{"id":446,"date":"2020-11-11T12:31:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T11:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claudiabirkholz.de\/vita\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T11:09:46","slug":"vita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.yd-media.de\/birkholz\/en\/vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Vita"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-header&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_raw_html]PHAgY2xhc3M9ImNiLWNydW1iIj48c3Bhbj48L3NwYW4+IFZpdGE8L3A+[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Passion.<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A life dedicated to music. What does that even mean? Does someone live for music if it represents the source of one\u2019s livelihood? Or did someone live for music whose composition is still considered ground-breaking after several hundred years? Ultimately, the definition is as personal as the music itself. Claudia Janet Birkholz has dedicated her life to music &#8211; and has set her sights on making the joy of sound art accessible to as many people as possible.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;cb-small-width&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf21190\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf21190\" data-height=\"70\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"50\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;event-div&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_raw_html el_class=&#8221;cb-small-width&#8221;]PGgxIGNsYXNzPSJjYi1oaC1saW5lIj48c3Bhbj48L3NwYW4+VGhlIHJlYWxpc2F0aW9uLjwvaDE+[\/vc_raw_html]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf211b5\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf211b5\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]When Claudia Janet Birkholz finished her studies with Concert Diploma (Konzertreifepr\u00fcfung) and top marks in 1991, the path her life would take was already clearly visible. Without being guided by conventional expectations, the only compass she trusts is her passion for tones and sounds in all its conceivable facets. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The native of Bremen remained loyal to her roots and studied music at the University of the Arts Bremen (HfK). Her professor at that time, the chamber musician Kurt Seibert became a great mentor to the still young pianist. Radio productions followed in quick succession, for instance, with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie accompanied by Klaus Bernbacher, as well as performances in the concert series Pro Musica Nova Bremen. An inspiring lifelong collaboration and friendship developed with the then music director and composer Hans Otte.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She also collaborated with established greats such as Elisabeth Leonskaja and Vitaly Margulis. Through Claude Helffer in Paris, she experienced the inspiration that would lead to her later passion for contemporary music. In these dynamic times she perfected her virtuous play, but also realised that this was not where her true passion lay. She wanted to create something new, dare to be unconventional, break the mould and exceed one\u2019s limitations.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With her valuable experience and prizes she achieved (including a scholarship from the Richard-Wagner-Verband) as well as countless, already clear ideas, she began passing on her experience to young talents as a lecturer in piano and contemporary music at the HfK Bremen in 1993. Concerts and productions shaped the 90s, driven by her passion for experimentation. In contemporary music, she finally found the freedom she needed to develop her creative potential.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As a pianist of the \u201cQuart\u201c ensemble as well as of the \u201censemble Int\u00e9grales\u201c for contemporary music, she experienced concerts like the Messiaen-festival in Dusseldorf, Tage der Neuen Musik in Hanover as well as several productions for Radio Bremen. She also gained further stage experience at the Bodensee festival, the Schleswig-Holstein-music festival, Wien Modern, the Gaudeamus Music Week in the Netherlands in collaboration with the theatre director Johann Kresnik, as well as in projects with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. In the end, it was her travels that especially influenced Claudia Janet Birkholz, which not only led her through Europe but also to the US, Japan, Iran and Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf211cc\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf211cc\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"40\" data-height-tab=\"\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"40\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1605195365012{background-color: #131b33 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-dark-div&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;cb-small-width&#8221;][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf211e0\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf211e0\" data-height=\"40\" data-height-mobile=\"40\" data-height-tab=\"40\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_raw_html el_class=&#8221;cb-small-width&#8221;]PGgxIGNsYXNzPSJjYi1oaC1saW5lIj5UaGUgbWVzc2FnZS48ZGl2IGNsYXNzPSJjYi1oLWxpbmUtMyI+PC9kaXY+PC9oMT4=[\/vc_raw_html]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf211f3\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf211f3\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]Never stand still: Claudia Janet Birkholz is always searching for new inspiration for the creation of unknown soundscapes. After experimenting with and finding her true passion in the early days of her career, she has been focusing on a whole new role for many years now. She sees herself as an ambassador of a form of music which is sometimes experienced as irritating, but always surprising.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This has been the focus of her commitment to the University of the Arts Bremen but is also what drives the development of new programmes. Unconventional works from the sphere of performance belong here, as well as uncommon concert formats where she collaborates with neuroscientists, psychologists, mathematicians and\/or researchers from the field of artificial intelligence. Another milestone is the concert series \u201cLet\u2019s talk music\u201d, which was developed in 2015. In this series, she exchanges ideas on stage with personalities from the fields of science, economy and\/or music.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Her advocacy of contemporary music led to her association work. As chairwoman of the association \u201crealtime \u2013 Forum Neue Musik e.V.\u201d she set up, it is her aim to get as many people as possible enthusiastic about sound art &#8211; as well as motivate them to participate actively in it. In this context, the \u201crealtime \u2013 internationales festival f\u00fcr neue music\u201d will take place in Bremen for the very first time in 2021 and will focus exclusively on this special form of representation \u2013 with Claudia Janet Birkholz as the art director.