Carla Kihlstedt

Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American musician (violin, accordion also, piano, zither, and numerous other instruments, vocals, composition) that moves between folk, art rock, new improvised music and jazz core.

Life and work

Some of the Ancestors of Carla Kihlstedt are of Swedish descent; Rya Kihlstedt the actress is her older sister. You already started early playing the violin and underwent a classical education at the Peabody Institute in Oberlin and at the San Francisco Conservatory. In Oberlin, she developed an interest in improvisation and contemporary music. In 1997 she founded together with Rob Burger and Mark Orton the Tin Hat Trio, from the - extended - then Tin Hat was. She was also a member of the group Charming Hostess, 2 Foot Yard, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Causing a Tiger, pursue each with different musical styles and concepts. In a duo with pianist Satoko Fujii she guested on the 2010 Jazz Festival Saalfelden.

Kihlstedt wrote music for theater and ballet companies, but also for the Rova Saxophone Quartet ( pandemonium ). Composer Lisa Bielawa, Michael Fiday or Jorge Liderman have composed works for them. Fred Frith she took in his group Cosa Brava. She also collaborated with John Zorn, Mr. Bungle, Tom Waits, Gino Robair, Jenny Scheinman, Dan Rathbun and especially her husband Matthias Bossi. With Bossi she plays together in almost all of these formations and formed with him over the years various song- oriented duo projects.

Were some of their albums previously published unsigned and self-produced and been driven tread Kihlstedt and Bossi since early 2012 with Rabbit Rabbit Radio consistent Internet presentation, which also offers subscriptions for each month appearing pieces that are connected with equally self-produced video clips. In addition to their main instruments, violin and drums both sing and play all the other instruments a. Chance are guest musicians added (more common Jon Evans ( Tori Amos ) on bass and guitar, or even Tony Levin ).

Kihlstedt teaches at New England Conservatory. In 2007, she curated the Unlimited festival in Wels.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Tin Hat Trio - Helium (Angel, 2000)
  • Shazad Ismaily with and Marika Hughes - 2 Foot Yard ( Tzadik, 2003)
  • Carla Kihlstedt and Shahzad Ismaily - Flying Low ( self-distribution, 2004)
  • Fred Frith, Stevie Wishart, Carla Kihlstedt - The compass, log and lead ( Intakt, 2006)
  • 2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms ( self-distribution as yardwork, 2007)
  • Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Dan Rathbun - Ravish ( And Other Tales for the Stage ) ( Twelve Cups, 2009)
  • Rabbit Rabbit - Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol 1 ( self-distribution, 2013)
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