2 / THE WAY OF WATER7:30pm, Wednesday, November 4 Desautels Concert Hall, University of Manitoba Florian Hoefner Jazz QuartetAlexandre Da Costa, conductor A sweeping, immersive collaboration exploring water as beauty, memory, and climate. Blending the improvisation of jazz with orchestral colour, The Way of Water invites audiences into a powerful sonic reflection on environmental change. Presented with Jazz Winnipeg Florian Hoefner, pianoLucas Pino, tenor saxJohn Hébert, bassJay Sawyer, drums Born in Germany, trained in New York City, and now based in Canada, Juno Award–winning pianist and composer Florian Hoefner has forged a distinctive voice in modern jazz. Praised by the New York Times as a “composer-bandleader of insightful resolve” and described by Downbeat Magazine as a “harmonically daring pianist […] reaching toward new sonic territory,” he is internationally recognized for his inventive writing and expressive playing.…