User:Ernesto Rodrigues

ERNESTO RODRIGUES

1959 | Lisbon | Portugal | Performer, Composer | Violin, Viola, Electronics

He has been playing the violin for 20 years and in that time has played all genres of music ranging from contemporary music to free jazz and improvised music, live and in the studio. His main interest shifted towards contemporary improvised and composed music, as well as indeterminate and graphic scores by Gerhard Stäbler. Studies with contemporary composers Emmanuel Nunes and Paulo Brandão. The relationship with his instruments is focused in sonic and textural elements. Electronic music was an early influence on his approach to violin playing, which challenges traditional romantic concepts of the violin/viola through use of preparations and micro tuning. Has created music for films, dance, performance, video, etc. Active in different settings on the Portuguese scene for free improvised music, both as a collaborator and in leading his own groups including many important and creative musicians such as Nuno Rebelo, Carlos Bechegas, José Oliveira, Margarida Garcia, Manuel Mota, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Guilherme Rodrigues, Carlos Zíngaro, Sei Miguel, Vítor Rua, Tim Goldie, Jeffrey Morgan, Oren Marshall, Gianni Gebbia, Gerhard Uebele, Nicolas Field, Jaime Fennelly, Gregg Moore, John “Sugar” Rottiers, Blaise Siwula, Will Guthrie, Pawel Grabowski, Michael Thieke, Alejandro Novoa, Michel Stawicki, Wade Matthews, Leonel Kaplan, Diego Chamy, Gabriel Paiuk, Barry Weisblat, Joe Giardullo, Jassem Hindi, Taku Unami, Ingar Zach, Masahiko Okura, Tisha Mukarji, Hans W. Koch, Bettina Wenzel, Ulrich Krieger, Phill Niblock, Christine Sehnaoui, Sharif Sehnaoui, Guillermo Torres, Toshihiro Koike, Alexandre Bellenger, Romaric Sobac, Jean-Luc Guionnet, etc. Has also worked with contemporary dancers like Ana Galan, Isabel Valverde, Mário Calixto, Anna Pázstor, Valérie Métivier, etc. Workshops with Carlos Zíngaro, Peter Kowald, Richard Teitelbaum, Jason Kahn, Cecil Taylor, Jeffrey Morgan, Workshop de Lyon, Takashi Kako, Han Bennink, Steve Potts, Evan Parker, Ken Filliano,  Eugene Chadbourne, Jorge Peixinho, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Constança Capdeville, Iannis Xenakis, etc. Has created the record label Creative Sources Recordings in 1999, wich mainly concentrates on releasing experimental and electro-acoustic music. Performs at festivals all over Europe.

Discography

Movement Sounds - CD Leo Lab 032, London 1997; Self Eater and Drinker - CD audEo 0399, Lisbon 1999; Multiples - CD CS 001, Lisbon 2001; Sudden Music - CD CS 002, Lisbon 2002; 23 Exposures - CD CS 003, Lisbon 2002; Ficta - CD CS 005, Lisbon 2002; Assemblage - CD CS 007, Lisbon 2002; Cesura - CD CS 008, Lisbon 2003; Contre-Plongée - CD CS 011, Lisbon 2004; Dorsal - CD CS 012, Lisbon 2004; Kreis - CD CS 020, Lisbon 2005; Prisma - ST4001, USA 2005