André Vida

André Vida is a north american Saxophone player, composer and writer living in Berlin. He creates performance pieces developing presence through the materiality of sound, physical gesture and the moment. Vida performs widely as a soloist and has collaborated with artists including Jamie Lidell, Arto Lindsay, Tarek Atoui, Anthony Braxton, Hassan Khan, Rashad Becker, Hajnal Nemeth and many others. He also worked with Anri Sala on performances at the Pinault Collection, Serpentine Gallery, New Museum and Buffalo Bayou Cistern. Vida has been commissioned by the Gropius Bau, Tri-Centric Foundation, Global Art Forum, the Berlin Biennale, Eyebeam, Deichtorhallen Hamburg and the European Sax Ensemble. A three-volume set of his work from 1995–2011 was released on PAN, his piece for 41 saxophones, Minor Differences, was released on Entr’acte, and he has been featured in The Wire, TANK, Monopol, and Electronic Beats.