Photo by Francesca Pfeffer
Monday, October 11
8pm CT
Streaming on YouTube
FREE, $10 suggested donation
Option Talks Music: Silke Eberhard
Option welcomes the Berlin based saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Silke Eberhard for a discussion and presentation of her creative ideas and wide- ranging work which includes improvised encounters in small and large group ensembles, dance theater and visual arts.
Tune in on Monday, October 11th at 8pm Chicago time to hear the discussion, ask questions in the chat, and listen to Silke perform from her home base in Berlin.
The Option series is presented as part of Experimental Sound Studio’s virtual concerts every Monday. Link to this program, with the interview led by Ken Vandermark, below.
About Silke Eberhard
Silke Eberhard is a saxophonist, clarinetist and composer based in Berlin.
Since the mid-90s she has dedicated herself to the freer variations of jazz and improvised music. Her collaboration with Jan Roder and Kay Lübke, which began then and eventually resulted in the Silke Eberhard Trio, moves in this tradition in search of new challenges, that recently led to “The Being Inn” (the 3rd trio album, awarded the German Record Critics’ Prize, a concept album) – a cozy inn.
Her intensive occupation with the music of Eric Dolphy led to the project Potsa Lotsa, initially a wind quartet, interpreting the complete works of Dolphy. The project expanded to the Septet Potsa Lotsa Plus (plays Love Suite by Eric Dolphy) and ultimately to the tentet Potsa Lotsa XL, which so far performs solely Eberhard’s compositions.
She composes for small and large ensembles, contemporary music and jazz. In her wide-ranging work as a performer she also focuses on improvised encounters in dance, theatre and visual arts.
She works with many collective ensembles, including the duo with Ulrich Gumpert, the duo with Uwe Oberg ( + trio with Gerry Hemingway), Matsch & Schnee, I am Three …. she performs / recorded with numerous musicians of the international jazz scene such as Aki Takase, Nikolaus Neuser, David Liebman, Sandy Evans, Hannes Zerbe, Wayne Horvitz, Dave Burrell, Michael Zerang, Maggie Nicols, Joe Morris, Michael Formanek, Talibam! amo… and travelled with her music all continents except Antarctica.
CDs/LPs on record labels like INTAKT, Leo Records, ESP Disk, Jazzwerkstatt, Not Two, Intuition, Trouble in the East document her work.