Fred Lonberg-Holm

Fred Lonberg-Holm is an American cellist, composer and improviser, born in Delaware. He studied composition with Anthony Braxton and Morton Feldman, worked in New York's creative music and rock scenes, and moved to Chicago in 1995, where he became a regular presence in its free jazz and improvised music scene. Lonberg-Holm leads the Valentine Trio and Terminal 4, and conducts the Lightbox Orchestra, an improvising ensemble cued by a box of light bulbs and handwritten signs.