Loïc Bertrand Loïc Bertrand, born in 1976, is a french improviser, playing flute, clarinet and circuit bent instruments. Started music at 17 by learning guitar autonomously through improvisation. After travels and studies in anthropology, he started flute and discovered free improvisation in 2005. He's based in Berlin since summer 2012. Markus Pesonen
Born 1984, is a Finnish guitarist, composer, and sound artist based in Copenhagen and Berlin. Markus started his musical journey with improvisation and composition working both with popular and classical music in Kuopio, Finland. After his studies in Helsinki, he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark where he completed his master’s degree in music performance at the city’s Rhythmic Music Conservatory in 2010. Emilio Gordoa
Mexican musician and composer. Lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City. Comes from family with strong artistic tendencies. Mainly engaged in research, development and composition of different experimental styles, with a particular focus on the execution of percussion and the vibraphone as his primary instrument. Michelle Yom
Michelle Yom, born in Seoul 1982, started piano at three, flute at eleven, and after studying classical music, switched to improvised music in 2004. After studies in Boulder and New York, she moved to Houston, where she was active in the improvised music community since 2006. In June 2012, she quit her choral director position and moved to Berlin. Now she spends most of her time with the flute continuing exploration of new sounds and tambres using voice, circular phrasing, and finger drumming. Most recently, she began using microphones and speakers to amplify the small, inside sounds of the flute, and use it and its feedback sounds as another material for improvisation. |
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