Colin Stetson in Berlin

Colin Stetson is a Canadian-American saxophonist and composer, born in Ann Arbor and based in Montreal, whose work draws on experimental jazz, minimalism and drone. He is known for the New History Warfare trilogy, the album All This I Do for Glory and film scores including Hereditary and The Menu. In the early 2010s, Colin Stetson performed in the touring lineups of Arcade Fire and Bon Iver. His solo concerts center on bass and alto saxophones, using circular breathing, vocalization and contact microphones to amplify breath, key percussion and overtones. At the 2015 Unsound Festival in Kraków, he presented Sorrow: A Reimagining of Górecki’s 3rd Symphony with an ensemble.