Trio Anjali Live at Radio Belgrade

Live at Radio Belgrade documents Trio Anjali in a moment of heightened clarity and collective intuition, recorded at Studio 6 of Radio Belgrade on June 28, 2023. The trio—vocalist and electronics artist Annette Giesriegl, saxophonist and flutist Jasna Jovićević, and pianist Elisabeth Harnik—brings together three distinct improvisational languages shaped by Austrian and Serbian experimental traditions. What emerges is music that unfolds with the patience of deep listening and the urgency of discovery.

Across four extended pieces, the trio moves through shifting terrains of texture, resonance, and gesture. Giesriegl’s voice stretches from breath‑bound murmurs to raw, elemental cries, often entwined with subtle electronic atmospheres. Jovićević’s reeds trace melodic fragments that hover between lyricism and abstraction, while her flute opens luminous spaces within the ensemble’s sound. Harnik’s piano anchors the trio with a physical, sculptural approach—inside‑piano preparations, resonant clusters, and sudden bursts of motion that shape the music’s architecture from within.

The performance feels both intimate and expansive, as if the trio is continuously discovering the music at the same moment it is being played. Silence becomes a partner in the improvisation; density arrives in waves; and each musician listens with a sensitivity that allows the music to breathe, contract, and bloom. Live at Radio Belgrade stands as a vivid portrait of three improvisers converging in real time, creating a music that is exploratory yet grounded, delicate yet fearless—a compelling addition to the evolving landscape of European free improvisation.