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Isabel Anders

@isabel_anders_

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•Composer, Improviser, Pianist
•based in Berlin

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5. September - 20:00h @ausland.berlin

Thank you so much for organising this and inviting us! This will be the first 8Y7 Duo concert, and I’m very happy to have the chance to perform with the great artist Lázara Rosell Albear in Berlin!

Also looking forward to the other duo that evening, Eric Mingus & Catherine Sikora!

8Y7 is a duo project since 2025 by Isabel Anders (piano, composition) with Lázara Rosell Albear (drums, pocket trumpet)

Pianist Isabel Anders’s somnambulistic improvisations are like voyages of discovery. They move forward tentatively, as if an abyss were yawning beside every step. Lázara Rosell Albear creates dense textures of white noise and shimmering trills on her mini-trumpet. On the drums, she impresses with an incisive style characterized by sparse accents and densely interwoven cymbal work. Anders and Albear have already test-ed the dynamic magnetism of their interplay in various configurations. The communication between them is immediate and direct.

The program includes Cuban rhythms, composed gestures/ elements and free improvisation. The title and concept are inspired by Afro-Cuban Yoruba mythology and the Orishas, which are understood as deities in this context. This tradition includes a form of theatrical staging with specific and invented instruments, drum patterns, chants, as well as movements.

Lázara Rosell Albear is a Belgian-Cuban artist and graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK, Ghent), and co-founder of MahaWorks. Her practice combines sound research, performance, film, drawing, and installation. Her work focuses on transgression, presence, resonance, vibration, new worlds, and poetry.

@lazara_ra #improvisedmusic #freejazzmusic #8Y7 by @isabel_anders_

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a month ago

The KOLLEKTIV NIGHTS Festival 2026 takes place from 26–29 August at Kunstfabrik Schlot.

I’m looking forward very much to playing on 26 August at Kunstfabrik Schlot with the great Radim Hanousek on bass clarinet, soprano saxophone and Tomáš Vtípil on violin (Czech Republic) We recently started playing together as a new trio. For a quartet, I invited @benjamin_duboc (France), one of my favorite bass players and improvisers, to join us!

#improvisedmusic #freejazzmusic #kollektivnights2026 #contemporarymusic #experimentalmusic

Photo credits:
Radim Hanousek, Tomas Vtipil by @ Mila Vasickova
Benjamin Duboc, Isabel Anders by @ Cristina Marx/ Photomusix by @isabel_anders_

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a month ago

Founded in 2024, the Berlin Piano Duo Festival has since grown into a small team united by the shared vision of establishing Germany’s first festival dedicated to free piano duo improvisation.

The third edition of the festival will take place on 4 & 5 November 2026 at the Exploratorium Berlin.

To help realize the 3rd edition of the Berlin Piano Duo Festival, we are currently running a crowdfunding campaign. All donations will be used exclusively to cover travel expenses, fair artist fees, as well as piano tuning, documentation, and other production costs. We would be very grateful for your support by donating or sharing the campaign.

The festival is dedicated to free and experimental improvisation for two grand pianos. Berlin-based and internationally acclaimed pianists meet in an unconventional setting that differs from the classical concert format, engaging in a musical dialogue without predetermined stylistic boundaries. We aim to place the broad spectrum of individual artistic expression at its center while giving the piano duo within free improvisation greater visibility and recognition.

Invited and confirmed pianists (further announcements to follow)

Elias Stemeseder (AUT) & Georg Vogel (AUT)
Eli Wallace (USA) & Anaïs Tuerlincks (BEL)
Uli Gumpert (GER) & Oliver Schwerdt (GER)
Luca Manzo (ITA) & Hada Beneditto (ESP)
Jordina Millà (ESP) & To be announced soon
Sylvia Bruckner (AUT) & To be announced soon

please visit the link in our bio.
Every contribution and every share helps to make the festival possible!

#freeimprov #freeimprovisation #pianoduo #festival #experimentalmusic taken in exploratorium berlin by @isabel_anders_

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2 months ago

7–8 August 2026 | 8 pm–8 am
Genezarethkirche Berlin-Neukölln

Thank you for the invitation! 🌕🌑

I’m looking forward to stepping in for Antonis Anissegos tonight for Take a Nap Night, a theatre project by Selina Thüring!

