Gerdur Gunnarsdóttir   violin viola voice
Claudio Puntin    clarinet bassclarinet contraalto-clarinet compositions soundscapes

UNIVERSAL SOUND SYNCHRONICITY INFLUENCED BY URBAN SILENCE

"Their album has already become an outstanding documentary milestone for ECM."  (www.jazzecho.de)

"A stylistically timeless atmosphere of touching validity and compelling effect." (Westdeutsche Zeitung)

"Gunnarsdóttir and Puntin are capable of reducing their material down to its essence, and thus expression and emotion are vastly increased."  (General Anzeiger, Beethovenhaus Bonn)

"This figurative catchiness and enveloping warmth of your poetic miniatures always remains in its naturalness, even in complex structures, similar to a northern light that does not need any explanation in order to experience it.“ (a fan)

Both musicians look back on a remarkable diversity in their musical carreer. They worked with international Orchestras and ensembles like the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Netherlands Ballet Orkestra and many chambermusic ensembles. As improvising and composing musicians they share musical context including artists like: Carla Bley, Fred Frith, Skuli Sverrisson, Sidsel Endresen, Ambiq, Steve Reich, Ricardo Villalobos, Emiliana Torrini, Samuel Rohrer, Martin Fondse, Nils Wogram a.m.o. They created soundtracks to artworks, books, films, exhibitions by: Orhan Pamuk, Goscinny & Sempé, Jane Austen, Alba G. Corral, Anselm Kiefer, Daniel Kehlmann. Their main work consists of solistic participation at international Contemporary-, Arts- Electronic-, Jazz-, and Theater-Festivals.