This is certainly the most fun thing I have done in years. The album features six songs by Olly Sellwood for voice, accordion, and clarinet and electronics. Each composition is made of original microfictions by Rose Biggin & Keir Cooper set to music. Each story is separate, the collection crossing between fictional events, stretched language, interventions in systems of living, and art-historical fable. Recorded by Peter Falconer and the Zöllner-Roche-Duo in February 2024.
It is out on bandcamp! Or send me an email to eva(at)eva-zoellner.de to order the limited edition CD for 15,- Euros including postage within Germany.

I was invited to host a podcast episode for Irene Kurka´s podcast “Neue Musik Leben” and I decided to talk to South African composer, performer and musicologist Cara Stacey about her artistic practice, the new music scene in her country and about a project we worked on together in December 2024.

Here is the link, I hope you ll enjoy the talk!

https://neuemusikleben.podigee.io/258-neue-episode

The winners of the ZRD-Composers Lab 2025 are

Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg
Jonah Nuoja Luo Haven
Luke Nickel
Melissa Varga

Thank you to all 150 from all over the world who sent us inspiring ideas, we wish we could have tried all of them! we are looking forward to 4 new pieces which we will develop together with the composers and take on a little tour in Germany in October.

a cooperation with Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
funded by Musikfonds e.V. / Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
with kind support by Rotary Club Geesthacht/Hohes Elbufer

Find more info about the composers here

mini documentary about the last edition:

Im Oktober 2024 war das Zöllner-Roche-Duo zwei Wochen auf Tournee in der Türkei. Wir waren Ensemble in Residence a n der Bilkent University in Ankara und beim Festival Izmir Days of New Music und haben 11 neue Stücke von jungen Türkischen Komponist:innen uraufgeführt. Die Reise wurde unterstützt vom Canada Council for the Arts und vom Goethe Institute und war auf persönlicher und musikalischer Ebene sehr motivieren. Vielen Dank an alle, die dazu beigetragen haben!

On June 1 2024 I had the privilege to perform Georges Aperghis´ new “Carsten Trio” with Talea Ensemble. I m grateful for this opportunity to get to know those fantastic musicians.

My solo album “voces, señales” is nominated for the Quarterly Critic’s Choice of Deutsche Schallplattenkritik which I am really happy about. My special thanks goes to sound engineer Claudia Neumann and Deutschlandfunk who helped me to realize these recordings.

Link to Longlist 1/24

For me 2023 was a packed with good projects which felt a bit strange given the actual state of the world. But I did enjoy travels, music, experiments and companionship with wonderful colleagues and here are a few memories. Thanks to everyone involved, it s a real privilege to be able to this for a living.

You can listen to the pieces created for our Composers Lab 20/23 in this broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/zoellner-roche-composers-lab-webfile-dlf-kultur-3d80e195-100.html

Music by Miharu Ogura, Amir Khalaf, Sina Fani Sani and Sonia Rodriguez Gonzalez.

You can support the release of my solo album “Voces, señales” to be published with GENUIN in September 2023. I have launched a crowfunding campaign to raise funds to cover the label costs.
Read more about the project and find out why I find contemporary music from Colombia really fascinating: https://www.startnext.com/en/cd-voces-senales

Gracias & Thank you for your support!