Ca$$andra
3D Audio Concert of the All:y:ears Series / November 11, 2022
Ca$$andra
he trio Ca$$andra (vibraphone/percussion, bass, voice) performs a freely improvised set that occasionally settles into more structured forms. The improvisation engages in a dialogue with the live electronics of Paul Hauptmeier, who processes the instrumental sounds and spatializes them on the ZiMMT’s 3D sound system.
Lara Alarcón
Lara Alarcón is an Argentine singer, composer, and improviser based in Berlin. Her performances and compositions embody the idea of prosthetic dialectics through the use and support of large amplifiers, pedals, noise devices, and other sonic complexities, spanning live video, live coding, and electroacoustic formats such as electro trios, string ensembles, and solo performances. Her music captivates listeners intensely with her restless stage presence and powerful dynamic shifts.
She performs in freely improvised settings with musicians from diverse countries and a wide range of aesthetics. Her most prominent project is her solo act VQ, with which she has toured both in-person and online across South America and Europe. Additionally, she is co-founder and director of the label and concert series Numeral (or Neue Numeral), dedicated to promoting and connecting artists within the experimental and improvised music scenes.
Evi Filippou
Evi Filippou (*1993) began playing drums at the age of seven. With a scholarship from the Athens Concert Hall, she completed her studies at the Volos Conservatory and moved to Berlin in 2011, where she continued her Bachelor’s and then Master’s studies at the Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ (both degrees completed with distinction). In addition, Evi took jazz vibraphone lessons with Harald Kündgen.
Her professional experience includes playing with orchestras and chamber music ensembles (including the Bolshoi Ballet Orchestra and Ensemble United Berlin), as well as solo performances in both classical and improvised music. She also collaborates in duos such as “ff duet” with Katerina Fotinaki and “blowslap” duo with saxophonist Hayden Chisholm. Active in the jazz scene, Filippou has worked with artists like Chris Dahlgren, Arne Braun, Elias Stemeseder, Uli Kempendorff, and Angelika Niescier.
Additionally, Evi is part of the Nim Dance Company led by Austrian choreographer Naima Mazic.
She performs her own music and arrangements with her project inEvitable.
Music theater is also a major part of her artistic life; she is a founding member of the “Opera Lab Berlin” ensemble and has participated in numerous music theater productions, including at the Neue Werkstatt of the Berlin State Opera, Rimini Protokoll, and the Hauen und Stechen Music Theater Collective.
Since 2016, Evi has also been teaching at Berlin elementary schools, supported by “Vincentino e.V. – Kultur stärkt Kinder in Berlin.”
Constantly engaged with the coexistence of composition and improvisation, precision, and authentic personal expression, Evi lives and practices in Berlin.
Robert Lucaciu
Robert Lucaciu is a musician, composer, and teacher from Leipzig. His versatile work in the European jazz and improvisation music scene is documented on over 20 recordings. He began playing the cello at the age of 7—which he has never given up—but eight years later became captivated by the double bass and its expressive possibilities in improvised music.
The following year, Robert Lucaciu became a student in the young talent program at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre. He continued his studies in double bass (jazz and classical) and composition at universities in Leipzig and Dresden.
As a sought-after sideman, Robert Lucaciu has performed in over thirty countries across all continents.
For more than ten years, he has taught double bass, cello, and designed improvisation courses at the Neue Musik Leipzig music school.
Since 2018, he holds a teaching position for jazz double bass at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover.
All:y:Ears 2022
All:y:Ears is the second edition of the concert and sound installation series Drive In, focusing on 3D audio formats. At All:y:Ears, the emphasis is solely on listening—the auditory, spatial experience—giving perception of music and sounds a new, immersive dimension that allows listeners to dive into virtual-acoustic spheres and environments.
The artists work around genres such as experimental electronic music, sound art, electroacoustic and soundscape composition, multimedia art, contemporary music, and experimental jazz.
