Rank Ensemble is one of Helsinki's primary new music ensembles, with equal focus on free improvisation and contemporary works, many of which have been written
specifically for the Ensemble. Since the group's inception in 2009, Rank has performed at venues and festivals including Là-bas biennale, Äänen Lumo, Aikamme Kamarimusiikkia, Ptarmigan, Helsinki Meeting Point, ForumBox, and Vaihtolava; performances have included works written for Rank Ensemble by Gabriel Paiuk, Shinji Kanki, and Andrew Bentley, as well as Finnish premieres of works by Simon Steen-Andersen, Stefan Prins, and David Toop.

Rank Ensemble is:
Saara Rautio: harp
James Andean: piano, electronics and objects
Solmund Nystabakk: guitar
Elena Kakaliagou: french horn

"Two hands clap and there is a sound; what is the sound of one hand?"  Kōan

«Quando a cantar con organi si stea» (Dante, Purg. IX, 144).

«Qualche volta devi suonare la musica con quello che hai» (Itzhak Perlman).

Composer & Conductor.
Interested in contemporary performance, transdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary. 
Student of Postgraduate studies at Strasbourg (France) Conservatory -Orchestral conducting in contemporary music.

Compositeur et chef d'orchestre.
Intéressé par la performance contemporaine, la transdisciplinarité, l'interdisciplinarité.
Étudiante diplômée au Conservatoire de Strasbourg (France) - Direction d'orchestre en musique contemporaine.

- Gagnant Stagiaire en musique contemporaine Ministère de la Culture (2011)
- Bourse de création artistique gagnante avec la composition "Dí-há" (2013)
- Bourse de création artistique gagnante avec la composition "Ella" (2017)
- Prix de l'Institut municipal de culture pour le travail "Perdón" (2017)

Upcoming concerts:

30.10.2025 - D.i.s._i.s._j.u.s.t._t.h.a._i.n.p.u.t. - New multimedia experience - to be premiered by flock-lab at Maison de l'Argentine à Paris (FR)
29.05.2025 - B.i.u.t.y. - New multimedia experience to be premired by Flock Lab at Scena Ribnjak in Zagreb.
12.04.2025 - Infused 3'600'000ms, collaborating with Goran Nježić on a new multimedia project, commissioned from Music Biennale Zagreb, premiered by Elision ensemble as part of MZB '25 (HR).
11.03.2025 LIFE electronics, Émilie Girard-Charest, le Phoenix à Valenciennes (FR)
?.?.2025 - New project for The Interstring Project (DE). New piece for 4 electric guitars.

Archive:
13.01.2025 - Infused 1.02e+6ms, new multimedia project, as part of ICST's EARS program at ZHdK (CH), premiered by Joshua Hyde + Francisco Uberto.
24.10.2024 All my neurons have clits, Flock Lab, Ambassade de l'Argentine à Paris, Paris (FR)
17.10.2024 All my neurons have clits, Flock Lab, CRD de Pantin, Pantin (FR)
28.06.2024 1Up - solo set, Gallerie du Haut Pavé, Paris (FR)
13.05.2024//K.A.M.I.K.A.Z.E.//B-L duo//Classical:NEXT Berlin//Berlin (DE)
15.03.2024//Paradise (or how I'll get there from a door on the third floor//Joshua Hyde//Salle d'orchestra HEAR//Strasbourg (FR)
11.01.2024//All by myself solo set// Francisco Uberto // Maison de l'Argentine (FR)
25.11.2023//K.A.M.I.K.A.Z.E.//B-L duo//HCMF music festival//Huddersfield (UK)
11.11.2023//P.A.R.A.D.I.S.E.// Li Li-Chin//C-lab Taiwan, Taipei (TW)
26.10.2023//Elettrificare il rosa//ensemble Next//Cité International des Arts, Paris (FR)
18.09.2023//A pink elephant in a room//Griseldal Giannini//Festival Atemporánea//Buenos Aires (ARG)
27.06.2023//All my neurons have clits//Lovemusic//Unerhorte Musik//Berlin (DE)
26.06.2023//All my neurons have clits//lovemusic//Kunstraum Walchetrum//Zurich (CH)
06.04.2023//Paradise (or how I'll get there from a door on the third floor//Joshua Hyde//Peniche l'Antipode//Paris (FR)
27.01.2023//Blooming Fluorescence//Rubhunne//Essen (DE)
15.11.2022//Blooming Fluorescence//Maison de l'Argentine//Paris (FR)
26.04.2022//Guess what freedom smells like//The Interstring Project//Gare du Nord//Basel (CH)
14.04.2022//Guess what freedom smells like//The Interstring Project//Maison de l'Argentine//Paris (FR)

Francisco Uberto (b.1988) shapes his musical ideas with intuition from within the digital side of sound. In his music he manages expectations in the most imaginative ways possible, like a cold war of emotions. The horizon of his realizations extend from solo pieces to orchestral works with and without the use of electronics.

He received training in composition in Argentina (UNC), France (CNSMD Paris, and IRCAM), and Zurich (ICST - ZhDK), and was supported by several prestigious foundations from Europe, and Argentina since 2012. 

His music has been vibrating with renowned international ensembles since his arrival in Europe. Resident composer at Casa de Velázquez, Ibermúsicas, and Cité des Arts, Francisco, today is composer in residence at Couvent des Récollets in Paris.

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