Nexus
Composer relationships and works written for or developed with Aleksander Gabryś.
This Tower presents creative relationships in which the double bassist is not only the performer, but also the dedicatee, consultant, co-creator of the work's performing language, and bearer of performance knowledge passed between artists.
Gabryś und Henneberger - Transformation
Four archival films from the GABRYS GIGER cycle, held here with Jannik Giger's Transformation context.
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Creative relationships
Composer-performer collaborations
These encounters gather situations in which Aleksander Gabryś appears as performer, dedicatee, consultant, or co-creator of the musical material.
Nicolas Tzortzis / Thomas Wally
Running a business, hommage à Tony Soprano; Soliloquy III: polypolar dancing drone bass bear. 131 Fragmente
Two composer relationships around works for double bass, dedication, and the physical language of solo performance.
Related encounter
Helmut Oehring
Angelus Novus III
World premiere with SWR Orchester in Freiburg on 14 June 2016. The solo double bass part is connected with autobiographical memories of Aleksander Gabryś, so the entry holds the composer-performer relationship together with the responsibility carried by the performer.
- World premiere: Helmut Oehring, Angelus Novus III, SWR Orchester, Freiburg, 14 June 2016.
- The solo double bass part is connected with autobiographical memories of Aleksander Gabryś.
Giacinto Scelsi
Transmission
A meeting with Michiko Hirayama and Rohan de Saram during Scelsi Festival Basel, understood as a handover of performance tradition through rehearsals, concerts, and shared work on Scelsi's sound world.
- Work with Michiko Hirayama and Rohan de Saram during Scelsi Festival Basel.
- Rehearsals and concerts: C’est bien la nuit; Maknongan; Okanagon; Dharana with Rohan de Saram; Canti di Capricorno with Michiko Hirayama.
David Moss / Helmut Oehring
FinsterHERZ oder Orfeo17
A working situation with David Moss and Helmut Oehring in which voice, stage energy, and double bass performance meet.
Related encounter
Davor Vincze
La Tentation de Saint Antoine
A composer-performer relationship with Davor Vincze around La Tentation de Saint Antoine. The photograph comes from the Stanford performance context.
Related encounterSolo double bass, composer collaboration, notation, extended technique, voice, staged sound, and performance practice.
Composer relationships, dedications, performance practice, and shared work on sound.
Concert programming and recordings
Works and working situations centered on composer-performer collaboration.
Film / sound / trace
Recorded traces
Gabryś und Henneberger - Transformation
Jannik Giger film work
Jannik Giger's film work Transformation. Jürg Henneberger conducted silently on screen; Aleksander Gabryś made a live improvised double bass / creative contribution in response.
- Performer
Concept and film: Jannik Giger. Silent conductor on screen: Jürg Henneberger. Live improvised double bass and creative contribution: Aleksander Gabryś. Photo: © Jannik Giger.
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