"Ensemble MIA unites over 60 improvisers and experimental musicians from all over the world, who participated in MIA 2016 - 7th Encontro de Música Improvisada de Atouguia da Baleia (Improvised Music Encounter) festival. The event ...
"Ensemble MIA unites over 60 improvisers and experimental musicians from all over the world, who participated in MIA 2016 - 7th Encontro de Música Improvisada de Atouguia da Baleia (Improvised Music Encounter) festival. The event took place in Portugal in May 2016, at the Philharmonic Society of the historical village of Atouguia de Baleia. For each session, the artists were grouped in smaller ensembles. Their improvisations are documented on Live 2016 album, released by Creative Sources in 2017.
Ensemble #1 Conducted by Mia Zabelka
Acoustic Guitar - Paulo Silva Clarinet - Luiz Rocha, Noel Taylor Doublebass - Alvaro Rosso, João Madeira Electric Guitar - Bruno Gonçalves, Cortez-Lamont III, Fernando Guiomar Flute - Paulo Curado Gong - Carlos Canão Percussion - Pedro Castello Lopes Piano - Silvia Corda Violin - Maria do Mar, Sarah Claman Xilophone - Eduardo Sérgio
Ensemble #2 Conducted by Mark Lotz
Alto Sax - Bruno Parrinha Cello - Ian Thompson, Miguel Mira Doublebass - Adriano Orrù Electric Bass - António Martins Electric Guitar - Desmarques, Jorge Nuno Percussion - Stephen Shiell Percussion, Kalimba - Guy Strale Piano - Jordina Millà Sopranino Sax - Marco Loprieno Tenor Sax - António Ramos Tenor Sax, Electronics - Mestre André Voice - Hannah White, Melaina Barnes
Ensemble #3 Conducted by François Choiselat
Accordion - Jesus Asenjo Bass Clarinet - Marco Oliveira Cello - João Braz Gonçalves Electric Bass - Rui Sousa Electric Guitar - André Tasso Electronics - Carlo Mezzino, Lorenzo Lustri Percussion - Luis Fernandes Piano - Karoline Leblanc Sopranino Sax - Miquel Jordà Trombone - Carlo Mascolo Trumpet - Mauro Medda Violin - Quinto Fabriziani Voice - Laura Marques
Ensemble #4 Conducted by Noel Taylor
Acoustic Guitar - Paulo Silva Alto Sax - Bruno Parrinha Clarinet - João Pedro Viegas Doublebass - Alvaro Rosso Drums - Mário Rua Electric Bass - Rui Sousa Electric Guitar - André Tasso, Fernando Guiomar Percussion, Kalimba - Guy Strale Piano - Karoline Leblanc Sopranino Sax - Marco Loprieno , Miquel Jordà Trumpet - Luis Guerrero, Mauro Medda Violin - Maria do Mar
Ensemble #5 Conducted by Silvia Corda
Alto Sax - Aleksander Baczkowski, Ayis Kelpekis Cello - Miguel Mira Doublebass - Miguel Falcão, Ulf Mengersen Drums - Pedro Santo Electronics - Lorenzo Lustri Oboé - Paulo Chagas Percussion - Ryoko Imai Tenor Sax - António Ramos Voice - Maria Radich, Marialuisa Capurso Xilophone - Eduardo Sérgio
Ensemble #6 Conducted by Fernando Simões
Accordion - Jesus Asenjo Bass Clarinet - Marco Oliveira Clarinet - Luiz Rocha Doublebass - Afonso Castanheira Drums - Paulo Lopes Electronics - Jean-Marc Foussat Flute - Paulo Curado Piano - Jordina Millà Piccolo Flute - Mark Lotz Tenor Sax, Electronics - Mestre André Trombone - Carlo Mascolo Trumpet - Antoine Gilleron Violin - Quinto Fabriziani, Sarah Claman"
"If the evenings of the MIA - Meeting of Improvised Music of Atouguia da Baleia are filled by performances of groups formed by lots, combining in varied ways the musicians who participate in this "sui generis" festival held every year in the middle of May in the municipality of Peniche , The evening latches are held with ensembles concerts that bring together everyone present. With a particularity: some of these musicians are given the task of conducting the broad formations according to the same principle of who plays: improvising the orchestral direction. The 2016 edition will be one in which the principles followed by Ensemble MIA (mutant collective that usually unfolds in six, to cover the total number of members - 70 last year) had better practical results, and hence the edition Of this CD with the records of these precious moments. Each of the six themes included has its conductor, namely the Austrian violinist Mia Zabelka, the German flutist Mark Alban Lotz, the French vibraphonist François Choiselat, the British clarinetist Noel Taylor, the Italian pianist Silvia Corda and the Portuguese trombonist Fernando Simões. The approaches are quite different, ranging from Walter Thompson's methods of Soundpainting applied by Choiselat in "That Gestury Glossary" to the minimal interventions, practically reduced to the management of the blows, of Lotz in "A Kind of Pseudo-Lyrical Abyss". In the middle are Butch Morris Conduction applied by Taylor in "Sobriety", perhaps the most deterministic of all although the signage is simpler than that of Thompson, and the directions of Zabelka ("Tribal Exhilaraton") and Rope (" Elegance and Intuition "), which are very direct and mainly oriented towards the coordination of timbres. On the other hand, the intervention directed by Simões ("The Rebellion of Fired Musicians") has a place apart, for having a staging and following a theatrical concept and comic effect, as well as for putting a critical question to the very idea of improvisation With maestro, that of symphonic music that overlaps the will of an individual to the collective. Fernando Simões was expelling from the stage who did not comply with his indications, causing some discomfort until he understood (not even the musicians on stage knew that this was the game) that it was a gag. In the end, only the drummer stayed. But the best was yet to come, and this time without the conductor's knowledge: the expelled improvisers who had portable instruments crowded into the back of the room and, after the last touch of the drumsticks, played again, to the general laughter of the assistance and affirmation of the Your freedom. This is how the album ends, letting us think."-REP, Jazz.pt