1 jan 2004

Andrea Neumann

Inside Pianist and Composer

In the process of exploring the piano for new sound possibilities she has reduced the instrument to strings, resonance board and metal frame.

Born 1968 in Freiburg she grew up in Hamburg. Piano lessons since 1974. Studied piano at the 'Hochschule der Künste' in Berlin. Since 1996 primarily active as improviser and composer in the areas of experimental and new music.

With the help of electronics to manipulate and amplify the sounds she has developed numerous new playing techniques,and ways of preparing the dismantled instrument. Because of the weight of an original inside piano a piano builder (Bernd Dittmann, Berlin) constructed a new and lighter one.

She has worked intensively in the crossover area between composition and improvisation and in the field between electronic and handmade sounds with Berlin musicians such as Annette Krebs, Ignaz Schick, Axel Doerner, Robin Hayward and Burkhard Beins. She has composed for inside piano for interdisciplinary projects such as film, dance and performance. Concerts and performances in Germany, Europe, Japan & USA.

www.zangimusic.de