Géry Cambier

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Double bass, percussion

Gery Cambier (°1964) studued percussion with Georges-Elie Octors and double bass with Christian Vander Borght. He had masterclasses with Stephano Scodanibbio and Thomas Martin, and specialized in baroque double bass (violone) with Maggie Urquhart at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag, and also with Anthony Woodrow.
From then on, he concentrated on contemporary music on the one hand and on baroque music on the other hand. He played double bass, electric gitar and percussion with Ictus. As baroque double bass player he plays with the 'Orchestre Baroque de Namur', 'Les Agrémens' and the basso continuo ensemble 'Caryatide'. He performes regularly with La Petite Bande (Sigiswald Kuijken), Le Choeur Mondial (Frieder Bernius), Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset), Currende (Eric Van Nevel), Il Fondamento (Paul Dombrecht), Il Seminario Musicale (Gérard Lesne), Ex Tempore (Florian Heyerick), Anima Eterna (Jos van Immerseel). With many of this ensembles he realized a lot of recordings for television, radio and cd's.

   
   
   
   

Tag : Percussion

Géry Cambier (°1964) studeerde percussie bij Georges-Elie Octors en vervolgens contrabas met Christian Vander Borght. Hij volgde de masterclasses van Stephano Scodanibbio en Thomas Martin, en specialiseerde zich in barok contrabas (violone) met Maggie Urquhart aan het Koninkelijk Conservatorium van Den Haag, alsook met Anthony Woodrow.
Sindsdien volgde hij een dubbel parcours. Enerzijds een parcours in de hedendaagse muziek met Ictus, waarbij hij contrabas, electrische basgitaar en percussie speelt en anderzijds een parcours in barokmuziek. Als barok contrabassist is hij lid van het 'Orchestre Baroque de Namur', 'Les Agrémens' en het basso continuo ensemble 'Caryatide'. Hij speelt regelmatig met La Petite Bande (Sigiswald Kuijken), Le Choeur Mondial (Frieder Bernius), Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset), Currende (Eric Van Nevel), Il Fondamento (Paul Dombrecht), Il Seminario Musicale (Gérard Lesne), Ex Tempore (Florian Heyerick), Anima Eterna (Jos van Immerseel). Met deze ensembles realiseerde hij tal van opnames voor de televisie, de radio en cd's.

Géry Cambier (°1964) studeerde percussie bij Georges-Elie Octors en vervolgens contrabas met Christian Vander Borght. Hij volgde de masterclasses van Stephano Scodanibbio en Thomas Martin, en specialiseerde zich in barok contrabas (violone) met Maggie Urquhart aan het Koninkelijk Conservatorium van Den Haag, alsook met Anthony Woodrow.
Sindsdien volgde hij een dubbel parcours. Enerzijds een parcours in de hedendaagse muziek met Ictus, waarbij hij contrabas, electrische basgitaar en percussie speelt en anderzijds een parcours in barokmuziek. Als barok contrabassist is hij lid van het 'Orchestre Baroque de Namur', 'Les Agrémens' en het basso continuo ensemble 'Caryatide'. Hij speelt regelmatig met La Petite Bande (Sigiswald Kuijken), Le Choeur Mondial (Frieder Bernius), Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset), Currende (Eric Van Nevel), Il Fondamento (Paul Dombrecht), Il Seminario Musicale (Gérard Lesne), Ex Tempore (Florian Heyerick), Anima Eterna (Jos van Immerseel). Met deze ensembles realiseerde hij tal van opnames voor de televisie, de radio en cd's.

Projects tagged with [Géry Cambier]

DRUMMING with Rosas

Choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker | Music by Steve Reich

13 events & 1 audiofragment

What the Body does not Remember

Wim Vandekeybus, Thierry De Mey, Peter Vermeersch | Ulitma Vez & Ictus | 1987/2013 : revival with live music

7 events & 1 audiofragment

A day at the Opera

"Parcours musical" for children in Opéra de Lille

2 events

Michael Levinas : La Métamorphose (opera)

La Métamorphose, opera by Michaël Levinas, based on Franz Kafka, preceded by Je, Tu, Il, a prologue from Valère Novarina

4 articles & 1 audiofragment

An Index of Metals (Fausto Romitelli, Paolo Pachini)

Totally kult

6 events, 5 articles & 1 audiofragment

Rain (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)

Choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, music by Steve Reich

14 events, 3 articles & 1 audiofragment

SOLDAT (Stravinsky | Aperghis)

Igor Stravinsky : L'Histoire du Soldat   |   Georges Aperghis : Le Soldat Inconnu

7 events

Matra

a cantata written by Oscar Bianchi for vocal ensemble, instrumental ensemble, 3 soloists and electronics

2 articles & 1 audiofragment

Wagner Dream

Opera by Jonathan Harvey and Jean-Claude Carrière, staged by Pierre Audi

3 articles & 1 audiofragment

Laborintus II (with Mike Patton)

Laborintus II with parts for narrator, 3 female voices, 8 actors, 17 musicians and tape | Recorded live at the Holland Festival, 2010

