DUO ACASĀ

Description

Balkan music and song

DUO ACASĀ
Acasă means 'at home' in Romanian
Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, former countries of the Byzantine and then Ottoman empires, have retained the rich modal colours, the taste for improvisation, the sensuality of sound, the rhythmic complexity and virtuosity characteristic of the professional musicians of these lands, generally of gypsy origin.
Patrice Gabet and Christiane Ildevert have been travelling these countries for many years, working with musicians and dancers and recording 7 albums with the group Aksak, of which they have been members for 27 years.

Christiane ILDEVERT, double bass player, singer
Between traditional music from the Balkans or the Southern Alps and Baroque music, Christiane Ildevert has been playing contemporary and improvised music for thirty years... a practice born of encounters with Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, Christian Zagaria, Stefano Fogher or with dancers : Aicha Aouad-Sicre, Muriel Demaret, Yvon Bayer, Catherine Vernerie, Thierry Thieu Nang, Yann Lheureux, Thierry and Marion Baë and others.As a double bassist, she has been involved in a wide range of musical movements, and has taken part in numerous creations and performances combining other artistic disciplines: theatre, circus, visual arts and dance. Accompanist to Hélène Martin from 1989 to 2009.
Member of classical and baroque chamber music ensembles: orchestre de chambre des Cévennes, Ensemble Anachronismes, les Festes d'orphée, Musica Antiqua de Provence.Musician with traditional music groups: Drailles" quartet (music from the Dauphiné and the Southern Alps), "Aksak" quintet (creative Balkan music), "Ardéal" trio (string music from Transylvania) and accompanies Renat Sette in several new works: "Un homme a traversé le monde" (a man has crossed the world) based on poems by Occitan poet Serge Bec, "Pour l'Exemple" (For the Example) based on a text by Félix Chabaud, "Dialogue avec l'oiseau" (Dialogue with the Bird) based on a text by Vincent Siano.She joins various improvised music groups: Compagnie Arts immédiats, Compagnie Thierry Thieu Niang, the "Cri" collective, and takes part in the creation "Bass 94" (soloists Barre Phillips and Joëlle Léandre). In 2002, she founded the double bass trio "Crissement d'Elles", an improvisational trio, followed by the duo "Fables et Silence" with flutist Stéphane Thomas, and the trio "Bois croisés" with Stéphane Thomas on flute and Caroline Elsen on alphorn! Graphic concert with Gilles Dalbis on percussion and Neels Incandela (infoplastician). In all these creations, Christiane Ildevert brings her creative and joyful energy to bear... buoyed by long-standing artistic collaborations, she has charted a rich and varied course, blending intimacy and universality!

Patrice GABET Musician (violin, baritone violin, horn violin, Romanian flutes), performer and composer,
Patrice GABET is a member of the following ensembles: - AKSAK - Balkan-inspired music (since its creation in 1990), - Le Duo ACASA - double bass/violin music from Romania and the Balkans (since 2005), - ARDEAL - Transylvanian Trio (since 2004), - PANSELINOS - music from Greece (since 2006), - DRAILLES QUARTET - (since 2000), - DRAILLES - violin quintet (from 1996 to 2000), - RIGODON SAUVAGE - (from 1990 to 1995).
A teacher for many years, he directs the Traditional Music Ensemble of the Conservatoire des Alpes de Haute Provence, and holds a DE in Traditional Music and a DUMI.