Carolina Eyck Explained

Carolina Eyck
Birth Date:26 December 1987
Birth Place:Near Berlin, Germany
Instrument:Theremin, viola, vocals
Genre:Classical, electronic, contemporary classical
Occupation:Musician, composer, author

Carolina Eyck (born 26 December 1987) is a German-Sorb musician and composer who specialises in playing the theremin.

Biography

Eyck was born in 1987, near Berlin, Germany. She is a member of the Sorbian community of East Germany.[1]

Early life

Eyck began learning piano aged five and violin aged six.[2] She began studying the theremin at the age of seven at a school for musically gifted children in Berlin, where she was taught by a niece of Leon Theremin, the inventor of the instrument. She studied composition, and one of her pieces won first prize in a competition for young composers. A concerto for accordion and orchestra also won awards.[3]

At the age of 16, Eyck invented a new and precise way to play the theremin using exact finger positions. Three years later in 2006, aged 19, she wrote and published "The Art of Playing the Theremin" in which she explained how to make specific hand and finger positions in the air around the instrument without touching it.

Eyck made her debut as a player of the theremin with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2002.

Career

Eyck also plays the viola. In 2010 she graduated from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm after three years of study, with a Bachelor of Music degree in the instrument. She has performed with, among others, the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie.[4]

In 2012, she played the theremin solo at the world premiere of the two symphonies "Mesopotamia" and "Universe" by Fazıl Say.[5] Finnish composer Kalevi Aho dedicated a theremin concerto to her, which she performed for the first time in October 2012.[6] The theremin concerto "Dancefloor With Pulsing" by French composer Regis Campo was written for her and premiered with the Brussels Philharmonic in 2018.[7]

Since 2010, Eyck has been the artistic director of the Theremin Summer Academy in Colmar, France, and has conducted workshops, lectures and master classes worldwide. She was the winner of the International Competition for Composers, presented by Radio/TV Berlin-Brandenburg in 2006.[8] She has conducted workshops, lectures and Masterclasses in Germany, Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, the United States of America, Mexico and Japan.

In 2015, Eyck received the German Echo Klassik in the category "Concert Recording of the Year (20th/21st century music)" for playing the Theremin Concerto "Eight Seasons" by Kalevi Aho. (Conducted by John Storgårds and played with the Lapland Chamber Orchestra: BIS records 2014.)[9] [10] She released an album of theremin and voice recordings, Elegies for Theremin and Voice, in 2019.[11]

Compositions

Discography

LPs

Singles and EPs

Live albums

Guest contributions

Awards

Eyck was winner of the 2006 International Competition for Composers, organised by Radio/TV Berlin-Brandenburg.[15]

In 2015, she received the German Echo Klassik in the category "Concert Recording of the Year (20th/21st century music)" for playing the Theremin Concerto "Eight Seasons" by Kalevi Aho, conducted by John Storgårds and played with the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, published in 2014 by BIS records.[16]

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolina Eyck biography .
  2. Web site: Carolina Eyck biography . James Manheim.
  3. Web site: Biography of Carolina Eyck .
  4. Web site: Carolina Eyck biography . James Manheim.
  5. Web site: The Premiere (and The Politics) of Fazıl Say's New Symphony. Seen and Heard International. 13 November 2014.
  6. Web site: News – Fennica Gehrman. 8 July 2011. Fennicagehrman.fi. 13 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141113175935/http://www.fennicagehrman.fi/news/article/kalevi-ahos-theremin-concerto-premiere-in-rovaniemi/?tx_ttnewsbackPid=33. 13 November 2014. dead.
  7. Web site: Brussels Philharmonic plays Zorn, Zappa, Campo & Constant (Openingsconcert) ARS Musica. A. R. S.. Musica. www.arsmusica.be. 31 May 2019. 10 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410104319/https://www.arsmusica.be/nl/events/brussels-philharmonic-plays-zorn-zappa-campo-constant-openingsconcert/. dead.
  8. Web site: Internationaler Kompositionswettbewerb des RBB – rbb Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. Rbb-online.de. 13 November 2014.
  9. Web site: Sorbische Musikerin Carolina Eyck bekommt Echo Klassik-Preis. 10 October 2015. FOCUS Online. 31 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220519074207/https://www.focus.de/regional/brandenburg/musik-sorbische-musikerin-carolina-eyck-bekommt-echo-klassik-preis_id_5004468.html . 19 May 2022.
  10. Web site: The recording of Kalevi Aho's theremin and horn concertos won the ECHO Klassik award. Music Finland. 31 May 2019.
  11. Web site: Carolina Eyck biography . James Manheim.
  12. Web site: Internationaler Kompositionswettbewerb des RBB . rbb . 11 July 2006 . de . 14 August 2024.
  13. Web site: Caroline Eyck ist neue Spezialistin fürs Theremin . Berliner Morgenpost . 7 February 2007 . de . 14 August 2024.
  14. Web site: Instrumentet som var före sin tid . Arbetarbladet . 25 April 2010 . sv . 14 August 2024.
  15. Web site: SOUND ROOM XIV, 19.10.2014,"Carolina Eyck".
  16. Web site: Music Finland, "The recording of Kalevi Aho's theremin and horn concertos won the ECHO Klassik award".

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