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Cymin Samawatie

Artistic Direction, Composition, Conducting, Vocals

Cymin Samawatie is one of the most creative singers, composers, and musicians in the German jazz scene, who has initiated celebrated ensembles of contemporary music. She’s a multifaceted artistic personality who creates new and daring elements adding to the bridges between Western and Middle Eastern music.

cyminsamawatie.de

Milian Vogel

Bass Clarinet, Electronics

Milian Vogel’s wide knowledge of electronics and his mastery of the bass clarinet, as well as his musical curiosity and incomparable coolness, paired with an imperturbable feeling for groove has defined Trickster Orchestra’s sound since its beginning.

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Mohamad Fityan

Nay, Kawala

Mohamad Fityan’s nay purrs, whispers, screams, stutters, and sings, merging traditional and contemporary patterns, experimental sound and soulful melodies from the Middle East and Europe.

fityan-band.com

Taiko Saito

Vibraphone, Marimba

With her exceptional technical knowledge on both the vibraphone and marimba, Taiko Saito dares to dive in uncharted waters.

taikosaito.net

Martin Stegner

Viola

Martin Stegner has vigorously expanded the viola’s repertoire in an interdisciplinary perspective, transcending genres and boundaries in a way that radically reinvents the sounds of his instrument.

martinstegner.de

Mahan Mirarab

Oud, Guitars

Mahan Mirarab’s enigmatic, transcendent guitar and oud playing invoke profoundly enriching soundscapes, blending Persian and Middle Eastern sonic textures and traditional jazz rhythms.

mahanmirarab.com

Maria Reich

Viola

As a versatile creative mind, musician, composer, and author Maria Reich explores the space between improvisation and composition, opening up poetic landscapes in musical and interdisciplinary contexts with her texts, voice, violin, and viola.

marytherichest.com

Ketan Bhatti

Artistic Direction, Composition, Drums

Ketan Bhatti is a collector of musical worlds, initiator of Trickster Orchestra, and an intellectual who forges new sound galaxies through conceptual approaches informed by the humanities. He’s a versatile artist interested in the borderlands of genres, in which microtones and beats overlap and interfere.

bhatti-music.de

Naoko Kikuchi

Koto

Naoko Kikuchi’s Koto purrs, screams, and sings, narrating the synthesis of classical and contemporary Japanese koto heritage while virtuosically expanding the sound spectrum of this traditional instrument.

naokokikuchi.com

Wu Wei

Sheng

Wu Wei is among the world’s most celebrated Sheng players and is a virtuoso in improvisation and in the technical interpretation of composed pieces. He performs in many exciting projects translating tradition into contemporary forms.

wuwei-music.com

Ralf Schwarz

Double Bass

Ralf Schwarz is the person in charge of the very deep tones.

cyminology.de/ralf

Sabrina Ma

Vibraphone, Marimba

Sabrina Ma masters the vibraphone and marimba with outstanding precision. Her absolute pitch is a treasure for any ensemble she enriches!

sabrinama.com

Rabih Lahoud

Vocals

Rabih Lahoud’s multiple musical voices modulate, sing, and breathe. Grounded in the sound of languages – Arabic, German, Hebrew, and French – his singing is marked by a vast range: from the highest pitch to competing with the double bass! He masters many styles including romantic and poetic rhythms, meditative sounds, and energetic lamentations.

rabihlahoud.de

Philip Geisler

Dramaturg

Philip Geisler is an art historian, music manager, and dramaturg. Having worked for the Berlin Philharmonic and the Forum of Transregional Studies, he researches the meaning of performance for museum displays of art and culture and has been one of the masterminds behind the Trickster Orchestra’s biography and artistic profile, its projects, and public engagement.

bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de

Florian Juncker

Trombone

A prominent musician in New Music, Florian Juncker transgresses the genre’s borders in explorations of techno and experimental pop music, while extending the meaning of contemporary chamber music with his ensemble Lux:NM.

florianjuncker.de

Sveta Kundish

Vocals

Sveta Kundish is a powerful vocalist, who reinvents traditional and spiritual Yiddish music. In her singing, beauty and sensual quality reach new artistic and emotional climaxes through sensitivity and refinement.

pattysounds.com

Anil Eraslan

Cello

Anil Eraslan reveals the innovative potential of radical improvisation techniques for the cello’s spectrum, merging it with his own unique musical vision.

anileraslan.com

Friends

Special thanks to the wonderful friends who have joined us for concerts:

Elisa Erkelenz (Dramaturg), Korhan Erel (Electronics), Liz Allbee (Trumpet), Hilary Jeffery (Trombone), Ignaz Schick (Turntables, Electronics), Golnar Shahyar (Vocals), Vladiswar Nadishana (Kawala, Duduk, Nay, Hulusi), Simon Stockhausen (Electronics), Defne Şahin (Vocals), Esra Berkman (Kanun), Christian Weidner (Saxophone, Duduk), Marlene Ito (Violin), Knut Weber (Cello), Héloïse Lefebvre (Violin), Uygur Vural (Cello), Anna Carewe (Cello), Markus Ehrlich (Bass Clarinet), Tobias Backhaus (Drums), Demetrios Karamintzas (Oboe), Lars Zander (Bass Clarinet, Electronics), Alexander Lipan (Oud), Larry Porter (Rubab), Mari Sawada (Violin), Boram Lie (Cello), Dominik Wollenweber (English Horn), Nevzat Akpınar (Baglama), Matthias Kurth (Oud, Guitar), Sara Maria Rilling (Viola), Martin von der Nahmer (Viola), Arash Safaian (Composition), Roman Hagenbrock (Video), Florian Keupp (Sound), Martin Ruch (Sound), Akiko Ahrendt (Violin), Matthew Bookert (Tuba), Lina Allemano (Trumpet), Achim Kaufmann (Grand Piano)

Niko Meinhold

Grand Piano, Guzheng

Niko Meinhold is a multi-virtuosic jazz musician, mastering both the guzheng, the grand piano, as well as 20th century conceptual composition, all of which he integrates into his multifaceted projects ranging from East Asian classical music to free improvisation.

nikomeinhold.de

Bassem Alkhouri

Kanun

Based both in classical Syrian music and European opera singing, Bassem Alkhouri has dedicated expansive efforts to translating the kanun’s repertoire in an interdisciplinary way and extending its temporal parameters.

staatstheater-kassel.de/bassem-alkhouri

Biliana Voutchkova

Violin

Biliana Voutchkova is a violinist, composer-performer, and improvisor, whose research as a creative artist spans a wide range of sound including movement and dance, developing a highly individual language out of her sonic, physical, and technical capacities.

bilianavoutchkova.net

Susanne Fröhlich

Recorders

Susanne Fröhlich integrates her mastery of the recorder family, especially the Helder Tenor and Paetzold Contrabass, into her objective of bridging European Old and New Music.

susannefroehlich.com

Tilmann Dehnhard

Bass Flute, Flutes, Electronics

Tilmann Dehnhard is a master of the double bass flute, a strong team player, and a soloist with a broad musical horizon in composed and improvised music concert settings and in film music.

dehnhard.com

Mona Matbou-Riahi

Clarinet

Mona Matbou-Riahi integrates an abiding interest in contemporary music and free improvisation with elements from traditional Iranian music adapted for the clarinet.

monamatbouriahi.com

Joss Turnbull

Tombak, Percussion, Electronics

Joss Turnbull has developed a unique language on percussion through combining its broad spectrum of sounds with electronics – his curious fingers discover yet unexplored potentials of percussion instruments from the Middle East and elsewhere.

jossturnbull.de

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