How many ways are there to play the guitar? How far can the boundaries of experiment and improvisation reach? Where to go next from the European tradition, the grand concert halls, and the order of the triadic harmony?
Michal Matejka & Štefan Szabó SK

Michal Matejka (1977) performs with the bands Ankramu and Škvíry a Spoje, focusing on the possibilities and extended techniques of electric guitar playing, free improvisation, and contemporary song-writer music.

Štefan Szabó (1988) is the author of music for several theatre and dance performances. He performs solo as well as an improviser and composer in the duo Ranjevš & Óbasz and the trio KIN.


concert

Guitarists and improvisers Štefan Szabó and Michal Matejka engage in an open dialogue exploring the possibilities, limitations, boundaries, and hidden corners of acoustic and electric guitars and their preparations.

The pssst series is part of the project New New Music, which is included in Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 is financially supported by the City of Trenčín, the Trenčín Self-Governing Region, and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. In partnership with the European Union.