Montag, 20. Oktober 2025

FWD - Newsletter 06/25 [Ute Wassermann]

 



Newsletter 06/25


Liebe Freund*innen und Kolleg*innen,

hiermit erhaltet Ihr Informationen zu meinen Projekten in Barcelona, Köln, Wien, Göteborg und Verdun. 

Herzliche Grüße,
Ute
 

Dear friends and colleagues,
 
I am pleased to inform you about my projects in Barcelona, Cologne, Vienna, Gothenburg und Verdun.

Best wishes,
Ute
 
photo: Tony Elieh

Oct. 18 2025   Night of Surprise   Stadtgarten Köln

Thuluth
Magda Mayas: piano + objects
Ute Wassermann: voice + objects
Raed Yassin: double bass + objects
and lots of other exciting acts!


Berlin-based acoustic ensemble Thuluth - arabic for one third - thrives on deep sonic trust and long-standing musical friendships. Formed after their first trio set at Irtijal Festival in Beirut (2016). The group’s approach is vivid, dynamic, and often playfully ironic: conventional palettes of piano, bass, and voice are subverted into abstract sound worlds where roles blur and unexpected resonances unfold. The result is strange and beautiful music that feels electric despite its purely acoustic means.

“...𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘺… 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘸-𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳.” (Sound Projector)


Listen here!
photo: Cristina Marx/Photomusix

24.10.2025    Sonic Territories Festival, WUK, Vienna
PLANKTURUTAÑA

Merche Blasco:  araña, found objects, electronics
Marina Cyrino: frankenstein-flutes, urutau, objects
Ute Wassermann: voice, planktonia-aquarium, bird whistles, objects

Plankturutaña is a performance piece by the trio of composer-performers Ute Wassermann, Marina Cyrino and Merche Blasco. The piece explores sonic interactions between invented and expanded instruments, DIY electronics, field recordings, and voice, creating a speculative environment that interweaves human, animal and technological sounds.
Merche Blasco uses custom thimble microphones to capture electromagnetic activity from household appliances, combined with hydrophones and contact mics that amplify the resonant properties of different organic materials. Marina Cyrino plays extended flutes made out of disassembled parts and objects, and “Urutau,” a rotating wheel that amplifies dried leaves and twigs, creating rhythmic patterns. Ute Wassermann expands her voice with bird whistles and sings into a "planktonia-aquarium" that serves as a miniature habitat, where underwater vibrations are transformed into a metallic-technological soundscape, creating an imaginary acoustic habitat.

Oct. 30 2025  Levande Musik  Bubblan  Göteborg
2 x Solo 
Audrey Chen: Voice Solo
Ute Wassermann: Voice Solo


Nov. 07 2025   Festival Densité  Belleville-sur-Meuse (Grand Verdun)
Joke Lanz & Ute Wassermann
Joke Lanz: Turntables
Ute Wassermann: Voice, mouth harp, bird whistles, objects


… The listening experience may leave you shocked but guarantees tons of fun. If you can imagine rare, colorful birds, with a flair for dadaist mischief, dance along anarchistic techno grooves that threaten to melt your brain, you may get closer to what happened in this outstanding performance…
(Eyal Hareuveni, The Free Jazz Collective, April 2021)


Listen to our concert on Café Oto´s Otoruku label!

 
Looking Back:
Oct 11 10 - 13:00 Workshop School of Voice   La Capella   Barcelona

Curated by Laia Estruch

Exploring the voice as a sound instrument in the amazing acoustics of La Capella!

The School of Voice is conceived as a laboratory for the investigation of phenomena related to the voice within Contemporary Art. The school wants to delve into the knowledge of the voice as raw material, instrument, device and space for experimentation of proposals that investigate the aerial conditions and the emotional possibilities of the voice.
In this edition, the Voice School is testing an intensive day model with two workshops that will take place on October 10 and 11 at La Capella. The workshops will be with Ute Wassermann and Elena Aitzkoa. 

 


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