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ARTISTIC BACKGROUND:
Violoncello player (acoustic and electric) and
composer
ULRICH MITZLAFF completed his studies of violoncello in the 70ties, in Tübingen,
with the professor Stefan Zarnescú. After his studies he was playing with the
“Studentenphilharmonie” of the University of Tübingen. Since 1996 he is living
at Lisbon, Portugal, where he is working as a composer and cello player of
contemporary, experimental and improvised music, free jazz and sound-art.
PROJECTS – Participations:
ULRICH MITZLAFF participates in the projects:
“Separados Frutos”
–
an experimental music and spoken word formation - with
Nuno Rebelo -
musical
direction - , Vera Mantero and
Manuel Guimarães .
“Fruit Music Quartet”
together with
Franziska Schroeder,
Pedro Carneiro
and
Pedro Rebelo
[2][3].
“ZNGR - electro acoustic ensemble”
of
Carlos Zingaro
– musical direction -
Duo of electro-acoustic improvisation
with the electronic musician
Vitor Joaquim.
Duo of improvisation and contemporaneous conception music
with the double bass player
Miguel Leiria Pereira.
“open speech TRIO”
with the flute player of improvisation and free jazz and musical director
Carlos Bechegas
and the drummer Rui Faustino.
“Collage Métrique”
Trio of electro–acoustic improvisation and concept compositions with
Carlos Santos and
Manuel
Guimarães.
“The Invisibility of the Small Perceptions”
- a choreography - created by Romulus Neagu - integrating an handicapped performer, José António Correia, and Ana Isabel Gomes from a social integration program. A documentary film about the piece was made by Miguel Clara Vasconcelos. Co-production: Teatro Nacional S. João e Teatro Viriato, executive production: Companhia Paulo Ribeiro in collaboration with: Associação Portuguêsa de Paralisia Cerebral (APPC) and núcleo de Viseu e Internato Viseense da Santa Teresinha. Thanks to Escola Profissional de Torredeita.
FESTIVALS:
Participations in many international festivals for new music:
“Ó da Guarda” (Guarda, 1999 and 2005)
“Encontros de Música Experimental” EME (Setúbal, 2000 and 2001)
“CAMP 03”
(Tübingen, Germany, 2003) and “CAMP
05” (Montemor-o-Novo,
Portugal, 2005) international festival for electronic music, sound art and
visual arts
“Jazzolograma” (Lisbon, 2004).
“Multiplismos” (Lisbon, 2005)
“Palavras Desencarnadas II” (Lisbon, 2005)
“Imagens Projectadas” (Lisbon 2005)
“Sonorities”
[2]
festival of contemporary music (Belfast, Nothern Ireland, 2005,
“Festival Alkantara” (Lisbon 2006)
“SonicScope” (Lisbon 2006)
“Festival Músicas do Mundo” (Sines 2006)
“Metasonic LX” (Lisbon 2006)
“Portugal and the World” (Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, 2007) together with the “Granular Ensemble” in collaboration with David Zambrano and P.A.R.T.S.
COLLABORATIONS:
Ulrich Mitzlaff was interpreting the original music composed by Nuno Rebelo in
2001 for “como rebolar alegremente sobre um vazio interior”, choreography by
Vera Mantero for the Ballet Gulbenkian, and in 2003 for “Silicone Não”,
choreography by Paulo Ribeiro for the Companhia Paulo Ribeiro. He participated
in the “compact-disconcert” by Nuno Rebelo and in the multi-dimensional piece “…como
um relâmpago…” by Américo Rodrigues. In 2004 he was invited by the Portuguese
choreographer Rui Horta to participate at the artistic residency COLINA 2004 at
the “Centro Coreográfico” in Montemor-o-Novo (Portugal).Beside various projects
of improvised and experimental music he recently has been collaborating with the
dancers Jane Mason, Marta Cerqueira, Hillell Kogan, Luís Guerra, Paula Pinto,
Vitor Garcia, Manuel Silva, Ana Santos, Constança Couto, António Cabrita, Helena
Lourenço, Isabel Souto and others.
LIVE in CONCERT:
Ulrich Mitzlaff was playing in various concerts with:Nuno Rebelo, Vera Mantero,
Carlos Zingaro, Fried Dähn (Ex-Ensemble Modern, Ex-Frank Zappa Band), Américo
Rodrigues, Rodrigo Amado, Carlos Bechegas, Carlos Santos, Manuel Guimarães, José Ernesto Rodrigues,
Franziska Schröder, Pedro Carneiro, Pedro Rebelo, Vitor Joaquim, Francisco
Rebelo; Pedro Tudela, Miguel Carvalhais, Miguel Leiria Pereira, Thomas Maos,
Stefano de Bonis, Bart Maris, Marco Franco, Pedro Gonçalves, Bertrand Gauguet,
Stefano Zorzanello, Josep-Maria Balanyà, Gregg Moore, Liba Villavecchia, Paulo
Curado, Emídio Buchinho, Mark Whitecage, Phill Niblock, José Tavares, Alfredo
Costa Monteiro, Jürgen Grözinger, Joachim Glasstetter and others. He worked in
the duo I/O with Carlos Santos (MAX/MSP) in the field of the electro-acoustic
improvisation and he has collaborated with the formations VITRIOL of Carlos
Santos and Paulo Raposo and LIP (Lisbon Improvisation Players) of Rodrigo Amado.
Discography (including participations):
“Miles Away”, Ulrich Mitzlaff, Elroi Record Productions 1994
“Compact Disconcert”, Nuno Rebelo, Raka Records & Teatro Nacional S. João
2002
“A morte do príncipe D. Afonso e outros romances tradicionais da Guarda”,
Teresa Aurora Gonçalves, Aquilo 2004.
“Spiritualized”, Lisbon Improvisation Players (LIP), Clean Feed/Trem Azul
2006
CONTACTS:
Web-site: http://www.granular.pt ; e-mail:
umitzlaff@clix.pt
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