Zapparoli/Hofmann/Lorenz + Anaïs Tuerlinckx

Originally from Brussels, pianist Anaïs Tuerlinckx moved to Berlin in 2008 and has since become part of the vibrant and diverse Berlin music scene dedicated to improvisation. In her work, Anaïs Tuerlinckx explores the inside piano. She tends to play in a more physical and expansive way, her performances are characterized by noise and harsh sounds, but also seek the more elegiac, breezy, and spacious sounds. With her piano activism, she also likes to engage in public space outside of the concert hall. As a music educator, Anaïs Tuerlinckx teaches improvisation at a music school.

The music of the trio Zapparoli/Hofmann/Lorenz moves between noise, experimental electronics, and contemporary composition. Marta Zapparoli works with cassette decks, reel-to-reel tape recorders, antennas, and radio receivers. Her expansive sound textures complement the rhythmic structures of the percussion duo Sebastian Hofmann and Martin Lorenz, creating a symbiosis that is both orchestral and chamber-like.
In their new project, THE CORTEX OF INHARMONIC RELATIONSHIPS, the trio presents a video work that is both visible to the audience and serves as a score for the musicians. Using an analog video synthesizer, visual material is generated from the audio material of the trio. The distinct signals from their instruments affect different aspects of the video image. While the high-frequency radio signals can be directly interpreted as video signals and translated into the image, the instrumental signals modulate genuinely synthesized visual fragments. Similar to the auditory realm, feedback processes and filtering act as catalysts for image generation. Conversely, the video signals are used as audio material and further processed.