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A l’Associació Musical l’Embut i a Arco y Flecha ens
complau anunciar el tercer Festivalet d’Hivern M.I. 2008
de música improvisada al Convent de Sant Agustí de
Barcelona els dies divendres 19, dissabte 20 i
diumenge 21 de desembre de 2008. Com una
extensió de la sèrie de concerts de petit format M.I.# celebrada durant tot l’any i de les primeres edicions del Festivalet que es van fer a SALADESTAR al 2006 i a Miscelänea Ass. Cultural al 2007, aquest esdeveniment aplega a 10 diversos músics del món barcelonès i internacional de la improvisació lliure per 8 actuacions
al cor de Ciutat Vella de Barcelona. Manté el caràcter pluridisciplinar, l’orientació comunitària, la qualitat i el
risc fonamentals que defineixen la programació de les edicions anteriors. A banda d’això, cal destacar aquest
any la presència de diverses obres compostes per improvisadors no presentades mai a Barcelona.


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Associació Musical l'Embut and Arco y Flecha are
pleased to announce the third annual Festivalet d’Hivern M.I.# of improvised music at the Convent de Sant
Agustí in Barcelona on Friday 19, Saturday 20 and
Sunday 21 December 2008. As an extension of the
small-format concert series M.I.# organized throughout
the year,and of the first editions held at SALADESTAR in 2006 and Miscelänea Cultural Ass. In 2007, the event
gathers 10 diverse musicians from the worlds of
improvised music in Barcelona and abroad for 8 acts in
the heart of downtown Barcelona. It maintains the interdiscipinary character, the community orientation,
the quality and the fundamental risk that define the programming of its antecedents. Apart from this, we
are especially excited about the presence of a number
of compositions for improvisors never heard before in Barcelona
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Venda d’entrades:
taquilla i info@arcoyflecha.es

Preu:
Entrada anticipada: 9 euros
Abonament anticipat per les tres nits: 24 euros
Entrada taquilla: 12 euros
Abonament per les tres nits a taquilla: 30 euros





Programa

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Divendres \ 19 de desembre


20:30

Katharina Klement
piano preparat i electrònica (Viena)
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Christopher Williams
contrabaix (Barcelona)
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21:45

Mary Oliver & Rozemarie Heggen
viola i contrabaix (Amsterdam)
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Dissabte \ 20 de desembre


20:30

Agustí Fernández
piano (Barcelona)
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Ingar Zach
percussió i electrònica (Noruega/ Madrid)
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21:45

Polwechsel

Werner Dafeldecker
contrabaix i electrònica
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Michael Moser
violoncel i electrònica
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Burkhardt Beins
percussió i objectes
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Martin Brandlmayr
percussió
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Diumenge \ 21 de desembre



4 x 4 Mixup!
4 mini concerts de 4 quartets
singulars

20:30
Michael Moser, Christopher Williams,
Rozemarie Heggen, Werner Dafeldecker.


21:00
Agustí Fernández, Katharina Klement,
Burkhardt Beins, Martin Brandlmayr.

21:30
Rozemarie Heggen, Martin Brandlmayr,
Michael Moser, Katharina Klement.

22:00
Burkhardt Beins, Agustí Fernández,
Christopher Williams, Werner Dafeldecker.


 




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Katharina Klement
piano preparat i electrònica (Viena)
www.katharinaklement.com


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Des de 1989 treballa amb l’electrònica: obres per a cinta, composicions multi-canals en combinació amb
instruments o cantants, per a piano electrònicament o mecànicament modificat, instalacions, ensembles d’improvisadors: USE, soundog, els autodisparadors, subshrubs. Des de 2006 imparteix classes a l’institut
de composició i electrònica de la Universitat de les Arts
de Viena.
"Composer-performer" de música notada, improvisada, instrumental i electrònica. Concerts a Austria i a tot el
món: (Festival Kaleidophon Ulrichsberg, "Hörgänge"
Wien, Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, Festival Hörgänge
Wien, Porgy & Bess Wien, Radiokulturhaus Wien, Festival Inventionen Berlin, Hotel Pupik Schrattenberg, Festival
Midi-Alternativa Moskau, Donaufestival Krems, Festival
wien modern, artoteca Milano, "roulette" New York). Col·laboracions amb Oskar Aichinger, Cordula Boesze,
Lynn Book, Angélica Castelló, dieb 13, Annelie Gahl,
Nikolaus Gansterer, Susanna Gartmayer, Hemma Geitzenauer, Thomas Grill, Seppo Gründler, entre molts d’altres.

