Andrea Neumann
Andrea Neumann (b. 1968) studied piano at «Hochschule der Kunste»
in Berlin. Since 1996 she has been primarily active as improviser and composer
in the areas of experimental and new music. In the process of exploring the
piano for new sound possibilities, she has reduced the instrument to strings,
resonance board and metal frame. With the help of electronics to manipulate
and amplify the sounds (sometimes to make parts of the sound audible which are
inaudible without amplification), she has developed numerous new playing techniques,
sounds, and ways of preparing the dismantled instrument. Because the original
inside piano is very heavy, a piano builder (Bernd Bittmann, Berlin) constructed
a new and lighter one for her.
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 Dörner, Robin Hayward and Burkhard
Beins. She has composed for inside piano for interdisciplinary projects including
film, dance, performance, etc.
Andrea appears on the following SOFA-releases
- No Spaghetti Edition
«Real Time Satellite Data» (inside piano, electronics)