Heaven Gallery

On completing his studies in Mathematics and Physics at Bordeaux University, Frédéric Blondy dedicated himself full time to the piano, firstly as a jazz pianist and subsequently as a student at the Bordeaux National Conservatory. Since moving to Paris he has worked with Marie-Christine Calvet at the "International Piano Center", refining a body-based approach to the instrument.

As an improviser, Frédéric Blondy has performed in many festivals and venues in Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia, working with, amongst others Paul Lovens, Rhodri Davies, Lê Quan Ninh, Michel Doneda, Joëlle Léandre, Urs Leimgruber, Thomas Lehn, Daunik Lazro, Radu Malfatti, John Tilbury, Otomo Yoshihide, Mats Gustafsson,.... and developed a thorough work with ensembles like Hubbub, Ethos.

audrey chen is a chinese-american musician and performance artist born outside of chicago in 1976. using the cello, voice and analog electronics, chen's work focuses on the combination and layering of traditional and extended techniques. a large component of her music is improvised and her approach to this is often extremely personal and visceral. her performance work incorporates sound, movement and visual/sculptural concepts. chen performs solo and in collaboration with a wide number of musicians and dancers. among musicians, she has worked with phil minton, elliott sharp, aki onda, phill niblock, alessandro bosetti, mike cooper, mats gustafsson, frederic blondy, roger turner, nate wooley, sten sandell, mazen kerbaj, gunda gottschalk, michael zerang, tatsuya nakatani, assif tsahar, scott rosenberg, le quan ninh, joe mcphee, susan alcorn, michele doneda, paolo angeli, gianni gebbia, and many others... chen has performed in eastern and western europe, russia, australia, new zealand, china, japan, taiwan and the USA. She is currently based in Baltimore, MD USA where she is member of the red room and high zero collective, an on-going series and international festival devoted to experimental improvised music.

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OKKYUNG LEE! SOLO CELLO!
after being in music schools from age of 3 to 25, korean cellist/improviser/composer okkyung lee found her artistic freedom in new york's lower east side where she moved in 2000.

since then, she has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as laurie anderson, derek bailey, steve beresford, kjell bjørgeengen, carla bozulich, nels cline, chris corsano, sylvie courvoisier, mark dresser, fred frith, shelley hirsch, john hollenbeck, susie ibarra, lindha kallerdahl, eyvind kang, miya masaoka, raz mesinai, min xiao-fen, thurston moore, lawrence D. "butch" morris, larry ochs, jim o'rourke, beth orton, zeena parkins, marc ribot, marina rosenfeld, saadet türköz and john zorn to name a few.

in addition to frequent solo performances and leading her own ensembles, she frequently collaborates with the following ensembles: Still Life with Commentator with pianist/composer vijay iyer, poet/hip hop artist mike ladd; duo with tunrtablist/video artist christian marclay: billy martin's IOOI with ikue mori and dj olive, and artist guy richards smit's rock band Maxi Geil! and Playcolt.

okkyung has released the following albums under her name: her debut album, Nihm on Tzadik; a duo recording with christian marclay, Rubbings on My Cat is an Alien label's split LP series; 30-minute companion cd of her own compositions in collaboration with artist colin stinson for his art book Dust to Dust, and a solo cello album I saw the Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said... to be released on thurston moore's Ecstatic Peace labe in 2008.

her performances have been featured in the follwing US and international festivals: whitney biennial 2006 "Day for Night" (new york, ny), BAM Next Wave Festival (brooklyn, ny) , San Francisco Jazz Festival (san francisco, ca), Time Based Arts Festival (portland, or), Kill Your Timid Notion Festival (scotland), International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (canada), Sons d’Hiver Festival (france), Off New York! Concert Series (germany), Kontra.com Festival (austria), Moers Festival (germany), Taktlos Festival (switzerland), La Biennale di Venezia (italy).

in 2007, she presented two new compositions; one commissioned by New York States Council on the Arts for 9 piece ensemble at roulette in new york, and the other commissioned by the kitchen in new york written for 4 musicians along with live visuals by film maker andrew lampert.

okkyung holds dual bachelor's degrees in Film Scoring/Contemporary Writing & Production from Berklee College of Music, and master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory of Music.

and then drummers! lots of them!