The fewer the notes, the better I play. That’s what I learned. Not sure what that says about me. But on a certain level, I feel that my preoccupation with overtones, and a vertical upward and downward connection to the sound – to some kind of ether and to some kind of abyss – takes time
Tag: German musician
Philip Hermann, pianist & composer
Be open to try the things you’ve never done before. Sometimes, I hear musicians say that they don’t play this or that style of music because they either don’t feel comfortable with it or simply don’t like it. I experience again and again that beauty can be found in almost every single piece of musi
Hauschka, composer
I compose contemporary music with a tonal and experimental approach. I treat sound and melody equally, and for some pieces you could even say they are a kind of sound-sculpture.
Christian Clemens Poetzsch, composer-pianist-producer
Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? At the age of 10, after 4 years of practising classical etudes on the piano, I started to improvise and write down little tunes for the first time. It was so fascinating for me to build these little musical worlds – I knew instantly…
Marlis Petersen, soprano
Who or what inspired you to take up singing and pursue a career in music? The real vocation to become a singer happened when I joined the church choir in our little town in the South of Germany. The music I encountered was so beautiful and pure that I felt drawn to it and to…
Gabriel Schwabe, cellist
Developing as a musician is a constant struggle with one’s own weaknesses and limitations. The process of chiseling away at these to enable your own personal sound and musical ideas to come through is incredibly satisfying to me. Every day there are small battles to be won!
