gnarwhallaby was formed in 2011 to revive and perform the repertoire composed for the unique instrumentation of clarinet, trombone, violoncello, and piano.

as their starting point, the quartet used the missions and repertoires of the now defunct, avant-garde polish ensemble warsztat muzyczny (1967-88) as well as the later german outfit quartett avance (ca. 1990s).

as the third generation "grandchild" quartet – the first in the united states and the only currently active quartet of its kind in the world – gnarwhallaby continues to expand this largely unknown and fascinating body of repertoire with active composer commissions and original compositions by its members.

Clarinettist, singer and sometimes other things
musikFabrik, ELISION

Roger Redgate is a composer, conductor and improviser. He graduated at the Royal College of Music, where he won prizes for composition, violin performance, harmony and counterpoint, studying composition with Edwin Roxburgh and electronic music with Lawrence Casserley. A DAAD scholarship enabled him to study with Brian Ferneyhough and Klaus Huber in Freiburg. From 1989 to 1992 he was Northern Arts Composer Fellow, he has lectured at Durham and Newcastle Universities. He was invited as guest composer and conductor at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992 and 1994 where he received the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis for composition. He is conductor and artistic director of Ensemble Exposé, with whom he has performed at many European festivals and on BBC Radio 3 and recently released a CD of music by Brian Ferneyhough.  He has worked in the fields of jazz, improvised music, film and television (including programmes for the BBC and Channel 4), and performance art. His compositions have been performed extensively throughout Europe, Australia and the USA and he has received commissions from the BBC, the French Ministry of Culture, the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, The Huddersfield Festival, the Venice Biennale and Ensemble 21 New York. He has published articles on music and culture, the music of Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Finnissy, including a chapter in the book Uncommon Ground: The Music of Michael Finnissy.  He is professor of Composition at Goldsmiths, University of London.
CD recordings of his works are available on the Coviello, Oboe Classics, NMC, Metier and Edition Zeitklang labels and further recordings are in preparation due for release on the Metier and NMC labels. His compositions are published by Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris, United Music Publishing, London and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Selected Compositions:
United Music Publishers, London
String Quartet no 4
Sgrafitto (solo flute)
Runa (19 division solo trumpet)
Black Icons (solo cello and ensemble).
ST-X-t (string quartet and turntables).
Tehom (bass clt, tbn, vc)
Concerto for Improvising Soloist and Two Ensembles
TAG (soprano sax and guitar)
String Quartet No 3
monk (solo piano)
Labyrinths (prepared piano and harpsichord/clavichord)
Koan (prepared piano, toy piano and music box)
Residua  (solo harpsichord)
Disjecta (solo 10 string guitar)	
Quintet for Oboe and Strings
mirlitonnades (soprano and piano)
ruins true refuge (solo double bass)
Atemkristall (amplified quarter-tone flute)
		
Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris:

Pierrot on the Stage of Desire  (small ensemble)
Vers-Glas  (14 amplified voices): 
Celan Songs (soprano and small ensemble)
Graffiti (soprano saxophone)
Feu la Cendre (solo cello)
Beuys (solo piano)
+R (solo clarinet)
Inventio (soprano sax/ensemble): 	
Pas au-dela (solo piano)
Eperons (oboe and percussion)
Eidos (solo piano)
String Quartet No 2 
…of torn Pathways (violin/ 2 percussionist)
Eos (clarinet and piano)
String Quartet No 1 
Ausgangspunkte  (solo oboe)
Genoi Hoios Essi  (solo piano)

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
trace- arc écart (solo piano)

(Bass) clarinetist
Professor for bass clarinet at the Prince Claus Conservatory Groningen (NL)
Artistic director of the Dutch Basklarinet Festijn

Macarena Rosmanich, a Chilean composer based in Germany, is one of the most active international voices of a growing scene of Latin American female composers. Although her career has developed mainly in Europe, her eagerness to motivate future female composers in her country of origin, makes her have permanent contact with the contemporary Chilean scene. 
The concept of intertextuality is at the center of her work. Each piece is linked to other pieces, through elements that are then developed in a new context, generating a universe that interacts and evolves internally. This universe is not isolated, but also discusses or is inspired by narrative literature, poetry, art, as well as social and political events.  All this works as an engine that triggers a flow of sound relationships that give rise to her work. 
"The close relationship between compositional work and literature, has led me to conceive spaces that complement each other and merge into a unity through music. My approach seeks to provide the poetic form with a new temporal dimension, a sort of collaboration between sound and word that transcends conventional boundaries. In essence, my purpose is to blur the boundaries of pre-existing form and structure in a work, rearranging them in such a way as to configure a new work, thus redefining the essence of the original. This process not only involves a stylistic transformation, but also seeks to open up new routes of interpretation, allowing the musical composition to dialogue in a unique way with the poetry and, in turn, establish a richer and more dynamic connection with time."
Her work ranges from chamber and vocal music to works for orchestra and musical theatre. She has worked with numerous international soloists, orchestras and ensembles, such as Musikfabrik, Kommas, Via Nova, Mosaik, Recherche, Multilatérale, United Instruments of Lucilin, KNM Berlin, Vertixe Sonora, L'ART POUR L'ART, Reflexion K, Broken Frames Syndicate, among others. 
Her works have been performed in Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, England, Spain and Luxembourg. 
She studied at the University of Chile where she graduated with distinction and continued her postgraduate studies with composer José María Sánchez Verdú at the Robert Schumann Musikhochschule in Düsseldorf and later a master's degree in composition at the University of Freiburg with Johannes Schöllhorn.
Macarena Rosmanich lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

https://rosmanich.com/

Contact: macarosmanich@gmail.com

I compose concert music including solo works, chamber music and orchestral pieces.

Composer / clarinetist

02.25-04.25 Styrian Artist in Residence Graz
09.25-07.26 Casa de Velázquez – Académie de France à Madrid

brendan.champeaux@live.fr

23-29.06 OWN w/ Ictus @ France Musique 
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/creation-mondiale/own-de-brendan-champeaux-1-5-9349403?fbclid=IwY2xjawLHh5dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETEwS3lWV0NtRE5Fa0FkRmFiAR5B1d7vw_x_g_HpR2nM4EXZEIaguXJDO-LPcT8H7uNae7EX_8ZXGKRw3rBqVw_aem_vtAspoAEKUhDMPs1E67pIg

17.05.25 BLINDS w/ Ensemble Musikfabrik @ Acht Brücken – Kölner Philharmonie https://www.achtbruecken.de/en/programm/selfie-in-the-dark/461

25.10.24 ASK w/ Klangforum Wien @ Konzerthaus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDgq8S4Dys
https://konzerthaus.at/konzert/eventid/61702

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