[microsound] Axel Doerner/Bernhard Gal - Oct 1st Chicago Performance

[vadim sprikut <blohhskj@xxxxxxxxx>]

For those of you that are in the Chicago-land area
this Oct. 1st, please come and check-out the following
performance:
 
Friday October 1st, 2004 

8:30pm   $7 cover

 

de/fine.

 

Soundfield 2004 performances from:

 

Axel Doerner, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jason Roebke, Michael
Zerang

 

Berhnard Gal, Brian Labycz, Jason Soliday, Vadim
Sprikut

 

TV Pow

 

Location: 

Heaven Gallery 

1550 N. North Milwaukee 2nd Floor 

Chicago, Illinois 60622 

773-342-4597

www.heavengallery.com

 

Below is information about the performing artists. 
For any questions or inquiries please contact brian at
773-784-5292 or brian@xxxxxxxxx  Thank you.

 

 

Axel Doerner

Born in Köln, 26 April 1964; trumpet. 

Axel Dörner's first instrument was piano, which he
initially studied at the conservatory in Arnhem, the
Netherlands, from 1988 to 1989, and subsequently (1989
to 1996) at the Musikhochschule in Köln. From 1991 he
studied trumpet with Malte Burba at the
Musikhochschule. During the five years in Köln leading
up to 1994, he worked extensively with trumpeter Bruno
Leicht, as The Streetfighters Duo, The Streetfighters
Quartet (with Wayne Dockery and John Betsch), and The
Streetfighters Double Quartet with, among others,
Matthias Schubert and Claudio Puntin. During this time
he formed the Axel Dörner Quartet with Frank
Gratkowski, Hans Schneider and Martin Blume, and The
Remedy with Sebastian Gramss and Claus Wagner (and
guests Peter Kowald, Tom Cora and Matthias Schubert).
Numerous radio, television and concert appearances
were made with these groups. 

In 1994, Dörner moved to Berlin and the number of
activities increased substantially to include: 

Die Enttäuschung with Rudi Mahall, Uli Jennessen and
Jan Roder; and, with Alexander von Schlippenbach added
to the quartet in a group that has performed all the
compositions of Thelonius Monk 
The Recepy with Zeena Parkins, Sebastian Gramss and
Michael Griener 
Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra 
Improvisors Pool with Sam Rivers and Alexander von
Schlippenbach 
Aki Takase Sextet 
Mis&Les (The music of Eric Dolphy) 
a quintet with George Lewis, Evan Parker, Alexander
von Schlippenbach and Paul Lovens 
"Sechs kleine Stücke für Quintett" and "Harke und
Spaten" with Sven-Å Johansson 
Bob Rutman Steelcello Ensemble with Shelley Hirsch and
Johannes Bauer 
King Übü Örchestü 
Butch Morris' Berlin Skyscraper 
Lines with Martin Blume, Marcio Mattos, Phil Wachsmann
and Jim Denley 
Fred Van Hove's 't Nonet 
SPOK-Ensemble with Aleks Kolkowski, Rudi Mahall and
Matthias Bauer 
Trios with: Sven-Å Johansson and Matthias Bauer; Chris
Burn and Alexander Frangenheim; Thomas Lehn and Phil
Minton; and Fred Lonberg-Holm and Michael Zerang 
Duos with: Mark Sanders; Robin Hayward; John Russell;
Lol Coxhill; Wolfgang Fuchs; Rajexh Mehta; Michael
Griener 
Chris Burn's Ensemble 
The London Jazz Composers Orchestra 
Hedros with Mats Gustafsson, Günter Christmann, Barry
Guy and others 
ananax with Andrea Neumann and Annett Krebs 
Solo concerts 
Axel Dörner's compositions include: 

Örxome, for 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 4 saxophones,
bass clarinet, 2 pianos, double bass and
drums/percussion 
Komposition für 8 instrumente 
Komposition für streichquartett und trompete 
Komposition für trompete-solo Nr1, Nr2 
fielchuk (flute, violoncello, double bass, piano) 
marchugk (trumpet solo) 
treucht (3 trumpets) 
larft (trumpet, trombone, tuba) 
 

Bernhard Gal   (a.k.a. gal)

Composer / Artist / Musicologist

Born 1971 in Vienna, Austria.

 

Since 1986 intensification of musical activities and
studies of various compositional techniques. After
studies at Vienna?s University of Music (Sound
engineering) and the University of Vienna (Musicology)
emphasis on compositional and artistic activities.
1997-98 year-long residency in New York City. Since
1998 Gal works as a freelance composer and artist.
Currently Gál lives and works in Berlin and Vienna. 

 

Creation of electro-acoustic and electronic music as
well as music for acoustic instruments, also
integrating spatial and performative elements into his
work. As a (sound-) artist Gál combines sound, light,
objects, video projections and spatial concepts as
equal parts of his inter-media installations. As a
(powerbook) musician, Gál has performed in solo
concerts and collaborated with Aki Onda, Alan Licht,
Brian Labycz, Chao-Ming Tung, Kai Fagaschinski, Manuel
Mota, et al. 

 

Concerts, exhibitions, sound installations and
intermedia art projects throughout Europe, and in
Japan, Taiwan and the Americas (e.g. Konzerthaus Wien,
Museum Essl Austria, singuhr-hoergalerie Berlin,
University of the Arts Berlin, Podewil Berlin,
Institut Mathildenhoehe Darmstadt, Studio Five Beekman
New York, GAle GAtes Gallery New York, Tonic New
York). Invitations to festivals (e.g. Wien Modern,
ICMC Berlin, MaerzMusik Berlin, Cinema for the Ear
-Festival Copenhagen, Musashino Public Art Festival
Tokyo, MATA Festival New York). 

 

Collaborations with architects, choreographers,
musicians, painters, performance-, media- and video
artists, e.g. G.S. Sedlak, Mandy Morrison, Christian
Aichinger, P. Michael Schultes, Akemi Takeya and Emre
Tuncer. Since 1997 ongoing collaboration with the
Japanese architect/artist Yumi Kori
(?audio-architectural installations?). Compositions
for video, dance, theatre and radio art projects.

Recipient of various awards and grants, e.g.
Composition Award of Initiative Minderheiten Vienna
2000, Karl Hofer-Prize/University of the Arts Berlin
2001, SKE-Fonds Annual Grant Vienna 2002, DAAD
Artist-in-Residency Berlin 2003, Austrian State
Scholarship for Composition 2004.

 

Several CD-Releases, e.g. on Durian (A), Plate Lunch
(GER), Intransitive Recordings (USA), Klanggalerie
(A), contributions to various compilations.

 

For additional information visit:
http://www.bernhardgal.com

 

Fred Lonberg-Holm

www.loftypillars.com/fredbio.html


Michael Zerang

www.geocities.com/~mzerang/


Jason Roebke

www.jasonroebke.info


TV Pow

www.tvpow.net


Jason Soliday

http://cranksatori.net/js/ 


Vadim Sprikut

www.oblast.net

Brian Labycz

www.koura.us


  



		
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