ATTO IX (Aleatoric Music for Drums and Roulette)

Vladimir Tarasov (Lithuania) - drums, acoustic objects

 

The drummer Vladimir Tarasov was a member of the legendary Vyatcheslav Ganelin Trio, a rather unique free-jazz group in the former Soviet Union. Ever since this time he has followed his own path leading him to the solo projects, theatre and dance collaborations, sound-art and even visual installations. He has performed with such musicians and artists as Andrew Cyrille, the Rova Saxophone Quartet, Anthony Braxton, Lauren Newton, and Josef Nadj. ATTO IX was originally created as "an educational event for children".

Tap Hop! Featuring Joseph Bowie
Luc Houtcamp & POW Ensemble (Netherlands)

The computer group POW Ensemble was founded in 2001 by Dutch composer/saxophonist Luc Houtcamp, with the aim of exploring and expanding the musical potential of the computer. The musicians use improvisation, live processing, electronic and acoustic instruments such as saxophones and also tap dance. The POW ensemble can be regarded as the chamber ensemble of the 21st century, using computers as musical instruments.

Luc Houtcamp

María de Alvear URBAUM

Daan Vandewalle (Belgium)

María de Alvear, the German-Spanish composer, studied with Mauricio Kagel, but she also underwent shamanic training with the North American Indians. Her pieces represent a kind of spiritual ceremonies. She brings "wild thinking" into music. Some of her pieces are based on themes that are taboo to our Western way of thinking, provoking vehement debates and interesting interactions as a response to her work. This means that De Alvear´s work is also a courageous dialogue with the establishment.
The involvement of spiritual qualities and energetic knowledge in her work demands a responsible deep understanding of the great power of music and art, a power that should be taken care of in a good, strong way. Maria de Alvear has been very influenced by the trips she has made to different aboriginal nations in USA and Russia while looking for the inner essence of music and trying to understand the roots of musical development. Working intensively with Tsolagiu M.A. RuizRazo (Cherokee nation) and Rahkweeskeh (Tuscarora nation) has been very important for her. She feels they have been her most important teachers as regards the interaction between music and both physical and non-physical reality.
Daan Vandewalle enjoys an international reputation as new music specialist, with a strong focus on 20th century piano music. He studied at the Conservatory of Ghent, Belgium with Claude Coppens and at Mills College, California with Alvin Curran. He is specialized in contemporary American piano literature and gave concerts and lectures devoted to American music throughout the world. He is a fellow of the Belgian-American Educational Foundation and teaches piano at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, Belgium.

Daan Vandewalle (Belgie)

Chris Cutler is the cofounder of ReR Records and the drummer for such bands as Henry Cow, News from Babel, Art Bears, EC Nudes, etc. A RIO (Rock In Opposition) artist, an inventor in the audible, conceptual, textual and visual arts, he has collaborated on numerous projects including releases with Lutz Glandien, Biota, Fred Frith, Peter Blegvad, etc. His label and its affiliates release records "to bring into the UK a whole range of records by groups & musicians whom we thought excellent & yet who were completely unknown here. Then - as now - we were only concerned with the quality of the music; & epiphenomenally with supporting independents- for many of the most interesting groups could only make their work available by pressing & manufacturing themselves."
Ever since his debut in 1992 (Ars Musica) Daan Vandewalle's recitals and projects have increasingly become more diverse and challenging. He improvised together with David Moss, Fred Frith, Han Bennink and many others. His improvisation with Chris Cutler promises a unique experience.

The young Prague musicians Petr Ferenc and Michal Brunclík play with vinyl and turntables. In spite of using old records, their music is surprisingly new. For this festival the original duo was enlarged to an "orchestra" with Matěj Kratochvíl (reeds), Michal Zbořil (guitar, keyboard), Michal Cimala (berlino [a home-made instrument]) and Darrell Jónsson (tabletop guitar, synth.)

SUS FUTUROS

Marcelo Aguirre - drums, voice & Ulrich Krieger (Berlin) - saxophone, voice, electronics

They come from different backgrounds, but in musical improvisation they understand each other telepathically. The duo comprised of Ulrich Krieger and Marcelo Aguirre proceed to select highly differentiated material rather than impressionistic ideas, to slowly build up canvases where velocity and complexity prevail hand to hand with cyclic repetition.

Petr Cígler (Prague) - Awake and other pieces

Sounds on the Cloud 9
Fokusace (1999) for percussion solo
Cloud 9 (2006) for two amplified harpsichords and percussion
Schizma (2006) for solo trumpet
Awake! Lullaby for three tubas and percussions (2002)

Petr Cígler is a chemist by profession (involved in HIV research), but he is one of the most interesting Czech composers as well. In his music he uses a systematic "scientific" approach and sometimes a very personal humor.

Ulrich Krieger (Berlin)

Phill Niblock - Ten Auras (1994)
Ulrich Krieger - AOS-Loops(2000/2007)
Ulrich Krieger- Gimme some feedback (1992)
Reinhold Friedl - Poopy (1998)

 

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