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ensemble]h[iatus

Géraldine Keller (FR) • voice
Angelika Sheridan (DE) • flute & bass flute
Isabelle Duthoit (FR) • clarinet & voice
Tiziana Bertoncini (IT) • violin
Martine Altenburger (FR) • cello
Fabrice Charles (FR) • trombone
Carl Ludwig Hübsch (DE) • tuba
Lê Quan Ninh (FR) • percussion
Thomas Lehn (DE) • piano & analogue synthesizer

www.ensemble-hiatus.eu

In contemporary music we realize today (again) the necessity towards a multi-disciplinary approach. Instead of being specialized in one musical practice, some ensembles and individual artists comprise a wider artistic spectrum in their work.

The distinctive feature of the ensemble]h[iatus – founded by the cello player Martine Altenburger and the percussionist Lê Quan Ninh in 2006 – is that its members are at the same time experienced interpreters and improvisers. The projects presented by the ensemble reflect this entirely: instead of simply performing repertory pieces from the 20th and 21st century, the ensemble takes us on a musical journey, performing a combination of both written pieces and improvisation. The meeting of interpretation and improvisation of contemporary music and their integration within one whole, non-interrupted performance is the kernel of the ensemble]h[iatus' work.

The ensemble]h[iatus's desire is to share their unique vision of contemporary music, gained through their extensive experience in the field of performance and improvisation. For the Ensemble, music does not simply emanate from those who write it, but also from those who perform it. Their daily contact with sound means they feel and understand the music's transformations, something which can only be attained through patient proximity to both the compositions and the instruments.

In effect, an improviser's approach to sound is very different to that of non-improvisational musicians. Improvising means primarily questioning all previous use and experience of the instrument. It thus becomes a tool for creation, a tool which allows the musician to create his or her own poetry in ever changing artistic productions, and to forge a natural relationship with other media such as dance, video, cinema, fine arts...

The improviser has to master the art of listening, he or she must be able to adapt to and comprehend the compositions, which in turn allow them as performers to gain an organic understanding of the music and its innate movement.

The ensemble]h[iatus likes to work in harmony with the venues, even perhaps with the spirit that inhabits the spaces where they present their concerts, performances and installations.

Upcoming performances



 
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Past performances

 
April 13 & 14, 2007
Toulouse, Theatre Le Ring
prpgram: Luciano Berio (O King), Joshua Fineberg (Paradigms) and improvisations
Martine Altenburger (vc), Lê Quan Ninh (perc), Géraldine Keller (voc), Angelika Sheridan (fl), Isabelle Duthoit (cl), Tiziana Bertoncini (vl) and Thomas Lehn (p, syn)


Saturday May 19, 2007
Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, Musique Action Festival
ensemble]h[iatus
program: Luciano Berio (O King), Joshua Fineberg (Paradigms), Jean-Christophe Feldhandler (a woman) and ensemble]h[iatus.
Martine Altenburger (vc), Lê Quan Ninh (perc), Géraldine Keller (voc), Angelika Sheridan (fl), Isabelle Duthoit (cl), Tiziana Bertoncini (vl) and Thomas Lehn (p, syn)


March 22-25, 2008
Boussac, Moutier and Nancy in France
ensemble]h[iatus performed Morton Feldman Why patterns, Dieter Schnebel Sysiphos, John Cage Sculptures Musicales and works by ensemble]h[iatus
Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion), Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer), Thierry Madiot (trombone) & Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute)


Sunday, April 27, 2008
Cologne @ Institut Français
lecture performance introducing in the works by Morton Feldman (Four Instruments, 1965), Younghi Pagh-Paan (Bi-Yu, 1999), Dieter Schnebel (NC [Nuova Consonanza], 1994/1995)
with Martine Altenburger • cello, Tiziana Bertoncini • violin, Géraldine Keller • voice,
Angelika Sheridan • flute & bass flute, Isabelle Duthoit • clarinet, Thierry Madiot • trombone,
Lê Quan Ninh • percussion, Thomas Lehn • piano & analogue synthesizer
[download flyer]
with kind support of Kulturamt Stadt Köln, Institut Français, Association RYOANJI & kgnm

