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Carolina Eyck

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Carolina Eyck
Carolina Eyck playing the theremin
Background information
Born (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 37)
Near Berlin, Germany
GenresClassical, electronic, contemporary classical
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, author
Instrument(s)Theremin, viola, vocals
Websitecarolinaeyck.com

Carolina Eyck (born 26 December 1987) is a German-Sorb[1] musician and composer who specialises in playing the theremin.

Biography

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Carolina Eyck in the Jazz club "Telegraph"

Eyck was born in 1987, near Berlin, Germany. She is a member of the Sorbian community of East Germany.[2]

Early life

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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, called the "8 finger position technique". Three years later in 2006, aged 19, she published The Art of Playing the Theremin in English and German in which she explained this method.[4]

Eyck made her debut as a player of the theremin with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2002.[5]

Career

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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.[2]

In 2012, she played the theremin solo at the world premiere of the two symphonies "Mesopotamia" and "Universe" by Fazıl Say.[6] Finnish composer Kalevi Aho dedicated a theremin concerto to her, which she performed for the first time in October 2012.[7] The theremin concerto "Dancefloor with Pulsing" by French composer Régis Campo was written for her and premiered with the Brussels Philharmonic in 2018.[8]

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.[9][10] She has conducted workshops, lectures and master classes 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.[1][11] She released an album of theremin and voice recordings, Elegies for Theremin and Voice, in 2019.[2]

Eyck first travelled to Australia in January 2017 to perform classical music, including Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise", with pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith and Midnight Oil's guitarist Jim Moginie at the Mona Foma in Hobart, Tasmania.[12] Eyck embarked on her first national tour of Australia in May 2025 with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska.[13]

Compositions

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  • Sciciani—Am wendischen Burgwall, Pictures for Accordion and Strings, world premiere 16 September 2006 by the Cottbus Philharmonic Orchestra directed by GMD Reinhard Petersen, Soloist: Aidar Gainullin (Moskau)—Bajan[9]
  • CIANI—Am wendischen Burgwall, Pictures for Theremin and Orchestra, world premiere 4 February 2007 by the orchestra of the Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (specialized high school for musicians) in the French Cathedral, Berlin[14]
  • Syllableaves, concerto for theremin and orchestra, world premiere 24 April 2010 by the Gävle Symphony Orchestra directed by Fredrik Burstedt at the Konzerthaus Gävle (Sweden)[15]
  • Sauselei, duet for viola and voice (2010)
  • Fantasias for theremin and string quartet (2015)
  • Remembrances for theremin and orchestra (2020)

Discography

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LPs

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  • Theremin (2008, Servi)
  • Fazıl Say (2013, Imaj)
  • Improvisations for Theremin and Piano (2014, Butterscotch Records)
  • Theremin Sonatas (2015, Genuin) with Christopher Tarnow
  • Fantasias for Theremin and String Quartet (2016, Butterscotch Records)
  • Waves (2019, yeyeh)
  • Elegies for Theremin & Voice (2019, Butterscotch Records)
  • Thetis 2086 (2022 Neue Meister)

Singles and EPs

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  • Reja (2018, self-release)
  • Elephant in Green (2019, self-release)
  • Northern Lights (2020, self-release)

Live albums

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  • Kalevi Aho (2013, BIS) with Annu Salminen, John Storgård, and the Lapland Chamber Orchestra

Guest contributions

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  • Heinz Holliger Oboe Fantasy (2008, medici arts)
  • Dante's Dream (2009, Kick The Flame) – track "Episodes"
  • The Little Mermaid (2011, BFMI) – as the voice of the mermaid using theremin
  • Cellosophy (2012, Timezone) – track "King of Atlantis"
  • The Invention of Love [lb] film score by Maciej Sledziecki (2013)
  • Clownwise film score by Petr Ostrouchov (2014, Fog'n'Desire Films)
  • Yeni Sarkilar (2015, Ada Music) – tracks 1, 2, and 4
  • About April by Friend 'n Fellow (2015, Doctor Heart Music) – track "April"

Books

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  • Carolina Eyck: The Art of Playing the Theremin. SERVI Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-933757-08-8
  • Carolina Eyck: Die Kunst des Thereminspiels. SERVI Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-933757-07-X, EAN 4025 1187 0631—German version

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sorbische Musikerin Carolina Eyck bekommt Echo Klassik-Preis". Focus. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d James Manheim. Carolina Eyck at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Biography". Carolinaeyck.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  4. ^ "The Art of Playing the Theremin ", book details, SERVI Publishers
  5. ^ "Carolina Eyck + Ere Lievonen + Wouter Snoei – The Theremin Stories", Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam, 12 May 2019 (in Dutch)
  6. ^ "The Premiere (and The Politics) of Fazıl Say's New Symphony". Seenandheard-international.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  7. ^ "News – Fennica Gehrman". Fennicagehrman.fi. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Brussels Philharmonic plays Zorn, Zappa, Campo & Constant (Openingsconcert)". Arsmusica.be. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Internationaler Kompositionswettbewerb des RBB". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Sound Room XIV". Th1rdspac2.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  11. ^ "The recording of Kalevi Aho's theremin and horn concertos won the ECHO Klassik award". Musicfinland.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  12. ^ Shaun Prescott (23 January 2017). "Mona Foma: how a summer festival swamped me with ominous foreboding". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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  14. ^ "Caroline Eyck ist neue Spezialistin fürs Theremin". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 7 February 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Instrumentet som var före sin tid". Arbetarbladet (in Swedish). 25 April 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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