Ebba Rohweder and Gregorio Kazaroff specialise in silent films with live music and have created the Compañia ...Más Música
to present silent film cycles with guest musicians. So far they have played for more than twenty films, collaborating with more
than fifteen musicians.
COMPAÑIA...MAS MUSICA
Ebba Rohweder (Germany/Spain) flutes, voice and live electronics Gregorio Kazaroff (Argentina/Spain) sounds module, sampler, tapes, radio y
guest musicians:
Andrés Arregui (Spain) tenor saxophone
Antonio Bravo (Spain) guitar
Javier Escaned (Spain) saxophones/electronics
Jesús Jara (Spain) tuba
Merran Laginestra (Australia/ Spain) keyboard/ vocals
Graciela López (Argentina/ Spain) prepared guitar/ vocals
Wade Matthews (USA/ Spain) bass clarinet/ electroacoustics
Marcos Monge (Spain) tenor sax/ bass clarinet
Javier Paxariño (Spain) saxophones/ bass clarinet
Iñaki Ríos (Spain) electronics
Alessandra Rombolá (Italy/ Spain) flutes
Mark Sefton (England/ Spain) soprano saxophone
Ute Völker (Germany) accordion
Ingar Zach (Norway/ Spain) percussion
DG Prack! (Argentina/ Spain) compact discs
Dwomo (Spain) sound ambience
Noi (Spain) electronics
FILM CYCLES WITH LIVE MUSIC
Círculo de Bellas Artes CBA, Madrid
A PROPÓSITO DE NIZA (1930) by Jean Vigo
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Ingar Zach (percussion)
THE PASSION OF JOHN OF ARCH (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Javier Paxariño (bass clarinet, flutes)
DAWN (1927) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
METROPOLIS (1927) by Fritz Lang
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Ute Völker (accordion)
THE PASSION OF JOHN OF ARCH (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Ute Völker (accordion)
DAWN (1927) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
METROPOLIS (1927) by Fritz Lang
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Merran Laginestra (keyboard, voice) and Antonio Bravo (electric guitar)
La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Dada Short Films
RHYTHMUS 21 (1921-24), FILMSTUDIE (1926) and VORMITTAGSSPUK (1927) by Hans Richter, ENTR' ACTE (1924) by René Clair and Francis Picabia, SYMPHONIE DIAGONALE (1921-24) by Viking Eggeling, LA RETOUR Á LA RAISON (1923) and EMAK BAKIA (1926) by Man Ray
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
Casa de Humboldt-Goethe Institute Quito/Ecuador
Dada Short Films
RHYTHMUS 21 (1921-24), FILMSTUDIE (1926) and VORMITTAGSSPUK (1927) by Hans Richter, ENTR' ACTE (1924) by René Clair and Francis Picabia, SYMPHONIE DIAGONALE (1921-24) by Viking Eggeling, LA RETOUR Á LA RAISON (1923) and EMAK BAKIA (1926) by Man Ray
Music: Ebba
Cultural Centre of Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid
METROPOLIS (1927) by Fritz Lang
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
Artépolis, Madrid
METRÓPOLIS (1927) by Fritz Lang
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
NOSFERATU, THE VAMPIRE (1922) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Marcos Monge (saxophone and bass clarinet)
THE WOMAN IN THE MOON (1929) by Fritz Lang
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Antonio Bravo (guitar) and
Merran Laginestra (keyboard, voice)
FAUSTO (1926) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
THE LOST WORLD (1925) by Harry O. Hoyt
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Graciela López (prepared guitar and voice)
THE POTEMKIN HAMMER (1925) by Sergei M. Eisenstein
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Javier Escaned (saxophones)
THE PANDORA BOX (1929) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
DR. JEKYLLL AND MR. HYDE (1920) by John S. Robertson
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Marc Sefton (saxophone)
BERLIN, SYMPHONY OF A CITY (1927) by Walter Ruttmann
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Wade Matthews (electroacoustics)
NOSFERATU, THE VAMPIRE (1922) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Music: Gregorio with DG Prack! (DJ)
THE MAN WITH THE CAMERA (1929) by Dziga Vertov
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD (1924) by Raoul Walsh
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Marcos Monge (sax and bass clarinet)
THE GOLEM (1920) by Paul Wegener
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Andrés Arregui (tenor saxophone)
Asociación cultural Ladinamo, Madrid
METROPOLIS (1927) by Fritz Lang
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with DG Prack! (DJ) and
Merran Laginestra (keyboard and voice)
UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929) and LA EDAD DE ORO (1930) by Luis Buñuel
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Iñaki Rios (electronics)
EMAK BAKIA (1926) and LE RETOUR A LA RAISON (1923) by Man Ray
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Noi (electronics, laptop)
A MILLION YEARS AGO (1966) by Don Chaffey
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Dwomo
Dada Short Films
RHYTHMUS 21 (1921-24), FILMSTUDIE (1926) and VORMITTAGSSPUK (1927) by Hans Richter, ENTR' ACTE (1924) by René Clair and Francis Picabia, SYMPHONIE DIAGONALE (1921-24) by Viking Eggeling, LA RETOUR Á LA RAISON (1923) and EMAK BAKIA (1926) by Man Ray
Music: Ebba y Gregorio with Andrés Arregui (tenor saxophone)
MODERN TIMES (1936) by Charlie Chaplin
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with DG Prack! (DJ)
THE LAST (1924) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
Cruce - arte y pensamiento, Madrid
THE POTEMKIN COUPLER (1925) by Sergei M. Eisenstein
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Jesús Jara (tuba)
NOSFERATU, THE VAMPIRE (1922) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
METROPOLIS (1927) by Fritz Lang
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
Eskalera Karakola, Madrid
NOSFERATU, THE VAMPIRE (1922) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
METROPOLIS (1927) by Fritz Lang
Music: Ebba and Gregorio
Juglar, Madrid
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1919) by Robert Wiene
Music: Ebba and Gregorio with Alessandra Rombolá (flute) and Ingar Zach (percussion)
Compañía...más música, Círculo de Bellas Artes CBA, Madrid
SILENT FILMS WITH LIVE MUSIC
The period of silent films in the 1920s, also known as the "golden age", is undoubtedly one of the most evocative in the history of cinematography. It was an era in which the foundations of cinema were laid in just a few years, both narratively and technically - at least until the advent of digital media. It was a time of intense acting - with a strong emphasis on the physical -, spectacular sets - often in collaboration with famous painters and architects - and original camera movements - the work of daring operators and directors.
The innovative and even experimental aspect of these films serves as the perfect framework for an exploratory and avantgarde music - free and spontaneous improvisation. Using contemporary media such as electronics, Ebba and Gregorio create contemporary soundtracks. Music that can both accompany the projection and tell its own story; where rhythms and melodies flow organically and then dissolve into ever-changing atmospheres.
