Simon Jakob Drees
Musician Vocals / Violin / Viola
Composition and improvisation
1986-90 Studied violin at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin
1989 Foundation of an improvisation orchestra
1990 Founding of an improvisation choir Renaissance of Choral Improvisation, tour of Russia sponsored by the German Music Council
1991 Foundation of the band Ahava Raba
Mentor for experimental vocal accompaniment since 1999
Specialist in overtone singing and musical healing work, especially for asthmatics
since 2004 Mirkaledo courses for experimental voice work at universities and other educational institutions, including in Vlotho, Dresden, Merseburg, Berlin and Potsdam
2004/5/6 Mirkaledo Krabat and Dec. 2007 foundation of the Mirkaledo Dreeston Ensemble
9.9.2009 Opening of the Mirkaledo Institute for improvised music and dialogical development as well as his own practice for Gestalt music therapy
2015 Foundation of the band Ahava Nada
Simon Jakob Drees develops an original and physical, emotional and sociable way of making music: unique and diverse, conventional and unconventional, vocal and instrumental. In his solo concerts, he opens up a creative space for himself and the listener. Since 1993, he has been active as a freelance musician as a soloist and in a wide variety of ensembles. He shapes the musical landscape not only through his continuous concert activity, but also through his work at the Mirkaledo Institute for Improvised Music and Dialogical Development, which he founded.