Joachim Gies

Joachim Gies, Ronni Gilla

AUF DEUTSCH

KLANG / KÖRPER / ZELLEN | SOUND / BODY / CELLS

Ronni Gilla / soprano, vocal artist (Israel)
Joachim Gies / saxophone, composition (Germany)

Interaction between the saxophone and vocals becomes an intense sound experience with the duo SOUND / BODY / CELLS, comprising saxophonist Joachim Gies and the Israeli soprano Ronni Gilla. Cultural dialogue enables timbre, the sensuality of sound and its structural organization to develop a vibrancy which grips both sensually and physically. The vocal and instrumental sounds merge, as do the separate roles of soloist and accompanist. The organic structure of an interactive collaboration reveals whole new levels and opens up completely different nuanced aspects.

Soprano and vocal artist Ronni Gilla studied in Israel at the Rimon College of Jazz and Contemporary Music and received her classical training at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. She studied oriental singing and Arab music at the Jewish-Arab Cultural Center in Jaffa. She gave concerts of her own songs in Europe and Israel and was a soloist in musicals and opera productions. She was also a member of the Israeli Philharmonia Singers and a soloist in the Jewish-Arab Jazz Ensemble.

Through her multicultural family background with its Sephardic (Ladino) and Polish influences, Ronni Gilla developed a very individual and personal vocal style. For some years now, she has lived in Berlin and is now focusing on developing a form of contemporary vocal music which involves individual expression, different cultural layers, virtuosity and communication, movement and spatial presence.

SOUND / BODY / CELLS live
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Ronni Gilla, soprano, vocal artist
Joachim Gies, saxophone
Compositions by Joachim Gies
04/20/2008 Atelierhaus K 19 Berlin, Atelier Ulrich Werner

In Ruhelage 6B Joachim Gies
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Ronni Gilla, soprano
Joachim Gies, saxophone

Ein- und Ausfälle (EUA1) Joachim Gies
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Ronni Gilla, soprano
Joachim Gies, alto saxophone

Amarilli, mia bella
Giulio Caccini 1545 - 1618 / Bearbeitung: Joachim Gies
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Ronni Gilla, soprano
Joachim Gies, alto saxophone

Ensemble 3
KLANG / KÖRPER / ZELLEN | SOUND / BODY / CELLS
Ronni Gilla (Israel), Soprano, Vocal artist
Denis Stilke, Percussion
Joachim Gies, Saxophone, Composition

Ensemble 3 listens in on the effects of virtual and medial interweaving on the relationship between far and near. Do we still perceive distant places as alien, or are new and unfamiliar sound worlds entering our inner awareness of sounds?

Denis Stilke, Ronni Gilla, Joachim Gies

Im reinen Weiß (Joachim Gies)
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Ensemble 3
Ronni Gilla, Soprano, Vocal artist
Denis Stilke, Percussion
Joachim Gies, Saxophone, Composition
Live in Berlin 11.05.2008

Überheizte Räume (Joachim Gies)
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Ensemble 3
Ronni Gilla, Soprano, Vocal artist
Denis Stilke, Percussion
Joachim Gies, Saxophone, Composition
Live in Berlin 11.05.2008

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