Markus Eichenberger & Christoph Gallio - koncert

The wind players Eichenberger and Gallio have dedicated themselves to the woodwind instrument and the simplest form of musical communication - the duo. Saxophone and clarinet. Two analog instruments, an intimate, personal music, a conversation, a musing that takes place not only between the two musicians, but also, in a transdisciplinary way, between the audience, the space and the performers. The duo's improvisation is based on the simplest and most unspectacular concepts. A permeable music turned in on itself - a meditation with intermediate tones. Markus Eichenberger is born in 1957 in Aarau (Switzerland). Since 1977 he has been engaged as a clarinetist and partly as a saxophonist almost exclusively in improvised music in various groups and projects. The main focus is on duos with Daniel Studer, Christoph Gallio, Roberto Domeniconi and the Quartet Werckmeister (CH/D/A/NL). He received several prizes: Prize "Forum Junger Komponisten" of the WDR (1992) | Prix Cultura of the Kiwanis-Foundation (1998) | Composition commission of the Pro Helvetia Foundation for DOMINO (2000) | Culture Prize of the Association Economy and Culture, Willisau (2004) | Working Scholarship Covid-19 of the City of Zurich (2021). Concerts in Switzerland, Germany, GDR, Netherlands, Denmark, USA, Great Britain, CSFR, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Belgium, France, Spain, Slovakia, Italy, Belarus, Lebanon, Slovenia. Markus Eichenberger played at the following festivals: Jazzfestival Augst (1980) | MKS-Festival, Wetzikon (1980) | Tage für Improvisierte Musik Zürich (1982) | Minimalfestival Zürich (1984) | Jazzfestival Biel (1984 / 1985) | Jazz im HdJT, Berlin DDR (1986) | Jazztage Moritzbastei Leipzig (1990) | Quadriennal Prague (1991) | Transart Communication Nové Zamky, Slovakia (1991 / 1992 / 1995) | IIIer Festival dePerformance i Poesia d'Accia, Valencia (1992) | Wittener Tage für Neue Musik (1993) | Human Noice Congress, Wiesbaden (1994) | Jazzfestival Willisau (1995) | Oggi Musica, Lugano (1997) | Jazzfestival Schaffhausen (1998) | FFIM Dresden (1998) | Taktlos Festival Zürich-Basel (2000) | Kultursommer Bratislava (SK) (2000) | CURBES, Zvolen (SK) (2000) | Bodenseefestival Friedrichshafen (2002) | Minsker Herbst (2003) | Irtijal, Beirut, Lebanon (2005 / 2008) | Al Maslakh Festival, Bern (2006) | Two Days Time, Zurich (2008) | WIM Festival "35 Years WIM Zurich" (2013) | Opening 14, Trier (2014) | Pard'on Jazz Festival, Locarno (2014) | 40 Years WIM, Zurich (2018)

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The Swiss saxophonist and composer Christoph Gallio, who lives in Baden near Zurich, was born in 1957. The self-taught musician studied classical saxophone with Iwan Roth at the Basel Music Conservatory and music with Steve Lacyin Paris. Later he completed a Master of Arts in Transdisciplinarity at the University of the Arts in Zurich (ZHdK). In his younger years he played with goldfish or worked with dancers - also in Japan. He played with most of the improvisers in Switzerland and Buenos Aires. Among others with Irene Schweizer, Urs Blöchlinger, Mani Neumeier, Peter Kowald, Fred Frith, Haco, Tetsu Saitoh, Phil Minton, Pablo Diaz, Marcelo von Schultz, Olie Brice, Andrew Lisle, Cath Roberts, LIO. He has recorded with musicianssuch as Irene Aebi, William Parker, Rashied Ali, Matthew Ostrowski, Gerry Hemingway, Sven-Åke Johansson, Olaf Rupp, Jan Roder, Oli Steidle, Andrea Neumann, Ernst Thoma, Julian Sartorius, Nicolas Stocker, Paula Shocron, Sergio Merce, Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders and many more. Extensive tours have taken him to China, Taiwan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Canada, USA, Argentina, Chile, Germany, Austria, Switzerland. He has performed at many festivals, such as Taklos Zurich, Toronto Jazz Festival, Vision Festival NYC, Almaty Jazz Festival, MaerzMusik Berlin, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Yokohama Jazz Festival, Arkhangelsk Jazz Festival. He is the leader of the trio DAY & TAXI for 35 years, currently with Silvan Jeger on bass and Gerry Hemingway on drums. In duo he plays with Markus Eichenberger, Roger Turner, Phil Durrant and Alistair Zaluda. Mostly he composes for own projects. The newest commission for a composition was by Swiss string trio Mondrian Ensemble with Britishsinger Robin Adams. Gallio has been running his own label PERCASO since 1986.