CHRIS PITSIOKOS
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
September 21: with Rieko Okuda, Axel Dörner and Asger Thomsen at Café Plume in Berlin
October 6: with Francesco Canavese at Tempo Reale in Florence, Italy
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La Pampa Tour (CP, Tizia Zimmermann, Violeta Garcia, Jasper Stadhouders)
October 8: Mullbau, Luzern, Switzerland
October 10: Mysterioso, Zürich, Switzerland
October 11: Cologne, Germany
October 12: Koffie & Ambacht, Rotterdam, Netherlands
October 13: POM, Eindhoven, Netherlands
October 14: De Ruimte, Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 15: Blackbox, Münster, Germany
October 16: Berlin, Germany venue TBA
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October 20: duo with Tizia Zimmermann in Zurich, Switzerland
October 22: with Francesco Canavese at Area Sismica in Forli, Italy
November 2: With ROKC Music, IG Jazz Stuttgart, Germany
February 27-March 5: Mexico dates TBA
March 23: duo with Violeta Garcia at Free Jazz Festival Saarbrücken, Germany
March 24-April 2, April 6-April 15: Irrational Rhythms and Shifting Poles Release Tour, dates TBA
PAST PERFORMANCES
September 21: Trio with Rieko Okuda and Asger Thomsen
September 15: Trio with Antti Virtaranta and Emilio Gordoa in Düsseldorf, Germany
September 14: Trio with Antti Virtaranta and Emilio Gordoa in Moers, Germany
September 13: Trio with Antti Virtaranta and Rieko Okuda at Hosek Contemporary, Berlin
August 23: Light Exciter by Markus Krispell, at the Apartment Project, Berlin
August 19: ROKC Music at Saalfelden Festival in Austria
CP Unit Tour
July 26: Golya in Budapest, Hungary
July 27: Klub Gromka in Ljubljana, Slovenia
July 28: Nova Gorica, Slovenia
July 29: Jazzhochburg Kärnten in Gmünd, Austria
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July 17: duo with Tizia Zimmermann at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn
July 16: duo with Ben Bennett at Record Shop in Brooklyn
July 15: duo with Ben Bennett at Grey Matter Books in New Haven, Connecticut
July 13: duo with Ben Bennett at Red Ink in Providence, RI
July 3: trio with Kyle Motl and Chris Corsano at Record Shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn
June 22: with Tizia Zimmermann at Record Shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn
June 18: SOLO at Petersburg Art Space in Berlin
June 7: duo with Pablo Lienhard at 3ster in Berlin
May 31: CP Unit at the Stubnitz in Hamburg, Germany
DUO TOUR WITH OTOMO YOSHIHIDE
May 18: Cerkno Jazz Festival in Slovenia, 21:00
May 19: Ring Ring Festival in Belgrade, Serbia
May 20: Walter Werkplaats, Brussels, Belgium, 20:00
May 21: La Malterie, Lille, France, 18:00
May 22: Café Oto, London, UK, 20:00
May 23: Les Instants Chavirés, Paris, France
May 24: Jazz a Poitiers, Poitiers, France (venue Confort Moderne), 21.00
May 25: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
May 26: Much-needed rest
May 27: Fragment, Metz, France
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May 17: with CP Unit at 3xter in Berlin, Germany
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German Tour with ROKC Music
May 3, Fat Jazz, Hamburg
May 5: Güterschuppen, Westerstede
May 6: Loft, Cologne
May 7: Dumont, Aachen
May 10: Loch, Wuppertal
May 11: West Germany, Berlin
May 12: Kulturbahnhof, Kalchreuth
May 13: Wendlandjazz, Gedelitz
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May 1: with Binder, Fragenheim, Allbee, Marien at Studio Boerne in Berlin
April 23: Duo with Ben Bennett at PAS in Berlin
March 31: Irrational Rhythms and Shifting Poles (SOLO) at Statue, in Brooklyn
March 13: Duo with Ben Bennett at Rhizome in Washington, DC
March 12: Trio with Sandy Ewen and Ben Bennett at Century in Philadelphia
March 11: Quartet with Sandy Ewen, Elias Stemeseder and Nick Neuburg at Record Shop in Brooklyn
March 8: Trio with Joe Morris and Kevin Murray at SHIFT in Brooklyn
March 4: with TBA at the Record Shop in Brooklyn
February 17: duo with Tizia Zimmermann at Moods in Zurich
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Little Tour in Portugal:
February 11: Solo at Sonoscopia in Porto
February 14: Trio with Luis Vicente and Joao Carreiro in Coimbra
February 15: TBA
February 16: Solo at Penha Sco in Lisboa (Also I will be teaching a class during the afternoon; contact me for details)
