David Helbock & Lorenz Raab

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Pianist David Helbock and trumpeter Lorenz Raab, two leading lights of Austrian jazz, strip things back to the essentials in this free duo concert. Helbock, a Montreux piano competition winner, and Raab, solo trumpet at the Vienna Volksoper, have carved out a style that prizes interplay over showmanship. Their unplugged set dances between feather-light originals and reimagined traditional melodies, shimmering with chamber-music grace, occasional bluesy undercurrents and moments of quiet experimentation. As one chronicler put it, the duo moves “between easy-going playfulness, a casually cool note, and dignified elegance” ([jazzarchitekt.de](https://jazzarchitekt.de/veranstaltungen/chronik/2022)). Nothing is forced – the ethos is genuine dialogue, not cutting contests – making the library foyer a listening room where you can lean back and let the textures wash over you. If you need a reference point, check their take on Prince’s “Sometimes it snows in April”, which turns pop into meditative jazz poetry.