asamisimasa was founded in 2001 by musicians sharing a passion and interest in avant-garde music and its history. Since then the ensemble has premiered numerous cross-media works especially written for them, often contextualized with classical repertoire as well as works from the historical avant-garde. asamisimasa has collaborated with composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Mathias Spahlinger, Alvin Lucier, Brian Ferneyhough, Clemens Gadenstätter, Johannes Kreidler, Joanna Bailie, and extensively with cross-media composers such as Simon Steen-Andersen, Øyvind Torvund, Martin Schüttler, Matthew Shlomowitz…
asamisimasa was founded in 2001 by musicians sharing a passion and interest in avant-garde music and its history. Since then the ensemble has premiered numerous cross-media works especially written for them, often contextualized with classical repertoire as well as works from the historical avant-garde.
asamisimasa has collaborated with composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Mathias Spahlinger, Alvin Lucier, Brian Ferneyhough, Clemens Gadenstätter, Johannes Kreidler, Joanna Bailie, and extensively with cross-media composers such as Simon Steen-Andersen, Øyvind Torvund, Martin Schüttler, Matthew Shlomowitz and Trond Reinholdtsen.
Performances include Berlin Philharmonie – Debüt im Deutschlandradio Kultur, WDR Cologne, Darmstadt, Donaueschingen, Ultraschall, Ultima, Huddersfield, Rainy Days, Monday Evening Concerts LA, Other Minds Festival (San Francisco) Cutting Edge (London), Angelica and SPOR. Their first recording, with music by Simon Steen-Andersen, was awarded the Norwegian Grammy 2012 (Spellemann) for best contemporary music record. The current Øyvind Torvund portrait CD marks their first release on Grappa/Aurora. Upcoming releases include CDs on the labels Sub Rosa (BE) and WERGO (DE). asamisimasa is supported by Arts Council Norway.
www.asamisimasa.com
Juni 2015
