This is an excerpt of the full-length stage music for "House of Bernarda Alba", a production of the "Ballet of Saarland State Theatre" under Stijn Celis
Foto: Bettina Stöß
Tänzer: Ballett des Saarländischen Staatstheaters
Choreografie: Stijn Celis
Musik: Michio
Bühne: Katrin Gerheuser
Kostüme: Catherine Voeffray
Live-Musik: Michio
Choreografische Assistenz: Claudio Schellino, Eri Iwasaki


Controlled Mourning (Excerpt)

Guitarist, composer and sound artist MICHIO studied both at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and the Saarland Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
As a guitarist, he regularly tours Europe and Japan, both as a soloist and with various ensembles, appearing as a guest musician at various prestigious international guitar festivals. A prize winner of numerous guitar competitions, he has also worked both as guest and stage musician with renowned orchestras as well as state theatres like the Saarland State Theatre, the Darmstadt State Theatre, the Lohorchester Sondershausen, the Oldenburg State Theatre, and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
Michio’s compositional work ranges from commissioned works for classical ensembles and soloists, over stage music for ballet pieces, to film scores and contemporary dance theatre projects in the independent scene.
His work therefore includes compositions for the Darmstadt State Theatre Ballet Ensemble, the Linz State Theatre Ballett Ensemble, for the Saarland State Theatre Ballet Ensemble, for Landerer & Companie, for the choreographers Mei Hong Lin, Stijn Celis, Massimo Gerardi, Maura Morales and for the Swiss harpsichordist Vital Frey. 
Since 2010 he has been composer and co-director of the contemporary dance company COOPERATIVA MAURA MORALES, which was in 2013 awarded the prestigious "Kurt Jooss-Prize" and 2014 with the Culture Prize of the City Dusseldorf.

Profilepfoto by Gorka Bravo


Controlled Mourning (Excerpt)

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