TS034

Rencounters
Stephen Altoft & Gilbert Isbin

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STEPHEN ALTOFT / GILBERT ISBIN - RENCOUNTERS
Music for Trumpet/Flugelhorn and guitar/electronics

Rencounter 1 - 1:41
Rencounter 2 - 2:02
Rencounter 3 - 3:02
Rencounter 4 - 1:58
Rencounter 5 - 2:18
Rencounter 6 - 1:37
Rencounter 7 - 3:07
Rencounter 8 - 2:52
Rencounter 9 - 2:50
Rencounter 10 - 2:22
Rencounter 11 - 1:11
Rencounter 12 - 3:02
Rencounter 13 - 2:29
Rencounter 14 - 1:28
Rencounter 15 - 4:08
Rencounter 16 - 4:03
Rencounter 17 - 2:03
Rencounter 18 - 6:08
Rencounter 19 - 2:13
Rencounter 20 - 2:50

All 'comprovisations' by Gilbert Isbin/Stephen Altoft
Cover art by Marie-Anne Ver Eecke

Stephen Altoft, trumpet/flugelhorn
Gilbert Isbin guitar/lute/electronics

© Marie-Anne Ver Eecke

Gilbert Isbin is Belgium's leading modern composer for classical guitar, early music intruments, bass, ukulele, small ensembles… and also a wonderful guitarist and lute player.

His music blends European improvisation and jazz styles with modern classical techniques to create a unique soundworld. Melodic and avant garde tendencies are balanced to capture the listener immediately and yield rich rewards from repeated listening.

His written music is performed worldwide and published by Mel Bay, GuitarbyMasters, Modern Guitar Harmony, Uk Lute Society, Edizioni Curci, Hal Leonard, ...

https://gilbertisbin.com/

© Donald Bousted

Stephen Altoft, a former student of Markus Stockhausen, is dedicated to the creation of new repertoire for the trumpet and flugelhorn.

As a solo artist, and with percussionist Lee Ferguson as duo Contour, he has given concerts throughout Asia, Europe, the United States and Canada. He's particularly working on microtonal trumpets and microtonal flugelhorn.

Stephen has recorded for radio and televison (SWR, WDR, Deutschlandfunk Köln, Deutschland Radio in Germany, BBC Radio 3 in the UK, France 3 and Bulgarian National Television) and for the Budapest Music Center (Peter Eötvös), Microtonal Projects, Edition Wandelweiser, Wergo and Another Timbre labels.

Stephen is Artistic Director of Microtonal Projects, and manages the EUROMicroFest.

https://www.stephenaltoft.com/