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February 4: SOLO, "Irrational Rhythms and Shifting Poles" (for alto saxophone and 4-channel electronics) at KM28 in Berlin
2022
December 30: CP Unit at Peppi Guggenheim in Berlin, Germany
November 17: solo in Bonn, Germany
November 15: solo at POM in Eindhoven, Netherlands
November 14: solo at Pintotonics in Amsterdam, Belgium
November 12: solo at Koffie & Ambacht in Rotterdam, Netherlands
November 11: solo for Doxa Esta in Paris
November 9: solo at Schönegg in Zurich Switzerland
November 6-8: More solo dates to be announced
November 5: solo at Area Sismica in Forli, Italy
November 4: solo and with Violeta Garcia in Baden, Switzerland
October 30: with CP Unit at IndustrieSalon in Schöneweide (presented by Jazzkeller 69), in Berlin
October 20: with Keisuke Matsuno and Oli Steidle at Donau 115 in Berlin
October 4: in Graz, Austria
October 3: Solo in Ljubljana, Slovenia
October 2: in Bistric Ab Sotli in Slovenia
October 1: Solo and with ensemble in Nova Gorica, Slovenia
September 30: Solo in Vrhnika, Slovenia
September 28-29: ImproMonday Festival in Zagreb, Croatia
September 27: with Otomo Yoshihide and Tony Buck at Blow Out! in Oslo, Norway
September 26: with Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Onno Govaert, and Jasper Stadhouders (different configurations) at OCCII in Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 22: with Otomo Yoshihide, Tizia Zimmermann and Emilio Gordoa at KM28 in Berlin
September 21: Duo with Otomo Yoshihide at KM28 in Berlin
September 5: trio with Antti Virtaranta and Marina Dzukljev at Kühlspot in Berlin
September 2: trio with Carlos Quebrada and Mauricio Takara at Sowieso in Berlin
September 1: duo with Sofia Borges at Sowieso in Berlin
August 31: Solo at Fri Form in Trondheim, Norway
August 26-28: Multiversal Summer Retreat in Besancon, France
August 24: "Chris Pitsiokos and the Mulhouse Ensemble" at Meteo Mulhouse Festival in Muhouse, France
July 8: with Rowk Music (CP, Kalle Kalima, Ronny Graupe and Oli Steidle) in Berlin as part of Jazzwoche
June 29: with Jasper Stadhouders, John Dikeman and Luca Marini at Sowieso in Berlin
June 23: with Tony Elieh, Tony Buck and Sharif Sehnaoui at Trixter in BerlinJune 11: with Keisuke Matsuno and Oli Steidle at Sowieso in Berlin
June 7: with CLCJ at KM28 in Berlin
June 6: duo with Violeta Garcia at Moers Festival in Germany (rodelberg)
June 5: TBA saxophone quartet at Moers Festival in Germany (festival hall)
June 4: with CLCJ at Moers Festival in Germany (festival hall)
June 2: with Violeta Garcia at Sowieso
May 24: with Bradley Eros and Lele Dai at the Broadway in Brooklyn
May 21: solo in Brooklyn, NY (Dahl's studio in Sunset Park)
May 14: with CLCJ in Ottawa at IMOO
May 13: with CLCJ (Chris Williams, CP, Luke Stewart, Jason Nazary) in Toronto
May 8: with Rieko Okuda, Tomaz Grom and Eliad Wagner at Kuhlspot in Berlin
April 19: with Marina Dzukljev, Marcello Busato, Felix Henkelhausen and Jasper Stadhouders at Au Topsi Pohl, in Berlin
April 14: trio with Emilio Gordoa and Antti Virtaranta at Sowieso in Berlin
March 28: various configurations at Graz Impro Klub in Graz, Austria
March 27: SOLO at !nterpenetration in Graz, Austria
March 26: DUO with Violeta Garcia in Bern, Switzerland
March 24: duo with Julien Desprez at Le Citizen in Paris, France
Residency at Au Topsi Pohl in Berlin, Germany: March 8-12
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March 8: Two Solos: Chris Pitsiokos and Mazen Kerbaj
March 9: Solo Solo Duo: Chris Pitsiokos and Axel Dorner
March 10: Sofia Salvo Solo and Chris Pitsiokos/Tim Dahl/Lukas Koenig Trio
March 11: CP/Carina Khorkhordina/Eric Bauer
March 12: CP/Antti Virtaranta/Emilio Gordoa
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March 3, 2022: SOLO at TIASCI in Paris, France
March 2, 2022: Duo with Timothee Quost at Le Citizen in Paris, France
February 26, 2022: "Chris Pitsiokos and the Mulhouse Ensemble" in Novara, Italy (Novara Jazz)
February 25, 2022: SOLO, at Tempo Reale in Florence, Italy
February 11, 2022: with Oli Steidle, Dan Peter Sundland and TBA at Au Topsi Pohl [canceled due to covid]
February 3, 2022: SOLO at Petersburg Artspace in Berlin
February 2, 2022: duo with Lorena at Loophole in Berlin
January 22, 2022: with Emilio Gordoa at Sowieso in Berlin, Germany
January 21, 2022: with Oliver Steidle and Dan Nichols at Sowieso in Berlin, Germany
January 20, 2022: SOLO at Interpenetration in Graz, Austria (Postponed DUE TO COVID)