MARGRIT RIEBEN
sounds, drums, electronics, composition, installation, performance
1963 born in Bern, Switzerland
1983 Gymnasium, Diploma in Mathematics
1993 Diploma from the Swiss Jazz School (principal instrument: drums; teacher: Billy Brooks)
1995 Music grant from the Canton of Bern for study in Paris
1989-2004 Member of WIM (Workshop for Improvised Music) in Bern, three years as its director
1999-2004 Member of the Music Commission of the City of Bern
2010 MA CAP (Master Contemporary Arts Practice) in music and media art at HKB (Hochschule der Künste Bern)
Margrit Rieben's interests cover all possible and impossible sound sources.
Her own composing and sound installations are an important branch of her work, as are collaborations with dancers, performance artists, actors, and interaction with the spoken word and video.
She works mainly integrative and context-sensitive.
Margrit Rieben has performed all over Europa, Lebanon, New York and in Japan.
She has collaborated with countless musicians and artists - among them:
Alfred Zimmerlin, Andi Rieser, Andrea Neumann, Bob Rutman, Butch Moris, Christian Zehnder, Christoph Baumann, Claudia Binder, Co Streiff, Cristin Wildbolz, Daniel Linder Lieder, Daniel Ludwig, Dirk Bruinsma, DJ Adriano, DJ Alex Like, DJ Sabaka, Dorothea Schürch, Fred Frith, Fredi Lüscher, Greis, Günter Müller, Hans Burgener, Hans Koch, Joëlle Léandre, John Wolf Brennan, Jonas Kocher, Li Mollet, Magda Vogel, Maggie Nicols, Mark Dresser, Marko Kosnik, Martin Schütz, Mary Oliver, Masayuki Sumi, Michael Lytle, Mike Hentz, Paed Conca, Peter Bichsel, Philipp Schaufelberger, Priska Walss, Regina Larsson, Reto Senn, Saadet Türköz, Sibylla Giger, Simon Ho, Thierry Madiot, Tina Kohler, Urla Kahl, Yaira Yonne, Yoko Miura, Yuko Fujiyama, ...
Specially she likes to play with other drummers as Andi Hug, Balts Nill, David Lerch (Duo Bones and Battery), Fabian Kuratli, Fredy Studer, Fritz Hauser, Julian Sartorius, Norbert Pfammatter, Omri Hason, Philip Läng
She was a member of the S.I.O. (Swiss Improvisers Orchestra), of Fritz Hauser's Schallmaschine1 and the theatre group EIGER MOENCH UND JUNGFRAU.
She is a member of MATTERHORN PRODUKTIONEN and the spoken work group BERN IST UEBERALL.
COOKING THE LOVERS is her solo project.
She organised 2005, 2006 and 2008 the festival weeks LEISE KURZKONZERTE in her living room.
Margrit Rieben has produced several CD's.
She teaches drumset in a musicschool and is also active in the visual arts.
photos by Tectonics (1), I.Allen (2), M.Illi (3), A.Kuenzler (4)
photos by Tectonics (1+2), St.Lichtensteiger (3), A.Jaquemet (4)
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