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Born in 1963 in Graz, Austria.
After first instrumental compositions and crossover projects in music, dance, performance since 1989 work with electronics: numerous tape works, specifically multi-channel compositions in combination with instrument(s) and /or vocals, several works for mechanical and electronically customised piano, sound installations, ensembles for improvised music: USE, soundog, los autodisparadores, subshrubs
"Composer-performer" in the field of notated and improvised, instrumental and electronic music

Concerts in Austria and abroad (including Festival Kaleidophon Ulrichsberg, "Hörgänge" Wien, Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, Festival Hörgänge Wien, Porgy & Bess Wien, Radiokulturhaus Wien, Festival Inventionen Berlin, Hotel Pupik Schrattenberg, Festival Midi-Alternativa Moskau, Donaufestival Krems, Festival wien modern, artoteca Milano, "roulette" New York). Co-operation with Oskar Aichinger, Cordula Boesze, Lynn Book, Angélica Castelló, dieb 13, Annelie Gahl, Nikolaus Gansterer, Susanna Gartmayer, Hemma Geitzenauer, Thomas Grill, Seppo Gründler and many others.


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Agustí Fernández
piano (Barcelona)
www.agustifernandez.com


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“Un dels més importants exploradors de la música
creativa a l’estat espanyol. L’Agustí combina un ampli coneixement de la música clàssica per a piano del segle
XX amb la improvisació jazzística, amb un únic i poderós estil.”
(The Village Voice, Nova York, EUA)

Agustí Fernández va néixer a Palma de Mallorca, on va estudiar piano. Posteriorment va continuar els seus
estudis a Barcelona, França i Alemanya. Ha tocat als
festivals més importants d’Espanya i Europa. També ha composat música per dansa, teatre, cinema i televisió.
Altres projectes on ha treballat Fernández són com a director i cofundador de l’ Orquestra del Caos i de la Big Ensemble del Taller de Músics. Ha estat membre
fundador del col·lectiu IBA (Improvisadors de Barcelona),
i el seu director des de 1998 fins al 2001.

L’any 2003 Fernández va ser el primer espanyol que va enregistrar en el prestigiós segell alemany ECM, amb la
seva participació al CD "Memory/Vision" de l’Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, de la que és membre des de 2002. Des d’aquest mateix any també forma part de la
Barry Guy New Orchestra. Al 2005 va fundar el trio Fernández/Guy/López, que es va estrenar al Festival
Grec de Barcelona. Aquell any va ser especialment
prolífic en termes d’enregistraments, ja que va gravar 6 CDs.

Fernández és professor d’improvisació a l’ Escola
Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) des de l’ any 2001.
Ha participat a més de 30 enregistraments amb artistes com Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald, Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson, Marilyn Crispell, William Parker, Susie Ibarra, John Butcher, Ramon López... I ha tocat amb molts altres músics, entre els quals, Axel Dörner, Mat Maneri, Lê Quan Ninh, Joel Ryan, Andrea Neumann, Sainkho Namtchaylak...



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One of the most important explorers of creative music in Spain. Agustí combines wide-ranging knowledge of classical twentieth-century piano with jazz improvisation, in a unique and powerful style. (The Village Voice, New York, USA)

Agustí Fernández was born in Palma de Mallorca, where he studied piano. Later, he continued his studies in Barcelona, France, and Germany. He has performed in the most important Spanish and European festivals. He has also composed music for dance, theater, cinema, and television.
Fernández’s other work includes that of director and co-founder of the Orquestra del Caos and of the Big Ensemble del Taller de Músics. He has been a founder member of the IBA Collective (Improvisers of Barcelona), and he was director of IBA from 1998 tol 2001.

In 2003 Fernández became the first Spanish musician to record for the prestigious German record label ECM, with his participation on the CD "Memory/Vision" by the Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, of which he remained a member from 2002. Also since that year, he has been a member of the Barry Guy New Orchestra. In 2005 he began the trio Fernández/Guy/López, which premiered at the Festival Grec of Barcelona That year was particularly prolific in recording terms, with the issue of 6 CDs.

