La Plume du Dimanche

In the organizer's words:

Sunday, November 24, 20h, 800 A Bar, Stettiner Str. 19, 13357 Berlin
Tickets 15/12 Euro

LA PLUME DU DIMANCHE

Fabiana Striffler - violin
Karsten Hochapfel - cello

"A qué le llaman distancia
Eso me habrán de explicar.
Sólo están lejos las cosas
Que no sabemos mirar."
Atahualpa Yupanqui

"La Plume Du Dimanche" is the name of the album by Berlin violinist Fabiana Striffler with Parisian cellist
cellist Karsten Hochapfel. The two musicians share the same penchant for improvisation,
psychedelic folk, jazz, experimental music, but also for a simple song and the beauty of a melody.
beauty of a melody. In "La Plume Du Dimanche", the two musicians move almost carefree and
musicians move almost carefree and intuitively outside of classical patterns, in search of a common
form of expression without being drawn into the maelstrom of the centuries-old high culture of their
of their respective instruments. They are interested in unconventional approaches to questions
of a musical and social nature. The internationally established duo experiences music as
energy, a playground, a place of new discoveries and an opportunity to experience and facilitate encounters.
to experience and facilitate encounters. In 2022, the violinist moved to Paris for six months. The album
album created during this time documents the beginning of their collaboration and makes
anticipation for further releases.
Fabiana Striffler is a German violinist and composer who was nominated for the German Jazz Award in 2022.
Jazz Award nomination.
In 2021, she released her third album Archiotíc: "More consistently than ever, she crosses
style boundaries, allowing virtuosity and humor to dance around each other in composition and
dance around each other.", according to Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Radio Bremen Zwei describes her as one of the
"most sought-after violinist in German jazz and pop".
Karsten Hochapfel is an instrumentalist, arranger and composer in the trio The Archetypal Syndicate
(trance rock), Odeia (Songs of the World), La Cosmologie de la Poire (music from an imaginary world).
imaginary world). He is also active as a cellist and/or guitarist in various groups: Le Cri
du Caire (Victoire du Jazz 2023), Matthieu Donarier's Bestiare, the 4tet/5tet/6tet of Louise Jallu,
Naissam Jalal & the Rhythms of Resistance.

Text: Striffler/Hochapfel