Mark Lotz Solo
compositions and improvisations in contemporary music
Mark Lotz solo performance are blurring the limit between traditional and experimental sound in sonic expressions and textures.
The compositions mostly contain improvised sections or are conceptualized, arranged improvisations with use of electronic sound procession, peculiar ‘microphoning’ and extended techniques and voice.
Draai Om Je Oren (The Netherlands)
“He created a classic looking, fascinating sound-game. The monks from the high mountains of Tibet were not far away.”
Newsmantra (India)
“With use of electronics, extended techniques and voice, Lotz painted a colorful portrait of intense beauty that reflected his life in jazz, classical and world music.”
KUUB (Netherlands)a
“Mark Alban Lotz is a world phenomenon on the flute, a creative miracle of contemporary flute music.”
Listed by as “New Recommended Release” in the NYC Jazz Record Magazine.
Listed twice in the ‘Jazznotjazz top 10’ in the Dutch Jazzism Magazine
Neue Zeitschrift Für Musik (Germany)
“’New worlds of sound’ usually picked up in the context of contemporary music is quite worn out, but with Lotz it is entitled.”
Jassepoes (Belgium)
„Real firework in the scanty contemporary music landscape.”
Collaborations
with danser Kenzo Kusuda
music in dance
A meeting of two improvisers in spontaneous expression in both dancing in music and space. Tension and interaction are two keywords here. Performances in Bimhuis and MD301.
Van Bakel’s work focuses on people and their surroundings, often resulting in a poetic reality. It conveys a fascination for the tension between man and technology, perception of time in a delicate man-made ecosystem. The music of Lotz gives an frame and a emotional relation to the video. Serene sounds an mechanical movement interact and intensify the visuals. performances at the UJazz Festival 2018 and KUUB art gallery.
Mark Alban Lotz
piccolo, concert-, alto-, bass-, pvc contra bass flutes, prepared flute, game calls, voice, fx
Raised in Thailand, Uganda, and Germany my appetite for musical adventures takes me all over the globe, exploring and redefining divergent traditions. This spans an arc of collaborations with not only in contemporary music but also world music, theater, performance art, visual arts, film, and dance. Always on the lookout for vibrant collaborations with unique voices in music, far from conventional, hitting the essence and celebrating life.
I deliver a sound, giving my instrument dimension and depth and I love to casually shatter any stereotypes around the flute. My solo recitals in contemporary music, interpretations of Afro-Cuban religious folklore, West African Fula music, and Turkish free improvised music especially gained much international acclaim.
Obsessed by music I use my voice to reach a world beyond. I surrender completely to artistic expression.
Professor for flute at the Utrecht and Rotterdam Conservatories.
