MingBauSet engage our ears with their rich sonic luminosity, their immediacy and their invitation to the listener to share a space that ranges from thunder to silence. They create a natural flow which transforms intense energy into poetic impromptu songs dancing in fantasy languages. In 2018 Gerry Hemingway, Vera Baumann and Florestan Berset started their determined journey to develop a shared and personal musical language. The sonic landscapes they improvise in realtime carry the listener on a journey of discovery. Music that lives in the moment, suspended by the immediacy of sharing a musical experience with the listener. The contours of their creations can take your breath away like the way morning brings light to the world of life.

GUITAR
(born 1995, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a guitarist and composer. His musical career has included many diverse musical genres, however his central work is in improvised music and composition. He received his Master from the Hochschule Luzern which included study with Christy Doran, Kalle Kalima and Fred Frith. He has collaborated with Noël Akchoté, Pierre Favre, Gerry Hemingway, Norbert Pfammatter, John Voirol among others. In 2019 he received support from the Foundation Friedl Wald. In 2017 he released his first EP, Antomology with Noël Akchoté. Yakut’s Gallop, with MingBauSet (w/ Gerry Hemingway & Vera Baumann) was released in 2021 on the Polish label Fundacja Słuchaj and was rewarded the prestiguous support of the Selektive Förderung of Lucerne. He is developing a solo project, where he is exploring a wide array of sounds, colors, and forms without denying the long and celebrated tradition of his instrument.

VOCALS
is a contemporary vocalist and improviser, living in Luzern, Switzerland. She completed her master’s degree at HSLU Musik in Vocal Performance, Jazz with Andreas Schaerer, Lauren Newton, Susanne Abbuehl and Sarah Buechi. She is part of MingBauSet with Gerry Hemingway (dr) and Florestan Berset (gt), who released their debut album in 2021 on Fundacja Słuchaj Records. She also performs in the Quintet Hyla Crucifer who released their album “Unidentifiable Birds” earlier in 2021. In 2020, she recorded the EP “Loving Queen Unicorn” with the trio Hobo Ho which includes pianist and electronic musician Hanspeter Pfammatter. Her latest projects also involve interdisciplinary collaborations including a sound installation with ventilation pipes and electronics (with visual artist Benjamin Heller), a theater piece for puppets, dancers and a singer (with Teresa Rotemberg and Chine Curchod, on-going process 2021 – 2023), an improvisational piece for two dancers, a percussionist, a singer and amplified objects (since 2019), a collaboration in acoustically exceptional spaces with Technorama (Swiss Science Center, since 2020) and an artistic research on minerals, rocks and field recordings with material designer Cornelia Gassler (since 2021). In all her works, Vera explores links she discovers between herself and sounds, materials, and personalities she encounters. Her work is financially supported by various foundations and institutions, including the “Selektive Förderung Kanton Luzern”.

DRUMS
has been creating and performing solo and ensemble music since 1974. He has led a number of quartet & quintets since the mid 80’s as well as being a member of a wide array of collaborative groups including BassDrumBone (whom celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017), Brew w/Reggie Workman & Miya Masaoka, a trio with Georg Graewe & Ernst Reijseger, the Swiss based WHO trio with Michel Wintsch and Baenz Oester, Tree Ear with Sebastian Strinning and Manuel Troller, as well as numerous duo projects with Marilyn Crispell, Samuel Blaser, Thomas Lehn, John Butcher, Ellery Eskelin, Jin-Hi Kim, a o. Mr. Hemingway is a Guggenheim fellow and has received numerous commissions for chamber and orchestral works. He is well known for his eleven years in the Anthony Braxton Quartet along with his collaborations with some of the world’s most outstanding improvisers and composers including Evan Parker, Cecil Taylor, Mark Dresser, Anthony Davis, Derek Bailey, Leo Smith, Frank Gratkowski, Simon Nabatov and many others. He currently lives in Switzerland having joined the faculty of the Hochschule Luzern in 2009.