Clementine Gasser

Clementine Gasser was born in Lucerne, Switzerland. Having started cello classes at the age of six, she studied first at the Lucerne Conservatoire with Peter Leisegang and then jazz composition at the Vienna Conservatoire from 1999-2002. At the Wiener Sommerseminar für Neue Musik the artist received the International Composition Award both in 2003 and 2004. She is living and working in Vienna.

Together with the guitarist Peter Lössl Clementine Gasser formed a duo by the name of Wilde Kammermusik; in 1998 they founded their own label WKM/Wilde Kammermusik, which has so far released the CDs RUFUS, WHITE and PIONEER 23, featuring mainly own compositions.

The musician performs with Mikołaj Trzaska (saxophone, bass clarinet), Michael Zerang (drums/percussion), Klaus Falschlunger (sitar), Pepe Fiore (tabla/percussion), Pia Palme ((sub)-bassflutes, feedbacktubes, elektronics), Erwin Schober (drums/ percussion), Joachim Roedelius (piano, keyboard, electronics) among others.

Her soloprojects and commissioned compositions included co-operation with Jeunesse musicale, Gerhard Jaschke, Gert Jonke, Robert Menasse and ORF/Ö1 as well as Christoph Schlingensief & Patti Smith, Karin Beier and Achim Benning for the Burgtheater in Vienna.

Clementine Gasser has also performed at the James Joyce Festival “Rejoyce Dublin 2004” and at the Nibelungenfestspiele Worms (Germany) 2004/05. She collaborated with Wolfgang Mitterer on a project for 5-string cello, organ and electronics, which was first performed in June 2005.

She took part as a "composer in residence" at the composers' forum Mittersill 2006. Concerts at Porgy & Bess Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus, Odeon Wien, ORF-RadioKul- turhaus Wien. She joined in festivals like Kontraste, Modernistmozart, Kaleidophon, Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf, artacts, brücken10.

Actual participation in festivals for contemporary and improvised music as well as yass (avant-garde-jazz) in Austria, Spain, Ireland, Poland, Albania, Slovenia, USA.