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Katia Labèque
Pianist Katia Labèque is one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day,whose breathtaking virtuosity and dazzling live performances have seen her garner respect in all the world. Her childhood was filled with music, her formal training being supplemented by lessons with her mother Ada Cecchi, a former student of Marguerite Long.Befitting her nonconformism, her repertory ranges from Bach to the present-day avant garde.
Together with her sister Marielle, she enjoys a stunning career throughout the world, playing with the most prestigious orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, LSO, Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Filarmonia della Scala, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic. An impressive festival itinerary has taken her in Berlin, Blossom, the Hollywood Bowl, Lucerne, the Proms, Ravinia, Tanglewood, the Salzburg Easter. For more information please visit www.labeque.com or www.fondazionekml.com
In addition to the duet with her sister , in 2001 Katia formed an new exciting duo,with violonist Viktoria Mullova which has enjoyed international acclaim since its inception, appearing regularly throughout Europe at prestigious halls and festivals such as Carnegie Hall New York, the Musikverein in Vienna, Musikhalle Hamburg, Philharmonie Munich ,Lucerne, Belgrade, Athens, Roma , Milano, Firenze, London Queen Elysabeth Hall et..
They have released an album, 'Recital' (KML 1110/Onyx 4015), featuring works by Schubert, Ravel, and Stravinsky. For further information: www.kmlrecordings.com
Katia´s enthusiasm for new music led to her becoming a member of John Mc Laughlin´s group, touring worldwide with his band in the eighties.Miles Davis,dedicated two songs to her on his 1985 album You’re Under Arrest (‘Katia Prelude’ and ‘Katia’).
Later on, she collaborated with Dave Maric and Marque Gilmore creating 'the Katia Labeque Band'.They toured in Europe and their tour in UK ended up at Festival Hall in London for the London Jazz Festival.Their album 'Unspoken' is released on KML recordings.
She has now embarked on a new project'B FOR BANG'(KML 1115) featuring Beatles music. They have played in Ruhr, Ravello, Montpellier,Bremen Festivals,Ferrara Musica,Torino Teatro Reggio etc...and they are preparing now their next album to be released in Spring 2010.
Her new solo album 'Shape Of My Heart' brings together her collaborations with Sting, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and David Chalmin alongside brand new recordings of the music of Satie, Chopin, Beatles and Radiohead.It will be released next October (KML 2119)
Katia has started her own label with her sister Marielle, KML recordings.This label is a home to her eclectic musical collaborations as well as a place where musicians she admire have the freedom to release music they want.
www.kmlrecordings.com
Dave Maric
Dave Maric was born in Bedford, England in 1970 to immigrant parents from Greece and Bosnia.
Although he studied classical piano from an early age, it was popular music, jazz and electronic music that were to become for many years dominating influences over his performing and (self taught) composing.
However, soon after moving to London in 1988, he rapidly entered the world of contemporary classical music through joining the Steve Martland Band as pianist. This led also to many other performance opportunities with various London based ensembles such as the London Sinfonietta, London Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Meanwhile, Maric was also involved with many London based jazz groups and education projects exploring jazz, contemporary classical composition, and the use of computer technology in music.
Maric's experience as a performer was the primary inspiration for his experimentation with medium to large scale composing from the mid 1990s onwards. However, explorations in jazz, Latin American music, improvisation and popular music remained as themes in tandem with this, eventually leading to Maric's first ever commissioned work: Trilogy for live percussion and CD (commissioned by percussionist Colin Currie in 2000), which seeks a successful convergence within all these disparate styles.
The immediate and continued success of this work led the Lucerne Festival to commission Maric for a new work for Currie - Sense & Innocence. This was premiered at the festival in September 2002.
Trilogy also alerted pianist Katia Labèque to Maric´s compositions, and since February 2001 he has been working with her on a group project - the Katia Labèque Band (with drummer Marque Gilmore) - and is featured as the composer, arranger, and keyboardist. A highly successful European tour took place in July 2001 alongside pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and the band's debut album recording - Unspoken - was released in late 2003 on the new label Unspeakable Records (which was formed by Maric and Labèque).
Maric's list of works include Falling to the Sky (commissioned by Viktoria Mullova and Katia Labèque - featured as part of the programme for their highly acclaimed recital tours throughout Europe during 2002 and 2004), Broken Fiction (for the multi-influenced quintet Between the Notes - choreographed by Cathy Marston for performances at the Royal Opera House 2 in October 2003), Exile (commissioned by Katia and Marielle Labèque and premiered in October 2002 at the Birmingham Symphony Hall), Borrowed Time, a commission from Westminster Abbey that was premiered there in June 2003, and Spellbound, Maric's first ever work involving full orchestra (commissioned by Radio France and l'Orchestre National de Montpellier).
