Jon Rose

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Jon Rose with Futch at Club W71

Jon Rose (* 1951 in Rochester , Great Britain ) is an improvisation artist. He plays the violin , (self-made) string instruments of all kinds and fences - as in his project with the American violinist Hollis Taylor .

biography

The Australian by choice Rose began playing the violin at the age of seven. He finished his music lessons at the age of 15 to teach himself. He has been playing, composing and studying in a wide variety of musical genres such as country music and bebop since the 1970s . He played in Italian club bands and a big band , made sound installations and plays the sitar . With his group The Relative Band, he became a central figure in the Australian improvisation scene and dedicated his life to the violin.

In 1986 Rose went to Berlin to start his project The Relative Violin, which continues to this day : the development of a total art form around this instrument. He builds and develops new forms of string instruments, is an author, festival curator and radio play maker. In 2004 he received the prestigious Karl Scuka Prize for Radio Art from Südwestfunk .

Jon Rose has worked with many greats on the international improvisation scene.

Publications

Rose has appeared on more than 60 publications. The most important are:

  • Forward of Short Leg (Dossier, 1984)
  • Vivisection (On Ruhr, 1988)
  • Paganini's Last Testimony ( Konnex Records , 1989)
  • Violin Music for Restaurants: (Feat. The Legendary Jo "Doc" Rosenberg) ( Cuneiform , 1992)
  • Brain Weather: The Story of the Rosenbergs (ReR, 1993)
  • Pulled Muscles (Immigrant, 1993)
  • The Virtual Violin (Megaphone, 1993)
  • Violin Music for Supermarkets (Megaphone, 1994)
  • A violin for Valentin (No Wave, 1995)
  • Perks (Recommended, 1995)
  • Violin Music in the Age of Shopping ( Intakt Records , 1995)
  • Shopping.Live@Victo (ReR, 1997)
  • Techno With Disturbances (Don't Troubling You, 1998)
  • Sliding (Noise Asia, 1998)
  • The Fence (ReR, 1998)
  • China Copy (Creamgardens, 1999)
  • The Hyperstring Project (ReR, Meagsonic, 2000)
  • The Violin Factory [live] (Heyermears Discorbie, 2001)
  • Temperament (Emanem, 2002)
  • Great Fences of Australia (Dynamo House, 2002)
  • The People's Music (ReR, 2003)
  • Artery (NOWnow, 2004)
  • Double Indemnity (Hermes, 2004)
  • Meat (Saucerlike Records, 2004)
  • Futch (Jazz Workshop, 2006)

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Commons : Jon Rose  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Rose, Jon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , UK