Lucia Mense





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About Lucia Mense
“After undertaking extensive studies of Baroque music, she is now also passionately dedicated to various earlier styles as well as new western art music. Creative processes attract her, improvisation is one of her vital interests.“
Christina von Richthofen, Zamus e. V.
Lucia Mense is a soloist, ensemble musician and lecturer with passion. To this end, she travels Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the USA – digital formats are a welcome addition.
Her interpretations thrive on her enthusiasm for the tonal ideals, virtuosic demands and performance-practical peculiarities of the various styles. The interpretation of New and Newest Works are as much a part of her field of activity as projects with musicians of the Arabic-Turkish cultural circle and Asian countries.
Numerous radio productions and CD recordings demonstrate her versatility, her critically acclaimed sovereign and expressive interpretations. She is represented on the labels Ars Musici, Mode Records/ New York, Touch Records/London, Raumklang, Los Angeles River Records, wandelweiser and obst music.
Education
The recorder and transverse flute player Lucia Mense received her musical education at the conservatories of Cologne, Amsterdam and Milan with Prof. Günther Höller, Ulla Schmidt-Laukamp, Laurence Dean, Marijke Miessen, Walter van Hauwe and Pedro Memelsdorff. She graduated with the concert exam of the Musikhochschule Köln and the exam “Uitvoerend Musicus” of the Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam.
Lucia Mense passes on her experience at master classes and ensemble courses, as well as guest lecturing at music academies in Europe and the USA.
A brilliant start was made by Lucia Mense … with spacious stage presence and highest concentration she created a connection between traditional music from Europe and Asia and compositions from the modern repertoire for recorder.
nmz
The tension between the free, operatic style moderno and the contrapuntal style antico. Fine, expertly balanced and sovereign, music is played here in the sacral sound mantle of the organ … so the music always remains alive …
Nik Tarasov, windkanal
Lucia Mense elicited amazing sounds from her recorders with the help of electronic support. It was a thrill to listen to and watch this technically difficult, varied and very physical performance. An extremely successful mordern concert with unbelievable skill and commitment on the part of the musician
Herbert Paetzold