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Cologne @ Kunst-Station Sankt Peter
program: Morton Feldman (Four Instruments, 1965), Younghi Pagh-Paan (Bi-Yu, 1999), Dieter Schnebel (NC [Nuova Consonanza], 1994/1995), ensemble]h[iatus improvisations
Martine Altenburger • cello, Tiziana Bertoncini • violin, Géraldine Keller • voice,
Angelika Sheridan • flute & bass flute, Isabelle Duthoit • clarinet, Thierry Madiot • trombone,
Lê Quan Ninh • percussion, Thomas Lehn • piano & analogue synthesizer
download flyer
with kind support of Kulturamt Stadt Köln, Institut Français, Association RYOANJI & kgnm


Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy @ CCAM at Festival Musique Action 2008
program: Morton Feldman (Four Instruments, 1965), Younghi Pagh-Paan (Bi-Yu, 1999), Dieter Schnebel (NC [Nuova Consonanza], 1994/1995), ensemble]h[iatus improvisations
with Martine Altenburger (cello), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Géraldine Keller (voice), Angelika Sheridan (flutes), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion), Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Saturday September 20, 2008
Cologne @ Kunst-Station Sankt Peter > Kölner Musiknacht
ensemble]h[iatus performs John Cage Sculptures Musicales (1989), Giacinto Scelsi Taiagarù (1962) and works by ensemble]h[iatus
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion), Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer) & Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute

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Saturday September 19, 2009
Villefavard/France @ Ferme de Villefavard
program: world premiere of Damdaj by Vinko Globokar
Sunday September 20, 2009
Montreuil @ Instants Chavirés
program: Damdaj by Vinko Globokar
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Saturday December 12, 2009
Aubusson/France @ Musée départemental de la tapisserie
program: Paradigms (1993) by Joshua Fineberg, Mirrors (1997) by Kaija Saariaho, Musique Spectrale à Petit Budget (1996) by Lê Quan Ninh and works by ensemble]h[iatus.
Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Saturday, January 16, 2010
Cologne @ Kunst-Station Sankt Peter
Portrait Concert Peter Jakober & Steffen Krebber
program: Steffen Krebber Nichtsattrappen 0'04'' (2009) [world premiere], Peter Jakober mehr, ein wenig (2008), Steffen Krebber Aufstieg und Fall ausserweltlicher Flug- und Kriechtierattrappen (2008), Peter Jakober Puls 2 (2005), Steffen Krebber Nichtsattrappen 0'03'' (2009), Peter Jakober beneden (2009) [world premiere], ensemble]h[iatus improvisations
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Joris Rühl (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)

video fragments of beneden performance:
fragment 1 2:30 | fragment 2 2:04 [videos Markus Krispel] | download flyer / poster

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Gueret/F @ Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental de la Creuse
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy/F @ Musique Action
program: Damdaj by Vinko Globokar
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Sunday September 12, 2010
Cologne @ Alte Feuerwache
Festival Schlüsselwerke der Neuen Musik : REWRITE SPACE REDRAW TIME
program: Folio & 4 Systems by Earl Brown, Damdaj by Vinko Globokar and improvisations
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Sunday November 21, 2010
Toulouse @ Festival Novelum
program: De Grands Z by Jean Christophe Feldhandler (world premiere), Damdaj by Vinko Globokar and improvisations
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)

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Saturday April 23, 2011
Aubusson/F @ Ecole Nationale d'Art et de Design
program: Grands Z (2010) by Jean Christophe Feldhandler, Nichtsattrappen 0'04" (2010) by Steffen Krebber, Mehr, ein wenig (2008) by Peter Jakober and improvisations
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Saturday September 10, 2011
Cologne @ Musikhochschule Köln | Kölner Musiknacht  
program: improvisation
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Thursday November 24, 2011
Huddersfield/UK @ Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Saturday November 12, 2011
Den Bosch/NL @ November Music 
ensemble]h[iatus & Jennifer Walshe
program: Thelma Mansfield (2008), HYGENIE (2010), METTA (2011, UK premiere) by Jennifer Walshe and improvisations by Jennifer Walshe & ensemble]h[iatus
Jennifer Walshe (voice), Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)

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Saturday December 3, 2011
Cologne @ Studio musikFabrik
Festival Schlüsselwerke der Neuen Musik
program: Treatise (1967) by Cornelius Cardew
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Thierry Madiot (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Thursday November 22, 2012
Reims @ Villa Douze 
Parcours John Cage
program: 0'00", Lecture on nothing, Suite for Toy Piano, One7, Radio Music, But what about..., Music for three
Martine Altenburger (cello), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Hilary Jeffery (trombone), Nicolas Desmarchelier (acoustic guitar) and Thomas Lehn (synthesizer & toy piano)


