 January: Perugia: PostModernissimo: “C’era una volta,” with Paolo Spaccamonti/Stefano Pilia/Julia Kent

24 January: Viterbo: Biancovolta: “C’era una volta,” with Paolo Spaccamonti/Stefano Pilia/Julia Kent

26 January: Milano: Sotto la Sacrestia: Julia Kent solo

30 January: Reggio-Emilia: Red Noise: Julia Kent solo

January 18th, 2016

Frost and Furrow

Julia Kent released a track, “Frost and Furrow,” as part of the Line of Best Fit’s Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada compilation; it’s available on Bandcamp as a free (or pay-as-you-wish) download.

There is a lot on the horizon for 2016, including a Scandinavian tour in March with Sontag Shogun.

In the meantime: all the best for the holidays and the new year!

December 22nd, 2015

Video for Julia Kent’s “Flag of No Country”

From Julia Kent’s “Asperities”

Video directed by Enrico Salmasi

December 11th, 2015

New Shows

Just added two new Julia Kent solo shows:

Genova: 4 December: Teatro della Tosse as part of the “Resistere e Creare” dance festival
Torino: 7 December: Spazio B: launch party for “The Eyes Can See What the Mouth Cannot Say”

Plus, 12 December at the Owl Music Parlor, Brooklyn…and possibly more to come before the end of the year!

photo: shazzula

November 20th, 2015

new record, new shows

Julia Kent’s new record, “Asperities,” is out now and available here.

And two new UK shows have just been added for November in London and Leeds. Here’s the full schedule for November/December:

8 November: Rome: “How Long Is Now” with Balletto Civile
14 November: Rome: Circuiterie: solo + Phlox
15 November: London: Servant Jazz Quarters
16 November: Leeds: Brudenell Social Club
19 November: Genova: La Claque with Nogravity4monks
12 December: New York City: The Owl Music Parlor