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- Name: ALEXANDER BALANESCU
- English name: ALEXANDER BALANESCU
- Native name: ---
- Alias: ['ALEX']
- Award: ---
Description: Internationally recognized as a virtuoso violinist and composer, romanian-born alexander balanescu made his debut at the age of nine. he finished his studies at julliard school, new york, his main teachers having been dolly korizer anddorothy delay. he was a member of thearditti quartettfrom 1983 to 1987, playing the contemporary classical repertoire. in 1987 he formed thebalanescu quartet, with the goal to create a much more accessible and communicative new music. he gained a reputation as a truly interdisciplinary artist, composer, improviser as well as a performer. he has collaborated with musicians from such wide ranging fields asjohn lurie,gavin bryars,michael nyman,jack dejohnette,john surman,andy sheppard, andcarla bley. his work has also taken him to the pop world, supporting thepet shop boysand recording the music ofdavid byrne,kraftwerk, theyellow magic orchestraand collaborating with the german band "to rococo rot" on their latest album. in his quest to reconnect with his eastern european roots, recent projects include collaborations with the hungarian group "musikas" and singermarta sebestyen. using folk material as a source of inspiration, balanescu created the album "luminitza". he also created material based on folk songs interpreted by the great romanian singermaria tanase. more recently, alexander completed a tour of england withphilip glassandfoday musa suso, and developed a very special way of performing together with mr. suso, including improvisation and song.
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