Fernández is professor of improvisation at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC: High Music School of Catalonia) since 2001.
Fernández has more than 30 recordings with artists as Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald, Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson, Marilyn Crispell, William Parker, Susie Ibarra, John Butcher, Ramon López... And has played with many others, including Axel Dörner, Mat Maneri, Lê Quan Ninh, Joel Ryan, Andrea Neumann, Sainkho Namtchaylak...
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Christopher Williams
contrabaix (Barcelona)
www.nauchristopher.thenthis.org


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Christopher Williams és compositor, baixista i organitzador resident a Barcelona i nascut a San Diego (Califòrnia), on
va estudiar a la Universitat de Califòrnia amb Chaya Czernowin, Bertram Turetzky, Charles Curtis, entre
d’altres.
Ha col·laborat amb Derek Bailey, LaMonte Young’s
Theatre of Eternal Music, Mary Oliver i Rozemarie
Heggen, trigger ensemble für aktuelle musik, Hans
W. Koch, Tom Djll i Matt Ingalls, Barbara Held, Charles Curtis, ensemble chronophonie, Maggie Nicols, NOISE Ensemble, l’artista visual Tanja Smit i els ballarins Martin Sonderkamp i Justin Morrison; ha enregistrat pels
segells Incus, Steady Beat, Y Eclipse; ha escrit per a
Open Space i The Improvisor; i ha rebut beques i
premis de la Universitat de Califòrnia, els cursos de Darmstadt i el Centre Acanthes.

Com a projectes recents ha participat a Possibility of
Action: the life of the score, exposició col·lectiva de
partituras musicals al Centre d’Estudis i Documentació
del Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Apples Are Basic, una composició per a la violista Mary Oliver i la contrabaixista Rozemarie Heggen basada en l’obra de la monja radical i artista Corita Kent; la primera emissió de
The Hispaniola: a webradio play for flutist a la VPRO
Radio 6 (Holanda); una residència a l’Hotel Pupik, a
Schloss Schrattenberg, Austria; és també organitzador
del M.I.#, una sèrie de música improvisada i
experimental a Barcelona. Christopher és soci fundador
de l’Associació Musical l’Embut i del Metro i Mig Cycle Club, soci emèrit del 4862 Voltaire St. Consort i Embaixador de Maker’s Mark.
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Christopher Williams is a Barcelona-based composer, bassist, and organizer originally from San Diego (California), where he studied at the University of California with Chaya Czernowin, Bertram Turetzky, Charles Curtis, and others. Additional teachers include John Rahn, Erik Ulman, and Mark Dresser.
He has musicked with Derek Bailey, LaMonte Young’s Theatre of Eternal Music, Mary Oliver and Rozemarie Heggen, trigger ensemble für aktuelle musik, Hans W. Koch, Tom Djll and Matt Ingalls, Barbara Held, Charles Curtis, ensemble chronophonie, Maggie Nicols, NOISE Ensemble, visual artist Tanja Smit, and dancers Martin Sonderkamp and Justin Morrison; has recorded for the Incus, Steady Beat, and Eclipse record labels; has written articles for Open Space and The Improvisor; and has received scholarships and prizes from the University of California, the Darmstadt Summer Courses, and the Festival Acanthes composers’ workshop.

Recent projects include participation in Possibility of Action: the life of the score, a collective exhibition of musical scores at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art; Apples Are Basic, a composition for violist Mary Oliver and contrabassist Rozemarie Heggen based on the work of radical art nun Sr. Corita Kent; the premiere broadcast of The Hispaniola: a webradio play for flutist on VPRO Radio 6 (Holland); a monthlong stay at Hotel Pupik, an international artists’ residency at Schloss Schrattenberg, Austria; and organizing a series of improvised and experimental music at Miscelanea art space and elsewhere in Barcelona. Christopher is a member of Associació Musical l’Embut and the Metro i Mig Cycle Club, a member emeritus of the 4862 Voltaire St. Consort, and a Maker’s Mark Embassador.



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Mary Oliver
viola (Amsterdam)
www.oliverheggen.com


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Mary Oliver (violí, viola, hardanger fiddle) neix a La Jolla, Califòrnia, i estudia a la San Francisco State University (Bachelor of Music), Mills College (Master of Fine Arts) i
a la Universitat de Califòrnia, San Diego, on reb el
doctorat l’any 1993 per la seva investigació en la teoria i
la pràctica de la música improvisada.

