Karin Wetzel

 

Karin Wetzel was born in Berlin in 1981 and began her musical education early with piano studies. She took her first composition lessons with Gerhard Tittel in Berlin, later studying composition and music theory with Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf and Gesine Schröder at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. She enriched her musical education through exchange semesters abroad at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki and CNSM Paris, as well as through composition and media technology studies with German Toro-Perez at ICST Zurich. As of 2014 she is Doctoral candidate at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Her compositional output encompasses works for solo instrument, ensemble, orchestra, electroacoustic works, and installations. Her compositions have been performed by such musicians and ensembles as Ensemble Modern, Prime Recorder Ensemble, Johannes Kalitzke, Antonio Politano, Steffen Schleiermacher, Ensemble Avantgarde, Andrea Kiefer (accordion), and the Leise Dröhnung Duo. Her works have been featured at such festivals as the Archipel Festival Geneva, Primavera en la Habana, ICMC Athens, cresc… Biennale für moderne Musik Frankfurt Rhein-Main, and Tage für neue Musik (New Music Days) Weimar. Karin Wetzel received scholarships from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, des DAAD and the Swiss Bundesstipendium. In 2011 she was Artist in Residence at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles.