biography
Eva-Maria Karbacher, born in Zurich in 1992, is a saxophone player and improviser working at the intersection of free improvisation, contemporary music and jazz.
Her music explores all the different sound possibilities of the saxophone and combines them
with melodic elements. Improvisation and a curiosity for finding new sounds is at the core of
her musical work.
Eva-Maria Karbacher performed all over Europe (AUT, BEL, CH, DE, DNK, ESP, FR, GR, HRV, HUN, POL, RUS, SVN) as a solo improviser as well as in various formations and ensembles. She currently plays with the Duo Karbacher-Vryzas (with Dimos Vryzas, violin), the Trio UMIAK (with Alfred Zimmerlin, Cello and Christian Moser, Oud), the Duo Interrupted Lava (with Lara Süß, voice) and the Duo Around the Corner (with Victor Barceló, percussion).
Interested in interdisciplinary work, she collaborated regularly with dancers such as Maya M. Carroll, Gianna Grünig, Bettina Neuhaus and Maja Zimmerlin.
Eva-Maria Karbacher studied classical saxophone and music education at the Hochschule Luzern as well as in Berlin at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler. Later on she broadened her abilities as an improviser at the Musikakademie Basel with a Master of Arts in Specialised Musical Performance in the improvisation class of Alfred Zimmerlin and Fred Frith. To further her education, she completed a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Jazz Performance at the Hochschule Luzern.
Eva-Maria Karbacher lives in Basel, where she teaches at the Musikwerkstatt Basel.