Carol Robinson
composer, clarinetist

Carol Robinson is a Franco-American composer and clarinetist, whose career embraces an eclecticism without limits dedicated to her passions. Equally at ease with the classical repertoire as with contemporary or even experimental creation, she performs in the most prestigious international venues and festivals and regularly collaborates with photographers, visual artists, video artists, and especially choreographers. Recently, she wrote a pocket opera " Mr Barbe bleue " (Commande d'Etat), intended for a baroque ensemble for the Opéra de Reims and co-wrote " Occam Hexa II " with Eliane Radigue, for the Decibel ensemble in Perth, Australia. His recent discography reflects the breadth of his work: it includes compositions such as "Billows" for clarinets and live electronics ("Plush"), "Laima" ("Flight Experiments") and "Cross-Currents" ("Shiin"). But there are also monographs of great contemporary composers, for example Giacinto Scelsi, Luigi Nono, Morton Feldman, Luciano Berio ("Mode"), Eliane Radigue ("Shiin"), Phill Niblock ("Touch"), as well as alternative rock, jazz, or classical music ("Ayler", "Nato", "BTL" and "Syrius").

Alexandre Babel
composer, drummer, percussionist

Born in Geneva, based in Berlin, the drummer, percussionist and composer Alexandre Babel is active in the classical-contemporary world and in the improvised/alternative scene. He is a member of the KNM - Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin and is a regular guest of the ensembles MusikFabrik, Schlagquartett Köln, Ensemble Modern. He works closely with the composers Dmitri Kourlianski, Enno Poppe, Andrew Noble or Michael Wertmueller. He performs in solo and group concerts on all five continents, in venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Wien Modern, CWCA festival Beijing, the Venice Biennale, Ultraschall Festival Berlin or Suntory Hall in Tokyo. In 2002, he created Buttercup-MetalPolish with drummer Nicolas Field, a duo that has collaborated with Keiji Haino, Jacques Demierre, Otomo Yoshihide, and Anthony Pateras, among others. He also collaborates with Hans Koch, Theo Nabicht, Gaudenz Badrutt, Pierre Jodlowski and Massimo Pupillo. Babel graduated in 2005 as a percussion soloist with distinction from the HEM in Geneva, and perfected his drumming skills in New York with Ben Perowsky, Jeff Hirshfield and Ari Hoenig. He gives masterclasses at the UdK Berlin, Melbourne University, WAAPA - Western Australian Academy for Performing Arts. In 2008, he is professor of percussion at the HEM of Geneva. Since 2006, in association with the group Eklekto - Geneva Percussion Center, he is the designer and artistic programmer of the festival Batteries!