TOMAŽ GROM

Contrabass player Tomaz Grom based in Ljubljana (Slovenia) has performed in a variety of musical roles.

He is classified to the musical miles that draw their expression from acoustic and digitally processed sounds. Playing with the groups TILT, CPG IMPRO, GROM - MURAYAMA and also as a SOLOIST, he dedicates much time to exploring expanded techniques for playing the contrabass in combination with electronics; he quite deftly steers between free improvisation and predetermined structures. He has created music for numerous theatrical, dance, puppet performances and made appearances at several festivals throughout Europe and Canada.

He is also an artistic director of Sploh Institute for art production and publishing based in Ljubljana which engages in music and performing arts production, publishing and education.

As an improviser he cooperated with: Dough Hammond, Sonny Simmons, Evan Tate, Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec, Will Guthrie, Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec, The Same Girl (Gilles Aubry, Nicolas Field), Sebi Tramontana, Zlatko Kaučič, Sabine Vogel, Jean Phillipe Gross, Marjan Stanić, Ignaz Schick, Michele Spanghero, Ugo Boscain, Diego Chamy, Klaus Filip, Pascal Battus, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Seijiro Murayama, Seymour Wright, Christine Sehnaoui, Jonas Kocher, Michel Doneda, Tim Blechmann, Noid…

His performances Bruto in Ništrc are included in Artservis collection (projekt SCCA-Ljubljana).