PERFORMANCE AS LIVING PRACTICE
seeds::live is the performance branch of seeds arts
seeds::live is not a venue in the traditional sense. It is a context: a place where music can unfold without excess framing, where the conditions allow for depth, risk and continuity.
seeds : : brooklyn
Founded in 2011, SEEDS::Brooklyn is an intimate performance space dedicated to creative music and the communities that sustain it. Over the years, it has become a long-standing home for artists to present new work, develop projects, take risks, and build lasting musical relationships. Its scale encourages a direct connection between musicians and audiences, making each performance feel less like a conventional concert and more like a shared experience.
Cortona Jazz
Festival & Workshop
Upcoming Festival October 21-24, 2026
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Founded in 2017, the Cortona Jazz Festival & Workshop has grown from a local initiative into one of Italy’s most distinctive international jazz gatherings. Set within the historic Tuscan town of Cortona, the festival welcomes leading musicians from all over the world for 4 days of concerts, workshops, collaboration, and artistic exchange. Its programming is rooted in jazz as a living and evolving art form—open to different traditions, generations, and approaches to improvisation.
At the heart of Cortona Jazz is the close relationship between performance and education. Internationally renowned artists appear in the festival’s evening concerts while also working directly with participants during the day. Small-group teaching, ensemble work, and sustained contact with the faculty create an environment in which learning takes place not only in the classroom, but through rehearsals, performances, conversations, and the shared experience of making music together.
seeds : : brazil
Located in a secluded setting near São Paulo, SEEDS Brazil is an artistic residency space dedicated to long-form creative work, research, and experimentation. It offers artists the time and concentration needed to develop projects away from the pressures of immediate production and public presentation.
The residency welcomes music and interdisciplinary work, with opportunities for in-house performances and informal sharing. By combining proximity to São Paulo with a quieter environment, SEEDS Brazil creates space for reflection, collaboration, and new artistic directions.
La Marelle Audio
Located in Vevey, Switzerland, La Marelle Audio is a space for recording, performance, collaboration, and artistic exchange. It supports musicians by offering an independent and welcoming environment in which new ideas can be explored, refined, and shared.
Echoing the spirit of SEEDS::Brooklyn, La Marelle Audio serves both the local Swiss music community and a wider international network of artists. It is a place where projects can develop organically, across rehearsal, recording, conversation, and performance.
PERFORMANCE AS LIVING PRACTICE
It is built on a simple idea: music happens in real time in a shared space, between people who are fully present. The goal is not production, but attention. Concerts are curated around artists with a strong individual voice. The programming brings together established musicians and emerging ones, often across generations, geographies and aesthetic approaches. The format remains intentionally flexible—from intimate duos to larger ensembles—but always centered on listening, interaction and artistic necessity.
seeds::live is not a venue in the traditional sense. It is a context: a place where music can unfold without excess framing, where the conditions allow for depth, risk and continuity.