fred frith and christof kurzmann in buenos aires

Christof Kurzmann: lloopp solo
Fred Frith: guitar solo

Christof Kurzmann & Fred Frith Duo

Miércoles 6 de enero a las 21 hs.

Teatro El Victorial, Piedras 720. San Telmo

La única presentación en la Argentina de Fred Frith, el miércoles 6 de enero de 2010, en el teatro El Victorial, Piedras 720, tocando solo y en dúo junto al músico austríaco Christof Kurzmann.

Fred Frith, compositor y multiinstrumentista, ha trabajado durante 30 años en el punto exacto en el que el rock se encuentra con la nueva música.

Co-fundador de la banda británica Henry Cow (1968-1978); a finales de los setenta se mudó a Nueva York, donde ha tocado con John Zorn y Naked City, Tom Cora, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parking, Bill Laswell y Chris Cutler entre otros. Ha participado también en los míticos The Residents.

Es uno de los más excepcionales improvisadores en guitarra, trabajando con múltiples formas de guitarra preparada, intervenida con diferentes objetos.

Christof Kurzmann, nació en Viena, reside alternativamente en su ciudad natal, en Berlín y en Buenos Aires, durante el verano porteño. Su música recorre el camino que va de la electrónica a la nueva música, pasando a través de la improvisación.

A veces solista, prefiere integrarse como una parte más dentro de grupos de músicos y ejecutantes.

Tiene una extensa trayectoria como curador y organizador de festivales de cine y música a lo largo de Europa. Ha tocado en todo el mundo, salvo en Oceanía.

charhizma night en bs as1

charhizma presents:

sabado, 19.12.2009, 22:00 una.casa
humberto 1º entre bolivar y perú
san telmo, buenos aires, argentina

pablo reche
http://pabloreche.blogspot.com/

leonel kaplan & santiago peresón
http://www.myspace.com/leonelkaplan
http://yaco.net

laura valencia
http://www.pajarocazador.com.ar

newsletter

November 2009

hi everybody!

long time no newsletter ... so, here it is!

in the past months i was working more in the studio, than playing live.

finally out - the new cd on mikroton: "The Violet Quartet" (with werner dafeldecker, john tilbury and stevie wishart).

out as well - a concert recording of My Kingdom For A Lullaby as part of the Send & Receive Anniversary Box Set.

i sang on tracks for kammerflimmer kollektief and paul baran and produced a radio play called "Börsenkrach" about past and current financial crisis at worm studio rotterdam. it was premiered the 25th of october, the 90th anniversary of black thursday/friday, at radio VPRO in the netherlands and will be released next year on cd.

recorded 3 tracks for the klingt.org anniversary sampler (with Schnee, "The Magic I.D. and with Fernando Perales/ Toto Alvarez/ Gustavo Serpa)

apart from some concerts in argentina, and some with Schnee, Hammeriver and Obliq, i worked on new tracks for "The Magic I.D.", which amongst others, were recorded 2 weeks ago at Amann Studios in vienna and on new pieces for "El Infierno Musical", which will be recorded same place beginning of December, before, while and after playing some concerts in austria (see below).

this weekend has a concert with Schnee, The Magic I.D. and with a special project "Songs Robert sang" with Clayton Thomas and as guests Seby Ciurcina and Fernanda Farrah.

in december my way is one more time to argentina, where i will stay for quite some time.


have a good time where ever you are.
all the best,
christof kurzmann


and here is an update on my CURRENT PROJECTS


the violet quartet (werner dafeldecker, john tilbury, stevie wishart & c.k.)
out now: new cd on mikroton (ru)
"Werner Dafeldecker / Christof Kurzmann / John Tilbury / Stevie Wishart" (mikroton cd 4)
........

el infierno musical (ken vandermark, eva reiter, clayton thomas, martin brandlmayr & c.k.)

playing some more concerts with more material based on the fascinating poems of alejandra pizarnik. recording a cd in december.

concerts: 03.12. salzburg jazzit, 05.12. alter schlachthof wels, 06.12. konzerthaus wien/austria
........

