Simon Rose is a musician-composer, researcher and author from the United Kingdom and based in Berlin. He’s a recognised baritone saxophonist with a main interest in open improvisation and appears on over forty music releases. He performs regularly as a soloist and in numerous collaborations in Europe and North America. Additionally, he frequently performs in interdisciplinary settings with dancers, visual artists and others. He holds a PhD from Glasgow Caledonian University and has authored two books: ‘The lived experience of improvisation: in music, learning and life’ (Intellect/Chicago 2017) and ‘Relational Improvisation: Music, Dance and Contemporary Art’ (Routledge 2024).
