Voutchkova/Strahl/Mengis/Pfammatter

Voutchkova-Strahl-Mengis-PfammatterImprovisations (New Jazz) Biliana Voutchkova (vln)Silke Strahl (sax)Manuel Mengis (trp/el)Hans-Peter Pfammatter (keys/el) Biliana Voutchkova is a Bulgarian violinist of contemporary classical music, improvisation and experimental interdisciplinary projects, in particular music and dance. She lives in Berlin. Born into a musical family, she first studied classical violin in Bulgaria and then in the USA. In New York she came into contact with improvised music. In Berlin she developed the musical balance of her multi-layered influences. She is a member of numerous ensembles and is recognized and appreciated as a soloist. Her musical work reflects an unusually broad spectrum of influences and influences.Voutchkova belonged to Grapeshade (Ingo Reulecke, Katharina Meves, Biliana Voutchkova, Klaus Janek), the Splitter Orchestra and the Trickster Orchestra. She has worked with Chiyoko Szlavnics, Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, Louise Wagner, the soloist ensemble Kaleidoskop, Ensemble Modern, Das Neue Ensemble Hannover and as an improvising musician with Michael Thieke, Frances-Marie Uitti, Matthias Bauer and Audrey Chen, among others. In 2019, she formed the improvisation trio Jane in Ether together with pianist Magda Mayas and recorder player Miako Klein; to mark its fifth anniversary, they were given a one-week residency at Echoraum Wien and temporarily expanded into a quintet with Christine Abdelnour and Emilie Škrijelj for the occasion. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biliana_VoutchkovaGeboren Bad Saulgau, Silke Strahl enjoyed her first music lessons at the age of 9. She began studying elementary music education at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts in 2008, and from 2010 she also studied classical saxophone with Nikola Lutz. An Erasmus stay took her to Lucerne, where she completed her instrumental bachelor's degree and a master's degree in "Interpretation of contemporary music" with Sascha Armbruster and Beat Hofstetter. Silke is active in various ensembles with which she premieres contemporary works and realizes interdisciplinary projects. Another focus of her work is free improvisation. Here she performs on stage with Urban Mäder, Hans-Peter Pfammatter, Linda Vogel and her permanent ensemble "Nachhall". She can also be heard as a substitute in various orchestras and ensembles, such as the Basel Symphony Orchestra, the Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden, the Collegium Novum, the Hessian Radio Orchestra and the Exorbitant Cabinet. In 2016, she won the Edwin Fischer Recognition Prize and the Soundzz.

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