MARLIES DEBACKER
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Belgium

Marlies Debacker is a Belgian pianist and performer of contemporary classical music, free improvised music and free jazz, based in Cologne. She does extensive research on the sound possibilities of her instrument with a focus on resonance, pedal work, inside piano playing and the use of various preparations, thus allowing her to move between the conventional sound of a piano and various percussive and pseudo-electronic sounds. Apart from playing the piano she often performs on vintage keyboards, such as the Hohner Clavinet D6. After her bachelor studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerp, she studied her masters degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, followed by a masters degree in Contemporary Music at the Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen with Benjamin Kobler and Prof. Barbara Maurer. Marlies is an active performer of contemporary music -  solo, in various ensembles and with Trio Abstrakt. She is a curator of read more...