as part of Fabbrica Europa 2024

Colin Stetson is a musician with a formidable talent. His astounding physical engagement with his instruments (chiefly bass and alto saxophones) produces emotionally rich and polyphonic compositions that transcend expectations of what solo horn playing can sound like.

Over the years he has worked extensively, live and in studio, with a wide range of bands and musicians including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, TV On The Radio, Feist, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Bill Laswell, Evan Parker, The Chemical Brothers, Animal Collective, Hamid Drake, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Angelique Kidjo, Fink, and David Gilmore. He has also been contributing regularly to the world of film, TV, and game scoring the past decade.

As a soloist he has developed an utterly unique voice, principally on saxophones and clarinets, his intense technical prowess matched by his exhilarating and emotionally gripping skills as a songwriter.
His upcoming solo album, “The love it took to leave you”, will be released next September.

photo: Jose Ramon Caamano