Joëlle Leándre + David Dove / Aaron Gonzalez + Louise Fristensky

Concert

Joëlle Léandre is an acclaimed French double bassist with a career spanning five decades, and one of Europe’s most gifted and versatile musicians on her instrument. In May 2026, she will embark on a three-city, four-concert tour of the United States, and we’re honored to host her first-ever concert in Dallas.

On this date, Joëlle will perform in duo with Houston trombonist David Dove, one of Texas’s most forward-thinking musicians and director of the cultural institution Nameless Sound. Opening the evening will be Dallas’s own avant-master, Aaron González.

Doors 7:00 pm
Music 7:30 pm
$20 presale

JOËLLE LÉANDRE

Double bassist and improviser Joëlle Léandre, counts John Cage as a mentor and has built a five-decade career at the forefront of improvised and contemporary music. Since the early 1980s, she has performed and recorded with a wide range of leading figures including Peter Kowald, Anthony Braxton, Irène Schweizer, Lauren Newton, and Fred Frith, among many others. Born in Aix-en-Provence, she initially studied recorder and piano before focusing on the double bass, later working with composers such as Cage, Giacinto Scelsi, and Morton Feldman. Equally active in free improvisation and new music, she has collaborated with Derek Bailey, William Parker, and the European Women’s Improvising Group, among many others.

DAVID DOVE

Trombonist, composer, and improviser David Dove is the founding director of Nameless Sound, the Houston-based organization dedicated to experimental music and community-focused arts education. Through its concert series and workshop programs, Nameless Sound has become a vital platform for collaborative improvisation, engaging international artists and local communities alike. As a performer, Dove’s work centers on free improvisation while drawing from jazz, contemporary composition, and experimental practices, with collaborations across music, film, dance, and visual art.

AARON GONZÁLEZ

Aaron González is a composer, performer, and multi-bassist deeply rooted in the creative music lineage of North Texas. The son of Dennis González and brother of Stefan González, with whom performed as Yells at Eels. Currently is part of the Humanization Quartet, co-leads the Dennis Gonzalez Legacy Band, and plays in Firelife Trio alongside Stefan and Houston saxophonist Danny Kamins. He has collaborated with artists such as Famoudou Don Moye, Alvin Fielder, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, and Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten.

This concert is a collaboration between Nameless Sound, porous sonorous, and The Wild Detectives.

Supported by Albertine Music, a program of Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation.