New jazz lecturers in Bern
The Jazz and Contemporary Music department at Bern University of the Arts (HKB) has appointed Cansu Tanrıkulu and Biliana Voutchkova as new teaching staff for singing and composition respectively.
Originally from Turkey, Cansu Tanrıkulu studied in Berlin and has since worked regularly with renowned representatives of international contemporary jazz, including musicians such as Liz Kosack, Korhan Erel, Jim Black, William Parker and Nick Dunston. Tanrıkulu's work is "not only firmly rooted in the jazz tradition, but also highly topical", writes the HKB.
Originally from Bulgaria, Biliana Voutchkova is a performer, composer and violinist who is equally at home in real-time music, various forms of improvised music and contemporary classical music. She has worked extensively with visual arts, theater and dance and performs with long-standing projects such as her solo project Jane in Ether (with Miako Klein and Magda Mayas), the Splitter Orchestra and as a duo with clarinettist Michael Thieke.
The two will take up their posts at the BUA next September.
