Hidros 9 by Mats Gustafsson
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The monumental composition for 25 musicians by Swedish saxophonist, improviser and composer Mats Gustafsson is an interaction between graphic works, 2 chamber groups, 4 soloists, processing electronics and conductor.Commissioned by Avant Art;
Premierred on 01.10.2022 in Studio Koncertowe Polskiego Radia im. Witolda Lutosławskiego in Warsaw.
Hidros 9 is an in-depth exploration and continuation of the previous piece Hidros o.T. (2019), commissioned by NyMusikk Trondheim, inspired by the mirrored forms and visual structures of artist Mathias Pöschl (AUT).
ARTISTS:
///// 9-member NOR ensemble:
Eira Bjørnstad Foss – violin
Matilda Rolfsson – bass drum
Lars Ove Fossheim – guitar
Michael F. Duch – bass
Øyvind Engen – cello
Kyrre Laastad – percussion & electronics
Nicolas Leirtrø – bass
Daniel Formo – organ and prepared piano
Ida Løvli Hidle – accordion
///// 9-member Avant Art PL ensemble:
Teoniki Rozynek – violin
Dominika Korzeniecka – bass drum
Szymon Wójcik – guitar & electronics
Rafał Różalski – bass
Magdalena Bojanowicz – celloQba Janicki – percussion and electronics
Paweł Romańczuk – bass
Barbara Drazkov – organ and prepared piano
Zbigniew Chojnacki – accordion
///// Soloists:
Anders Nyqvist – slide and piccolo trumpets (SWE/AUT)
Colin Stetson – amplified bass sax (USA)
Hedvig Mollestad – guitar (NOR)
Per-Åke Holmlander – tuba (SWE)
Jerome Noetinger – revox tape machines (FRA)
Dieb13- turntables (AUT)
Mikael Werliin – sound
Mats Gustafsson – conductions and composition



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