Currently Maric is working on various projects including the completion of his debut album recording, touring with the Labèque Band, and new commissions (including a new work for Viktoria Mullova).
www.davemaric.com
Discography:
Steve Martland: Crossing The Border (Factory 1992)
Steve Martland: Patrol (BMG 1994)
Bassistry: Bassistry (Okapi 1995)
Steve Martland: The Factory Masters (BMG 1996)
Marc Ribot: Shoe String Symphonettes (Tzadik 1997)
Mike Westbrook: The Orchestra of Smith's Academy (Enja 1998)
John Adams: Gnarly Buttons/John's Book of Alleged Dances (Nonesuch 1998)
The Katia Labèque Band: Unspoken (Unspeakable 2003)
MARQUE GILMORE “the inna•most”
Acousti-Lectric Drumz / Chapman STICK™
Tribal Beats / Future-Music Production / RE-MIX PRODUCTION
Live Performance & 'Interactive DJ-Sound-Sculpture”
'...to be remembered as the Father of Live Drum & Bass.'
('Welcome to the Future of Soul')
- FADER MAGAZINE -
Marque Gilmore “the inna•most” is a neo-legendary drummer as one of the founding members of NYC’s Black Rock Coalition …. a musical alchemist of the metaphysical realms of Sound, Marque's musicianship is critically acclaimed world-wide
and maintains this position with his international music & multi-media
performance project “DRUM-FM: Interactive Tribalistic Sessions.”
DRUM-FM is to date, the 1st live Jungle / Drum & Bass ensemble specifically combining live instrumentation, MIDI-electronics and DJs in performance
and studio production. Marque has been and still is considered the
main pioneer of Live Drum & Bass since 1993.
'the inna•most' has performed and recorded with an international array of today’s leading musicians, artists, DJs and producers including Talvin Singh,
, Nitin Sawhney, members of Parliament / Funkadelic,
Joe Zawinul, Roy Ayers / Ray Gaskins, Vernon Reid (Living Colour),
MeShell N’Degeocello, his brother David Gilmore, Steve Coleman,
Keziah Jones ,
The scope of activities, from live performances, studio production, freelance
session work and special projects since coming to London in 1994, has led
Marque to be one of the most sought after drummers in the “future-music” scene and
created the invitation to collaborate and perform with the legendary JOE ZAWINUL
with the ZAWINUL SYNDICATE BAND throughout Europe plus
performances in Russia and the Ukraine
At present, Marque is a principal member of a daring trio featuring the
world-renowned classical pianist Katia Labeque and new music composer Dave Maric.
, this project embarked on a tour of exclusive performances in top classical concert halls of Spain, France and Belgium
Current activities also include:
- DRUM-FM Arts Organization: continued work with the Arts Council of England and the PRS Foundation producing and promoting new music and developing artists from the British underground scene.
One of the primary musical and cultural focuses since 1996 has been the
collaboration with Malian musician / historian Cheick Tidiane Seck
.In the Spring of 1999, Marque received The New Music Commissions Grant from The Arts Council of England . From April 2000, DRUM-FM was awarded 3-Year Fixed Term Funding from the Arts Council continuing the series of multi-media productions from the collaborative partnership with the innovative arts-organisation MANNAFEST.
Gilmore toured with top British-Asian artist / producer Nitin Sawhney (Mercury Award 2000 Nominee) and also recorded as a featured guest on the album Beyond Skin. Band tour highlights include a UK-European tour supporting STING with five performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall and in September 1998, the band received a special invitation from the British Council to perform in Johannesburg, South Africa for an annual outdoor concert performance in front of almost 70,000 people!
ABSORB and THRIVE …. THRUST and CONTINUE.
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'THE VERY, VERY FAST SHOW: MARQUE GILMORE WAS PLAYING JUNGLE BEFORE IT WAS INVENTED AND PLAYING IT LIVE…THE MAN WHO FIRST PUT DRUMS INTO DRUM'n'BASS.
– Kevin Le Gendre, THE SUNDAY OBSERVER –
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“It’s no coincidence that London’s most compelling fusion outfits TALVIN SINGH,
PROJECT 23, DNA, NITIN SAWHNEY and STATE OF BENGAL, all feature Gilmore as anchorman. Ignore the lame fusion cack put together by the likes of Mo’Wax,
GILMORE BLOWS THEM ALL AWAY. We’ll only realize how important he is in years to come.”
– John Lewis, TIME OUT –
MARQUE GILMORE, VERY MUCH THE KING OF JUNGLE DRUMS.'
– Jack Massarick, EVENING STANDARD –
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“THIS MUSIC WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'D HEARD BEFORE. AS YOU RODE THE TIDE OF
SUB-BASS TRIGGERED BY the inna•most's FLURRIES ON THE DRUM KIT,
YOU WERE SUDDENLY AWARE OF THE SHEER MODERNITY OF THE SOUND.
SO, ALL OF YOU 21ST CENTURY PROGRAMMERS OUT THERE… DRUM-FM IS THE LICK.”
– Paul Bradshaw, Publisher/Senior Editor STRAIGHT NO CHASER –
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