Quentin Tolimieri / Eric Wong duo

The music of Tolimieri/Wong is a music of erasure. Specifically, they are attempting to remove various syntactical structures from their work, for example melody, harmony, gesture, and formal development. The impetus for this removal is a desire to evade the historical models that these syntactical structures force upon the listener and that serve, in a sense, to obscure the »sound-in-and-of-itself« (if such a thing exists) of the sonic object. The results of this removal is a music that is extremely minimal and reduced, closer to a kind of sound sculpture than to traditional concert music.

About the musicians:

Quentin Tolimieri is a Berlin based composer, pianist and improviser. His work has been presented around the world and has been recorded on the Wandelweiser Records, pfMENTUM, Creative Sources, and elsewhere music record labels. He holds an MA in composition from The University of Southampton and a BFA in composition and piano from California Institute of the Arts, studying with, among others, Michael Finnissy, Michael Pisaro, and Joe Maneri.

Eric Wong is a Berlin-based musician and sound artist who works as both a guitarist and electronic musician. As a guitarist, he performs as a soloist and in groups including free improvising trio BISTRE and guitar ensemble Panomorph. As an electronic musician, he focuses on utilizing smartphones and Bluetooth speakers for his compositions and performances. He composed ten pieces for multiple smartphones in 2021 and 2022, with the series titled “multiple portables”. He has also been performing with multiple pocket sized Bluetooth speakers in the past few years to create spatialized sonic experiences for the audience that the PA system cannot provide.