Piergiorgio Pirro Quintet
feat. Lynn Cassiers

Piergiorgio Pirro brings together a new incarnation of his quintet featuring Belgian vocalist and soundscaper Lynn Cassiers. Following the release of fold/unfold/refold in 2023, the quintet is currently preparing a new album, scheduled for release in autumn 2026.

Alongside Cassiers, Pirro’s quintet includes alto saxophonist Rob Banken, double bassist Cyrille Obermüller, and drummer Luis Mora Matus. The music moves between written material and improvisation, often lingering on texture and resonance. Rather than treating harmony as something fixed, the ensemble approaches it as something constantly reshaped through interaction and listening.

Pirro performs on piano and LinnStrument, a touch-sensitive electronic instrument that introduces microtonal nuances and subtle shifts in resonance to the ensemble sound. Electronics are not treated as an added layer, but integrated into the ensemble’s sonic narrative, where gesture, pitch, and texture shape one another in real time.

Pirro works with spectral techniques within a small jazz ensemble, prioritising spontaneous creation over fixed arrangements and using spectral thought as a way to reimagine what it means to play jazz together today.

The result is music that moves from density to fragility in an instant: attentive, exploratory, and grounded in a deeply shared sense of time and sound.