UK PREMIEREPolish Jazz Festival 2026
The music of Fryderyk Chopin, stripped of the piano and rebuilt on stage by Mariusz Szypura and an eight-piece band: members of Portishead, Battles and The High Llamas, theremin and percussion, with special guest Leszek Możdżer. One night only.
What remains when the piano is removed: played live.
Chopin Residue takes the music of Fryderyk Chopin through a carefully controlled process of mechanical deconstruction. The piano is removed; what remains becomes raw material for new music that moves between experimental electronics, ambient guitar work, free improvisation and post-jazz.
The double album was released by The Black Element Label and Cleopatra Records with 25 guests, among them Lee Ranaldo, Jim O'Rourke, Fennesz and Gail Ann Dorsey. At Cadogan Hall the material is performed live for the first time in the UK, by an eight-piece band with special guest Leszek Możdżer, as part of Polish Jazz Festival 2026.
Hear what remains. Live.
Chopin Residue · Cadogan Hall · 26.09.2026 · Tickets on sale now