El seu treball com a solista engloba tant la música improvisada com la composta; ha estrenat obres de
Richard Barrett, John Cage, Chaya Czernowin, Brian Ferneyhough, Joëlle Léandre Liza Lim, George E. Lewis, Richard Teitelbaum i Iannis Xenakis. Oliver també ha col·laborat amb Han Bennink, Mark Dresser, Cor Fuhler, Jean-Charles François, Tristan Honsinger, Joëlle Léandre, George E. Lewis, Nicole Mitchell, Andy Moor, Misha Mengelberg Evan Parker i Anthony Pateras.

Des de fa 12 anys viu a Amsterdam, on ha col·laborat
amb el Instant Composer’s Pool (ICP) Orchestra, Magpie Music and Dance Company, AACM Black Earth Ensemble, Scapino Ballet, Elision Ensemble, MAE, Het National Ballet
i el Xenakis Ensemble.
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Mary Oliver (violin, viola, hardanger fiddle) was born in La Jolla, California, and studied at San Francisco State University (Bachelor of Music), Mills College (Master of Fine Arts) and the University of California, San Diego where she received her Ph.D in 1993 for her research in the theory and practice of improvised music.

Her work as a soloist encompasses both composed and improvised contemporary music; she has premiered works by among others,Richard Barrett, John Cage, Chaya Czernowin, Brian Ferneyhough, Joëlle Léandre Liza Lim, George E. Lewis , Richard Teitelbaum and Iannis Xenakis . Oliver has worked alongside improvising musicians such as Han Bennink, Mark Dresser, Cor Fuhler, Jean-Charles François, Tristan Honsinger, Joëlle Léandre, George E. Lewis, Nicole Mitchell, Andy Moor, Misha Mengelberg Evan Parker, and Anthony Pateras.

For the past twelve years she has been based in Amsterdam where she has worked locally and internationally with various ensembles such as Instant Composer’s Pool (ICP) Orchestra, Magpie Music and Dance Company, AACM Black Earth Ensemble, Scapino Ballet , Elision Ensemble, MAE, Het National Ballet and Xenakis Ensemble.



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Rozemarie Heggen
contrabaix (Amsterdam)
www.oliverheggen.com


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Rozemarie Heggen (neix l’any 1964) estudia contrabaix
al Conservatori Sweelinck i al Conservatori Reial de La Haia. Des que va acabar els seus estudis l’any 1990, ha
col·laborat amb totes les principals orquestres i
ensembles de música contemporània d’ Holanda, com l’Orquestra Reial del Concertgebouw, la Radio Chamber Orchestra o Asko/Schonberg Ensemble.

Actualment es dedica a la improvisació i a la interpretació
de música contemporània.
Forma part dels grups Maarten Altena Ensemble i The Electric Aardvark, amb Alison Isadora, Cor Fuhler, Anne
La Berge i Steve Heather. Com a improvisadora treballa
amb, entre d’altres, Michael Moore, John Butcher, Ken Vandermark, Paul Dunmall, Xavier Charles, Han Bennink, Francoise Rivalland, Hamid Drake, Tony Buck, Tewolde Brhane Girmay. Va ser contrabaixista del Nieuw Ensemble des de 1997 fins el 2003, presentant concerts a China, Korea, EUA i Europa. Col·labora amb els coreògrafs
Gonnie Heggen (Amsterdam), Hisako Horikawa (Japón) i Sylvain Prunenec (París). Actua amb la Ex Orkest i va ser baixista de la banda de punk/rock/impro The Ex
entre 2002 i 2005.
Des de 2007 toca en duet amb Mary Oliver, en trio amb Francoise Rivalland (percussió) i Hans Tutschku (piano/electrònica), a ‘High Birds’ amb Paul Dunmall, Alan
Purves i Hilary Jeffery, a ‘Doubles’ amb Joost Buis,
Maartje ten Hoorn i Will Guthrie, a la David Kweksilber Bigband i a Magpie Music Dance Company.



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Rozemarie Heggen (b.1964) In 1990 she received her teaching and performing diploma’s at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
Rozemarie has been a member of experimental groups like Maarten Altena Ensemble and The Electric Aardvark, with Alison Isadora, Cor Fuhler, Anne La Berge and Steve Heather. As an improviser she has performed with a.o. Michael Moore, John Butcher, Ken Vandermark, Paul Dunmall, Xavier Charles, Han Bennink, Francoise Rivalland, Hamid Drake, Tony Buck, Tewolde Brhane Girmay. She was a member of the Nieuw Ensemble from 1997 till 2003, they’ve toured through China, Korea, the USA and within Europe.

