Mia Zabelka
Mia Zabelka is an inventor of a whole new world of violin
―Ilka Geyer, WDR (DE)
Mia Zabelka does not regard science and technology as invasive threats to the human race, but instead perceives an agency that can help us find our way to new modes of expression. Further, she is not given to dreaming about fantastic travels into outer space, but is an artist very much connected to the modern world, and attuned to the environment.
―Ed Pinsent, The Wire Magazine (UK)
Mia Zabelka shows that ambience, electronics and improvisation can imposingly co-exist. That is if the music is composed and performed with decisive goals in mind.
―Ken Waxman, Jazzword (CA)
Live in concert Mia Zabelka an electrifying performer, as a result of which she has become the focus of intense audience interest.
―John Eyles, All about Jazz (UK)
Austrian violinist-vocalist Mia Zabelka is considered to be a leading figure in the international scene of electroacoustic music, known for her innovative and boundary-pushing approach to music, incorporating elements of noise, drone and improvisation into her compositions.
Using a unique musical language that she describes as ‘automatic playing’. Zabelka allows the sounds to be generated by her own body and gestures in combination with acoustic and electric violin, her own voice, electronic devices and all kinds of strange sound objects. Using this set up she is given the opportunity to expand the sound range so extensively that the violin itself becomes an interface and/or an electronic sound generator. She has released multiple albums and has performed at various festivals and venues around the world. She has also worked with a variety of artists and collaborators, including John Zorn and the experimental music group Zeitkratzer.