Violinist, Actor, Composer, Performer
Born in 1981 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Lives in Berlin
Musical Education:
2000–2010 Violin studies at:
Conservatory of Würzburg with Florian Meierott
Berlin University of the Arts with Rainer Kimstedt
University of the Arts Bremen with Prof. Thomas Klug
2011–2017 Composition studies at:
Berlin University of the Arts with Prof. Daniel Ott, Simon Steen-Andersen, Marc Sabat
Academy for Music and Dance Jerusalem with Ari Ben-Shabetai
Own Music Theatre Works (Selection):
2023 “The Molly Mechanism” by Rilli Willow, at Tmuna Theater Tel Aviv,
Directed by Benedikt Bindewald with actress, singer, viola, and double bass
2017 KLANGQUADRAT
Music theatre piece for the youngest audiences, staged within a musical magic square, composed and developed collectively with Florian Bergmann and Minouche Petrousch at Theater o.N. and the Deutsche Oper Berlin
2016 THE SHOW MUST GO ON
48-hour performance at Theater Bremen with Ensemble New Babylon, featuring a large amount of contemporary music
2014 Of the Universe
A futuristic concert tour from the year 2354, reconstructing a 2014 concert by Ensemble New Babylon, performed with music robots in historical performance practice, at the Weserburg Bremen
2013 “NEUKÖLLN ECHT LIFE”
48-hour real-life television performance in a shop window in Neukölln-Berlin, mixing music/dance/performance/life/sleep/advertising/nothing/something
2013 “What do you want?”
Freely adapted from Sarah Kane, polyphonic theatre production at TATWERK Berlin
2008 “…traffic”
Music theatre piece for 80 children creating their own music, developed with Josa Gerhard, Heidi Mockert, Irini Amargianaki, and Misha Bolourie, realized at the Berlin Philharmonie
Own Compositions (Selection):
2024 “nochmal normal” for two speaking string players
2023 “The Molly Mechanism”
Theatre music inspired by Molly Drake and Nick Drake
2022 “Neu Gemischt”
A card game piece for Trio Transmitter
“Adventure Game”
Interactive online new music video adventure
2021 “Frederick”
Theatre music for Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, Puppet Theatre
2020 “Hochhäuser voller Menschen”
For Trio Transmitter, performed simultaneously on two continents
“Album für Klavier”
Collection of short piano pieces (published)
2019 “piece of mind”
A thought-music piece for Trio Transmitter
2017 “Time hangs in the tree”
For singer, MIDI piano player, and live electronics
“Duo for two violins”
Homage to O. Messiaen
“Journey into the Blacklight 2”
For singing and marching violinist
“Stimmmmmmmung”
For ensemble on rolling chairs and live electronics
2016 “Through the Cold”
For scordatura solo viola and singing violist
(Premiered by Barbara Maurer, Ensemble Recherche)
“Much Ado About Nothing”
Music theatre etudes for an ensemble à la G. Ligeti’s Aventure
“BABBEL”
For ensemble with their mobile phones
“Prelude for a Silence”
For orchestra
2015 “FADEN”
For 9 musicians and obligatory thread
2014 “Sleeping Beauty Machine”
For percussion duo and narrator
“CCTV in operation”
For violin, bass clarinet, piano, and obligatory binoculars
2013 “1-2-3 Piece, come here”
For violin and prepared piano
“The Fair’s Fair isn’t fair”
For guitar, recorder, sound engineer, actress, and performer
2012 “PLASTIC FLOOD”
For wind quintet, three performers, and 400 plastic bottles
2011 “Who is really what they pretend to be?”
For speaking string quartet
“Journey into the Blacklight”
For singing solo violinist
Participation in Music Theatre Projects and Important Concerts (Selection):
2023 “Perlug”
For a speaking violinist, by Florian Bergmann, online release
2020 “Odyssey”
With Opera Lab Berlin, by Evan Gardener and Michael Höppner
2019 Manos Tsangaris: “Tiny and the Elephant”
At the Academy of Arts, Berlin
2006–2019 With Ruedi Häusermann in music theatre productions (as part of a string quartet on stage):
2019 “HENOSODE” Schauspielhaus Zürich
2018 “Tonhalle” Munich Biennale for New Music Theatre
2014 “Robert Walser” Schauspielhaus Zürich
2010 “Der Hodler” Schauspielhaus Zürich
2006 “Gewähltes Profil: Lautlos” Schauspiel Hannover
2017 “Harmonies in Time”
With Castle in Time Orchestra and Trilok Gurtu in Jerusalem
2015/16 “Give A Way”
With Alex Holtsch and Berlin children at Deutsche Oper Berlin
2014 Solo violin concert “Corale” by Luciano Berio (equivalent to Sequenza VIII with orchestra)
2013 “Sphenoid”
Contemporary Opera Berlin by Andreas Rochholl, Parochialkirche Berlin
2012 CarrilloN_13¿
Performance installation: 169 hours in a microtonal transformation machine in Bern, by Till Wyler von Ballmoos, with NEGO collective
2004 “Il Treno”
Variations on a theme by J. Cage – Music/Theatre/Performance/Installation on a train between Göttingen and Kassel, by Daniel Ott
2003 “Pessoares”
At the Staatsbank Berlin, by Daniel Ott, David Reuter, and Gian Manuel Rau
Orchestras / Ensembles (Selection):
Since 2017 Jerusalem Street Orchestra, including roles as concertmaster
Since 2016 Meitar Ensemble for Contemporary Music, Tel Aviv
Since 2017 Castle in Time Orchestra, Tel Aviv
Since 2016 Die Auster Bunny with Rilli Willow, alternative string pop band
Since 2012 Member of Trio Transmitter Berlin for contemporary music
2013–2018 Member of Ensemble New Babylon Bremen for contemporary music
2010 Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
2008/2009 Bremer Philharmoniker
2008 Concertmaster of the University Orchestra Bremen
2003–2007 Ensemble Zwischentoene Berlin for experimental music by Peter Ablinger
Teaching Activities:
2007 and 2008 Lectureship at Berlin University of the Arts in the field of Experimental Music
Publications:
On CD:
CCTV in operation for piano, bass clarinet, violin, and binoculars – released on the CD Camera Obscura by Trio Transmitter, NEOS Edition 2015
As a score book:
Album for Piano with 17 short piano pieces by Benedikt Bindewald, for home use and teaching purposes, Fidelio-Verlag Trier, 2020
Wandering Violinist:
Occasionally traveling by foot with light luggage and violin, seeking direct musical encounters with people, on a kind of musical “Waltz”.