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January 2012
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January 18, 7:30 PM
Kampnagel
Hamburg, Germany

klub katarakt 33

Nelly Boyd will play on the opening night MUSICIRCUS 100, performing pieces by John Cage. Other players include the Kammerchor Altona, Nathan Quartett, Matthias Kaul and Astrid Schmeling from L'art pour l'art, Frauke Aulbert, Donghee Nam, Ignacio Fernández-Bollo, Giuseppe Gagliano, Alexandra Gramatke and others.
New compositions by Nelly Boyd can be heard on the closing night: January 21, 8 PM
Other highlights of the festival include Morton Feldman's "For Philip Guston", performed by Trio Nexus, on January 19, 7 PM, and
Eliane Radigue's complete "Naldjorlak" cycle, performed by Charles Curtis, Carol Robinson and Bruno Martinez, on January 20, 7:30 PM. Mme Radigue will speak about the work at 6 PM.

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December 2011
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December 15, 8 PM
also open December 16-18, 7-11 PM
Projekthaus U.FO Kunstraum
Hamburg, Germany

RUBATO
A video and sound installation by Josephin Böttger and Nelly Boyd
Bird's eyes views of Berlin and Hamburg by night form the background of Josephin Böttger's latest film project. The artist will stage the film sequences in space. An acoustic measurement of the room forms the base of a constant sound, on top of which the musicians will interact live with the videos.
Actors: Charlotte Crome, Felix Kubin, Holger Steen, Christiane Schuller, Julia Maiquez Esterlich, Helge Meyer, Cathrin Ulikowski, Stefan Pertschi und Sascha Hohn.
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October 2011
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CD-release on Edition RZ
Nelly Boyd's version of Christian Wolff's For 1, 2 or 3 People.
It was recorded at our "Tribute to Christian Wolff" concert in the Christianskirche during the Blurred Edges Festival 2008, played by our late friend Jens Röhm, together with Robert Engelbrecht and Jan Feddersen. The composer was present.

The piece is part of the new double-CD Christian Wolff: Kompositionen 1950-1972, collecting early compositions by Wolff, often in historic recordings by David Tudor, Frederic Rzewski etc.

Edition RZ
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October 29, 9 PM
Westwerk
Hamburg, Germany

Boyds Elektro Gitarren Orchester

including the premieres of two new pieces by Robert Engelbrecht and Peter Imig.
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September 2011
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September 11, 6 PM
Galerie Genscher
Hamburg, Germany
as part of the WRY! exhibition
Nelly Boyd plays on the closing day of WRY!, an exhibition featuring various artists of Künstlerhaus Wendenstrasse.
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May 2011
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May 13, 8 PM
Christianskirche
Hamburg, Germany
as part of the Blurred Edges festival
misboyd #13

Nelly Boyd presents new own compositions with guest Ignacio Fernández-Bollo.

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May 19, 8 PM
Christianskirche
Hamburg, Germany
as part of the Blurred Edges festival
Nelly Boyd plays Feldman

Nelly Boyd plays the complete "Durations" series by Morton Feldman with guests Gustavo Aguilar - vibraphone, Turo Grolimund - alto flute, Stefan Kaundinya - tuba, Hasko Kröger - horn and Elisabeth von Troschke - harp.
YAMAHA is kindly providing us with the vibraphone and celesta needed for this concert.

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April 2011
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April 16, 9 PM
Künstlerhaus Wendenstrasse
Hamburg, Germany
as part of Tage des offenen Hauses @ Wendenstrasse e.V.

Nelly Boyd plays a drone set. Also appearing School of Light and Black Princess.

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April 29, 9 PM
Astra Stube
Hamburg, Germany
as part of the Droneburg festival
Nelly Boyd at Droneburg

Nelly Boyd plays a drone set, likely including Jan Feddersen's "4 guitars" and Robert Engelbrecht's classic feedback piece "Drohne 4". With guest Ignacio Fernández-Bollo.
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April 30, 7 PM
Waagenbau
Hamburg, Germany
as part of the Droneburg festival
Boyds Elektro Gitarren Orchester at Droneburg

Boyds Elektro Gitarren Orchester will also appear at the Droneburg Festival, dedicated to things doom & drone. Likely including the premiere of a new piece by Ignacio Fernández-Bollo, specifically written for BEGO.
With kind support by Verband für aktuelle Musik Hamburg.

