Guitar, Objects, Voice
As a teenager Christoph Funabashi got enthusiastic about rock guitar and the world of contemporary music. In the nineties he played with the indie rock bands Scare Your Girl, Ölkrise 73 and Nelson and studied classical guitar, popular music and composition at the Arnhem Institute for the Arts and the Dutch Messiaen Academy. After moving to Berlin in 2004 he mainly played and wrote chamber music often in connection with theatrical elements. He worked for the Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin, the concert series Unerhörte Musik and Saitenblicke, the International Youth Opera Festival Utrecht, the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and the Theater Görlitz and premiered works by Martin Daske, Margarete Huber, Markus Wettstein, Torsten Papenheim and other composers. Currently he lives in Hamburg where he continues his work as guitarist/composer as well as guitar teacher. Actual projects are the Garagenoper Kollektiv and the electric guitar quartet E-Werk.
Christoph Funabashi appears on schraum 16.