A big part of their explorations was in new chinese music. Over the years she has collaborated with several choreographers like Gonnie Heggen (Amsterdam), Hisako Horikawa (Japan) and Sylvain Prunenec (Paris). She has performed with the Ex Orkest and was a member of the punk/rock/impro band The Ex from 2002 till 2005, with tours through the USA, Ethiopia and Europe.
Since 2007 she plays in a duo with Mary Oliver. She plays in a trio with Francoise Rivalland (percussion) and Hans Tutschku (piano/electronics), in ‘High Birds’ with Paul Dunmall, Alan Purves and Hilary Jeffery, in ‘Doubles’ with Joost Buis, Maartje ten Hoorn and Will Guthrie, in the David Kweksilber Bigband and Magpie Music Dance Company.
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Ingar Zach
percussió i electrònica (Noruega/ Madrid)
www.ingarzach.com


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Improvisador i percussionista norueg, Ingar Zach (nascut l’any 1971 a Oslo) va començar els seus estudis de percussió quan tenia 7 anys. Durant els anys 1993-1997
va estudiar Musicologia a la Universitat d’Oslo i després
Jazz i Composició al Conservatori de Trondheim. Mentre estudiava a Estocolm l’any 1997 va conèixer a Raymond Strid i David Stackenäs, i l’any 1998 a Ivar Grydeland.
L’any 2000 va fundar el segell SOFA amb Grydeland.

Actualment treballa amb els grups HUNTSVILLE (N)
(amb Ivar Grydeland i Tonny Kluften), NO SPAGHETTI EDITION (N), FLORE DE CATACLYSMO (amb Giuseppe Ielasi, Michel Doneda), MUTA (amb Rhodri Davies (UK), Alessandra Rombolá), JON BALKE i MAGNETIC NORTH ORCHESTRA, LOOPER (amb Nikos Veliotis i Martin
Küchen) i LABORATORY FIELD (amb David Stackenäs). També treballa amb músics com Eivind Buene (N),
Øyvind Torvund (N), Christian Wallumrød (N), Jim
O¹Rourke (US), Barry Guy (UK), Evan Parker (UK), Axel Dörner (GER), Kevin Drumm (US), Thomas Lehn (GER), Johan Berthling (SWE), Raymond Strid (SWE), Fred Lonberg-Holm (US), Susie Ibarra (US), Jaap Blonk
(NED), Mats Gustafsson (SWE), Annette Krebs (TYS), Andrea Neumann (TYS), Phil Minton (UK), Alex Ward
(UK), Jean Marc Montera (FRA), Mark Wastell (ENG),
Wade Matthews (US), Ernesto Rodrigues (POR), John Butcher (UK), Jerome Noetinger (FRA), Sharif Shenaoui (LIB), Xavier Charles (FRA), Mazen Kerbaj (LIB), Agustí Fernández (ESP), John Tilbury (UK), Derek Bailey (UK), Philipp Wachsmann (UK) i Charlotte Hug (SUI).
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Norwegian improviser, percussionist, Ingar Zach (b. June 29th 1971 in Oslo, Norway) begins his percussion training already at age 7 in the local schoolband in Oslo. From 1993-94 he studies Musicology at the University in Oslo, Norway, and then moves to Trondheim in 1994 to start a three year study in jazz and composition at the Music Conservatory. Early 1997 he participates in an exchange program at the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. During his brief residency in Stockholm in 1997 he meets the drummer Raymond Strid and guitar player David Stackenäs. The meeting with these two musicians leeds to a great interest for improvisation. After finishing his three year studies in Trondheim he moves back to Oslo and works as a freelance musician in the field of jazz and improvisation.

