Emilio Gordoa
Emilio Gordoa Rodriguez (* 1987 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican improvisation musician ( vibraphone ).
Act
Gordoa comes from a family of artists. He began his musical education at a private university before moving to the conservatory in his hometown. There he studied classical percussion . After having also worked as an organizer of new music festivals, he moved to Berlin in 2012, where he became a member of the real-time music sound collective and dealt intensively with improvisation, sound research and performance. He worked with musicians such as John Russell , Tristan Honsinger , John Edwards , Ken Vandermark , John Butcher , Evan Parker , Axel Dörner , Tony Buck , Tobias Delius , Kazuhisa Uchihashi , Ignaz Schick , Jaap Blonk or Burkhard Beins and presented several publications.
In 2018 Gordoa could be seen in Nate Wooley's Seven Storey Mountain at the moers festival . He is rediscovering the vibraphone “through numerous playing techniques”, said the festival management; In 2019 he is the improviser in residence at the Moers Festival.
Discographic notes
- Parak.eets: Natura venomous (Creative Sources 2015, with Ute Wassermann , Richard Scott)
- Corso: Unwanted Pregnancy (Creative Sources 2015, with Nicola Hein )
- Move: Hyvinkää (uniSono 2017, with Harri Sjöström , Achim Kaufmann , Adam Pultz Melbye , Dag Magnus Narvesen)
- Bokom, Emilio Gordoa & Marta Zapparoli: Split (Spina! Rec 2017)
Web links
- Web presence
- Hot spot with vibraphone (SWR 2)
- Emilio Gordoa at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gordoa, Emilio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gordoa Rodriguez, Emilio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican improvisation musician (vibraphone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |