MYASMO

Mia Zabelka – Violin, Voice

The violinist and vocalist Mia Zabelka has been researching interdisciplinary improvisation technique since many years, a method she refers to under the term “automatic playing”.

Mia’s „automatic playing“ is the result of a musician who has been traveling perpetually and playing internationally for years. Absorbing approaches to the music of a wide variety of cultures and styles, these improvisations contain nuances and collisions from her extensive studies of violin music and those she finds in the ever-changing environments she encounters.

In Mia’s mind improvisation is a language that doesn’t care for cultural differences. Improvised music may well be the most democratic, universal form of communication and expression there is. She makes highly dynamic music that she hopes stimulates the mind and the body, that will shake people awake, starting with her first.

Mia’s „automatic playing“ is a unique method developed by herself, using gestures to create instantaneous musical phrases in real time. It is about developing a novel technique of intense and colorful improvisation resulting from physical movements.

AUDIO

https://miazabelka.bandcamp.com/album/myasmo

VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watchv=LQOSm37CtHo&list=PLLvoIEMxKbPoIRsN0t8RqvDaeFvV6XwQY&index=3

Photo © Petra Cvelbar