DeutschIncense of Music 61
A multisensory concert – Saturday, 1 March 2025, 8 pm
Fabiana Striffler: violin, voice
Hannes Buder: cello, voice, electronics
Incense: Juniper
PANDA Platforma in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin
Join us for a concert with two exceptional artists and a classic of incense burning — juniper. Don't miss this night of unique, genre-defying sound, where jazz, avant-garde, and classical influences come together in an intimate performance.
Tonight we burn two juniper harvests of the same species, drawn from two very different Mediterranean landscapes: one from the sun-scorched scrubland of Sardinia, the other from the wind-swept heights of Mallorca. The same shrub, yet shaped by coastal salt and mountain rock, each harvest carries the character of its place — the Sardinian juniper a little more herbal and wild, the Mallorcan drier and more resinous-piny.
For guests who are particularly sensitive to smoke, this event is not recommended.
Artists
Fabiana Striffler — violin, voice
Fabiana Striffler is a musician (violin, vocals, composition) who moves between jazz and avant-folk. In 2022 she was nominated for the German Jazz Award for her music, and in 2021 she was awarded the German Jazz Award as part of the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra. In 2024, she released her fourth album with Paris-based cellist Karsten Hochapfel, "La Plume Du Dimanche" (Wopela), as well as the single "Konferenzverschaltung" for synthesizer and strings (Traumton). In 2023 and 2024, she released six more albums in collaboration with other artists. Residencies and scholarships have taken her to New York, Paris, Glasgow, and Tallahassee. She received the Elsa Neumann Scholarship for her modern and improvising string quartet and was sponsored by the Yehudi Menuhin Association for six years. She grew up in Italy and lived temporarily in Spain and France.
Hannes Buder — cello, voice, electronics
Hannes Buder is a cellist, guitarist, and composer. He feels connected to the artists of Art Brut, Abstract Expressionism, and Minimal Music, developing his own compositions and sound worlds using cello, electric guitar, and his voice. His last solo albums were "changes II" (2015 on Umlaut Records) and "outside words" (2021 on Laaps Records). For over 20 years, Buder has regularly collaborated with dancers and theater ensembles, which is strongly reflected in the physicality of his playing. The album "Your Dramatic Joy" appeared in 2023 in collaboration with Ernesto Rodrigues and others.
Incense
Common juniper is a hardy, often low-growing conifer with the largest natural range of any woody plant on earth — spanning from the Arctic down through temperate mountain regions of North America, Europe and Asia. Its needle-like leaves grow in whorls of three, and its berry-like, blue-black cones take around eighteen months to ripen. The slow-growing, dense wood is prized for its pleasant scent and decorative grain.
Burned as incense, juniper gives off a clear, resinous-fresh scent with a faint, berry-like sweetness — invigorating yet grounding. Across much of Northern and Central Europe, juniper smoke has traditionally been used to cleanse spaces and ward off negative influences, a use closely related to frankincense that earned it the folk name "German sandarac".