Ulrike Sowodniok
Singer, vocal anthropologist
Studied medicine, philosophy, Lichtenberger® applied voice physiology, opera singing, contemporary interpretation and sound studies. She specialises in experimental music for voice and sound environment, collaborating with musicians, composers and sound artists including Matthias Bauer, Sam Auinger, Hannes Strobl, Mayako Kubo, Stefan Streich, Georg Katzer and Hermann Keller. Radio recordings for SWR and DR-Kultur, among others. Collaboration with dancers and choreographers in the field of voice and movement, including Louise Wagner, Anna Weissenfels, Bettina Mainz. Teaches in his own studio and at the UdK Berlin at the ZIW, Music Therapy and Sound Studies. Scientific collaborations with Doris Kolesch, Holger Schulze and others. Publications on voice and perceptual anthropology, 2013 monograph “Stimmklang und Freiheit – zur auditiven Wissenschaft des Körpers” published by transcript.
Ulrike Sowodniok, who had been a lecturer at the exploratorium since 2005, died of cancer on 1 January 2019 at the age of 50.