Fresh from performing at one of Asia’s most influential music events, the Java Jazz Festival, Austria’s Alexandra Ivanova Trio​ will make its debut at Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, presenting two consecutive nights of live performances imbued with European elegance and global musical colors.

Their music transcends the boundaries of traditional jazz. Between melody and improvisation, you’ll hear the free rhythms of the Balkans, the enigmatic allure of Middle Eastern modal phrasing, the cool, expansive spaces reminiscent of Nordic soundscapes, and the nuanced, restrained emotional expression of modern European jazz. From the tender retrospection of Nostalgiato the intricate, mesmerizing grooves of Beauty in Chaos; from the exotic poetry of Enta Omrito the nomadic musical imagery woven in Ay Isigindaand Krummavisur—this will be a sonic journey across geographies, languages, and cultural borders.

With vividly cinematic original compositions and deeply interactive improvisation, the Alexandra Ivanova Trio will guide audiences into a night that is at once tranquil and charged with tension. If you are drawn to the ECM aesthetic, modern European jazz, world music, or immersive, film-like sonic landscapes, these two evenings are not to be missed.