Jesús Gallardo

Statement

I am a professional percussionist musician with extensive experience in the interpretation of various percussion instruments, both traditional and experimental. I have always been interested in the process of creating instruments and the possibility of modifying them to obtain new sounds and textures. In this sense there are various published albums. I believed that this residency in me will provide the tools and the knowledge necessary to develop my new career as a percussionist and researcher. My project offers a multidisciplinary approach that combines performance technique, acoustic physics and instrument construction. This will allow you to better understand the principles of the sound of percussion instruments and apply these connections to the deconstruction and modification of them.

GlogauAIR Project

month 1

• Recerca: Review of the literature on deconstruction and modification of percussion instruments.
• Planning: Definition of the objects of study, selection of instruments to study and design of experiments.

month 2

• Deconstruction: Dismantling of instruments into their six constituent parts.
• Analysis: of the pieces to determine the shape, dimensions and material.

month 3

• Experimentation: with different ways of playing the parts to determine the sound quality.
• Registration: Recording of the resulting instruments and publication of the video/album with our new sons.
• Analysis: of the results and experiments to identify the relationships between shape, dimensions, material and sound.

Sound Art

CV Summary

• Percussionist musician, composer, improviser and educator. Graduated from the Superior Conservatory of Music of Valencia CSMV in the specialty of Jazz. Director of the Mondo Rítmic Music School in Castelló.
• I have collaborated with a large number of improvisational and experimental artists such as: Agustí Fernandez, Wade Matews, John Butcher, Bartolomé Ferrando, Pepe Beas, Espai Nivi Collblanc, Josep Lluis Galiana and more.
• Founding member of the CIMCS Musical Improvisation Collective of Castelló.
• I currently lead Yei Yi & Co, a jazz quartet with whom I published Aaah!!!, Lemon Songs 2006, Otro Muro Sobre El Ladrillo Lemon Songs 2007, Vorte Er Ca Contrasenya Récords 2010, Mull Lemon Songs 2016 , Aleatorio Lemon Songs 2019, A l´Espai Nivi Lemon Songs 2021 and Curry Sessions 2023
• 1st Prize in the CS 2009 JZZ organized by the Jaume I University of Castelló.

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