In 1998 he meets the guitar player; Ivar Grydeland with whom he develops a close musical relationship. In 2000 he co-founds the record label; SOFA together with Grydeland.
Ingar Zach is currently working in fixed groups like; HUNTSVILLE (N) (w/Ivar Grydeland and Tonny Kluften), NO SPAGHETTI EDITION (N), FLORE DE CATACLYSMO (w/Giuseppe Ielasi (ITA)- guitar/electronics, Michel Doneda (FRA) –saxophones), MUTA (w/ Rhodri Davies(UK)- harp, Alessandra Rombolá (ITA)- flutes), JON BALKE and MAGNETIC NORTH ORCHESTRA, LOOPER (w/ Nikos Veliotis(GRE) -cello and Martin Küchen(SWE)- saxophones) and LABORATORY FIELD (w/David Stackenäs). In addition to working with fixed groups he is also involved in ad-hoc activities with other musicians and composers such as; Eivind Buene (N), Øyvind Torvund (N), Christian Wallumrød (N), Jim O¹Rourke (US), Barry Guy (UK), Evan Parker (UK), Axel Dörner(GER), Kevin Drumm(US), Thomas Lehn (GER), Johan Berthling (SWE), Raymond Strid(SWE), Fred Lonberg-Holm(US), Susie Ibarra (US), Jaap Blonk(NED), Mats Gustafsson(SWE), Annette Krebs(TYS), Andrea Neumann(TYS), Phil Minton (UK), Alex Ward (UK), Jean Marc Montera (FRA), Mark Wastell (ENG), Wade Matthews (US), Ernesto Rodrigues (POR), John Butcher (UK), Jerome Noetinger (FRA), Sharif Shenaoui (LIB) , Xavier Charles (FRA), Mazen Kerbaj (LIB), Agustí Fernández (ESP), John Tilbury (UK), Derek Bailey (UK), Philipp Wachsmann (UK), Charlotte Hug (SUI) and more.



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Polwechsel
percussió i objectes
www.polwechsel.com




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Burkhard Beins
percussió i objectes
www.burkhardbeins.de



1964, viu a Berlín. Des de final dels anys 80 ha participat
a festivals, concerts i tours internacionals com a compositor/intérpret de música experimental per tot
Europa i la resta del món. És membre de varies
ensembles com ara Perlonex, Activity Center, Polwechsel,
Trio Sowari, Phosphor, i també ha treballat amb Keith
Rowe, Sven-Ake Johansson, Orm Finnendahl,
Charlemagne Palestine, Phil Minton, entre molts d’altres.
Ha enregistrat més de 30 Cds i LPs a segells com per exemple 2:13 Music, Zarek, Erstwhile, Hat Hut,
Potlatch, Absinth o Confront.

“… senzillament un dels més imaginatius percussionistes que hi ha, tot i que de fet fa que la paraula
“percussionista” sembli un terme insuficient.”
All Music Guide.




Martin Brandlmayr
percussió
www.mosz.org/brandlmayr.html


nascut 4.11.1971 a Bad Ischl. Austria.
Grups i projectes: Radian, Trapist, Kapital band ,
Polwechsel
Col·laboracions amb Siegrun Appelt, Burkhard Beins,
Tony Buck, John Butcher, Peter Brandlmayr, Nicholas Bussmann, Werner Dafeldecker, Dieb 13, Axel Dörner, Christian Fennesz, Franz Hautzinger, Gina Hell, Florian
Kmet, Christof Kurzmann, Klaus Lang,Toshimaru
Nakamura, Andrea Neumann, Pure, Rashim, Sachiko M, Stefan Schneider, Martin Siewert, Burkhard Stangl, John Tilbury, Void, Joe Williamson, Otomo Yoshihide,.....
Aparició a festivals: Transmediale (Berlín), Domino
festival (Brusseles), Donaueschinger Musiktage, Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf (Nickelsdorf), Ideal festival (Gothenburg), Maerz-Musik (Berlín), Pukkelpop (Hasselt), Music Unlimeted (Gales), entre d’altres.






Werner Dafeldecker
contrabaix i electrònica


1964 Viena. Músic, compositor i productor freelance. Concentrat sobretot a la improvisació, la música
electrònica i els projectes cross-over. La investigació del
so, la recerca de la acústica pura i la creació d’un arxiu personal de so són la base del seu treball. Cofundador de Polwechsel i Durian Records.
Actuacions i encàrrecs: kammermusiktage witten;
berliner festspiele märz musik; sound field festival
chicago; wien modern; festival hörgänge; musikprotokoll
im steirischen herbst; what is music festival australia; international music festival vancouver; international
festival victoriaville/canada; lmc festival london; dundee media festival; ultraschall festival berlin; swr freiburg
new-music meeting; salzburger festspiele. Treballa
com a productor per durian records i altres segells com
ara morr music, hat.hut, mosz. kranky.
Ha treballat amb: luc ferrari, john tilbury, otomo
yoshihide, sachiko m, john butcher, franz hautzinger,
david sylvian, christian fennesz, gene coleman, jim o
rourke, tony buck, klangform wien, patrick pulsinger, burkhard stangl, eugene chadbourne, dean roberts,
radu malfatti, taku sugimoto, entre molts d’altres.





