NIDO
VIOLIN - VIBRAPHONE - DUO
"Two musicians who not only master their instrument, but can also tell stories and create atmospheres."
- Julia Hülsmann
Pianist, composer, Echo Prize Winner
ENSEMBLEBIOGRAPHY
NIDO impresses with its extraordinary instrumentation with an unmistakable sound and authentic expressiveness. The young musicians In their own compositions and improvisations, they use sources of inspiration from classical, jazz and pop and transform them together into dynamic, multi-layered interpretations. In doing so, they create a musical world full of breadth and depth, which opens spaces for agile spontaneity and resonance; sometimes passionate and quick-tempered and dark and mysterious, then restrained and tender or surprisingly playful. For the two young musicians, improvisation is the core of every musical expression and their intimate line-up provides the ideal setting for this.
HAUKE RENKEN
Hauke Renken, (* 1993) is a vibraphonist, Percussionist, arranger and composer and lives in Berlin.
He made his first musical steps early on in the Spielmannszug Neuchâtel. He learned classical percussion from Philipp Arndt with a focus on vibraphone and in 2011 he switched to Germany's most renowned jazz vibraphonist, Prof. Florian Poser. He now works with jazz greats such as Prof. David Friedman and Tony Miceli. Hauke Renken appears in various jazz and classical ensembles at such renowned institutions as the Konzerthaus Berlin - as a leader, as a sideman and as a soloist.
MARIA REICH
Maria IJ Reich (* 1990) is a violinist and composer and researcher.
She started playing the violin when she was 3 years old. She learned from Angela Sinell, Elisabeth Glab (Paris) and Dragan Radosavievich and was a junior violin student at the Julius Stern Institute (UdK Berlin). Her studies on youth orchestra movements in Latin America took her to Peru (2012-2013), among others. In 2014 she was recognized for her research excellent for improvisation in classical concerts. As a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Cultural Management at Zeppelin University. Maria Reich has been a jazz violinist at the Jazz-Institut-Berlin since 2014 and pursues a lively concert activity in various line-ups.
"The textural sound of violin and vibraphone coupled with wonderful, jointly created improvisations and interpretations of well-known and less well-known pieces is fascinating!"
- Prof. David Friedman
Vibraphonist, composer, Educator
RECORDINGS
NIDO
LEITMOTIV BASIC LAW
NIDO - My Funny Valentine
NIDO - My Funny Valentine
NIDO - Wagner's Lullaby
NIDO - Michelle
“ The NIDO ensemble inspires people from very young to very old with its fascinating sound magic at the concerts of Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin eV and opens their hearts and souls to them. we are happy to support the duo since 2016. "
- Donata Countess von Brockdorff
Board member, Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin eV
