Andrea Neumann – inside piano (Germany)

Born 1968 in Freiburg, grew up in Hamburg. Piano lessons since 1974. Studied piano at "Hochschule der Kunste" in Berlin. Since 1996 primarily active as improviser and composer in the areas of experimental and new music.

In the process of exploring the piano for new sound possibilities, she has reduced the instrument to strings, resonance board and metal frame. With the help of electronics to manipulate and amplify the sounds (sometimes to make parts of the sound audible which are inaudible without amplification), she has developed numerous new playing techniques, sounds, and ways of preparing the dismantled instrument. Because the original inside piano is very heavy, a piano builder (Bernd Bittmann, Berlin) constructed a new and lighter one for her.

She has worked intensively in the crossover area between composition and improvisation, and in the field between electronic and handmade sounds, with Berlin musicians such as Annette Krebs, Ignaz Schick, Axel Dörner, Robin Hayward and Burkhard Beins. She has composed for inside piano for interdisciplinary projects including film, dance, performance, etc.

Discography

Andrea Neumann and Annette Krebs. Rotophormen. Charhizma.

Dörner, Axel, Sven-Åke Johansson, and Andrea Neumann. Barcelona Series. Hat Hut.

Schick, Ignaz, and Andrea Neumann. Petit Pale. Zarek.

Nakamura, Toshimaru, and Andrea Neumann. Aton. Rossbin Production.

Andrea Neumann. Innenklavier. A Bruit Secret.

Matthews, Kaffe, Andrea Neumann, and Sachiko M. In Case of Fire Take the Stairs. Improvised Music from Japan.

Beins, Burkhard, Alessandro Bosetti, Axel Doerner, Robin Hayward, Annette Krebs, Andrea Neumann, Michael Renkel, and Ignaz Schick. Phosphor. Potlatch.

Andrea Neumann and Ivan Palacky. Pappeltalks Uceroz.