I’ll be part of the Take a Nap ensemble together with: Polina Borissova (singer/actress)
A. Skandal (performer),
Adam Schiffer (classical singer)
Antonia Glugla (singer)
Raúl Vargas (performer/dancer)
Dany Vargas Torres (performer/dancer).

Inspired by ancient Greek healing sanctuaries - where theatre, baths, and restorative sleep were woven together - Take a Nap Night invites you into a collective experience of rest.

Rest, sleep, and dream in a shared space. Throughout the night, the performers become dream companions, gently accompanying your journey between wakefulness and sleep.

Tickets can only be purchased only online. Breakfast is included if you stay until the end. Mattresses are provided. Link in my bio/ story. taken in Genezarethkirche (Berlin - Neukölln) by @isabel_anders_

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2 months ago

Last Wednesday at @hosekcontemporary felt like the beginning of something rather than just another concert. It was the first performance of our new trio, IRIS.

I've been fortunate to share the stage with @isabel_anders_ and @andreasvoccia in different constellations over the past few years, but this was the first time the three of us came together as IRIS.

Sometimes a new ensemble needs time to find its own language. Ours seemed to discover it from the very first sounds.

What stayed with me most was that we never rushed to find common ground. The music seemed to emerge from listening rather than from individual gestures. Sounds were allowed to resonate, dissolve and transform before another sound emerged. Moments like these can't be planned. They simply happen if you're lucky.

Every time I play at Hošek Contemporary, I feel that the place quietly becomes part of the music. There is something about this old ship, its acoustics, its intimacy, and the way sound seems to linger inside the wooden hull, that invites a different kind of attention. It encourages patience, detail and risk in equal measure.

I have a feeling this is only the beginning.

IRIS
Isabel Anders – piano
Andreas Voccia – analogue synthesizer
Zsolt Sőrés – five-string viola

📷 Photo: Céline Voccia taken in Hosek Contemporary by @isabel_anders_

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2 months ago

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3 months ago

CONTOURS I (since 2024). Pearling textures condense, thin, and recede in breathing arcs, opening into images.

Now part of CONTOURS — a solo piano cycle consisting of three ~15-minute pieces. Recurring patterns connect the pieces. Throughout the cycle, they evolve through rhythmic displacement into different forms. Drawing inspiration from composers ranging from Ravel to Ligeti.

Recorded and mixed by @manuel.miethe @kuehlspot_social_club
Reel Photo by @Manuel Miethe
Live Photo by @milavasickova

#classicalmusic #contemporarymusic #impressionism #improvisedmusic #mauriceravel by @isabel_anders_

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3 months ago

📌9. July is POSTPONED to the 10th of DECEMBER 2026

19:30 Open Doors
20:00 Start

Tickets at the entrance 10-20€ on Donation / Online - Tickets in my bio.
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two solo projects that explore the intersection of improvisation with classical and contemporary musical traditions.

Kindy supported by the GEMA Foundation!

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Julia Biłat: „Improvisation in the context of a contemporary XX and XXI classical Cello repertoire“

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Isabel Anders: „24 IMPROVISED PRÉLUDES“

Photo Credits:
Biłat: D'Amico Curva Minore
Anders: Manuel Miethe

@emmauskircheberlin by @isabel_anders_

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5 months ago

Small memory-insight from a warm-up one day before the first performance of the 12 IMPROVISED ÉTUDES project, which took place on Alexander Scriabin’s birthday, January 6, at Kühlspot.

I’m very happy to invite you to my next two solo project — concerts in Berlin!

On April 30 @sowieso_berlin, I open with a short piece CONTOURS I, a new solo project cycle, followed by the second set: 12 IMPROVISED ÉTUDES inspired by the late works of Alexander Scriabin.
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On May 6, I will perform the 12 IMPROVISED ÉTUDES as a full evening program for those who cannot attend on April 30 — please come by to Salon Lecretóir in Wedding!
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Photo by Christian Schierwagen

#experimentalmusic #classialmusic #improvisedmusic #alexanderscriabin #alexanderskrjabin by @isabel_anders_

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5 months ago

Heute 20:00 Uhr @kulturhofgohlis in Leipzig und in Kooperation mit leipJAZZig e.V. !

