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Amelia Cuni - To sing a
Forest
Voice
and Electronics
www.ameliacuni.de
Singer, composer and performer. She
has trained her voice and musical
skills in India, according to the
tradition of Dhurpad singing
and Kathak dance. Her present
work includes early and contemporary
music and collaborations with
several artists of international
repute like Terry Riley and David
Toop. Her own multimedia performance
Ashtayama-Song of Hours
has been presented in several
international festivals in Europe
and USA. Her
latest work is John Cages's Solo
58 (microtonal ragas from his
Song Books, 1970, in
co-production with several European
new music venues). Her music
is featured on various CD
productions. She
teaches Indian singing at the
Vicenza Conservatory in Italy
and at the Universität der Künste
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Jose
García
- Die Schaukel
Percussion, acting and dance
Mexico 1974. Xalapa Faculty of
Music. Advanced percussion course in
2000 with Tambuco Ensemble.
Bachelors Degree, Koninklijk
Conservatorium,
Netherlands. Member of Xalapa
Percussion Ensemble,
Sinfónica Juvenil de Veracruz,
and Symphonic Band of the State
of Veracruz. Founded XOC
Percussion Ensemble. Timpanist
with the Amsterdam Symphony
Orchestra, National
Percussion Ensemble, Slagwerk
groep Den Haag, Insomnio
and many others. Festival de
Percusiones Merza, Steve
Reich Festival, Gaudeamus
Muziek Week, Karnatic Lab.
Festival, Taiwan
International Percussion Convention,
Junio Musical, CHINCH Festival
in Belgrade and Majestic Drums
VII. Third Prize,
International Percussion Quartet
Competition, Luxembourg 2005
with EM Quartet. Currently
member of Axyz Ensemble,
Modelo 62 and Ear Massage
Percussion Quartet. His upcoming
performances include a tour to
China, Malta, Berlin, USA and
Mexico. |
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Seth Josel
- To sing a Forest
Guitars and processing
http://josel.sheerpluck.de/
Soloist, chamber music partner,
ensemble player and improviser.
His instrumental versatility, as
well as his ability to adapt
rapidly to the ever-shifting
musical climate around him,
makes him one of the most sought
after guitarists in the New Art
Music arena. During the
three-year period 2002-05 he
premiered over 30 compositions
spanning various genres and
contexts. Soloist with the
Hilversum Radio Orchestra,
the Stuttgart Radio Symphony,
the Southwest German Radio
Orchestra and the
Ensemble musikFabrik; as
well, he was a guest performer
with several major European
ensembles and orchestras,
including KNM Berlin and
Ensemble SurPlus of
Freiburg as well as the DSO
Berlin under the direction
of Kent Nagano. Co-founder of
Catch quartet. A number of
recording projects are in the
works, including a portrait of
Gavin Bryars for Mode Records
(Release February 2007).
Peter Ablinger's magnus opus for
electric guitar - "33-127" - is
now in preparation on Mode
Records.
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Carlos Sandoval - Die
Schaukel
Concept, live electronics,
percussion and acting
www.carlos-sandoval.de
Carlos Sandoval —
(Mexico City, 1956).
Works in sound-design and sound
installations, improvisation
processes and live-electronics,
music-theater, written music and,
more specifically, the mix of all of
them. He creates music also with
living-trees connected world-wide
via internet using accelerometers.
Sandoval has been freelance composer
since 1989. He holds a B.A. in
composition in Mexico (National
School of Music, 1976-79). Graduate,
advanced studies in composition,
analysis and theory with J. Estrada
(ENM, 1985-90). He studied
piano-design and tuning in the
factory Bösendorfer in Vienna
(1980-82) Sandoval was Conlon
Nancarrow’s assistant in Mexico City
(1991-94). He was member of the
Mexican Sistema Nacional de
Creadores (1999-05). He lives
and works in Germany.
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Oori Shalev - Die Schaukel,
To sing a Forest,
Concept TSF, tabla, percussion,
electronics and acting
www.ooish.com
Musician, sound
artist and computer networks
specialist. Plays drum-set, tabla
and percussion. Combines
digital-processing for live
performance. Tabula rasa,
electroacoustic avant-free jazz
trio, Israel 1998-02. Nigun Atik,
Modern Jewish Quintet, Israel
2001-02. Russian Free Jazz
Festival, with Michael Agre and
Sergey Letov, Tel-Aviv 2002. Drummer
in the free improvisation scene in
Houston (Sep. 03 "Shrill" with Anat
Cohavi, Dec. 03 Sound Piece
(P. Oliveros). Free Jazz Quintet
(Nov. 03 Austin, live-recording
CD: Church, the music of
Violeta Parra). Brew 2 for
tabla, guitar and accordion
improvisation concert. Project
manager for Malam Communications
(2000-03). Expert in new
technologies adaptations and
integration: Data and directory
synchronization, secure applications
connectivity through internet and IT
management systems for enterprise
companies. Lived in India (2004-05).
Sotavento with The-Tilt
group. |
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Mario Vazquez
- Die Schaukel
Percussion, acting and dance
www.mario-vazquez.de
Mexico-City, 1951. Actor, visual
artist, stage-designer,
photographer. He studied drama with
Mascarones, in Mexico. Rooted
in the political theatre movements
in Mexico and the USA, Mario
performed in open-spaces and
on-stage in Mexico and USA. He lives
in Europe since 1988. Actor and
stage-designer in theatre and film
productions in Germany, France and
the Netherlands. He is autodidact
photographer since 1982. Founder of
the photographers’ association
Unicornio in Mexico. Exhibitions
and documentaries in Mexico, Germany
and the Netherlands. He is an active
member of the organizing body of the
Day of the Dead in Berlin
since 1990. Ongoing projects: The
Invisibles (Performance for
Carnival of Cultures 2007, Berlin),
Corazón de piedra y palo
(installation) and Bajo las Nubes
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Junko Wada - To sing a Forest
Dance and sensor-reactions
http://www.junkowada.de
After finishing her painting studies
at the Musahino University of
Arts in Tokyo she intensified
her interest in dance and started to
develop her quite personal dance
style. Soon later she replaced
canvas and brushes with a
performance stage. She developed her
first choreographies with sound
artist Akio Suzuki. Further
collaborations with Rolf Julius and
Hans Peter Kühn followed. She has
performed in all continents. Since
1999 she lives and works in Berlin.
She has performed at the Akademie
der Künste, Theater am
Hallessches Ufer, Neue
National Galerie, Adelaide
Festival, Asia Art Museum
among others. Recently she developed
performances with a large number of
artists, Process Vol.2 -
Reflection <Punkt und Linie Berlin>
at Haus der Kulturen der Welt
and other venues in Berlin.. |
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