Cesar Villavicencio was born in Peru in 1968. After following musical studies in São Paulo, Brazil, he obtained the soloist diploma in recorder at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, The Netherlands. He studied with Ricardo Kanji, Michael Barker, Marion Verbruggen and Sebastièn Marq.
He performs ancient music as well as contemporary repertoire. In the field of contemporary music, his main focus of interest is the development of new techniques that give the recorder the possibilities of interacting with the electro acoustics. He created, in cooperation with the Sonology Department of the Royal Conservatory, a MIDI counterbass recorder (erecorder) which interacts with the environment of improvisation and live electronic music. With the erecorder he has played with improvisers such as Richard Barrett, James Fulkerson, Evan Parker, Johnathan Impett, among others. His group Kreepa performs using extended instrumental techniques, live electronics, spacialization of sound, and dance. Villavicencio's performances have been presented by Steim in Amsterdam, Metronom in Barcelona, Logos in Ghent, FIU in Miami, 2001 Early Music Festival in Boston, CCPUC in Lima, WORM in Rotterdam and Felix Meritis in Amsterdam.
He is guest teacher at the Sonology Department and at the Ancient Music Department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and periodically gives workshops and concerts throughout Europe, North and South America. Currently, he is developing a method of improvisation based on the use of rhetoric.
Villavicencio plays with the italian harpsichordist Beatrice Sterna and has performed and recorded with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ton Koopman.
Cesar Villavicencio concert programs include:
Early Baroque in Italy
with Beatrice Sterna
Bach Triosonatas
with Beatrice Sterna
Italian Concerti
with Luis Otavio Santos, violin
Alessandro Santoro, harpsichord
Live electronics, improvisation and dance
Kreepa (Internet:www.kreepa.com)
Solo, live electronics and improvisation
with Richard Barrett