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January 2011
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January 20, 7:30 PM
Kampnagel
Hamburg, Germany

klub katarakt 32 - Rhys Chatham

Boyds Elektro Gitarren Orchester will rehearse and perform with this year's composer-in-residence Rhys Chatham. On the program: "Die Donnergötter", "Guitar Trio" and "The Out of Tune Guitar No. 4".
Nelly Boyd will appear on the opening night, performing Jan Feddersen's "4 guitars". Players are Jan Feddersen and Robert Engelbrecht with guests Ignacio Fernández Bollo and Till Dahlmüller. Also playing are Rhys Chatham with a solo trumpet performance, and Nordzucker.
January 19, 7:30 PM
New pieces for two pianos by Feddersen and Engelbrecht can be heard on the closing night, performed by the composers.
January 22, 8 PM

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CD-release on TOUCH
Nelly Boyd's recording of Phill Niblocks One Large Rose

the 46 minute long piece is part of Phill Niblock's new double-CD TOUCH STRINGS. Other tracks are Poure (Arne Deforce, cello) and Stosspeng (Susan Stenger and Robert Poss, guitars)

www.touchmusic.org.uk

"...the quivering overtones are marvellously smooth and pure; it's as though an occult creature with birch bark skin laid eggs of perfectly smooth stainless steel." [the wire, UK]

"The attack and decay of the notes, mentally visualizing the effort
applied by the performers in a precise moment, all make “One Large Rose” the most visceral Niblock music on record to date – and also one of the most humanistic." [bagatellen.com]

"One Large Rose" is a contrast between chaos and order, oscillating between drifts of sound that are relatively peaceful, and hellish choruses of unadulterated noise." [brainwashed.com]

"At 76, Phill Niblock may very well be viewed as avant-garde's answer to Sun O)))" [ambientblog]

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Past Events

2010
- performing with Andrea Parkins, at Frise, Hamburg
- Avalanche: performing with Phill Niblock and Carlos Casas, at Bozar, Brussels
- performing with Phill Niblock, at Hangar Bicocca, Milan
- performing with Phill Niblock, at Christianskirche, Hamburg
- La Monte Young: Composition 1960#7, performing with Charles Curtis and Reynard Rott, at Kampnagel, Hamburg

2009
- The Misboyd Program, at Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Cologne
- One Large Rose, at St. Peter, Cologne
- One Large Rose, at Serpentine Gallery, London
- works for electric guitar orchestra, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the squatting of Rote Flora, Hamburg
- One Large Rose, at Rote Fabrik, Zürich
- misboyd #11, at Blurred Edges Festival, Christianskirche, Hamburg
- Nelly Boyd presents: Eliane Radigue Portrait; Naldjorlak II + L'ile re-sonante, Blurred Edges Festival may 09, Hamburg
- Phill Niblock + Nelly Boyd + Trio Scordatura; Flowers, Hamburg , Kampnagel
- Alvin Lucier at klub katarakt festival; three days of concerts, installations and performance, Kampnagel Hamburg, 01/2009
- Nelly Boyd presents: Terry Riley- #5 in a row of <in C> presentations of the hamburg network, Haus 73, Hamburg

2008
- celebrating Phill Niblock's 75th Birthday; world premiere of One Large Rose; three concerts at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
- "believe – worry – listen, James Tenney" at klub katarakt 27 Festival, Haus 73, Hamburg
- "Tribute to Christian Wolff“ at Blurred Edges Festival, Christianskirche, Hamburg
- Blurred Edges Festival, Christianskirche, Hamburg

2007
- Blurred Edges Festival, Christianskirche, Hamburg
- brandshof festiv, Hamburg

2006
- Nelly Boyd presents: klub katarakt export, Terry Riley <in C> Haus 73, Hamburg
- John Cage Variations at Blurred Edges Festival, Christianskirche, Hamburg
- "Four Rooms" at Stile der Stadt Exhibition, Hamburg
- klub katarakt 26 Festival, Kulturforum Altona, Hamburg

2005
- "Nelly Boyd in the heath“ 27. Internationale
Studienwoche für zeitgenössische Musik, Glockenhaus, Lüneburg
- "Peeping John #2 – Nelly Boyd in research“, Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Hamburg
- "Peeping John #3 – Nelly Boyd in resonance“, Galerie Ebene+14, Hamburg
- “Nelly Boyd in cabaret trash electronics” Fool’s Garden Theater, Hamburg

2004
- "Peeping John“, 3 days of programme at Galerie Hinterconti, Hamburg
- Experimental Intermedia, New York
- Butt-Club, Hamburg
- Festival Der negative Horizont, Podewil, Berlin

Repertoire (2004-10)

Gustavo Aguilar
A Walk in Place for Nelly Boyd (2009) for melodica, electric guitar, cello, double bass, voice, percussion and tape

Moxi Beidenegl
Über die Notwendigkeit von seismischen Bewegungen (um manche Strukturen zu bewegen) (2004) for Computer, voice and guitar
Quartet in E (2004), 4 Guitars + Bass

