About Simultaneous Variations: “Esther Lamneck and Rob Tomaro have performed together in improvised new music groups for several decades, including tours of Europe and the US. This collection of duo performances is an album of spontaneous and intimate dialogues with deep dives into unrestricted multiplicities of genres….”
Simultaneous Variations is an album of improvised music with the duo of Esther Lamneck, and Rob Tomaro. It is available online through popular streaming platforms (Spotify, AppleMusic, Deezer, and many others) via Wassard Elea’s RM Electro label.
Simultaneous Variations
Esther Lamneck, clarinet
Rob Tomaro, guitar
Recording of Simultaneous Variations was made during 2009/2014 and revised 2024 with recording engineer Jason Zarnowski.
The cover image is a digital elaboration on a photographic base by Alfonso Belfiore.
Tracks:
1 Primal Duo
2 Extreme Duet
3 Smear Campaign
4 The Shining Dance
5 Expansion
6 Industrial Space
7 Funkarama
8 The Lee Shore
9 Lifeline
10 Crystallization
11 Highlander
12 Arpeggiana
Find Simultaneous Variations worldwide, from the RM Electro label on most streaming services.
Esther Lamneck, Clarinet and Tárogató The New York Times calls Esther Lamneck, “an astonishing virtuoso”. She has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras, with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, with renowned chamber music artists and an international roster of musicians from the new music improvisation scene. A versatile performer and an advocate of contemporary music, she is known for her work with electronic media including interactive arts, movement, dance and improvisation. Dr. Lamneck served for more than three decades, as full-time professor at NYU, Steinhardt and artistic director of the NYUNME. She makes frequent solo appearances on clarinet and the tárogató at music festivals worldwide. Many of her solo and Duo CDs feature improvisation and electronic music and include “Cigar Smoke”; ” Tárogató “; “Winds Of The Heart”; “Genoa Sound Cards”; “Stato Liquido”; “Trasfigurazioni”, “Sky Rings”; “Small Parts of a Garden”, etc. Her latest release with Alejandro Colavita is “Tarogato Reflections” available on Cero Records. Computer Music Journal calls her “The consummate improvisor.” New York Music Daily, “Surrealistically Captivating..”; “Esther Lamneck has fascinating chops and ideas” jazzweekly.com; “E eccezionale la microtonale ricchezza di suono del tárogato” [“the microtonal richness of the sound of the tárogató is exceptional’] Musica Jazz. http://www.estherlamneck.com/
Robert Tomaro graduated from Northwestern University in 1973 with a degree in Theater, but soon turned his attention to honing his jazz guitar skills. He went on to receive a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in music composition and conducting from New York University, where he began his collaboration as a guitarist with Esther Lamneck. He has appeared in concert with jazz greats such as Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, and Stephane Grapelli. He has performed in the orchestras of the original Broadway productions of The Lion King, Les Miserables, Evita, Barnum, The Who’s Tommy, and I Love My Wife, and has toured with Esther throughout Europe and Scandinavia for NYU. He has conducted The London Symphony Orchestra, The Slovak Radio Orchestra, The Silesian Philharmonic, The Black Sea Philharmonic, The Moravian Philharmonic, The Crakow Sinfonietta, and orchestras throughout the United States. He has recently retired after 25 years as director of the Beloit Janesville Symphony in Wisconsin and has been appointed Music Director of the Emersion Orchestra, there. “Robert Tomaro is committed to creating a synthesis of musical styles …..” New York Times. https://www.roberttomaro.com/