homeless dogs (eden carrasco, nicolas carrasco & c.k.)
editing their recording of concerts in santiago/chile.
looking for a label to release their debut-cd.
concerts: from beginning of 2010 in latin america.
........

the magic i.d. (margareth kammerer, kai fagaschinski, michael thieke & c.k.)
recorded new songs.

concerts: 2 concerts upcoming, in berlin and rome.
........

my kingdom for a lullaby (michaela grill, billy roisz, martin siewert & c.k.)
out on DVD: "send + receive box set" anniversary compilation - (contains a performance of "my kingdom for a lullaby" at the festival in winipeg/canada)
........

schnee (burkhard stangl & c.k.)
01.04.2009: new cd out on erstpop (usa): "Neuschnee" (Erstpop002) .
concerts: at festival "wien modern".

........

hammeriver (clare cooper, tobias delius, chris abrahams, werner dafeldecker, clayton thomas, tony buck & ck)

coming up: 1st release on mikroton/russia


and here is an update on my UPCOMING CONCERTS

Sat Nov 21 Gartenbaukino (with Schnee) Wien, Wien 1010
Sun Nov 22 Ausland (with The Magic I.D.) Berlin, Berlin 10435
Mon Nov 23 Labor Sonor@Kule (with Clayton Thomas) Berlin, Berlin 10119
Thu Dec 03 JazzIt Salzburg (El Infierno Musical with Vandermark, Reiter, Thomas and Brandlmayr) Salzburg, Salzburg 5020
Sat Dec 05 Alter Schlachthof Wels (El Infierno Musical with Vandermark, Reiter, Thomas and Brandlmayr) Wels, Oberösterreich
Sun Dec 06 Neuer Saal Konzerthaus Wien (El Infierno Musical with Vandermark, Reiter, Thomas and Brandlmayr) Wien, Wien 1030
Tue Dec 08 Blue Tomato Wien (Christof Kurzmann & Friends ...t.b.a) Wien Wien 1150
Wed Dec 09 Blue Tomato Wien (Christof Kurzmann & Friends ...t.b.a) Wien Wien 1150
Mon Dec 14 Auditorium Parco De La Musica (with The Magic I.D.) Rome, Roma
Wed Jan 06 Teatro El Victorial (with Fred Frith) Capital Federal, Buenos Aires

newsletter

July 2009

hi everybody!

summer as usually is a quiet time, so i had a chance to work on a radio play for anouschka trocker. "juli" by iwan wyrypajev, was aired in mid july on radio berlin brandenburg and seemingly was successful as some other radio stations told us to be broadcasting it soon as well.

apart from that i worked on a remix for italian "singer-songwriter" seby ciurcina and started to work on two songs for the kammerflimmer kollektief album. next up: singing on the track "himmelstraße" for paul barans new album

next week going to rotterdam to stay at cultural center "worm" for a one week residency and preparing a new solo piece of mine.

after this my way is one more time to argentina to play some concerts with leonel kaplan, toto alvarez, fernando perales and fabiana galante.

have a good time whereever you are.
all the best,
christof kurzmann


and here is an update on my CURRENT PROJECTS


anla curtis, pablo reche, jaime genovart & c.k.
out now: new cd on mikroton (ru)
"palmar zähler" (mikroton cd 2)

........

el infierno musical (ken vandermark, eva reiter, clayton thomas, martin brandlmayr & c.k.)

i´m busy with composing more material based on the fascinating poems of alejandra pizarnik.
recording sessions are planned for the end of 2009.
concerts: 03.12. salzburg jazzit, 05.12. alter schlachthof wels, 06.12. konzerthaus wien/austria
........

homeless dogs (eden carrasco, nicolas carrasco & c.k.)
editing their recording of concerts in santiago/chile.
looking for a label to release their debut-cd.

