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Carolina Eyck born on December 26th, 1987, is a German musician specialising in playing the Theremin, an electronic instrument. Her performances around the world have helped to promote the unusual music instrument.
Biography
German-born musician and composer Carolina Eyck is one of the world’s foremost theremin virtuosi. Having started playing piano at the age of five and violin at the age of six, Ms. Eyck studied theremin since she was seven years old with Lydia Kavina, the grand-niece of the instrument’s inventor, Leon Theremin. In 2002, at the age of fourteen, Ms. Eyck made her debut in the Berliner Philharmonie performing at the Konzerthaus Berlin the following year. Since then, Ms. Eyck has given concerts at the International Music Festival Bohuslav Martinů in Basel, the Davos Festival (Switzerland), with the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Ballet under John Neumeier, at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg (Austria), the National Art Museum Mexico City, Teatro Nacional Lisbon (Portugal), the Palace of Art Budapest (Hungary), and has presented further concerts in Poland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Great Britain, the United States of America and Pakistan. Ms. Eyck has collaborated with famous musicians and conductors e.g. Heinz Holliger, Robert Kolinsky, Gerhard Oppitz, the Keller Quartet, Andrey Boreyko, Michael Sanderling, Klauspeter Seibel, Berner Symphonie-Orchester, Philharmoniker Hamburg, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (USA) and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. In 2009, she was on tour in Japan with the Hamburg Ballet under John Neumeier, performing "the little mermaid" by Lera Auerbach.
Awards
She was winner of the International Competition for Composers arranged by Radio/TV Berlin-Brandenburg in 2006. In the same year Ms. Eyck published her original theremin method book entitled, “The Art of Playing the Theremin”, and has since conducted workshops, lectures and Masterclasses in Germany, Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, the United States of America, Mexico and Japan. In 2010, Carolina Eyck received her Bachelor of music degree in viola at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden.
Compositions
- "Sciciani - Am wendischen Burgwall" Pictures for Accordion and Strings, world premiere on September 16th, 2006 by the Cottbus Philharmonic Orchestra directed by GMD Reinhard Petersen, Soloist: Aidar Gainullin (Moskau) - Bajan
- "CIANI - Am wendischen Burgwall" Pictures for Theremin and Orchestra, world premiere on February 4th, 2007 by the orchestra of the Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (specialized high school for musicians) in the French Cathedral Berlin
- "Syllableaves" Concerto for Theremin and Orchestra, world premiere on April 24th, 2010 by the Gävle Symfoniorkester directed by Fredrik Burstedt at the Konzerthaus Gävle (Sweden)
- "Sauselei" Duet for Viola and Voice (2010)
Discography
- CD: Carolina Eyck plays works for Theremin, EAN 4 025118 308424, © 2008 SERVI Verlag, Berlin; Musicians: Giulietta Koch - Piano, Rebekka Markowski - Cello, Magdalena Meitzner - Vibraphone/Percussion and Wiebke Lichtwark - Harp
- DVD: Heinz Holliger OBOE FANTASY, © 2008 medici arts/EuroArts/Swiss Television; comprises the FANTASIA by Bohuslav Martinů; Musicians: Heinz Holliger - Oboe, Robert Kolinsky - Piano, Carolina Eyck - Theremin and the Keller Quartett (András Keller, János Pilz, Zoltán Gál, Judit Szabó)
- CD: Episodes von Dante's Dream (as a special guest), © 2009 Dante's Dream (Germany)
Books
- Carolina Eyck: The Art of Playing the Theremin. SERVI Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-933-757-08-8
- Carolina Eyck: Die Kunst des Thereminspiels. SERVI Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-933-757-07-X, EAN 4025 1187 0631 – German version
References
- "Classical Music Concert by world renowned theremin player Carolina Eyck and her music ensemble". Deutsches Generalkonsulat Karachi. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- "German radio podcast". Der junge Kulturkanal.
- "Biographic notes about Carolina Eyck". Märkische Oderzeitung.
- "Concert announcement in Salzburg, Austria".
- "Newspaper announcement for the Pakistan tour".
- "Sting performance mentioned on the web". Synth Music & Electronics Website.
- "Article on her Bio". Radio Berlin Brandenburg.