Fred Frith is a songwriter, composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist best known for the reinvention of the electric guitar that began with Guitar Solos in 1974. In Febuary 2015 he will make a special live with appearance his Fred Frith Trio at the Kesselhaus in Berlin.
He learned his craft as both improviser and composer playing in rock bands, notably Henry Cow, and creating music in the recording studio. Much of his compositional output has been commissioned by choreographers and filmmakers, but his work has also been performed by Ensemble Modern, Hieronymus Firebrain, Arditti Quartet, Robert Wyatt, Bang on a Can All Stars, Concerto Köln, and Rova Sax Quartet, among quite a few others.
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Fred enthusiastically records and performs all over the place with icons of contemporary music, younger players you may never have heard of, and everyone in between. He is currently leading the Gravity Band, Eye to Ear (his film music group), and Cosa Brava, whose second CD—The Letter—was released to critical acclaim in 2012.
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Fred teaches at Mills College in Oakland California and at the Musik Akademie in Basel, Switzerland. He is the subject of Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel’s award-winning documentary film Step Across the Border and also starred alongside Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie in the acclaimed documentary film Touch The Sound.
Fred Frith Trio LIVE
Friday, 27 Febuary 2015 | 20:00 CET
Maschinenhaus | Knaackstraße 97 | 10435 Berlin/Prenzlauer-Berg
fredfrith.com | kesselhaus.net | Event @ Facebook
