Citadelic festival 2023 

MAY 25 - 12H30                    MAIN STAGE
artist in residence   #firstencounter
   Paul Van Gysegem Citadelic Outfit ft. Todd Neufeld & Mariá Portugal (US/BR/BE)
            wonderous encounters

Todd Neufeld is a guitarist and improviser currently living in New York City. He has performed and/or recorded in groups led by Lee Konitz, Masabumi Kikuchi, Tyshawn Sorey, Gerald Cleaver, Dan Weiss, Samuel Blaser, Aaron Parks, legendary composer Christian Wolff and many others. Todd’s work spans various stylistic influences, and his singular approach to the guitar has been described as creating “a tonal footprint like no other” in Jazz.com.

Mariá Portugal is a Brazilian drummer, singer, composer, musical producer and improviser who has been active in the Brazilian music scene for 20 years. Mariá is currently living in Cologne, Germany. She composes soundtracks for dance, theatre and cinema. Mariá Portugal about Improvisation "Improvisation is fundamentally an act of hearing.""

Expect the unexpected!

Todd Neufeld - guitar
Paul Van Gysegem - double bass
Mariá Portugal - drums & percussion

OTHER CONCERTS MAY 25

photograph Beren Gieren © Alexander Popelier

with the marvelous support of De Vlaamse Gemeenschap and de Stad Gent