Michael Moser

violoncel i electrònica

Neix al 1959 a Graz, Austria. Estudia violoncel a Graz i
Viena. Treballa intensament en diferents formes de
música contemporània. Actuacions d’electrònica en viu.
Amb indicacions seves han estat compostes moltes
peces per violoncel solo.
Ha col·laborat amb eminents artistes com ara peter
ablinger, bernhard lang, isabel mundry, helmut
lachenmann, alvin lucier, klaus lang, otomo yoshihide, pauline olivieros, elliott sharp, nick collins, michael
maierhof, phill niblock, tony oxley, zeitkratzer,
polwechsel, klangforum wien.
Ha tocat a molts festivals de música contemporània i improvisada, com ara, International Actual Music
Festival Victoriaville, Canada, musikprotokoll im
steirischen herbst, Wien Modern, Wittener Tage für
neue Kammermusik, Du Maurier international Jazz
Festival Vancouver, LMC Festival of experimental music London, entre d’altres.


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1964, lives in Berlin. Since the late 1980´s international festivals, concerts and tours with experimental music
as a composer/performer throughout Europe and
overseas. He is a member of several ensembles like
Perlonex, Activity Center, Polwechsel, Trio Sowari,
Phosphor, and also works with Keith Rowe, Sven-Åke Johansson, Orm Finnendahl, Charlemagne Palestine,
Phil Minton, and many others.
Meanwhile he has released more than 30 CDs and LPs on labels like 2:13 Music, Zarek, Erstwhile, Hat Hut, Potlatch, Absinth or Confront.

„ ...simply one of the most imaginative percussionists around, indeed making the tag 'percussionist' seem hopelessly deficient."
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born 4.11.1971 in Bad Ischl. Austria
Bands and projects: Radian, Trapist, Kapital band , Polwechsel
Collaborations with Siegrun Appelt, Burkhard Beins, Tony Buck, John Butcher, Peter Brandlmayr, Nicholas Bussmann, Werner Dafeldecker, Dieb 13, Axel Dörner, Christian Fennesz, Franz Hautzinger, Gina Hell, Florian Kmet, Christof Kurzmann, Klaus Lang,Toshimaru Nakamura, Andrea Neumann, Pure, Rashim, Sachiko M, Stefan Schneider, Martin Siewert, Burkhard Stangl, John Tilbury, Void, Joe Williamson, Otomo Yoshihide,.....
Festivalappearances:
Transmediale ( Berlin , Domino festival (Brussels), Donaueschinger Musiktage, Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf (Nickelsdorf), Ideal festival (Gothenburg), Maerz-Musik (Berlin), Pukkelpop (Hasselt), Music Unlimeted (Wels), …











1964 vienna. Freelance musician, composer and producer. concentrating on improvisation, eletronic music and cross-over projects. a longtime sound research, pure acoustic research, and the creation of a personal sound archive are the basis for his work. co founder of polwechsel and durian records.
performances, and comissions: kammermusiktage witten; berliner festspiele märz musik; sound field festival chicago; wien modern; festival hörgänge; musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst; what is music festival australia; international music festival vancouver; international festival victoriaville/canada; lmc festival london; dundee media festival; ultraschall festival berlin; swr freiburg new-music meeting; salzburger festspiele. work as a producer for durian records and other labels like morr music, hat.hut, mosz. kranky.
worked with: luc ferrari, john tilbury, otomo yoshihide, sachiko m, john butcher, franz hautzinger, david sylvian, christian fennesz, gene coleman, jim o rourke, tony buck, klangform wien, patrick pulsinger, burkhard stangl, eugene chadbourne, dean roberts, radu malfatti, taku sugimoto, and many others..








1959 in graz, austria. studied cello in graz and vienna, he is intensively engaged with different forms of contemporary music. performances with live-electronics. numerous pieces for cello solo have been composed at his suggestion.
he has collaborated with distinguished artists such as peter ablinger, bernhard lang, isabel mundry, helmut lachenmann, alvin lucier, klaus lang, otomo yoshihide, pauline olivieros,
elliott sharp, nick collins, michael maierhof, phill niblock, tony oxley, zeitkratzer, polwechsel, klangforum wien.
michael moser played at numerous festivals for contemporary and improvised music: International Actual Music Festival Victoriaville, Canada, musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst, Wien Modern, LMC Festival of experimental music London…