b i o g r a p h y ERNESTO RODRIGUES
1959 | Lisbon | Portugal
improvisor, composer, violin, viola, electronics
He has been playing the violin for 20 years and in that time has played all genres of music ranging from contemporary music to free jazz and improvised music, live and in the studio.
His main interest shifted towards contemporary improvised and composed music, as well as indeterminate and graphic scores by Gerhard Stäbler. Studies with contemporary composers Emmanuel Nunes, Eurico Carrapatoso, Paulo Brandão and pedro Rocha.
The relationship with his instruments is focused in sonic and textural elements. Electronic music was an early influence on his approach to violin playing, which challenges traditional romantic concepts of the violin/viola through use of preparations and micro tuning. Has created music for films, dance, performance, video, etc.
Active in different settings on the free improvised music scene, both as a collaborator and in leading his own groups including many important and creative musicians such as Nuno Rebelo, Carlos Bechegas, Margarida Guia, Miguel Ivo Cruz, Pedro Roxo, Bruno Parrinha, João Macedo, David Rodrigues, António Chaparreiro, Marco Franco, Vera Mantero, José Oliveira, Margarida Garcia, Rodrigo Amado, Manuel Mota, Joana Bagulho, Ulrich Mitzlaff, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Guilherme Rodrigues, Fala Mariam, César Burago, Celso de Carvalho, Carlos Augusto, Carlos Santos, Genoveva Faísca, Pedro Gonçalves, Paulo Raposo, Carlos Zíngaro, Jorge Valente, Vítor Joaquim, Paulo Curado, Pedro Lourenço, Sei Miguel, Eduardo Sérgio, Pedro Costa, Helena Ornelas, Eduardo Raon, Rui Horta Santos, Luís Lopes, Hernâni Faustino, Miguel Martins, João Viegas, Emídio Buchinho, Beatriz Serrão, Vítor Rua, Miguel Pereira, Emanuel Frazão, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Peter Kowald, Tim Goldie, Jeffrey Morgan, Oren Marshall, Gianni Gebbia, Gerhard Uebele, Nicolas Field, Jaime Fennelly, Gregg Moore, John “Sugar” Rottiers, Blaise Siwula, Will Guthrie, Pawel Grabowski, Michael Thieke, Alejandro Novoa, Michel Stawicki, Wade Matthews, Leonel Kaplan, Diego Chamy, Gabriel Paiuk, Barry Weisblat, Joe Giardullo, Jassem Hindi, Taku Unami, Ingar Zach, Masahiko Okura, Tisha Mukarji, Hans W. Koch, Bettina Wenzel, Ulrich Krieger, Phill Niblock, Christine Sehnaoui, Sharif Sehnaoui, Guillermo Torres, Toshihiro Koike, Romaric Sobac, Alexandre Bellenger, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Ferran Fages, Christopher Williams, Ken Filliano, Peter Bastiaan, Andrew Drury, Floros Floridis, Dennis González, Patrick Brennan, Gianna de Toni, Tetuzi Akiyama, Pascal Battus, Agnès Palier, Olivier Toulemonde, Alessandro Bosetti, Angharad Davies, Masafumi Ezaki, etc..
Has also worked with contemporary dancers like Ana Galan, Isabel Valverde, Mário Calixto, Anna Pázstor, Valérie Métivier, etc.
Workshops with Carlos Zíngaro, Richard Teitelbaum, Jason Kahn, Cecil Taylor, Jeffrey Morgan, Workshop de Lyon, Takashi Kako, Han Bennink, Steve Potts, Evan Parker, Ken Filliano, Eugene Chadbourne, Jorge Peixinho, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Constança Capdeville, Iannis Xenakis, etc.
Has created the record label Creative Sources Recordings in 1999, wich mainly concentrates on releasing experimental and electro-acoustic music.
Performs at festivals all over Europe.
