Live performance of "Ensuite" (2008, rev. 2011-13) for cello solo by Séverine Ballon at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse Lyon, 4th of October 2014. 

Ensuite (Stefan Prins, 2008, rev. 2011-13) - Séverine Ballon (cello) - LIVE

Carlton Vickers is internationally regarded as one of today's most important performers of avant-garde flute music, specialising in the most demanding works of the contemporary and electro-acoustic repertoire. Vickers has remained a ubiquitous presence for well over two decades as flute soloist with the acclaimed Canyonlands New Music Ensemble/Maurice Abravanel Visiting Distinguished Composers Series, and the Cleveland based NO EXIT New Music Ensemble.

In March/2013, Carlton Vickers presented the U.S. Premiere of Brian Ferneyhough's Sisyphus Redux for alto flute solo, as well as the U. S. Premiere of A Small Revelation for solo flute by James Erber. Subsequently, Boston/2015, saw the World Premiere of three major large format works for alto flute solo/electronics, James Erber's daunting  Desire Lines for solo alto flute, the massive (22 minute) streaming for solo Kingma System alto flute by Marc Yeats, and Constellations (Process and Static) for alto flute and electronic sounds by Massimiliano Viel, all dedicated to Carlton Vickers.

He has worked in conjunction with, and has won the admiration of, such prominent composers as Milton Babbitt, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Martin Boykan, John Cage, Eric Chasalow, Chen Yi, John Corigliano, Mario Davidovsky, Stephen Dembski, Jason Eckardt, James Erber, Richard Festinger, Don Freund, John Harbison, Jonathan Harvey, Jörg Herchet, Andrew Imbrie, Louis Karchin, John Kennedy, Arthur Kreiger, Stan Link, Steven Mackey, Donald Martino, Eric Moe, Tristan Murail, Shulamit Ran, Steve Reich, Roger Reynolds, Andrew Rindfleisch, Frederic Rzewski, Joseph Schwantner, Jeffrey Stadelman, Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, Harvey Sollberger, George Tsontakis, Massimiliano Viel, Scott Wheeler, Charles Wuorinen, Yehudi Wyner and Marc Yeats.

Mr. Vickers has appeared in concerts and recitals spanning four continents. Invitations include the Dresdener Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Musik, DIEM (Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music), SEAMUS, Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival and the Cleveland Contemporary Players.
His performances are featured on Albany, Bridge, CRI, Capstone, Centaur and contextrecords.

Immigrant, nomad, traveller and sleepwalker. I make music too.

as a contemporary composer denovaire writes chamber and choir music, but also produces music for media and games in the studio. he performs live mostly with his Indian string instrument "esraj" as well as piano and keyboards. 
the styles vary between Indian music, world music, avantgarde and experimental music, electronic music, rock music and contemporary improvisation.

Ryszard Lubieniecki – composer, musicologist, instrumentalist, and improviser from Poland. He studied composition (1st degree,  with prof. Bettina Skrzypczak) and accordion (1st and 2nd degree, with prof. Jerzy Kaszuba and dr Stanisław Miłek) at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. In 2023, Ryszard defended his PhD thesis at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Wrocław, where he currently studies late medieval music and works as a lecturer. His recent research focuses on the memory craft and its relationship to musical and theoretical sources from the XV century. Besides the accordion, he plays medieval keyboard instruments (portative organ, hammered clavisimbalum).

His music was performed at Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Netherlands), ECCO 2020 Concert in Brussels, Musica Privata IV in Łódź, Słuchalnia in Toruń, Musica Polonica Nova and Musica Electronica Nova in Wrocław and Canti Spazializzati (Wrocław). He was an artist-in-residence for Musica Privata VI in 2018 in Łódź. On January 2021 his first monographic CD „Kompozycje izorytmiczne” was released by Nasze Nagrania.

In 2014, he founded the contemporary music ensemble Layers with Zofia Ilnicka (flute) and Jakub Wosik (violin). With the trio, he performed pieces by Alannah Marie Halay, Josue W. Amador, and Piotr Bednarczyk, among others. In 2021 this material was published on the CD „Grundgestein” (self-released).

In 2016, Lubieniecki started his first solo project focused on the amplification of the accordion. New pieces were dedicated to him, including compositions by Dominik Karski, Alannah Marie Halay, Gilberto Agostinho, and Mateusz Śmigasiewicz. In 2019, he recorded the accordion pieces on his first solo CD, "Seeds", released by Nasze Nagrania. In January 2023, his second solo CD, „Musikformen der Natur”, with new pieces for portative organ was released by EMA Vinci.

In the area of medieval music, he attended courses with Corina Marti, Christophe Deslignes, Marcel Pérès, Crawford Young, and participated in the projects of the Foundation de Royaumont (Chanter l’Ars Nova français with Tiago Simas Freire and David Chappuis, Chanter l’Ars Nova italien with Patrizia Bovi, and l’Academie de musiques transculturelles with Jocelyn Mienniel and Ashraf Sharif Khan in 2021, and Camel Zekri and Okba Sudani in 2022). In 2019 with the singer Julieta Gonzalez-Springer, he founded the early music ensemble Vox Imaginaria.

As an improviser (free improvisation), he is active in the music scene of Wrocław, playing in ensembles Vogellicht (Izquierdo/Lubieniecki), Lubieniecki/Rupniewski, Disquiet, and Widzicie.

contact: ryszardlub15[at]gmail.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDg8wa0LdOt2dQOsNrwURew
Composer, Pianist, Synthesizer, WFluetist, Stamp Sculpture 
Wakana Kohsaka
Piano : Yamaha grand C3

Manny Hernandez is a composer and guitarist based in New York City.