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***Swiss-Tour, February 2009 with Ensemble Rue du Nord: Anne Gillot, recorders / Benoît Moreau, clarinet / Laurent Bruttin, bass clarinet / Miran Zrimcek, cello / Dragos Tara, double bass / Jonas Kocher, accordion / John Menoud, e.-guit, electronics / Svetlana Marash, piano / Lukatoyboy, toys, electronics / Robert Rozsa, no-input electronics
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The aim of the Swiss-Balkan Creative Music Project is to developp new links between swiss and balkan musicians in the field of contemporary improvised music.The working sessions will give the musicians the possibility to explore together new and fresh practices in electro-acoustic improvised music.
The music is made of sonic architectures, colours and textures and moves between pure sound and abstract noise complexity.
The project is realised in 3 phases : April 2007, November 2007 and spring 2008.
For the first and second phase, the Ensemble Rue du Nord is travelling and meeting different local musicians.
The third phase will permit to have several concerts in different cities and mix the balkan musicians in the spirit of the « Company Weeks » by Derek Bailey.
Participants for the tour on March-April 2008:
Check addlimb for more infos about some musicians from the Balkan
Kaltrina Shala, flute
Vedran Tuce, bassclarinet
Dugagjin Muhaxheri, clarinet
Rosen Zahariev, trompet/percussion
Biliana Voutchkova, violin
Visar Kuqi, violin
Miran Zrimsek, cello
Vladimir Blagojevic, accordion
Svetlana Marash, piano
Liburn Jupolli, piano
Lukatoyboy, electronics/toys
Robert Rosza, electronics
Srdjan Muc, guitar/electronics
Every kid on speed, laptop
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Ensemble Rue du Nord:
Laurent Bruttin, clarinet & bass clarinet
Anne Gillot, recorders
Jonas Kocher, accordion
John Menoud, e-guit., electronics
Dragos Tara, doublebass, electronics
Benoît Moreau, piano, clarinet
CONCEPT & ORGANIZATION
Jonas Kocher in collaboration with:
Sabina Sabic, Sarajevo.
Bojan Djordjevic & Vladimir Djordjevic, Belgrade
Red House, Sofia
Toni Kitanovski & Antonio Dimitrov, Skopje
Ilir Bajri,Pristhina
SOME LINKS ABOUT FREE AND INDEPENDANT MUSIC IN THE BALKAN
Ring Ring Promotion
Multikultivator
Cultural Center Rex, Belgrade
Center for New Music, Prishtina
OKC Abrasevic, Mostar
Red House, Sofia
addlimb
with an interview about the project
Tamizdat Independant music from central and eastern Europe
Norient Independant Network for Local and Global Soundscapes
Radio Grenouille radiofeature about independant music scene in belgrade (french-english)
2nd PHASE, NOVEMBER 2007
Ensemble Rue du Nord: Laurent Bruttin, clarinets / Anne Gillot, recorders / Jonas Kocher, accordion / Dragos Tara, doublebass, laptop
5th Mostar, OKC Abrasevic
w/Jack Wright, Andrew Drury, Melika Hadzic
6th Sarajevo, Collegium Artisticum
w/Jack Wright, Andrew Drury, Vedran Tuce, Miran Zrimsek, Luka Ivanovic, a.o.
9th Belgrade, REX
w/Robert Rosza, Luka Ivanovic, Srdjan Muc, Marijan Srdic, Stefan Kovacevic, Nebojsa Vukelic, a.o.
11th Skopje, Theater for Children
w/Toni Kitanovski, Antonio Dimitrov, Dzijan Emin, Ivan Bejkov, Aleksandar Sekvlovski
12th Stip, University
w/Toni Kitanovski, Dzijan Emin, Ivan Bejkov, Aleksandar Sekvlovski
15th Pristina, Music School
w/Visar Kuqi, Kaltrina Shala, Liburn Jupolli, Dugagjin Muhaxheri, a.o.
17th Sofia, Red House
Trio Bruttin-Gillot-Kocher
1st PHASE, APRIL 2007
Ensemble Rue du Nord : Benoît Moreau, clarinet, piano / Jonas Kocher, accordion / John Menoud, e.guit, electronics
6th/7th, Skopje, Macedonia : Theater for Children and Youth
w/Toni Kitanovski, Oliver Josifovski, Jordan Kostov, Gazmend Berisha, Vladan Drobicki, Bojan Zungulov, Goran Pangovski, Bojan Ugrinovski
9th/10th, Pristina, Kosovo : ODA Theater
w/Kaltrina Shala, Visar Kuq, Liburn Jupolli, Dugagjin Muhaxheri, clarinet
12th/13th Belgrade, Serbia : Cultural Center REX
w/Szilard Mezei, Ervin Malina, Djordje Mijuskovic, Branislav Radojkovic, Robert Rozsa, Srdjan Muc, Jamal Al Kiswani, Ivan Antic, Relja Bobic, Svetlana Maras
15th, Sarajevo, Bosnia : Cultural center « Sarajevo »
w/Melika Hadzic, Miran Zrimsek, Faruk Jahic, Vanja Rupar, Irena varisic, Stipan ?
Project realised with the support of Pro Helvetia, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Canton of Berne, Swiss Cultural Programme South-East Europe and Ukraine-Pro Helvetia/SDC