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf21204\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf21204\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1605022643988{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf21215\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf21215\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf21227\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf21227\" data-height=\"40\" data-height-mobile=\"0\" data-height-tab=\"\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"0\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; 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This is not only confirmed by interested parties but also by colleagues and experts. The former music director at ARD television and composer Hans Otte certifies her \u201cbroad sense for sound and convincing artistic design ability throughout.\u201c (translated from German).<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; el_class=&#8221;blockquote-sep&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#efc66b&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"blockquote-c\">\n<p>\u201c(The) Bremen pianist creates beautiful colours that linger in one\u2019s mind.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Presse, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; el_class=&#8221;blockquote-sep&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#efc66b&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"blockquote-c\">\n<p>\u201cWith her exceptional play, Claudia Janet Birkholz creates an aura that adds an additional dimension to her concerts through her particular stage presence. Her playing creates an unexpected depth of field for every composition that brings the composer and his creation to life.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Burkhard Friedrich<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf2125f\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf2125f\" data-height=\"40\" data-height-mobile=\"40\" data-height-tab=\"40\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-zitate&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf2126d\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf2126d\" data-height=\"80\" data-height-mobile=\"20\" data-height-tab=\"\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"20\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-small-width&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_raw_html]PGgyIGNsYXNzPSJjYi1oaC1saW5lIGNlbnRlciI+VGhlIHZpZXcgZnJvbSB0aGUgb3V0c2lkZS48L2gyPg==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-black\"> Whenever outsiders truly engage with Claudia Janet Birkholz\u2019s work, it must feel like immersing oneself in a foreign world. \u2028An overview of the reviews:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69dfd8bf2127a\" data-id=\"69dfd8bf2127a\" data-height=\"20\" data-height-mobile=\"20\" data-height-tab=\"20\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cShe not only has a touch of all shades at her disposal but also and above all the ability to create visionary inspirations in front of the listener.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Weser-Kurier, 1987<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cClaudia Janet Birkholz is a mistress of advanced playing techniques. She sometimes reaches into the strings of a grand piano with her fingers; and she also achieves an amazing echo by whistling into the instrument.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Mittelbayrische, August 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cTechnical brilliance only has never been the sole focus of attention. Especially in Messiaen&#8217;s piano cycle, the poetic idea was impressively present.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Hamburger Abendblatt<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cMessiaen develops striking images. A varied and sound-intensive interpretation.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Westdeutsche Zeitung D\u00fcsseldorf<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cExpressive, multifaceted and in bright colours, coupled with extraordinary perfection, she lets the audience delve into the realm of the exotic and meditative.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Oberpf\u00e4lzer Nachrichten<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> \u201cWith \u2018Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera\u2019 for piano by Dallapiccola, Claudia Birkholz traces the eleven reflections on counterpoints from Bach&#8217;s \u2019Kunst der Fuge\u2019 with the finest sense of sound and exquisite poetry.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Kreiszeitung, 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201c(&#8230;) Birkholz additionally played solo pieces of the twelve-tone technique by Luigi Dallapiccola. She announced it as \u201cdelicate, lyrical and romantic\u201d. For many people even today, twelve-tone music is the epitome of unlistenable due to its strangeness. Birkholz showcased the opposite by creating filigree and inspiring sounds. She took the audience on a sensual emotional journey. Her playing then became lively and very creative when she introduced the \u2018Inside-Piano\u2018 playing to the audience. Thus, through differentiated keyboard and pedal playing as well as extended techniques, \u2018inside-piano\u2018 playing, plucking the strings with fingernail and fingertip, she made the piano even more colourful and orchestral. The effect of her melodic whistling into the instrument was also astounding. All sounds came back as an echo, smoothly and gently from the inside of the corpus.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Mittelbayrische, 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cHighly interesting and certainly the peak of the concert night: 5 piano pieces by Henry Cowell, interpreted with absolute mastery by Claudia Janet Birkholz. Cowell is unfortunately heard far too seldom, at this high level, he is almost never heard at all.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Der neue Tag, Weiden 2002<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cClaudia Birkholz shines on the prepared piano.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Der neue Tag, Weiden 2002<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cThe toy piano is unique, mischievously at work on the margins of not always so serious New Music. Claudia Birkholz played compositions by John Cage, Julia Wolfe, Manfred Stahnke and others, with intelligence and verve. A peculiar, surprising listening experience.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>KulturStattBern, 2008<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cBirkholz\u2019s \u2018Into The Blue\u2018 for violin, piano and playback passes through a thrilling, finely tuned, buzzing high-low cosmos. None of the instruments is played conventionally.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Weser-Kurier, 2007<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201c(&#8230;) what was performed in Weiden can be described as the cultural peak of the art season, with a clear conscience. Claudia Birkholz prepared the piano with screws, bolts and nuts to subsequently play a true master concert with pieces by John Cage.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Der neue Tag<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;flipInX&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-block-quote&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> \u201c(&#8230;) a piano recital with Claudia Janet Birkholz: an indescribable concert and sound adventure.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Der neue Tag, 2003<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cb-header&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_raw_html]PHAgY2xhc3M9ImNiLWNydW1iIj48c3Bhbj48L3NwYW4+IFZpdGE8L3A+[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text] Passion. 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