katrin mickiewicz

Bio:

.. I AM NO LONGER ACTIVE AT MYSPACE______ contact: katrin.mickiewicz@gmx.de____________ _________________________________________ Composer Singer Viola Player Katrin Mickiewicz was born 12.01.1977 in Cieszyn/Poland. She studied Jazz-Composition at Folkwang Hochschule Essen and Jazz vocals and viola at Conservatorium van Amsterdam. She connects Polish-Bulgarian Folkmusic, contemporary square sound and songwriting with improviasation. The variety of sounds and moods are worked out by sensitive Arrangements of her composition and through exploring vocal and instrumental possibilities of her musicians. Mickiewicz’s unique way of simultanous polyphone playing and singing creates a strong colour in her music_____________________________________________________________________ Musical Education: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1996-2001 – Jazzcomposition/Arrangement Studies at Folkwanghochschule Essen/GER, with Prof.Peter Herborn, Diploma_____________________________________________ 2001-2004 – Jazz-Vocal Studies and Viola Studies at Conservatorium van Amsterdam/NL with Eileen Fiss/Annett Andriesen and Esther Apituley, Bachelor_____________________ Projects: __________________________________________________________________ from 1998 – disguise (AvantgardeFolkJazz, Miriam Frank, Kasia Bortnik, Alexander Morsey) from 2001 – noski (Polish AvantgardeJazz, Miriam Frank,Uli Genenger, Sean Fasciani, Raphael Vanoli)____________________________________________________________ from 2002 – DASKwartett (improvising Stringquartet, Donja Djember, Sabine Rau, Antje Vetter)_____________________________________________________________________ from 2003 – Swoja Droga&disguise (German-Polish Ensemble with disguise and the Polish Modern Folk Band ‚Swoja Droga’ /Warsaw)_______________________________________ from 2004 – Verwandlungen, Drama for children by Cantadoras-Ensembles Essen,______ Music: Katrin Mickiewicz_______________________________________________________ from 2004 - Kent Carter String Trio (partly improvised Avantgarde-Chambermusic from 2005 – DiswojDas Orkiestra (German-Polish FolkJazz Orchestra with disguise, DASKwartett and Swoja Droga)________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Awards/Competitions:________________________________________________________ 2001 - Winner of ‚Nachwuchsfestivals Leipzig’, competition for young creative jazz ensembles (disguise)_________________________________________________________ 2003 - Winner of ‚Jazzart’ Competition (disguise)_________________________________ 2004 – Culture Institute Award of the City ‚Düsseldorf’ for composition_________________ 2005 - Winner of the ‚Jazzwerk Ruhr’ – Award (DiswojDas Orkiestra)_________________ 2006 - Winner of the ‚Theaterzwang’ Award, (Verwandlungen) ______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ CD/Radio/TV-Productions: _____________________________________________________ 2002 – CD ‚disguise’ by disguise, debut-CD, Musicom________________________________ 2003 – WDR3-Radio-Bandportrait - Birger Gesthuisen, Cologne (disguise)______________ WDR3-Nachtmusik (Radioproduction) – Werner Fuhr, Cologne (disguise)________________ 2004 – Broadcast of a Concert at Polish Radio Warsaw (disguise&Swoja Droga)__________ Polish TV – Portrait of the two ensembles and of their orchestra____________________ 2005 – CD Production ‚Polish Rock’n Roll Driving’ of Swoja Droga&disguise at Polish Radio Warsaw_______________________________________________________________ 2005 – second ‚disguise' - CD ‚dwa’, Musicom WDR3–Radioproduction of a concert at Kulturzentrum ZAKK, Düsseldorf, Birger Gesthuisen/Werner Fuhr (DiswojDas Orkiestra)___ WDR5 – Radioproduction of a concert at Domizil, Dortmund___________________ 2006 – CD ‚Intersections’ by the ‚Kent Carter String Trio’ at ‚Emanem’ (GB)__________

Member Since:

June 22, 2006

Members:

disguise (since 1999) - K.M._comp/vla/voc - Miriam Frank_ss/as - Alex Morsey_db - Kasia Bortnik _voc www.disguise.de____________________________________________________ DASKwartett (since 2000) - K.M._vla/comp - Donja Djember_vcl/comp - Antje Vetter_v/comp - Sabine Rau_v www.daskwartett.de________________________________________________ DiswojDas Orkiestra (since 2003) consisting of: - disguise & DASKwartett & Swoja Droga (PL) __________________________________________________________________ Kent Carter String Trio (since 2003) - Kent Carter_db/comp (US/F) - Albrecht Maurer_v/comp - K.M._vla/comp ____________________________________________________________________ Joachim Raffel Quartett (since 2009) - Joachim Raffel_p/comp - Michael Büning_b - Christian Schönefeld_dr - K.M._vla/voc ____________________________________________________________________ Katrin Mickiewicz&Jan Roder Duo - Jan Roder_db - K.M._comp/voc/vla

Influences:

Peter Gabriel, Igor Stravinsky, Mike Patton/Faith no More/Mr.Bungle/Peeping Tom,Matthiew Herbert, Roisin Murphy/Moloko, Maria Schneider, Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails, Alfred Schnittke, Slawian and Bulgarian Folk Music, Polish Children Songs, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Zbygniew Seifert, Billie Holiday, Benjamin Britten, Deftones, Henryk Gorecki, Carla Bley, Iva Bittova, Giya Kancheli, Witold Lutoslawski, Nils Petter Molvaer, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bill Frisell, Samuel Barber,Rage against the machine, Farmers Market, Dave Holland, Bela Bartok, Aura/Miles Davis, Bjork, Gil Evans, Lamb, Fred Frith, Arvo Pärt, Amelie Nothomb, Krzysztof Komeda, Roman Polanski, Martin Suter, Dmitri Shostakovich, Stanley Kubrick, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Django Bates, Das Böse Ding, Eckard Koltermann, Korn, Kurt Weill, Der Rote Bereich, Johannes Brahms, Lars von Trier, Dalbello, David Lynch, Esther Apituley, Peter Herborn, Julian Tuwim, Swoja Droga, Pinochio,

Record Label:

musicom