1 audiofragment

La Frontière (Philippe Manoury, 2003)

Chamber opera by Philippe Manoury, libretto by Daniela Langer, directed by Yoshi Oïda

L'Nfer

François Sarhan's pop evening

3 articles & 1 audiofragment

Waits | Weill

T. Waits : songs from The Black Rider & Frank’s Wild Years | K. Weill : songs from Mahagonny, Dreigroschen Opera, Lady in the Dark

3 articles

With Toshio Hosokawa (2005)

A portrait

Maximum Efficiency

A florilege of Tom Johnson's music

Reich Evening (with Rosas, 2007)

1 article

Ictus & Octurn : Le Grand Gamelan

A jazz project with Bo Van Der Werf

2 articles

trio basso (2008)

Labyrinth Ligeti

A complete Ligeti evening (Opéra de Lille and deSingel)

1 audiofragment

Homework

A music theatre performance on three platforms, by François Sarhan

1 article

Liquid Room I

Contemporary music, but a way of listening to it as though at a rock festival or an electronic improvisation night, on 4 stages.

Liquid Room II

12 muzikanten spelen meer dan 15 composities op 5 verschillende podia in één ruimte en dat alles non-stop en op één avond.

Liquid Room III : Darmstadt 2012

A seamless evening on three stages, related to the past and present of the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik of Darmstadt

1 article

This is Not a Pop Song (I), 2012

Premiere van een performance project van Ictus rond een ‘band’-bezetting.

1 article

Just Before (1997)

3rd performance with Rosas

Riley (a rainbow...) | Reich (Eighteen musicians)

Reich : Music for Eighteen Musicians (Bozar, Main Hall) | Riley : A rainbow in curved air (Bozat, Hall Horta) | With Synergy Vocals

1 event

American Lament (Ensemble Version)

Chamber and ensemble music

2 events, 1 article & 1 audiofragment

Laborintus | For Times To Come

Music for large ensemble

1 event & 1 audiofragment

DRUMMING (with Ballet Opéra de Paris)

Choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, music by Steve Reich

1 event

Interstices [with Amir ElSaffar]

New work for trumpet, santur and ensemble

4 events & 1 audiofragment

Der verschwundene Hochzeiter [KLAUS LANG]

A new opera by Klaus Lang, a commission of the Bayreuther Festspiele

1 event, 1 article & 1 audiofragment

Trois Contes [Gérard Pesson]

A new opera by Gérard Pesson and David Lescot

1 event & 1 article

Wir irren

Chamber music & film

4 events & 1 audiofragment

only one chance

Percussion quartert

3 events

Metal, Stone, Skin, Foliage, Air

Minimalist percussion music

1 event

Proverbs [The Unanswered Question]

Ives, Reich, Bryars

4 events

A WALK INTO THE FUTURE

Brussels Philharmonic, Ictus, Ilan Volkov

1 event & 1 article

For percussion, strings & winds [Ellen Arkbro]

Premiere

3 events & 1 audiofragment

Proverbs [at Musica Festival]

Ives, Reich, Bryars

1 event

Belgian Music Days

Jung, Emmery, Verlaak, Slinckx

1 event & 1 article

FEAT. ‘Pony Says’

(Festival ECLAT, Stuttgart)

1 event

Watch & listen to [Géry Cambier]

Invisible Mother (with Aka Moon)

Ictus & Aka Moon perform Fabrizio Cassol. A Carbon 7 CD, 1999.

Fausto Romitelli : Professor Bad Trip

“Like a Sonic Youth version of Bach” — (De Standaard, Maarten Beirens)

Terry Riley : In C

Ictus live in Chapelle des Brigittines, with Blindman Kwartet A Cyprès CD (CYP 5601)

François Sarhan : L'Nfer, un petit détail

3 excerpts from "L'Nfer, un petit détail" (CD "Pop Up", MFA 2012)

1 video

Michael Levinas: La Métamorphose

Michaël Levinas, after Franz Kafka. AEON 2012.

2 videos

Romitelli : An Index of Metals (CD)

Fausto Romitelli / Paolo Pachini : An index of metals (2003) Cyprès CD, 2006

2 downloads
12 videos

LABORINTUS II (Ictus & Mike Patton)

Luciano Berio : Laborintus II | Ictus, Mike Patton, Georges-Elie Octors. Ipecac CD.

Francesco Filidei : Ballata n.2

Live in Strasbourg, September22nd, 2012, Festival Musica

1 download
1 soundcloud track

George Antheil : Ballet Mécanique

1924. Edited version. MIDI files and recommendations by Paul Lehrman. Opéra de Lille, December 2012, Georges-Elie Octors (cond.)

1 video

With Amir ElSaffar

Interstices, for ensemble, Royaumont 2017

2 soundcloud tracks

DER VERSCHWUNDENE HOCHZEITER (Klaus Lang)

« The Lost Groom », an opera by Klaus Lang and Paul Esterhazy

1 video

Ellen Arkbro

For percussion, strings and wind (ictus in rehearsal)

1 video