DESCRIPTION:
Joker is a music game-piece by Nuno Rebelo for 8 intruments of the same family and 1 instrument of a different family.

This is version #3 of Joker, for 8 bowed string instruments + electronics.

joker nies - electronics
tiziana bertoncini, christoff irmer - violins
gunda gottschalk - viola
carter williams - viola d'amore
michael hablitzel - cello
anne krickenberg - steel cello
sebastian gramss, ullrich philipp - doublebasses

nuno rebelo - musical direction

The structure of the piece alternates between parts of predetermined musical ideas where all musicians play and smaller group parts (solo, duos or trios) that are freely improvised. The structure is determined throughout the performance using playing cards. Cards also determine who plays the solos duos and trios.