Ernesto Rodrigues

Ernesto Rodrigues (born August 29 1959) is a Portuguese composer, violinist and violist.

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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 free improvisation, live and in the studio.

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As a avant-garde violinist/violist his main interest shifted towards contemporary improvised and composed music, as well as indeterminate music, stochastic music, aleatoric music and graphic scores by Gerhard St?bler. Studies with contemporary composers Emmanuel Nunes, Eurico Carrapatoso and Paulo Brand?o.

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The relationship with his instruments is focused in sonic and textural elements as well as the use of extended techniques .

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Electronic music was an early influence on his approach to violin playing, which challenges traditional romantic concepts of the violin and viola through use of preparations and micro tuning.

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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, Jos? Oliveira, Margarida Garcia, Manuel Mota, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Guilherme Rodrigues, Carlos Z?ngaro, Sei Miguel, V?tor 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, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Christine Sehnaoui, Sharif Sehnaoui, Guillermo Torres, Toshihiro Koike, Alexandre Bellenger, Romaric Sobac, Jean-Luc Guionnet, etc.

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Has created music for films, dance, performance, video, etc. Has also worked with contemporary dancers like Ana Galan, Isabel Valverde, M?rio Calixto, Anna P?zstor, Val?rie M?tivier, etc.

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Workshops with Carlos Z?ngaro, 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, Constan?a Capdeville, Iannis Xenakis, etc.

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Has created the record label Creative Sources Recordings in 1999, which mainly concentrates on releasing experimental and electro-acoustic music.

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Performs at festivals all over Europe.

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August 29: August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. It is also the 1st day of Thoth - which is the 1st day of the Egyptian Horoscope. Thoth is the Ibis-headed god of knowledge....

1959: 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It is also a song by The Sisters of Mercy on the album Floodland....

Portuguese: Portuguese is an adjective refering to matters related to Portugal. It may refer to the following articles:...

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