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Ruth Barberán | 1966 | Barcelona | Spain
Irumpet, amplified or acoustic objects
URA with i treni inerti (Matt Davis i Alfredo Costa Monteiro) (creative
sources, 2003)ATAMI (Ezaki / Barberán / Unami / Fages / Okura / Costa Monteiro)
(hibarimusic, 2003)CAPACIDAD DE PÉRDIDA (solo) (creative sources, 2004)
ATOLÓN (Fages /Barberán / Costa Monteiro) (rossbin, 2004)
ISTMO with Atolón (Fages /Barberán / Costa Monteiro) (creative sources,
2005)OCTANTE (Margarida García / Fages / Costa Monteiro / Barberán)
(l’innomable, 2005)AÉREA with i treni inerti (Alfredo Costa Monteiro) (creative sources, 2005)
SEMISFERI with Atolón (Fages /Barberán / Costa Monteiro) (esquilo
records 2006)LÚNULA (Margarida García / Fages / Costa Monteiro / Barberán) (another
timbre, 2009)LUZ AZUL with i treni inerti (Alfredo Costa Monteiro) (Flexion records,
20012)CONCRET with Atolón (Fages /Barberán / Costa Monteiro) (Intonema, 2013)
PUBLIC-PRIVATE with ATOLÓN:+ CHIP SHOP MUSIC (Another Timbre, 2013)
Since her integration in IBA, col.lectiu d’improvisació, in 1999, she
starts to focus her work in free improvisation.
Currently, she has 3 stable formations:
Solo
i treni inerti, with Alfredo Costa Monteiro
Atolón with Ferran Fages and Alfredo Costa Monteiro
?As usual in this music has collaborated with musicians of national and
international scene, like: Ivan Palacky, Margarida Garcia, Mazen Kerbaj,
Masafumi Ezaki, Olivier Toulemonde, Lali Barrière, etc,
She has participated in festivals and events, such as:
REVERS 2001 (CCCB - Barcelona), HURTA CORDEL 2001 (Madrid, NITS DE
MÚSICA 2002 and FRUITS DE MHERE 2002 (France) with i treni inerti, NITS
DE MÚSICA 2000 (Fundació Miró - Barcelona) with l’Orquestra IBA and
Peter Kowald FESTIVAL DE MÚSIQUES CONTEMPORÀNEES 2000 (Auditori -
Barcelona) with l’Orq. IBA and Butch Morris, SONIC SCOPE 2002 (Lisboa)
with Margarida García OFF-SITE 2003(Tokyo) with Masafumi Ezaki, MUSIC
LOVER’S FIELD COMPANION 2007 (Newcastle) with OCTANTE - Margarida García
, Ferran Fages, Alfredo Costa Monteiro and Ruth Barberán, LINZELBAR 2008
Hamburg with Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Lee Patterson, Heiner Metzger, +
Nordzucker: Birgit Ulher, Lars Scherzberg, Michael Maierhof, i - and- e
Festival of Dublin (2010) with Ivan Palacky, Improsummit 2010 / Malmö
solo and with Ferran Fages and Angharad Davies, AUDITORIO REINA SOFÍA
2006 (Madrid), SALA NASA 2006 (Santiago de Compostela) HURTA CORDEL
2007(Madrid), Museo WOSTELL 2007 (Mal Partida de Cáceres), CENTRE D’ART
LA PANERA 2009 (Lleida), l’Auditori de la Caja Madrid in the Festival
Mecal (Barcelona, 2010), i - and- e Festival of Dublin (2010), LES
RENCONTRES DE MUSIQUES SPONTANÉES in Rimousky (Canadá, 2011),with
ATOLÓN, John Cage's Year, (Lublin, Poland, 2012), Residence at Qo2 with
Margarida Garcia, (Brussels, 2012) and Residence at Qo2 with ATOLÓN
(Brussels, 2013)...