WERNER DURAND has been active as a saxophone player since the late 1970s.
After studies of both indian as well as persian flutes, he has created his own unique wind instruments since the mid 80s, based on just intonation.
He has collaborated with numerous composers and performers, including Amelia Cuni, David Behrman, Henning Christiansen, Catherine Christer Hennix, Arnold Dreyblatt and many others.
Currently he performs as FLOCKS- a duo with multi-Instrumentalist Ulrich Hohmann as well as with singer Anna Clementi as ARTIFICIAL HIPSTERS.
Together with Anna Clementi and Luciano Chessa he performs in the trio EFNI – performing on replicas of the Intona Rumori – futurist instruments invented by Luigi Russolo in early 20th century,
Grants and residencies include Cité des Arts, Paris, 1989; Podewil, Berlin 1999; Worpswede artist colony, Germany 2004/5; AIR –Krems (Austria), 2011 & Civitella Ranieri (Italy)2013.
He has curated festivals of traditional as well as avantgarde music in Berlin like “Urban und Aboriginal“, “Pipeline“ , “USArts“ , “Minimalisms” and “Intonations“ and “Musiksalon Berlin” at the Ethnological Museum.