Chicago based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm has played and studied music in a variety of situations from the Juilliard School to the gutter.   A former student of Anthony Braxton, Morton  Feldman, Bunita Marcus and Pauline Oliveros,  his primary projects are his Valentine Trio and The Lightbox Orchestra.  He is also a member of a number of ongoing collective projects (The Boxhead Ensemble, The Friction Brothers with Michaels Zerang and Colligan, The Flatlands Collective,  Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens) as well as participating 

in numerous one off "ad-hoc" or 

in frequently convening en-

sembles.  He also currently plays 

in groups led by Joe McPhee (Sur-

vival Unit III),  Peter Brotzmann

(Chicago 10tet),  and Ken Vander-

mark (Vandermark 5, Frame 4tet, 

Territory Ensemble).   Improvis-

ors he has worked with include  

Jim Baker, John Butcher,  Wil-

bert DeJoode, Axel Doerner,  

Mats Gustafsson, Charlotte Hug, 

Glenn Kotche, Peter Kowald, Nicole 

Mitchell, Torsten Muller, Jim 

O'Rourke, Jeff Parker, David Stak-

enas,  Ben Vida, and Michael Zerang, 

He has contributed cello sounds to 

numerous recording projects by rock 

groups including Califone, Freakwater,

God-is-my-co-pilot, L'altra, Smog, Super 

Chunk, US Maple, Wilco and many 

others.

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