I am very grateful for a special 2017, THANK YOU, everyone who was a part of it! I moved to a new place, crossed the ocean a couple of times, learned some great music, saw amazing places and worked with wonderful people. A very happy and inspiring 2018 to everyone, I hope our paths will cross again soon!
Here are some memories from 2017 which I d like to share with you:
radio portrait
For SWR2 German Radio I talked to Ulrike Henningsen about my work. It became a very personal feature and can be listened here (in German only, sorry…)
new concert series: LAUSCHVISITE
I am very happy that with great support of MUSIKFONDS I am able to realize the first season of a new series for experimental music in my home town Montabaur. Find Details here
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finalists of „caja de viento“: presentation in Mexico City
My project „caja de viento“ as part of the dual year Germany-Mexico came to an end in April 2017 with a concert in Mexico City. I was proud to premier five new pieces which were chosen out of 14 submissions by an international jury (Georgina Derbez, Prof. Ipke Starke and myself)
The winners are
Andrés Guadarrama (1991) Hand Shadows I- II (2017)
Andrea Isabel Gonzales Nieto (1995) Ad infinitum (2017) for accordion and fixed media
Tobias Àlvarez (1996) Disosiación-és (2017)
Vladimir Aranda Rosales (1992) La materia del sueño (2017)
Rodrigo Martínez (1992) Radio Ruido (2017) for accordion and fixed media
Andrea Gonzales received the special prize of the jury for her piece „Ad infinitum“.
I am very happy with the result of the project. The level of all the submissions was very high. It was great to see the dedication and curiousity of these young composers to approach the accordion.
If you want to know more about „caja de viento“ you can find documentation about the three concert tours to Mexico that I made in 2016/17 on the Facebook page of the project.
Many thanks again to the Goethe Institute who made all of this possible!
Documentation of the final concert will soon be online and a CD release of the winner pieces is planned for 2018. Stay tuned!
Happy 2017!
HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone, and thank you for 2016 which was packed with great music and wonderful people for me. lots of traveling, new pieces, new collaborations…. and more to come soon. Here are some memories, thank you to all the people who have helped to make all this possible.






CALL FOR SCORES for Mexican composition students. Deadline Jan 10, 2017
I have launched a CALL FOR SCORES as part of my current project “caja de viento” which is an official part of this year´s Germany-Mexico year
Students who are inscribed at a Mexican University may submit new miniature pieces for solo accordion. A selection of those pieces will be premiered in a concert atGoethe Institute Mexico City as part of their tonalÁtonal series in May 2017.
Find more info here in Spanish:
CONVOCATORIA – CALL FOR SCORES
Caja de viento: contemporary accordion in Mexico
Lineamientos para la recepcion de partituras
Como parte de su proyecto caja de viento la acordeonista alemana Eva Zöllner lanzará una convocatoria dirigida a jóvenes compositores, que quisieran explorar el acordeón contemporáneo como un instrumento solo.
La convocatoria, estaría fortalecida por una serie de talleres en diferentes instituciones a lo largo del país en 2016
Los estudiantes de composición que estuvieren estudiando en alguna escuela de Musica en México pueden asimismo participar en la competencia
Se les solicitará entregar una miniatura para acordeón solo (o acordeón con sonidos electroacústicos, maximo a dos canales ) de máximo 4 minutos de duración.
Esta pieza no puede haber sido estrenada ni publicada con anterioridad.
La convocatoria esta oabierta a todos los estilos, en el rango de la música contemporánea de concierto. Sin embargo,
se les anima a escoger una aproximación composiciones que puedan reflejar so rol artístico como compositores del mundo de hoy. Ya sea culturalmente, personalmente, políticamente…dejen volar su creatividad!!
La FECHA LIMITE para entregar sus piezas es Enero 10 de 2017
Favor de enviar la partitura con un pequeño texto acerca de la pieza , en PDF a eva/at/eva-zoellner.de
Se deberá tambien enviar datos de contacto, que incluyen
Nombre completo
Direccón
Fecha de nacimiento
Credencial que corrobore que están inscritos en alguna Institucion de Estudios Musicales, o que han terminado sus estudios en 2016
Es posible enviar mas de una partitura, pero no más de 3.
El jurado será conformado por
Eva Zöllner, acordeonista Hamburgo,Alemania
Prof. Ipke Starke, compositor, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig, Alemania
Georgina Derbez, compositora SNCA, Centro Nacional de Las Artes, Ciudad de México
Ellos escogerán 5 piezas que serán estrenadas por Eva Zöllner en el concierto final del proyecto en la ciudad de México en la Primavera de 2017. Alguna de las piezas del concierto, la cual se considere como la más sobresaliente,sera anunciada previo al concierto para un premio especial ( con un valor de 4 mil pesos mexicanos),
Es posible seguir la información acerca de las fechas de los talleres, conciertos, noticias sobre la convocatoria en la página de facebook del proyecto caja de viento – acordeón contemporáneo en México
Caja de viento es un proyecto de la acordeonista alemana Eva Zöllner cuya meta es promover el acordeón contemporáneo en México. Tendrá lugar en varias ciudades de México en el periodo que va de Junio 2016 hasta mayo de 2017 gracias al apoyoque es recibido siendo parte del año dual ALEMANIA-MEXICO www.alemania-mexico.com
new release
Gary Rouzer has just released two rather nice improv pieces that we recorded in an old railway tunnel in Alexandria, Virginia last year. Check it out!
new ensemble: collect/project
I am proud to announce that I have joined the transatlantic ensemble COLLECT/PROJECT! With Frauke Aulbert (voice), Shanna Gutierrez (flute) and Francisco Castillo Trigueros (electronics) I will from now on discover experimental music projects between Hamburg and Chicago. Flease find more info on the collect/project Website
Radio Feature on air!
Radio feature by Leonie Reineke about my work and life as a traveling musician.
“Unterwegssein – die Akkordeonistin Eva Zöllner”
31st June 0.05 am on Deutschlandradio Kultur
With music by Antti Saario, Gordon Kampe, Daniel Quaranta, Georgina Derbez, Reso Kiknadze, Neele Hülcker und Alexandra Cárdenas
Charity concert in Hamburg
I am very grateful for all the people who came to join us for our charity concert last Friday in Hamburg!
I performed with composer Carlos Andres Rico from Colombia and with Syrian composer and violinist Jehad Jazbeh and it was an intense evening with colourful music. We collected donations for the Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra and for an initiative from Hamburg that donates bikes to refugees. Thank you everybody!