Duo version of the reknowned Cikada Ensemble of contemporary music.
Pianist Kenneth Karlsson and Vibraphonist Bjørn Rabben team up performing music by a new generation of interesting composers.
Beautiful and challenging. Contemporary - Experimental
Cikada Duo : Kenneth Karlsson piano/synthesizer and Bjørn Rabben percussion.
After a concert playing Karlheinz Stockhausens Kontakte in -88 they started as a duo. The Cikada ensemble was formed around the duo the following year. The Duo has toured Europe, Asia and America, often using electronics or other forms of expressions such as contributions from video or dance.
Cikada Duo have been working with composers and musicians like James Dillon, Rolf Wallin, Richard Barret, Tan Dun, Sven David Sandström, Bent Sørensen, Jon Balke, Hilde Torgersen, Åke Parmerud, Arne Nordheim. They are members of the Cikada ensemble and also members of improvisation group Point...
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