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Andrea Neumann (musician)
Andrea Neumann is a German performing musician and composer. Andrea Neumann plays the "indoor piano", a Prepared piano, modified piano of her own design. Life Neumann studied piano at the Berlin University of the Arts. She has been a member of the Berlin Free improvisation, improvisation scene since 1995. Since 2000, she has been a co-organizer and curator for the ''Labor Sonor'' series for experimental music, film and performance in Berlin. In 2008 she was a fellow at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles. In 2008 she received an award from Prix Ars Electronica for the Video Performance of ''Videobrücke Berlin – Stockholm (5 Punkt 1)'' along with Sabine Ercklentz. Music Neumann plays on an "indoor piano" made for her by the piano maker Bernd Bittmann. Inspired by Zeena Parkins' prepared harp, she designed the indoor piano to consist of only the Sound board (music), soundboard and the strings. She Prepared piano, prepares the piano with everyday objects, such as cutlery, razo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Neumann, Non-Event, Goethe-Institut, Boston, 2010-09-28
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrey, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek language, Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronicus (other), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia (other), Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas (other), Aeneas), Luca (given name), Luca (Lucas (given name), Lucas), Mattia (other), Mattia ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