Saturday Dec. 8, 2012
Reims/FR @ Césaré / Reims Scènes d'Europe 
ensemble]h[iatus & Jennifer Walshe
program: Thelma Mansfield (2008), HYGENIE (2010), METTA (2011, UK premiere) by Jennifer Walshe and improvisations by Jennifer Walshe & ensemble]h[iatus
Jennifer Walshe (voice), Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Hilary Jeffrey (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)

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Saturday June 8, 2013
Beynac-et-Cazenac/FR @ Parvis de l'Église
John Cage : Nature and Indeterminacy
program: variations II (1961), Suite for Toy Piano (1948), One7 (1990), One10 (1992), Composed Improvisation (for One-Sided Drums With or Without Jangles) (1990), But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of 'Papiers froisses' or tearing up paper to make 'Papiers dechires?' Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests (1985)
Martine Altenburger (cello), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (synthesizer, toy piano)


Saturday July 20, 2013
Sunday July 21, 2013
Île de Vassivière/FR @ Destination Ailleurs / L’écoute stupéfaite 
program: works by Georges Aperghis, Luciano Berio, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Vinko Globokar, Helmut Lachenmann, György Ligeti, Alvin Lucier, Éliane Radigue, Kaija Saariaho, Giacinto Scelsi, Kurt Schwitters, James Tenney, Iannis Xenakis and members of ensemble]h[iatus
Géraldine Keller (voice), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (cello), Fabrice Charles (trombone), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion), Thomas Lehn (synthesizer, toy piano) and Li Ping Ting (dance)


Tuesday November 26, 2013
Tulle/FR @ Théâtre des Sept Collins  
program: One (1987), One4 (1990), One7 (1990), One10 (1992), Music For Amplified Toy Pianos (1960), But what about the noise of crumpling paper... (1985), Branches (1976) by John Cage
Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (cello), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion), Thomas Lehn (synthesizer, piano)

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Sunday December 1, 2013
Villefavard/FR @ Ferme de Villefavard
program: as long as breath or bow (2013) by Anthony Pateras (world premiere), Wash Me Whiter Than Snow (2013) by Jennifer Walshe and improvisations
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Fabrice Charles (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Thursday December 19, 2013
Stuttgart @ Akademie Schloss Solitude 
program: weit beisammen (2010), mehr, ein wenig (2008), beneden (2010) by Peter Jakober, Wash Me Whiter Than Snow (2013) by Jennifer Walshe and improvisations
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Matthias Muche (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Thursday March 27, 2014
Tulle/FR @ Théâtre des Sept Collins
Thursday April 3, 2014
Reims/FR @ Centre National de Création Musicale Césaré
Tuesday April 8, 2014
Montreuil/FR @ Théâtre Berthelot / Instants Chavirés
program: as long as breath or bow (2013) by Anthony Pateras, Wash Me Whiter Than Snow (2013), Hygiene (2011) by Jennifer Walshe and improvisations
Géraldine Keller (soprano), Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Angelika Sheridan (flute & bass flute), Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet), Fabrice Charles (trombone), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)

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Saturday May 24, 2014
Graz/AT @ tage neuer musik graz / open music  / Großer Minoritensaal 
program: Folio (1952/1953) & Four Systems (1954) by Earl Brown, Or 4 people (1994) by Christian Wolff and improvisations
Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Martine Altenburger (violoncello), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (piano & analogue synthesizer)


Monday May 26, 2014
Belgrade @ Culture Center REX / RING RING Festival 
program: Folio (1952/1953) & Four Systems (1954) by Earl Brown, Or 4 people (1994) by Christian Wolff and improvisations
Tiziana Bertoncini (violin), Lê Quan Ninh (percussion) and Thomas Lehn (synthesizer & piano)






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 video excerpts

News spot on Television France 3, April 12th, 2007 [2:07]

Concert April 13th, 2007, Toulouse @ Le Ring [8:19]
ensemble]h[iatus Improvisation (excerpt)

video excerpts by Markus Krispel:
Peter Jakober beneden fragment 1 2:30
Peter Jakober beneden fragment 2 2:04
performed January 16th, 2010 @ Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne




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