On June 20, Cathrin Pfeifer will thrill the audience with her accordion playing and original compositions at the Kunsthalle Kühlungsborn during the Days of World Music.
Diverse original compositions between tango-like waltz sounds and African voodoo blues, flamenco-like shakti rhythms and meditative minimal music, imaginary soundtracks, invented folklore over danceable grooves ...
With her modern accordion playing, which leaves out neither complex rhythms nor jazzy arrangements and improvisations, surprising live sampling and charming presentation, the Berlin accordionist takes us in her successful solo program into the world of the instrument that has become so popular again (to which she has made a not insignificant contribution over the years) and breathes new life into it.
"A musician's declaration of love to her instrument" (Jazzthetik)
In her own compositions, she seemingly effortlessly combines the most diverse traditions of her instrument into a fusion. As closely as she is physically connected to her instrument, Cathrin Pfeifer has musically broken away from fixed stylistic categorizations and pigeonholes.
Her accordion playing is so rich, so opulent and, as it were, a carpet of sound to lie in. Arrive & pause. Let yourself drift. Let go. Fly and float away. Her latest CD bears witness to this.
... Miniatures of flowing, sometimes gently pulsating sounds, drawing on neoclassical, folklore, minimal music and waltzes ..."'
It is precisely this rollercoaster of emotions that makes the music so dramatic. Hammering chords combined with lightly played melodies tell stories.
Before the audience's eyes, a live mix is created using loop technology, which develops from a single instrument into a room-filling sound experience. An energetic maelstrom characterized by poetic density and depth.
The accordion is processed in various ways. It is drummed, tapped, clapped, snapped and sung. She doesn't need words when she enriches her music with vocal interludes. The titles of her pieces reveal her creative and often humorous approach to life's big themes in a charming presentation.