John Cage
Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947) for prepared piano
4’33’’ (1952) for any instrument or combination of instruments
Radio Music (1956)
Concert for piano and orchestra (1957-58):
- Solo for violin 1
- Solo for cello
Solo for voice 1 (1958)
0’00’’ (4’33’’ No. 2) (1962)
Variations IV (1963)
Variations VI (1966)
Litany for the whale (1980)
Five (1988) for any five voices or instruments
One3 (1989)
Four6 (1992)

Rhys Chatham
Guitar trio (1977)

Robert Engelbrecht
Pièce de résistance (1998) for piano four hands
Drohne 3 (1999-...) for electric guitar and solo instrument
Drohne 4 (1999/2007) for four electric guitars
Drohne 5 (2000-2008) for four electric bass guitars
Konzert für E-Gitarren (Pièce de résistance No. 2) (2001)
Quartett (2002) for four stereo tapes
Drohne 8 (2004) for electric piano
Nellys Boudoir (2009) for piano four hands, three electric guitars, percussion and tape

Jan Feddersen
Quartett III (2006) für Violine, Cello, Fender Rhodes, präpariertes Klavier
5 instrumente (2008) for melodica, piano, bass clarinet, violin and cello
4 guitars (2009)

Morton Feldman
Intermission 5 (1952)
Piano Piece (1952)
Durations 1 (1960) for alto flute, piano, violin and cello
Durations 2 (1960) for cello and piano

Nikolaus Gerszewski
expressis verbis for Nelly Boyd (2007)

Ignatz
Sexy frequencies (2004) für 4 or more computers, noise generator und percussion
Unexpected (2004) for any metal percussion instrument, 2 computers + 2 microphones
Up still down (2004)
Up still down 2 (2005)

Peter Imig
40 HZ Gamma-Oszillationen (2004) mergence for sinewave-generators, computers + 5 musicians
Carlos Castaneda (2004) for five electric guitars and tape
Fünf (2005) for five electric guitars and delay system
Jagdszenen (2005)
4 (2007) for organ, electric guitar, electric bass, cello and sinetones
80 Hz (2008)
6 (2008) for church organ, cello, violin, e-organ
7 (2009) for electric piano in just intonation, violin, cello, tube bells, church organ and sine tones
Lieblingsdinge (2010) for any number of players with amplified cups

Alvin Lucier
Vespers (1968)
“I am sitting in a room” (1969)
Bird and person dyning (1975)
Music on a long thin wire (1977)
Still and moving lines of silence in families of hyperbolas (new version 1984):
- Part III Number 11: Violoncello
- Part III Number 12: Violin I
Music for cello with one or more amplified vases (1993)
Still Lives (1995)
Broken Line (2006)
Ever Present (2007)
Canon (2007)

Phill Niblock
3 to 7 - 196 (1974)
Summing II (1985)
Five More String Quartets (1991-93)
Guitar too, for four (1996)
Pan Fried 27.5 (2001/03)
Sethwork (2003)
Tow By Tom (2005)
One Large Rose for Nelly Boyd (2008)

Steve Reich
Clapping music (1970)

Terry Riley
in C (1964)

Jens Röhm
Hinterconti-ysis (2004)
Fine day circle (2004)
Mind the gap I+IV (2005) for ensemble
Klopstock + Meta (2007) for 3 mikrophones + delay-system
Mind the gap II+III+V (2008) for ensemble

Jürgen Sosnowski
OMFUG (2005)

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Aus den sieben Tagen (1968):
- Richtige Dauern

James Tenney
Postal Pieces:
- Swell Piece (1967)
- Swell Piece No. 2 (1971)
- (night) (1971)

Christian Wolff
For Five or Ten People (1962)
For 1, 2 or 3 People (1964)
Prose Collection (1968-74):
- Crazy Mad Love
- Song
Metal and Breath (2007)

La Monte Young
Composition 1960 #7

Nelly Boyd is a composers' collective and performing ensemble, founded in 2004 in Hamburg, Germany. Its members come from different backgrounds such as sound art, classical composition, live-electronics, electroacoustic music, rock and free improvisation.

As a collective, Nelly Boyd's purpose is to help realize each member's musical ideas.

As an ensemble, they perform repertoire pieces and commissions by composers which are inspiring, interesting and exemplary to them, with a strong taste for the American 'classical avant-garde'.

Nelly Boyd's programmes are often developed uniquely according to the performance space and its properties.

Among others, they have presented works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Terry Riley, Karlheinz Stockhausen, James Tenney and have played with Phill Niblock, Christian Wolff and Alvin Lucier. In 2010 they performed an authorized version of La Monte Young's "Composition 1960 #7" under the direction of Charles Curtis.

Nelly Boyd appears regularly at the festivals 'Blurred Edges' and 'klub katarakt' in Hamburg and has performed at Podewil/Berlin, Experimental Intermedia/New York, Serpentine Gallery/London, Issue Project Room/New York, Rote Fabrik/Zurich, Hangar Bicocca/Milan, Bozar/Brussels...

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