Fabiana Striffler / Lori Goldston (Earth)
Classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer, writer and teacher based in Seattle. Her voice as a cellist, amplified or acoustic is full, textured, committed and original. A perpetual inquirer, she wanders recklessly across borders that separate genre, discipline, time and geography, performing in clubs, cafes, galleries, arenas, concert halls, sheds, ceremonies, barbecues, and sanctuaries; she toured with Nirvana and appeared with them in “Unplugged in New York”.
Current and former collaborators, co-conspirators and bosses include Earth, Mirah, David Byrne, Nirvana, Jherek Bischoff, Malcom Goldstein, Matana Roberts, Cat Power, Ellen Fullman, John Doe, the Wedding Present, Laura Veirs, Secret Chiefs 3, Portland Cello Project, Angelo Spencer et les Hauts Sommets, Marisa Anderson, Your Heart Breaks, Trey Gunn, Ô Paon, Tara Jane O’Neil, Natacha Atlas, LeRoy Bell, Ed Pias, Byron Au Young, Christian Rizzo, Threnody Ensemble, Cynthia Hopkins, 33 Fainting Spells, Vanessa Renwick and Lynn Shelton. She is co-founder of the Black Cat Orchestra, and has toured the U.S. and Europe with Earth, and recorded Angels of Darkness Demons of Light, Parts 1 & 2; in 2010 she opened as a soloist on tour with Earth and Wolves in the Throne Room.
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Fabiana Striffler is a young enthusiastic violin player from Berlin. Sabir Mateen considers her one of the most exciting discoveries of the last years, saying she makes her way through music with open ears and is always trying out new things. Born in 1988, Fabiana is currently studying Jazz and Classical violin at the University of Arts in Berlin (UdK). She began classical violin at age 6, and was already playing with different orchestras only a few years later. During her school years she was encouraged to engage in a variety of artistic and musical activities. By the age of 13 she was performing other music styles other than classical, namely tango and klezmer music, which awakened her interest in improvised music. Fabiana has taken lessons with Prof. Greg Cohen, Dragan Radosavievich, Ulrich Bartel, Prof. John Hollenbeck, Prof. David Friedman… Since 2013 she is part of the Yehudi Menuhin Association. scholarship. Her interest in different music styles from all over the world has led her to Romania, Greece, Serbia, Marocco, Finnland, Iceland, Spain.
She has played and worked with the following musicians:
Greg Cohen, Sabir Mateen, Quique Sinesi, Chris Dahlgren, Joey Baron, Perry Robinson, Bajka, Max Weissenfeldt ( Whitefield Brothers), Dragan Radosavievich, Johannes Schleiermacher, Bernd Oeszevim, Pablo Fojo, Ulrich Bartel, Roger Helou, Matías Gonzales, Federico Jesus Días Paez…
And she has performed at different Theater Houses and concert Halls, such as:
Konzerthaus Berlin,
Volksbühne Berlin,
Kampnagel Hamburg,
Baltic Circle Festival Helsinki,
Hebbel am Ufer (HAU)
She has worked with the renowned theatre company „Nya Rampen“ (Worship), and the director and actor Julian Bisesi, who won the jury prize for his mis en scene of „La Roman de la Rose“ at the 100 Grad Festival Berlin 2013.
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