We have just released our new program “Women on the egde of times” with music by Elnaz Seyedi, Annika Socolofsky, Lina Järnegard, Rachel Beja, Farzia Fallah and Georgina Derbez. The concert stream from the concert at Unerhörte Musik in Berlin is still online https://youtu.be/J6vlZrcC8zU?t=754
Review about the concert
In July 2021 I was invited by Goethe Institute Hanoi to take part in a virtual project with musicians from Vietnam, Germany and France. I composed an “eatable score” for Đàn bầu, accordion and electronics for the occasion. You can follow the project here:
In May 2021 I have published my new book “Composing for the Accordion” with ARE-Verlag in Cologne. I am very excited to be able to share my experiences from many years of close collaboration with composers in this way.
The bilingual release contains practical information about the accordion and its playing techniques, examples of notation and listening tipps.
Katrin Bethge made the very unique drawing for the cover.
Print edition (26,-Euro) and E-Book (12,-) can be ordered directly from the publisher.
We were invited to contribute a short clip to a TV broadcast about artists in our region SWR#zusammenhalten für die Kultur
With kind support of Goethe Institute s “Virtual Partner Residencies” Mexican composer Georgina Derbez and myself have been working on a new composition for solo accordion. TRANSIT was virtually premiered for SWR radio #zusammenspielen (broadcast in the fall) and live performances are scheduled as soon as circumstances allow. The piece is inspired by the life and work of German author Anna Seghers who spent her exile years in Mexico in the 1940s and always felt a strong connection between those two cultures. I am very grateful for this opportunity to work closely with Georgina on a new work despite the distance.
I was honoured to be virtual guest artist at Festival Expresiones Contemporáneas in Mexico City in April and impressed by the enourmous energy and professionalism of a team of young people who make the music go on in difficult times.
Together with Manuel Ramos Negrete (Mexico), Lorenzo Gomez Oviedo (Argentina) and Vanessa Massera (Canada) I created a couple of pieces that were premiered in the video and can be watched here, alongside pieces by Carolina Noguera Palau and Sarah Nemtov.
Even though I cannot travel at the moment it is important to keep my artistic work with colleagues in Latin America alive, so I was grateful for this opportunity.
In November 2020 recorder player Verena Wüsthoff and I performed a concert without audience at Festival Neue Musik Rockenhausen. The concert was recorded by SWR2 radio and braodcasted in the show JETZTMUSIK on March 31. Here is the link.
We played music by Toshio Hosokawa, Dani Howard, Raphaël Languillat, Simon Voseček, Sarah Nemtsov and Georgina Derbez.
I have updated my youtube channel with recent recordings of solo and chamber music. I can´t wait to get back in stage. In the meantime this is all you ll get. Check it out!
In June 2020 I was invited to record some of my recent solo repertoire for Deutschlandfunk radio in Cologne which is broadcasted on January 18th, 2021 9.05 pm CET
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/eva-zoellners-live-stream-konzert-2020-ich-komme-zurueck.1987.de.html?dram:article_id=487630
Farzia Fallah: in sechs Richtungen (2016) für Akkordeon & Zuspielung Ana Maria Romano: posdomingo 02.10.2016 (2016) für Akkordeon und Zuspielung Milica Djordjevic: würde man denken: Sterne (2015) für AkkordeonScott Wilson: Vivid (2019) für Akkordeon und Zuspielung Sarah Nemtsov: SKOP (2016) für Akkordeon mit Mundharmonika Carolina Noguera Palau: Canto del Ave Negra (2018) für Akkordeon Georgina Derbez: Symphonia (2006) für Akkordeon
Juan José Bárcenas: Eco de un grito (2019) für Akkordeon und Zuspielung
Der Dezember bleibt bei mir, wie bei allen Kollegen, sehr still.
Ich habe also ein Weihnachtspäckchen mit Bildern statt Klängen zusammengestellt.
Wer mich in dieser auftragsfreien Zeit unterstützen möchte, kann das Postkartenset „Acht Fotos von unterwegs“
mit Eindrücken von meinen früheren Reisen um die Welt (s.u.)
gegen eine Spende vom 15,- Euro oder mehr bestellen.
(Bestellung bis 12. Dezember, wenn es vor Weihnachten eintreffen soll)
Bitte senden Sie eine Email mit Kontaktdaten an eva at eva-zoellner.de
Ich hoffe auf einen Neustart im neuen Jahr. Bleiben Sie gesund!