........

the magic i.d. (margareth kammerer, kai fagaschinski, michael thieke & c.k.)
working on songs and rehearsing for a new album.

concerts: november
........
my kingdom for a lullaby (michaela grill, billy roisz, martin siewert & c.k.)
soon out on DVD: "send + receive box set" anniversary compilation - (contains a performance of "my kingdom for a lullaby" at the festival in winipeg/canada)
........
schnee (burkhard stangl & c.k.)
01.04.2009: new cd out on erstpop (usa): "Neuschnee" (Erstpop002) .
concerts: autumn in slovakia and germany

........
the violet quartet (werner dafeldecker, john tilbury, stevie wishart & c.k.)
finished editing and mastering of recordings from concerts in vienna, wels and ghent.
record will be released in august or september on mikroton http://mikroton.net/


and here is an update on my UPCOMING CONCERTS





alvarez, kaplan & kurzmann
una casa
Sat. sep. 05 2009
buenos
aires / argentina

alvarez, kaplan & kurzmann
teatro de la rivera
Sun. sep. 06 2009
la plata
argentina

alvarez, kaplan & kurzmann
el archibrazo
Sat. sep. 12 2009
buenos aires
argentina

fabiana galante & christof kurzmann
domus artis
Sun. sep. 13 2009
buenos aires
argentina

newsletter

June 2009

hi everybody!

happy to announce the release of 2 new cds.
schnee: neuschnee on erstpop (usa) and
courtis/genovart/kurzmann/reche: palmar zähler on mikroton recordings (ru) schnee just presented their new album a week ago in vienna with guests michaela grill, mike cooper, michael thieke, luca venitucci and dj bernhard fleischmann & hergo. the next day thieke, venitucci, cooper, fleischmann and me went to graz (forum stadtpark), where we met george cremaschi and liz albee to present our music in a "charhizma-label-night". this week schnee is invited to present their music in a festival in kosice/slovakia, then i head back to berlin to work on a radioplay (Juli by Iwan Vyrypajev) with anouschka trocker.
thats it for now, have a good time, where ever you are,
all the best,

christof kurzmann


and here is an update on my CURRENT PROJECTS


........

anla curtis, pablo reche, jaime genovart & c.k.
out now: new cd on mikroton (ru)
"palmar zähler" (mikroton cd 2)
cd presentation in buenos aires, december.2009
........

el infierno musical (ken vandermark, eva reiter, clayton thomas, martin brandlmayr & c.k.)
after our first appearance in the festival music unlimited in wels/austria, i´m busy with composing more material based on the fascinating poems of alejandra pizarnik.
recording sessions are planned for the end of 2009.
concerts: from 03.12.2009 - 07.12.2009. (still looking for a gig on 06.12.2009)
........

homeless dogs (eden carrasco, nicolas carrasco & c.k.)
editing their recording of concerts in santiago/chile.
looking for a label to release their debut-cd.
concerts: from end of 2009 in latin america.

........

my kingdom for a lullaby (michaela grill, billy roisz, martin siewert & c.k.)
soon out on DVD: "send + receive box set" anniversary compilation - (contains a performance of "my kingdom for a lullaby" at the festival in winipeg/canada)
........

schnee (burkhard stangl & c.k.)
01.04.2009: new cd out on erstpop (usa): "Neuschnee" (Erstpop002)
concerts: 5.06.2009 icc, kosice, slovakia. planned tour to russia end of the year.
looking for more gigs in slovakia and neighbouring countries in fall/winter 2009.

........

the violet quartet (werner dafeldecker, john tilbury, stevie wishart & c.k.)
finished editing and mastering of recordings from concerts in vienna and wels.
looking for a label top release the full length cd.

newsletter

March 2009

hi everybody!

feliz ano nuevo / happy new year / frohes neues Jahr / ...

this is my first newsletter, which from now on will appear more or less regularly.

i'm currently in latin america, where i will stay utill the end of march, performing, teaching, meeting people and of course vacationing. the end of 2008 has finally been quite busy playing with a berlin based improvisers pool in "enjoy festival" mainz/germany, with the chris burn ensemble in the french festival "densités" in fresnes-en-woëvre, with "the magic i.d." in graz/austria, with my new project "el infierno musical" in the festival "music unlimited" in wels/austria and with "hammeriver" in berlin.

