Ecce Cello at Volksbühne Roter Salon / Friday, 09.09.2016

Bringing together classical music and technological world of today, ecce cello celebrates sadness with an energetic pessimism, full of joy and humour. With a more typical energy from hip-hop or rock scene, since 1995 David Fernandez explores the powerful presence and sound of the violoncello filtered by his experience in dance, theatre and technological research. Using 3 tablets, a smartphone and an electric cello David builds an autonomous self-expression dispositive that challenges the limits of what’s possible using today’s technology. Ecce cello has published 2 CDs (Sunless 2011 and Pocket Rhapsody 2015), and is about to publish a third one.

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David Fernández is a Spanish dancer, actor and cellist, as well as a frustrated inventor. He has worked with Angelica Liddell, Calixto Bieito, La Ribot, Robert Lepage, La Fura dels Baus or Rossy de Palma among others. Acclaimed by Spain’s press for his astonishing theatrical performances, 15 different productions with his own company also confirm him as a writer and director. He integrates daily life technology into his works, where the classical music has yet a strong echo. Since 2010 he has established himself in Berlin, focusing exclusively on the cello.

Maureen Lopez is a Spanish dancer and performer formed in Royal Ballet and Rambert School in London, she lives in Berlin working with Sasha Waltz & Guests. Maureen has also worked with Carles Santos, La Fura dels Baus, Cisco Aznar, Tania Carvahlo, Abraham Hurtado and Sharon Fridman among others.