Hans Leeuw



22.02.2016

Physical–Digital Diemo Schwarz & Hans Leeuw, Metanast, Texture, Manchester, UK

The duo of Diemo Schwarz and Hans Leeuw challenge each other on the extremities of sound through an improvised physical-digital battle play between modified trumpet and digital processing.

Concert featuring  Richard Scott & Jason Singh, Manoli Moriaty & Shona Roberts, and Rob Bentall, organised by the Metanast collective.
Texture, 67 Lever St, Manchester M1 1FL
19:30 – 23:00, £3
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11.02.2016

Solo Solo #9 with Diemo Schwarz, Claude Parle, Tiasci, Paris

Two solo permormances at cozy Tiasci with its delicious indian-inspired buffet and fabulous Ti-Punchs by Pascal Golem.

Diemo Schwarz joue une électronique riche en timbres et textures, explorant différentes collections de sons à l’aide de contrôleurs gestuels, rendant ainsi l’expressivité et physicalité à la performance avec l’instrument numérique. Son utilisation de la synthèse concaténative recompose l’espace des sons et interroge leurs qualités intrinsèques, en les libérant de leur contextes habituels, révélant des richesses insoupçonnés

Claude Parle, accordéon:
“Pas de projet, pas de ligne, pas de direction …
Émettre & modifier
Geste & non geste
Écouter ni ne pas écouter
S’en tenir à la position
Lâcher toute position
Attendre & espérer …”

Tiasci – improvisation libre, musiques traditionnelles
13 rue de l’aqueduc, 75010 Paris, France
20:30, P.A.F. 10€
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20.11.2015

Impromptissimo #4 with Hans Leeuw, Giani Caserotto, Diemo Schwarz, Tiasci, Paris

ElectrumpetThree electro-acoustic instrumentists meet for a one-time encouter at cozy Tiasci with its delicious indian-inspired buffet and fabulous Ti-Punchs by Pascal Golem.
First part: 2 duos (Leeuw/Schwarz, Leeuw/Caserotto), second part: trio Leeuw/Caserotto/Schwarz.

Hans Leeuw‘s Electrumpet is a hybrid electroacoustic instrument intimately combining trumpet playing and intuitive control of digital sound processing. It won the 2013 Margareth Guthman competition of the world’s most innovative musical instrument.Hans and Diemo’s duo was winner of the Ircam-Live call for performances in 2012.
Giani Caserotto‘s electric guitar playing intimately combines the virtuosity on the strings with mastery of analog/digital effects pedals.
Diemo Schwarz‘s CataRT software is fed by the sound happening during the performance, and brings them back to life through physical gestural controllers, reconquering the expressiveness lost in most laptop performances.

Tiasci – improvisation libre, musiques traditionnelles
13 rue de l’aqueduc, 75010 Paris, France
20:30, P.A.F. 10€
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28.10.2014

Diemo Schwarz, Hans Leeuw, PA Tremblay and more innovative improvisers at Zaal 100, Amsterdam

A concert in the nicest and oldest impro place in Amsterdam: Zaal 100facebook event

PA Tremblay (electrique bass + electronics, Huddersfield)
Diemo Schwarz (Gesture controlled CataRT, Paris)
Stephan Reidl (acoustic bass + electronics)
Dirk Bruinsma (sax + electronics)
Hans Leeuw (electrumpet)
Alan Purves (percussion)
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28.11.2012

Ircam Live with duo Hans Leeuw / Diemo Schwarz at Gaîté Lyrique, Paris

The duo of Hans Leeuw (Electrumpet) / Diemo Schwarz (CataRT) has been chosen as one of 4 winners of the Ircam Forum call for performances (out of 85 submissions) and will be presented in concert:

Ircam Live @ la Gaîté lyrique

also playing: Plaid (Warp), Lorenzo Bianchi, Benjamin Carey, Jean Lochard

Gaîté Lyrique, grande salle
3bis, rue Papin
75003 Paris

The duo between Hans Leeuw and Diemo Schwarz creates a dialectic between the age-old gesture of the musician and its digital transformation and critique, a pathway between the acoustic instrument and a recontextualising synthetic interaction at the heart of our times. The duo’s focus on expressive play with live sounds happens in two very different ways that happily blend together: Read the rest of this entry »


03.10.2012

Improvisation with Hans Leeuw at Zaal 100, Amsterdam

Set at Trytone Festival (“new ways of jazz”), also playing: aXolot and Bony Fish! Read the rest of this entry »


27.05.2012

Improvisation with Hans Leeuw at Share, Brooklyn

Featured set at Share, at the former location of ISSUE Project Room, (OA) Can Factory, 232 3rd St (at 3rd Ave corner), Brooklyn, New York, NY

The extreme sound possibilities of Hans Leeuw’s Electrumpet combine wonderfully with the corpus based techniques in Diemo Schwarz’s CataRT. Together the duo creates a rich pallet of sounds.

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21.05.2012

Violent Dreams with Hans Leeuw at NIME conference, Ann Arbour

NIME Late Night a concert on Monday May 21, 9pm at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI, USA.  Part of NIME 2012 — International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

The extreme sound possibilities of Hans Leeuw’s Electrumpet combine wonderfully with the corpus based techniques in Diemo Schwarz’s CataRT. Together the duo creates a rich pallet of sounds.

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27.10.2011

Improvisation with Hans Leeuw at STEIM, Amsterdam

Conference and concert by Diemo Schwarz (live corpus-based concatenative synthesis) with Hans Leeuw (electrumpet).

Part of STEIM‘s HOTPOT LAB #18, where 4 student projects from this year’s HKU instrument design class will be presented.


13.05.2010

Concert–Conference at STEIM, Amsterdam

Conferences and concerts by Diemo Schwarz, Kaffe Matthews, Daniela de Paulis, Takuro Mazuka Lippit

MTBF with live corpus-based concatenative synthesis with Hans Leeuw on Electrumpet.

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