Vielen Dank für die Einladung.

Ich freue mich und bin sehr gespannt auf unser zweites Klavier-Duo Konzert!

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Isabel Anders und Simone Weißenfels begegneten sich 2024 im Kühlspot Social Club in Berlin und entschlossen sich, als Pianisten zusammenzuarbeiten. Im Duo entsteht ein offener Raum, in dem sich zwei unterschiedliche
Klangsprachen begegnen – nicht auf der Suche nach Gemeinsamkeit, sondern in respektvoller Differenz und im spannenden musikalischen Dialog. Beide verbindet eine klassische Ausbildung, die nicht zur Heimat wurde, sondern zum Ausgangspunkt für einen anderen Zugang zur Musik. Sie haben sich bewusst von vorgegebenen Formen gelöst und eine eigenständige Sprache in der Improvisation entwickelt. In diesem Duo verschmelzen die klanglichen Welten beider Künstlerinnen zu einer faszinierenden Reise durch die Sphären moderner und improvisierter Musik. Freuen Sie sich auf ein unvergleichliches Hörerlebnis, das von instant composing, lebendiger Improvisation und virtuoser Technik geprägt ist.

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Simone Weißenfels zählt zu den renommiertesten Künstlerinnen der zeitgenössischen Musikszene und ist bekannt für ihre genreübergreifende Arbeit zwischen Klassik, Improvisation und Free-Jazz. Ihre ungebremste Entdeckungslust führte sie auf internationale Konzerttourneen durch Europa, Asien, Nord-und Südamerika, sowie auf renommierte Festivals und Spielstätten weltweit. Ihre internationale Konzerttätigkeit und genreübergreifenden Projekte zeigen eine kompromisslose Offenheit, verbunden mit tiefem strukturellem Denken. Ihre musikalische Handschrift ist geprägt von Eigenständigkeit und einer unerschrockenen Auseinandersetzung mit den unterschiedlichsten Klängen und Ausdrucksformen.

Photo Credit: Sebastian Lautenbach

#freeimprovisation #contemporary #pianoduo #pianoimprovisation #freejazz taken in Kulturhof Gohlis by @isabel_anders_

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6 months ago

It was an honour and a particular pleasure to play for the first time at the Janáček Museum in Brno — a solo concert on the original piano of the great composer Leoš Janáček.

It was a very intense and emotional atmosphere.
Alongside the instrument, the museum holds manuscripts and fragments of his compositions, giving insight into his work. If you happen to be in Brno, don’t miss the chance to visit. ✨

unexpectedly we were able to close the exhibition with a spontaneous trio with Pavel Zlámal and Radim Hanousek — more insights about this in the coming days✨

Thank you to everyone involved! especially Jarda/ Jaroslav Šťastný for his exhibition, to the Janáček Museum, and for the documentation:

Credits: Moravské zemské muzeum & Památník Leoše Janáčka
Recorded by Pavel Paseka
Photos: Mila Vasickova

#leosjanacekmuseumbrno #janacek taken in Památník Leoše Janáčka / Leoš Janáček Memorial by @isabel_anders_

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6 months ago

Das Projekt „12 Improvised Études“ ist von den Spätwerken Alexander Skrjabins inspiriert und teilt Aspekte seines klanglichen Ansatzes.

Expressive Intensität entsteht durch harmonische Vieldeutigkeit, lebendige Kontraste, rhythmischen Puls und scharfe Akzentuierung. Die Stücke sind dramatisch vorwärtsdrängend und bewegen sich zwischen sinnlicher Lyrik und einer innewohnenden Spannung.

Farbige Seiten mit Improvisationsangaben spiegeln den Charakter der Étüden wider und greifen Terminologien aus den Spätwerken von Alexander Skrjabin auf, wie etwa Lent, rêveur (pp–mf), Mystérieusement sonore (pp–mp), Comme une flamme intérieure (mp–fff) oder Très lent, contemplatif, avec une sonorité de glas (pp), die als inspirativer Rahmen dienen.

Von und mit @isabel_anders_ taken in Salon L'écritoire für Musik und Literatur - Restaurant "Das Quiche-Haus" by @isabel_anders_

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7 months ago