UCCA offers Deep Strings Virtual Recital

“… a riotous, touching, gentle or painful, softly grooving or nervously driving sounding out of tonal and rhythmic possibilities.” — Starnberger Merkur

Two cellists, Stephan Braun and Anne- Christin Schwarz are impressive with their brilliant timing and new perceptual playing technique. Ms. Schwarz also adds vocals, bringing yet another dimension. The two Berliners who have created their very own sound since 2000 reveal unique ways of dealing with rhythm, melody and language — a mixture of lyrical pop melodies, jazz improvisations and virtuoso classical cello.

The recital was created specifically for the Mendocino County audience and will be released via Zoom for 2020-21 season subscribers and anyone purchasing a single event ticket via Brown Paper Tickets. The program will include conversation between the artists about their music and how they work which will be live-hosted by several of the UCCA Board members.

Recital viewers need only a computer (desktop, laptop, ipad, iphone, Android, or tablet), a reliably strong internet connection, and an email address to which UCCA can send the Zoom link. After the October 18 release, the entire program will be loaded onto UCCA’S Youtube channel and be available to subscribers and single-event ticket buyers for 30 days.

D e ep S t r i n g s wer e awarded first prize at the Jazz & Blues Award Berlin and have made guest appearances at well-known festivals such as the Baltic Sea Jazz Festival, the Thuringian Jazz Mile, the

Düsseldorf Jazz Rally and the Leipzig Bach Festival. Since April 2013 AnneChristin has been a lecturer for chamber string music at the “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” University of Music and Theater in Leipzig. Stephan Braun toured personally with Melody Gardot, the Kristjan Randalu Quartet, and the Klezmer clarinetist Giora Feidman. He teaches at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover.

Tickets for the recital are $30 available through Brown Paper Tickets at https://deepstrings.bpt.me. Free access will be available to Mendocino College students who request tickets in advance as part of our continuing educational outreach program. For more information, please call 707463-2738, or send an email through www.ukiahcon