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Josep-Maria Balanyà, Catalonia, Spain, lives between Barcelona and Brussels

Stephane Ginsburgh, Belgium, lives in Brussels

Josep-Maria has a long time experience with improvised music. He developed through the years and through the many different experimental projects he made, a very rich,
powerful, yet very subtle and original way of playing the piano, and developing sounds with it. On his side, Stephane, Belgian of Austrian origin, is primarily a pianist whose playing has earned him to play all over the world, and realize many recordings but also a performer of unusual combinations with his instrument, voice, electronics and percussion.
Stephane and Josep-Maria who have known each other for many years, recently
decided to work together. During the performance in which they use only one piano,
they share the instrument, playing alternatively solo piano pieces. To end, they play
together, sharing the keyboard and the body of the piano, a composition-improvisation conceived together.

Scritto / Non Scritto:

Stephane will play, written pieces by Jean-Luc Fafchamps and
Frederic Rzewski, 100% speaking pianist, which means, all these pieces have a
written text in the score, that the pianist must speak.
Josep-Maria will play his own compositions, which are open and leave room for improvisation and also for vocal effects. The two musical worlds of Balanyà and Ginsburgh join in an atmosphere of tension and strong energy of life creating together a drama. The two musicians are planning to present their work in Belgium, Germany and Spain
during the season 2015-16.

Josep-Maria Balanyà http://www.balanya.net

Stephane Ginsburgh http://www.ginsburgh.net

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