Pražský improvizační orchestr

Prague Improvisation Orchestra (PIO) returns to Kampus Hybernská with a double program! In the first part they will work with homemade instruments, recycled materials, and traditional instruments that are specially ‚prepared‘ using common everyday materials. In the second part they will reprise selected compositions from their jazz composers series: works by legendary artists Anthony Braxton, Charles Mingus and Sun Ra.

PIO was started in 2012 by Petr Vrba and George Cremaschi as a platform for large-group improvisation, working with conducted and free improvisation, open scores, and graphic notation. They have since organised over sixty performances, each one different and usually specific to the location. For any particular event they can vary their numbers from seven to twenty performers often including visual and movement elements, and have invited dozens of established international guestsk