KNUCHEL, Esther Roth

ESTHER ROTH is classically trained in piano and contrabass. She studied in Italy, Germany and Spain. She currently lives in Switzerland. She experiments in music theatre, 'musique d'environnement' and constructs her own sound machines. She took first prize at the international sound machine competition in Dornbirn, Austria. She is active in performance art, sound installations, concerts as well as composing for various chamber music ensembles, choirs and orchestras. She has been invited to the following festivals: Milanopoesia, Veneziapoesia, Dias De Poesia y Accion Canary Islands, Madrid, Malaga, Munich, Salzburg, Pavia, Paris, Prague. From 1989 until 1991, she had a residency in Madrid. In 1995 she was awarded the scholarship for the ‘Cité Internationale des Arts’ in Paris. In 2020, she won the "Beethoven 2020" competition by Société Philharmonique de Bienne.