Balanescu QuartetBiography
The driving force behind the quartet has always been main composer and founder Alexander Balanescu.
The quartet are mainly notable for their very distinctive style of music, which encompasses odd time rhythms, sound dissonances and complex arrangements. The band has performed multiple works with a variety of other artists, including David Byrne, Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Kevin Volans, Hector Zazou, and Spiritualized.
They are the performers of the current arrangement of University Challenge’s title music on BBC2 in the U.K.
They were signed to Mute Records. Their early albums were on Argo Records (UK). In 2011 a new album is released on Saphrane Records (http://www.saphrane.com). The album called The Island is a mini opera based on an romanian surrealist novel and is a cooperation between Alexander Balanescu, his quartet and the romanian singer Ada Milea.
Edited by MusicWords on 23 Jan 2011, 20:04
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanescu_Quartet
http://www.sodrateatern.com/en/Program—Tickets/Events-container/Balanescu-Quartet-/
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