Jon Rose

http://www.jonroseweb.com

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Jon Rose setzt sich seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren mit dem Mythos Geige auseinander, indem er dieses Instrument aus dem Kontext seiner langen musikhistorischen Tradition und seiner mythologischen Bedeutung löst, um es für neue musikalische Formen und Spieltechniken zu adaptieren und einzusetzen. Er arbeitet seit mehreren Jahren mit der neuesten Computer-Technologie, entwickelt neue Systeme für Musik und Computer. Zugleich thematisiert und hinterfragt er auch diese vielversprechenden "Neuen Technologien" und ihre zukünftigen Auswirkungen.


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Born 1951 in the U.K.
159-69 Full Music Scholarship King`s School Rochester.

1970-75 Miscellaneous Music Activities:
Rock Bands, Music Publishing (UMP, London), Recording Engineer (Royal Academy of Music), Multi-media performance, Local Jazz Groups, Session Musician, Commercial Arranger (Pathway Studios), West Indian Folk Reggae Band. Music for BBC Childrens Programmes, Sitar Studies, Flamenco Duo, "New Music" Compositions, Graphic Design, Film Animation, Video Work.

1976 Emmigrates to Australia

1976-89 Relative Violin Projects based mainly in Australia.

Since 1985, he has performed over 250 concerts in Australia, Japan, West Germany, East Germany, Holland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, United States of America, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Italy.

He has been featured in many of The World`s Festivals of Contemporary Arts such as:

Strasbourg New Music Festival, New Music America, Moers New Jazz (Germany), Musique Actuelle (Canada), Musique Action (Nancy), The Vienna Festival, Festival D`Automne, North Sea Jazz Festival, Inventionen (Berlin), Taklos (Zürich, Bern, Basel), The European Media Festival, Perfo 4 (Rotterdam), East West International Jazz Festival (Budapest), New Music Chicago, Poliphonix Festival Paris, Nickelsdorf Confrontation (Austria), Atonal Festival (Berlin), Pisa Festival (Italy), Middelberg New Music (Holland), Internationale Des Musiques Innovatrices (St. Etienne), Jazz Bühne (Berlin), Festival at Ulrichsberg, Wels, Hoffheim, etc.

He has performed/recorded with the many of The World`s leading Improvising/Innovative Musicians, including Derek Bailey, Alvin Curran, Misha Mengelberg, Fred Frith, Toshinori Kondo, George Lewis, Barry Guy, Eugene Chadbourne, Dr. Johannes Rosenberg, Christian Marclay, Shelly Hirsch, Evan Parker, Han Benniink, Tristan Honsinger, Conrad und Johannes Bauer, Joelle Leandre, etc.

He has appeared on more than 15 Record Albums under his own name including - "Vivisection" (Aufruhr), "Cultural Terrorism" (Dossier), Les Domestiques (Konnex), "Paganini`s Last Testimony" (Ear-rational).

Awards

1980 Young Composers Festival Fellowship (Australia Council)
1984 Innovative Music (stipendium by the Australia Council)
1987 Künstlerhaus Bethanien Stipendium (Berlin)
1989 D.A.A.D. Stipendium (Berlin)
1990 Rosenberg - A Reconstruction (work in progress)

Compositions for Violin

1974 Figures of 8 (solo)
1976-78 From The Relative Violin Notebook (various Ensemble scores, violin and mixed group ensembles)
1978 Little Bits (for violin and 19 piece Jazz Big Band)

Major Film/Music performance works - (available as super 8 and Video)

Relative Violin 1 (double film projection)
Flying Lessons
Relative Violin 2
Reltive Violin 3

Gesamtkunstwerk

1989 "The Relative Violin Festival" (Berlin, with over 50 violinists)


Selected Works

Sendungen im ORF-Kunstradio:

2. 2. 1989: "The Relative Violine", Teil 1
9. 2. 1989: "The Relative Violine", Teil 2
7. 9. 1989: "Das Instrumentum Diabolicum"
5. 4. 1990: "Die Beethoven Konversationen"
22. 11. 1994: "Eine Violine für Valentin"
18. 5. 1995: "Violin Music in the Age of Shopping"
2.1. 1997: "Die Walzer Dinge"



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