since being in latin america (12.12.2008) i´ve played lots of concerts from solo to ensemble with alan courtis, george cremaschi, jaime genovart, leonel kaplan, fernando perales, pablo reche in buenos aires/argentina, taken part in the 17th edition of the "festival musica livre" in florianopolis/brazil, recorded a duo with brazilian noise musician gustavo serpa from the band "abesta" and played a few concerts in valparaiso and santiago (both chile) with eden carrasco, nicolas carrasco, toto alvarez, and "la kut", held a week-long workshop for improvised music in "campus oriente" of the university of santiago de chile as well as in the fundacion telefonica in lima/peru, where i also have performed a duo with japanese violinist pauchi sasaki.

a few days ago i have organized the first "charhizma night" in una casa, buenos aires/argentina. which happened to be quite successful.

still upcoming are concerts in cordoba, la plata, a cd presentation (see below) and a concert with dog (tatsuya nakatani and leonel kaplan).

so a lot of things going on here in latin america, more or less invisible to the "western world".

have a good time whereever you are.
all the best,
christof kurzmann


and here is an update on my CURRENT PROJECTS

b. fleischmann & c. kurzmann
b. just finished his new record "angst is not a weltanschauung" on morr music (produced by c.k.) and is touring europe.
on some occasions with me as guest vocalist and on saxophone.
concerts: 28.04.2009 orf-radiokulturhaus, wien/austria, 29.05.2009 charhizma-night@forum stadtpark, graz/austria
........

anla curtis, pablo reche, jaime genovart & c.k.
out now: new cd on mikroton (ru)
"palmar zähler" (mikroton cd 2)
cd presentation in buenos aires 1x.03.2009
........

el infierno musical (ken vandermark, eva reiter, clayton thomas, martin brandlmayr & c.k.)
after our first appearance in the festival music unlimited in wels/austria, i´m busy with composing more material based on the fascinating poems of alejandra pizarnik.
recording sessions are planned for the end of 2009.
concerts: from 01.12.2009 - 07.12.2009 (07.12. konzerthaus wien/austria)
........
homeless dogs (eden carrasco, nicolas carrasco & c.k.)
editing their recording of concerts in santiago/chile.
looking for a label to release their debut-cd.

........

the magic i.d. (margareth kammerer, kai fagaschinski, michael thieke & c.k.)
concerts: 05.05.2009: vooruit, ghent/belgium, 06.05.2009: tba, 07.05.2009: extrapool, nijmegen/netherlands, 08.05.2009: westwerk, hamburg/germany
........

my kingdom for a lullaby (michaela grill, billy roisz, martin siewert & c.k.)
soon out on DVD: "send + receive box set" anniversary compilation - (contains a performance of "my kingdom for a lullaby" at the festival in winipeg/canada)
........

schnee (burkhard stangl & c.k.)
01.04.2009: new cd out on erstpop (usa): "Neuschnee" (Erstpop002)
cd presentation in vienna at the end of april.
concerts: 4. - 6.06.2009 icc, kosice, slovakia.
looking for more gigs in slovakia and neighbouring countries.
........

the violet quartet (werner dafeldecker, john tilbury, stevie wishart & c.k.)
finished editing and mastering of recordings from concerts in vienna, wels and ghent.
looking for a label top release the full length cd.


and here is an update on my CURRENT ACTIVITIES | March 2009

date/time event location details
fri 06.03.2009 christof kurzmann solo centro de arte contemporaneo chateau carreras / cordoba christof kurzmann: lloopp
sat 07.03.2009 christof kurzmann solo villa carlos paz / villa carlos paz christof kurzmann: lloopp
sat 21.03.2009 dog (kaplan/nakatani) +
c. kurzmann una casa / buenos aires leonel kaplan: tp, tatsuya nakatani: perc, christof kurzmann: lloopp
tue 28.04.2009 b.fleischmann & m.jagsch, sweet w.van ghost, c.k. radiokulturhaus / wien