Magda Mayas
Biography
Magda Mayas – Piano/Clavinet, composer, performer
Magda Mayas, is a pianist and composer performer living in Berlin. Over the past 20 years she developed a highly individualized vocabulary utilizing both the inside and the exterior parts of the piano, using amplification, preparations and objects that become extensions of the instrument itself. Mayas holds a PhD in Music Performance and Interpretation from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Since 2019, she is the program coordinator and teaches improvisation at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Mayas performs internationally solo and has collaborated with a large number of musicians and composers such as George Lewis, Zeena Parkins, Nic Collins, Phill Niblock, David Sylvian, Maja Ratkje, and Artemi-Maria Gioti. Current projects are Spill a duo with drummer Tony Buck, a duo with Christine Abdelnour (sax) Jane in Ether with Biliana Voutchkova (vl) und Miako Klein (recorders) and the Splitter Orchester Berlin.