Thurston Moore
American guitarist and songwriter Thurston Moore needs no introduction: he started Sonic Youth in 1980, and has since then been at the forefront of alternative rock music. His career and discography span across decades, dozens of releases and a plethora of musical styles ranging from free improvisation to acoustic composition to black metal. He has worked alongside musicians like Yoko Ono, John Zorn, Bobby Gillespie, David Toop, Cecil Taylor, Faust, Glenn Branca and many others, and continues to release music regularly as a solo musician, as well with various ensembles and his own band The Thurston Moore Group.
At the festival’s opening concert, he will perform a solo improv set.