Ernesto Rodrigues

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

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August 29 - 1959 - Portuguese - Composer - Violinist - 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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Contemporary music - Free jazz - Free improvisation

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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 Stäbler. Studies with contemporary composers Emmanuel Nunes, Eurico Carrapatoso and Paulo Brandão.

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Avant-garde - Indeterminate music - Stochastic music - Aleatoric music

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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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Electronic music - Violin - Viola

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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, 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, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Christine Sehnaoui, Sharif Sehnaoui, Guillermo Torres, Toshihiro Koike, Alexandre Bellenger, Romaric Sobac, Jean-Luc Guionnet, etc.

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Guilherme Rodrigues - Phill Niblock - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Has created music for films, dance, performance, video, etc. Has also worked with contemporary dancers like Ana Galan, Isabel Valverde, Mário Calixto, Anna Pázstor, Valérie Métivier, etc.

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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.

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Peter Kowald - Richard Teitelbaum - Cecil Taylor - Han Bennink - Evan Parker - Eugene Chadbourne - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Iannis Xenakis

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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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