Ego Armand Quintet
Few songs from the song cycle “Quodlibet” played in Buenos Aires, Teatro Gran Rex, in August 2008 by the Ego Armand Quintet: Daniel Gloger, countertenor, Pablo Márquez, guitar, Gabriel Said, percussion, Eric Chalan, double-bass, Oscar Strasnoy, piano, compositions and arrangements
Luz de Luna (Castillo/arr. Strasnoy)
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La Pansè (Carosone/arr. Strasnoy)
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Ingrid Caven (C)hantée (Strasnoy/Fassbinder)
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RWF an IC oder so… (Strasnoy/Fassbinder)
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Pour un flirt avec Rosa (Michel Delpèche/Sandro/arr. Strasnoy)
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Pecado Mortal + Oh Sarracino (García/Carosone)
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Schlaftablette (Strasnoy/Enzensberger)
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Empfaenger unbekannt (Strasnoy/Enzensberger)
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Meine Mama, Sigi und ich (Strasnoy/Fassbinder)
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Rêve d’actualité (Strasnoy/Schuhl)
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Goldfinger (Barry/Newley)
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Daniel Gloger
Countertenor Daniel Gloger (*1976) completed his Voice studies with a Masters Degree under Prof. Donald Litaker at the Music Conservatory in Karlsruhe in 2005, and is awarded a scholarship from Akademie Schloss Solitude nearby Stuttgart between 2009 and 2011. His wide-ranged repertoire is documented in CD-recordings with the Ensemble 2e2m of Paris, the EuropaChorAkademie, members of www.stock11.de and the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. As a soloist, he has performed at renowned Festivals such as Knechtstedener Tage für Alte Musik, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Pfingsten Barock of the Salzburger Festspiele, Wien Modern and the Festival Printemps des Arts in Monte Carlo.
In 2005 he sang the title role in Adriana Hölszky’s „Der Gute Gott von Manhattan” at the Semperoper in Dresden, participated in Bernhard Lang’s opera „Der Alte vom Berge“ at the Schwetzinger Festspiele in May 2007 and performed Oscar Strasnoy’s „Fabula“ as the only singer together with Garth Knox (viola d’amore) at the Stuttgart Eclat festival in 2008. He debuted at the Salzburger Festspiele 2009 as Vagaus in Antonio Vivaldi’s oratorio „Juditha triumphans“ and appears in 2010 as the title role in Bernhard Lang’s new opera „Montezuma“ at the Nationaltheater Mannheim and in Chaya Czernowin’s „Pnima“ at the Staatstheater Stuttgart.
Gloger is a permanent member of the Neuen Vocalsolisten Stuttgart.
Pablo Márquez
Guitarist Pablo Márquez grew up in Salta, a city of rich cultural traditions in the North West of Argentina. After studying with Jorge Martínez Zárate and Eduardo Fernández in Buenos Aires, Pablo moved to Europe to complete his musical training with Javier Hinojosa (Early Music) and Eric Sobzyck (conducting). He also followed the teaching of the legendary pianist György Sebök, who made the most profound and lasting impression on him.
Several top prizes at the most important international competitions (Radio France in Paris, Villa-Lobos in Rio de Janeiro, Geneva, Munich), launched Pablo Márquez in a brilliant solo career around the world. He collaborated with great musicians (e.g. Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner, Mario Caroli) and the most prestigious ensembles (e.g. Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Rosamunde Quartett, Musicatreize). As a soloist, he regularly performs with major orchestras including the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, the Nordwest Deustche Philharmonie and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, under the baton of Josep Pons, Susanna Mälkki, Roland Hayrabedian and others. He is also a founding member of the Ensemble AlmaViva, dedicated in premiering and performing chamber music of Latin-american composers.
Passionately dedicated to contemporary music, Pablo Márquez has worked with some of the greatest composers of our time, including Luciano Berio, György Kurtág and Mauricio Kagel. In 1995, Pierre Boulez invited him to play the Sequenza XI of Berio on the occasion of the 70th birthday of the Italian composer.
In 2007, ECM New Series released their first ever classical guitar recording, Musica del Delphin, featuring music of the Spanish Renaissance composer Luys de Narváez. With this CD, Pablo Márquez won critical acclaim all over the world (New York Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and nearly all the specialised magazines…). As well as, in 2008 the label Kaïros released his newest recording, featuring Luca Francesconi’s A Fuoco, concerto for guitar & ensemble, with the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Susanna Mälkki. This later was chosen CD of the month October by the italian magazine Musica, and received the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy in Paris.
Since 2005 Pablo Márquez is a Professor at the Musik-Akademie in Basel. He also gives regular master classes all around the world.
Gabriel Said
was born in Buenos Aires in 1970 and began his career when he was 16 years old.
He played with artists, namely Charly García, Dino Saluzzi, Osvaldo Piro, José Luis Merlín and Sui Generis.
Since 1992 he is the percussion soloist of the National Orquestra of Argentinian Music “Juan de Dios Filiberto”.
In 2000 he was invited to “Fabrica” (Treviso, Italia) as an artist-in-residence, where he could explore the possibilities of the electronic extension on percussion sounds. From then on, he has been developing new instruments and playing techniques, by combining modern and traditional techniques and modifying Latin percussion instruments, thus creating non conventional sets.
Apart from his concerts as a solo player, he takes part of the “Ego Armand” trio with the composer and pianist Oscar Strasnoy and the guitar player Pablo Márquez; and he plays in duo with the percussionist Fernando Vallés.
He has performed in the most important theaters in his country as well as in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Strasbourg, the Stuttgart Theater and he has also played in important halls in Japan and Germany, and in the main capitals in Latin America.
He did his formal studies in music in E.M.P.A. (Popular Music School of Avellaneda).
He traveled many times to Brazil and Cuba to specialize in the music of those countries.