Sylvia Hinz – Media artist, video artist and performer – electronic and experimental music

Sylvia Hinz is an internationally active media artist and performer of contemporary music based in Berlin. Her work combines video art, virtuosity, and sonic exploration on recorders of all sizes – from soprano to sub-contrabass – as well as experimental sound design on synthesizers.

Praised for her intense and boldly dramatic performance style, Sylvia Hinz is one of the world’s leading recorder players, specializing in contemporary music, improvisation, and the conception/initiation of original works.

She studied recorder at the Berlin University of the Arts with Gerd Lünenbürger, experimental music with Dieter Schnebel, chamber music with Nigel North, and ensemble conducting at BAK Trossingen. She performs solo programs and concerts with ensembles and orchestras around the world, is a specialist in contemporary music and improvisation, enjoys unusual instrumentations and performance formats, and collaborates across disciplines (e.g. painting, literature, dance, photography). She promotes international collaborations, undertakes concert tours, gives masterclasses and workshops, and works under the theme: #ArtAsActivism.

Sylvia Hinz has received numerous scholarships and residencies, including from the Akademie der Künste Berlin, Deutscher Musikrat, and Musikfonds e.V., Britten Pears Arts (UK), Emily Harvey Foundation (Venice), Künstlerhaus Lukas (Germany) and Sonoscopia (Portugal).