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Kangaroos quartet presenta “A la Rambla de caps, mans i peus”
Kangaroos quartet presents “A la Rambla de caps, mans i peus”
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Kangaroos is a heterogeneous sound quartet that moves in leaps and bounds between guided improvisation and life composing. The spirit of freedom, playfulness and the search for genuine musical expression is the cornerstone of their work. Formed by different musicians from the city's avant-garde scene: Adele Madau, electric violin, Mireia Tejero, alto saxophone, Miquel Jordà, multi-instrumentalist and David Garcia, electric guitar and conducting.
Mireia Tejero
Saxophonist, composer and performer. Her free and non-conformist spirit marks her musical trajectory that leads her to investigate and work on music from a different point of view.
Her compositions, actions and performances go beyond music itself: she creates synergies and complicities with different artistic disciplines, she is committed to rigorous improvisation and assumes the risk and richness that this entails.
She has been and continues to be the driving force behind various multidisciplinary groups that emphasise the creative role of women. Composer and regular performer of the Sol Picó Dance Company with the shows One Hit Wonder, El Lago de las Moscas, La Prima de Chita, La Mujer carece o Barbie Superetar, Amor Diesel, DVA, Del Planeta Basura, Razona la vaca, Spitbrides .
http://www.mireiatejero.com/
Adele Madau
Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. One of the few avant-garde violinists in her country, Adele Madau studied violin with Mila Costisella, contemporary music with Enzo Porta and jazz and composition with Bruno Tommaso.
She founded the acoustic duo Oiamamma (violin and accordion) and the experimental group Myoon Project, with which she won the international competitions Mercurdo and Noè Ars Multimedia. He also plays in the avant-garde groups Impromptu and Moex.
He has played music of all kinds (Italian, jazz, classical, experimental, contemporary, total improvisation, world music, etc.) with different musicians (Lucio Dalla, Enzo Favata, Paolo Fresu, Bruno Tommaso, Giancarlo
Schiaffini, Michel Godard, Tim Hodginkson, Victor Nubla, Alessandro Bosetti, Rita Marcotulli, etc.).
He played in the world tour of Lucio Dalla Canzone (1997) and in the African tour of the dance-theatre show Thioff & Gazelle (2005).
He has also played at important festivals, such as the following: Deutsche Jazz Festival in Frankfurt, LEM Festival in Barcelona, Festival 900 in Palermo, Time in Jazz and Sardinia Jazz Expo 2004 in Sardinia, Bologna 2000 and Jazz in It in Modena.
He composes music and plays live for video, theatre and dance projects. He has worked for several conductors and theatre companies (Enrique Vargas, Giorgio Comaschi, Rosso Tiziano, etc.) and with avant-garde choreographers (Tery Weykel, Ornella de Agostino, Gabriella Maiorino, Cornelia Wildisen, Daniela Capaci, Veronica Cendoya, Sol Picò).
Miquel Jordà
Polymath, preformer, wind and percussion multi-instrumentalist, sound artist, audiovisual composer and free improviser, he develops a very personal musical-sound language. His experience of living and travelling in different countries of the world becomes his artistic project and the main school of his style. He wanders between Western atonality and Middle Eastern or Southeast Asian harmonies. He modifies classical instruments, such as the saxophone played with trumpet mouthpieces, and invents acoustic-inspired infra-instruments that he modifies with electronics.
Throughout his long career, he has participated in art, music and technology festivals such as Art Futura 92, Sonar 94, 95, Osnabruck 94, Ars Electronica Linz Austria, DIVA_NY, etc. He has collaborated as an artist in institutions such as the University of Barcelona, the Forum of Cultures or Caixaforum, La Caixa Foundation, the Library of Catalonia, the Mobius Price, the Arco, the CCCB, or the Sala Beckett, among many other organisations. Since 2016, he has directed the improvisation festival BcnImproFest, and the radio programme XperYmentas on improvised arts.
David García
Guitarist and life composer.
He has been part of several Jazz and Rhythm'n Blues groups, among which stand out: 'Speak Low Jazz' (Jazz), 'Blues Factory' (Blues) and 'Songo 7' (Latin Jazz), groups with which, apart from different performances, he participates in the 1st Bellvitge Blues Festival (Blues Factory) and in the 17th Terrassa Jazz Festival (Songo 7).
He has accompanied several singers: Maite Caparrós, Núria Palet and has cooliderado the group 'Anna Llatjós & David García Quintet'. He has also played with the group 'Terrassa All Swing'.
She has played with several renowned musicians in the national Jazz scene such as: Josep Mª Farrás, Joan Albert, Benet Palet, Jordi Gardeñas, Elisabet Raspall among others.
He currently teaches music classes and specialises in guided improvisation and life composing.
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