Songwriting, Vocals, Piano, Guitar and Programming: Lili Sommerfeld
"April Madness" recorded by a Berklee project band
"Baby come over" written by Casey Meredith Pukl and played by amazing Berklee musiscians
String Quintet No. 1 played by: Ivonne Hernandez, Nikki Nieves, David Peacock, Calin Peters and Edward Skipka. Thanks a lot!
Influences
Camille, Beady Belle, Carla Bley, Dmitri Shostakovic, Gabrielle Goodman, Alexandr Skrjabin, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Dianne Reeves, Cat Power, Jeff Buckley, Jamie Cullum and many more
Lili Sommerfeld is a young singer, composer and pianist with German/Israeli roots. She was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Berlin, Munich and Rome. She lives in Berlin.
Lili started to learn piano in the age of 4 and started to play gigs as a singer in the age of 14. When she was 13 she started to write, besides writing lots of pop/jazz songs, a musical called "London's Night" which was played by her high school in July 2002 in Munich. In this age she also made her first experiences as a conductor, actress, dancer, choreographer and director.
Shortly after that she founded a girls choir named Swing4U and was the conductor of it for 3 years. Besides most of the Arrangements of popular Swing Standards, Lili wrote also the high-praised piece "Music!" for the choir and presented it the first time at the Kuenstlerhaus Munich.
In the age of 15 Lili also started to write contemporary classical music for chamber ensembles and larger Ensembles. In this period she wrote pieces like "Two Fantasies and a Nocturne" for Cello and Piano, "Sad Haiti" for Cembalo, "The Riot" for 3 Pianos, 2 Clarinets, Flute, Guitar, violin and Cello, "Fantasia in d minor" for Piano, "Colors of Marimba" for Piano, “Tango para Julia” for Violin, Bass and Piano, the melodrama "The Fairytale of D-Sharp" for Symphony Orchestra. Later she also wrote the Aria "Dove sei?" for Soprano and Symphony Orchestra and her first String quintet. Her piano improvising project, together with her friend Nadine Wickert, which played only music by the fictional character Igor Pjetrovic, won many awards in Germany.
As Lili changed High Schools, she started to play in bands regularly. As a Singer, Pianist and Songwriter for the crossover/rock band "Looney Monday" she played at the National Garden Festival 2005. Her French Chanson Project with Singer Nicole Marischka brought her to Bonn, where she played at the former Bundestag. With her Jazz band "Jazzonanz" she played at many Jazz clubs in Munich and one time even at the new built "Allianz Arena". (See also: www.myspace.com/jazzonanz) In this time she recorded her first EP “Jazzolution” with Jazz songs she wrote for Jazzonanz.
In spring 2005 she also released the album “Let’s enter the garden” with the Klezmer-Lounge Band Satsooma (Elite records).
After moving to Berlin in fall 2006 she recorded her first Solo Album “Impossibilities” at bunnyheath studios, Berlin and Southstar Records released it.
Later she starred in the 2007 Berlin Revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” in the role of Joanne. In summer 2007 she toured with “The Ladies who Lunch”, a two-women-jazz-show (www.myspace.com/ladieslunch).
In fall 2007 she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to study at Berklee College of Music on scholarship.
After 3 months in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2008 she moved back to Berlin where she conducted the musical "Celebration" (see also: www.hierleben.net)
Now she lives in Berlin and works as a musical director, arranger, songwriter and singer/pianist.
Ganz im Gegenteil, ich bin ein großer Beatles-Fan, ich hatte meinen Namen schon, bevor ich erfuhr, dass der Mörder den gleichen (bis auf ein paar Abweichungen) trug. Es hat also rein gar nichts mit Deiner Vermutung zu tun.
Ich hoffe, Dir geht's gut und es geht voran!? Ich drücke Dir die Daumen und wünsche Dir weiterhin viel Erfolg! - Und bleib wie Du bist!
Con permiso. Este mes en LH Magazin Music: En portada Garrett Wall Band "original, sencillo, y directo... alguien da mas?, las entrevistas de Pablo Moro, Spektra, Ilegales, Los Aslandticos, Chico Trujillo, Lita Ford, Grial, Canteca de Macao. Cronica de conciertos de Depeche Mode, Dardem, Entrega Premios Musica Emergente, Port Jackson, Rosendo, The Muse, Festival TAP Contra la Violencia de Genero, Jaime Urrutia, Jonas Brothers, Asfalto, Nina Hagen, Skunk Anansie. La agenda con todos los conciertos, Breves, Top 10 Video, En Que Gastarse Los Cuartos, Quien es? Pete Lamota y mucho mas y totalmente gratis.
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Hallo Freunde, am Samstag den 12.12.2009 ab 20.00 sind wir mit unserem"LIVE UND AKUSTIK" Programm im Zosch (Berlin/Mitte, Tucholskistr. 30) zu Gast. Neben deutschen Versionen einiger Songs von Tom Waits und Leonard Cohen und den Liedern der Ton Steine Scherben und Rio Reiser , gibts auch genügend Eigenmaterial auf die verwöhnten Ohren.
Unterstützt werden wir von den sympathischen Punkliedermachern „Schwarze Birne“ aus Berlin – ich freu mich drauf…, Also, wir sehn uns dann: am 12.12.2009 um 20.00Uhr im Zosch !!!
unsere diesjährig neu gemischte Weihnachtsshow „Lebkuchen” hat am 27.11. Premiere in Ebersberg im Alten Kino. Ab 30.11. sind wir dann in Berlin - mehrere Termine bis zum 27.12. - auch am 24.12. - , ( Bonn 2 x und München sind leider fast ausverkauft ), Bremen, Düsseldorf und Dresden. Am 23.12. sendet 3sat um 22:25 Uhr die Aufzeichnung aus dem TIPI in Berlin. Dort werden 45 Min. am 2.12. aufgenommen.
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Hugs & Love,Marie
schoenholz wünscht ein bombastisches wochenende!!
