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Liz Allbee
Liz Allbee, born 1976, is a composer/performer residing in Berlin, Germany. She performs most often on trumpet, self-designed quadraphonic trumpet, electronics, and voice. Her work encompasses improvisation, electro-acoustic composition, and instrument creation, often focusing on issues of embodiment and extension. She performs regularly in Europe and the U.S. and has appeared at such festivals as Maerzmusik and Donaueschinger Musiktage, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Wien Modern, among others. Besides solo work, main projects and collaborators include the Splitter Orchester, ensembles Pareidolia, Ganzfeld and interdisciplinary group The Liz together with Liz Kosack and Korhan Erel.