Ciclo 2016-2017
10/10/2016 Torre B - 18 Horas, Sala 413
Franziska Schroeder
Saxophonist and improviser: Queen's University Belfast, UK
"Ethnographic enquiries into improvisation scenes in Brazil and Portugal"
Franziska is a saxophonist, improviser and theorist, originally from Berlin/Germany.
She trained as a contemporary saxophonist in Australia, and in 2006 completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh.
Her research is published in diverse international journals and she has performed with many international musicians including Joan La Barbara, Pauline Oliveros, Stelarc, and Evan Parker.
Her recordings include several CDs on the Creative Source label, a recording on the SLAM label with semi-autonomous technological a artifact, guitarist Han-earl Park and saxophonist Bruce Coates, a 2015 pfmentum recording of free improvisation with two Brazilian musicians and a 2016 Bandcamp release with her female trio Flux.
Franziska is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Creative Arts, Queen's University Belfast. She is the Artistic Director for the 2016 Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music. Belfast.
Organizado por Isabel Pires e o Grupo de Investigação em Música Contemporânea do CESEM
