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About: Lilienweiss are Thorsten Scheerer (electric guitar and bass, piano) and Dorothea Herrmann (clarinets, piano). Together they create software enhanced new music. The main target of all Lilienweiss works is to emphasize musical aspects that cannot be heard without the help of software tools. Special sound characteristics of traditional acoustic and electric instruments are being isolated and re-used like musical patterns with tonal structures of their own within the music – e. g. partial tones, harmonics, noise, and even hiss. So the music of Lilienweiss gets a specific sound character that leads to a unique electroacoustic experience.

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Quote: "... (the music) moves into a variety of styles that range from post-rock dither to neo-chamberism with a remarkable seamlessness. This is probably some of the most progressive Progressive music I've heard in a while, in terms of both conceptualisation and scope. And while it doesn't really have anything to do with pop structuring, it definitely feels rock based and has a very approachable surface. Cool." Byron Coley in The Wire, United Kingdom, April 2007

Quote: "Bolstering their already considerable musical abilities, Scheerer and Herrmann exploit their instruments' sonic potential with software tools that allow the clarinet to mimic a chorus of screeching golems ... It's the ruminative compositions – equally rooted in experimental and classical music – and the explorative interplay between Scheerer's bass patterns and Herrmann's assertive woodwind playing that impresses most ..." textura, Canada, April 2007

Quote: "Lilienweiss are Thorsten Scheerer and Dorothea Herrmann and the set-up clarinet, bass, guitar and software enhancement suggests music that is highly acoustic and it is. However, Lilienweiss are not opting for the sweet sounds rather their music is cinematic and gloomy soundscapes dominate the sonic picture all to great effect." Electronic Desert, Sweden, Summer 2007

VERS. 1.3: In 2007 the piece "Ach, Gott! (Variation)" featuring the voice of Kurt von SuSo was part of the final selection of the VERS. 1.3 Contest For Electronic Music In The Church and had its world premiere during the VERS. 1.3 ceremony at the Stiftskirche Stuttgart, Germany, on June 15th 2007. VERS. 1.3 was supported by the Evangelic Church In Württemberg and other cultural institutions of the county of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

VERS. 1.5: In 2009 the piece "In Death's Bonds (In Todesbanden) 1.0" won the VERS. 1.5 Award For Electronic Music In The Church and had its world premiere during the VERS. 1.5 ceremony at the Stiftskirche Stuttgart, Germany, on June 12th 2009. VERS. 1.5 was supported by the Evangelic Church In Württemberg and other cultural institutions of the county of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Dorothea Herrmann: She lives and works in Mainz, Germany. She studied orchestra music at the Akademie fuer Tonkunst (Heinz Hepp, RSO Frankfurt), Darmstadt, music teacher at the University of Mainz, and music presentation at the Hochschule fuer Musik, Detmold. Countless concert activities with orchestras across Europe since 1988, e. g. under the direction of Wolfgang Hofmann, Wolfgang Gueller, Linda Horowitz and Sergei Celibidache (courses); she worked as a chamber musician with Manfred Reichert (Ensemble fuer Neue Musik), Manehem Pressler (course), Martin Kuerschner (Days for New Music, Darmstadt), at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival - and many other festivals. Her freelance activities as a solo artist include numerous studio productions and performances as well as own compositions. Dorothea Herrmann teaches clarinet at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz. She is member of the fgnm (Frankfurt Society for New Music) and GNM (Society for New Music).

Thorsten Scheerer: He started to play classical guitar at the age of 12, moved forward to lessons in composing and electric guitar playing at the age of 16 (Mannheim School of Weird Guitar Playing). Finally he gigged with a variety of bands of all styles of music from jazz to pop to hard and heavy, too. He studied history of art with a main focus on digital art in Heidelberg and Berlin, Germany. World wide premieres and world premieres with Lilienweiss e. g. in North America, Argentina, Germany, and Serbia. Thorsten Scheerer's first solo album was released in 2010 (Cathedral Transmissions, UK). He currently is senior manager in the financial services sector at a world leading IT consulting company, while continuously going on with composing, producing, and publishing all sorts of music. He lives and works in Frankfurt and Mannheim, Germany.



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