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Babel Alexandre

(1980)

Babel Alexandre
Babel Alexandre


Tel: +4917684515832

www.alexandrebabel.com
alexandrebabel.bandcamp.com

 

Genere: Musica Classica
Attività: Compositori, Interpreti
Biografia
* 1980 Genf.

Alexandre Babel is a swiss born and Berlin based percussionist and composer. Regarded as a reference both in the interpretation of the 20th and 21st century repertoire and in the experimental scene,
Since 2013, he is the artistic director of the contemporary percussion collective Eklekto
with whom he is constantly seeking to reinvent percussion music.
Babel's compositions feature a serie of percussion related works, as well as chamber and ensemble pieces written for le NEC-nouvel Ensemble Contemporain, Ensemble Werktag, duo Orion, Eklekto. His music has been presented at the festival Archipel de Genève, the Oberlin University, the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Concertgebouw Brugges.
Babel performs as a solo artist and with groups through the five continents, in some of the leading venues and festivals of contemporary music. Principal percussionist of the contemporary chamber group KNM Berlin (2010-2019), Babel also collaborates with ensembles such as MusikFabrik, Schlagquartett Köln. As a drummer, he has worked with the noise-rock unit Sudden Infant, guitar legend Caspar Brötzmann as well as the duo White Zero Corp with french composer/bassist Pierre Jodlowski. He is a founding member of the performance collective Radial with the artist Mio Chareteau.
Babel has been teaching and giving lectures at the University of the Arts in Berlin, the Geneva Conservatory of Music, the Western Australian Academy of performing Arts and the Melbourne University.


Elenco delle opere

Snare Counterpoint

Strumentazione: percussion 4tet (4 snare drums)

Kompositionsauftrag von Festival Les Amplitudes, für Eklekto Geneva Percussion Center. Uraufführung im Temple Allemand, La Chaux de Fonds beim Festival Les Amplitudes, Oktober 24, 2020 bei Eklekto (Louis, Delignon, Dorian Fretto, Jeanne Larrouturou, Till Lingenberg)

Durata: 10' 00"
Manuscritto
Music for small audiences I (2003)

Strumentazione: für Snare solo

Durata: 8' 00"
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Music for small audiences II (2004)

Strumentazione: für Snare solo

Durata: 8' 00"
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Peek Property (2014)

Strumentazione: für Trio (Kb-Kl, 2 Perc.)

Durata: 12' 00"
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Polygraphie du cavalier (2017)

Strumentazione: für Trio (Sax, Klavier, Perc.)

Durata: 15' 00"
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Chœur mixte (2018)

Strumentazione: für 15 Snare drums

Durata: 12' 00"
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Simpig Remix (2018)

Strumentazione: für ensemble (vl, cl, fl, bcl, sax, piano, 2 perc)

Durata: 12' 00"
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The way down (2020)

Strumentazione: für Violoncello und Klavier

Durata: 10' 00"
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Asphalte (2020)

Strumentazione: Drumset solo

Drumset solo auf einer Skulptur von Florian Bach Kompositionsauftrag von Festival Les Amplitudes, 2020 Uraufführung am 25. Oktober 2020 in Theatre l'Heure Bleue, la Chaux de Fonds

Durata: 40' 00"
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Damage Control (2021)

Strumentazione: 5tet (vl, cl, bass fl, bass kl, guit.)

Kompositionsauftrag von Collective Lovemusic, Strasbourg. Uraufführung im Kunstraum Walcheturm, 23.04.2021

Durata: 12' 00"
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LIVEstinguished

Strumentazione: BalletMusik für Tonband und 12 Tänzer.innen

BalletMusik für Tonband und 12 Tänzer.innen vom Ballet Basel, Choregraphie von La Ribot Uraufführung am 24 April 2024, Schauspielhaus, Basel

Durata: 55' 00"
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The Drift Between (2023)

Strumentazione: Für Drumset und Tonband

Kompositionsauftrag vom Ina-GRM als Teil von new perspectives for Action, ein Project von Re-imagine Europe Uraufführung am 4 November 2023, Radio France, Paris

Durata: 20' 00"
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Usine Electrique (2023)

Strumentazione: Für 10 bis 20 Instrumentalisten und interactive Lichtinstallation

Kompositionsauftrag von Biennale Son 2023, Uraufführung am 19 September 2023, Usine de Chandoline, Sion

Durata: 60' 00"
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The whisper factory (2024)

Strumentazione: Für 20 Amateurmusiker und 20 Zither

Kompositionsauftrag von Ensemble 0, Uraufführung am 3 april 2024, Leroy Merlin, Bayonne

Durata: 10' 00"
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Reports from the unseen (2024)

Strumentazione: Für Quartet (vl, sax, accordéon, perc), Tonband und Lichtinstallation

Kompositionsauftrag von Concept Store Quartet, Uraufführung am 20 März 2024, Jumeaux Club, Lausanne

Durata: 50' 00"
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Restricted Reality (2024)

Strumentazione: Solo Schlagzeug

Kompositionsauftrag von Miguel Angel García Martín, Uraufführung am 9 avril 2024, Gare du Nord, Basel

Durata: 10' 00"
Manuscritto
Ensembles


Ultimo aggiornamento: 2020-10-06 16:48:10