Alexandre Babel

Nine Lives: Volume 2

10 Jun 2009 - 21:00

NINE LIVES, Volume 2
two nights of spontaneous music & pre-determined combinations
in order of appearance:

Clare Cooper, guzheng / Alexander Babel, percussion / Andrea Neumann, Innen Klavier

Robin Hayward, tuba / Jean-Luc Guionnet, alto saxophone

Seijiro Muramaya, percussion / Diego Chamy, movement & performance / Christof Kurzmann, g4

Clayton Thomas, double bass / Alexander Babel, percussion

NINE PIECE (IMPROVISATION) 

Nine Lives: Volume 2

11 Jun 2009 - 21:00

NINE LIVES, Volume 2
two nights of spontaneous music & pre-determined combinations

 

"Soll-Ist-vergleich" (performance by Andrea Neumann & Diego Chamy)

Christof Kurzmann, G4 / Jean Luc Guionnet, alto saxophone / John Eckhardt, double bass

LVSXY: Clare Cooper / Clayton Thomas, string instruments

Seijiro Muramaya, percussion / Robin Hayward, tuba / John Eckhardt, double bass

NINE PIECE (COMPOSITION) by Seijiro Muramaya

Born and raised in Geneva, studied in Geneva and New York. Active as a drummer and percussionnist in various contemporary projects/contexts including modern classical, free improv and others. He has worked with Ensemble Musikfabrik, Kammerensemble Neuemusik Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Fritz Hauser, Synergy Percussion Group, Steven Schick, Jean Geoffroy, Manfred Karge, Jacques Demierre, Anthony Pateras... Current projects with ButtercupMetalPolish (percussion duo with Nicolas Field), N-collective, Gekko (with alex rodrigues, raphael anker, nicolas brunner), CIP (Centre International de Percussion), ensemble written-not-written (w/ cello player Augustin Maurs, pianist Michael Willhelmi), Michael Gross, Leonid Soybelman, Nicolas Masson, Vincent Membrez, Tom Arthurs...