Why I raise my voice - something personal

I see myself as a multidisciplinary singer, exploring the world through music, theater, and dance. Through my artistic work, I aim to contribute to making this world a place of mutual respect, cultural diversity, and shared human connection. My vision is to foster unity, not division, and to create spaces where bridges of openness and curiosity can empower people to come together.

My multidisciplinary performances, centered around the voice and merging various art forms, genres, and cultural influences, are an expression of a vibrant celebration of diversity.

From my childhood on, I was fascinated by music, theater, and the arts. As a child of different cultural influence I often felt caught between worlds, longing for a sense of belonging, identity and home.

I often dreamt of a big, colorful family where diversity and differences were celebrated together, with music from all cultures, dances, colorful costumes, and countless arms welcoming one another. I also observed, even then, that the interactions among people in our world weren’t always peaceful or respectful. Over time, I developed a deep desire to bring cultures and people together and unite their differences.

The search for my place in this world and for a sense of belonging became a constant and essential part of my artistic journey. I became insatiable in my exploration of different dance styles, musical genres and art forms. Without the support of my parents, who, for example, enabled me to take dance classes as a teenager and picked me up late at night from orchestra, theater, or choir rehearsals, I wouldn’t have been able to gather all of those multiple experiences.

However, finding my artistic path was not an easy journey. With so many different interests, I didn’t quite fit into any of those "boxes." There were no role models or established career paths to follow, and I could only find one university willing to allow me to pursue a double degree in music and dance. I remember many of those nights that I spent in the dance studio of the university, catching up on what I had missed, only to almost fall asleep during music theory lectures the next day.

After completing my studies, my journey of self-discovery continued, often accompanied by self-doubt and the feeling of being lost. I was still searching for my artistic, cultural, and musical identity. Although I gained a variety of experiences, particularly in the independent theater scene, the space where I could bring in all my artistic expressions together simply didn’t exist at the time.

One day, after returning to my home town from an exhausting theater engagement, I performed a small living room concert that same evening, singing my own songs and dancing my own choreographies. Afterwards, I found myself in deep, heartfelt conversations with people from all walks of life. The warmth, openness, and appreciation I received that evening made me realize something profound: That place of belonging that I had so desperately been searching for did already exist within myself and my own artistic expression and performances. Since then I create those artistic formats of connection and boundless possibilities myself!

I realized that the answer wasn’t to force myself into pre-existing boxes or conventions but to embrace that every voice is valuable and worth being heard in its own unique way. Our voices — each unique in their beauty, sensuality, vulnerability, and truth — are meant to be free and authentic, wild and alive.

I began allowing myself to use my voice across multiple genres, integrating different forms of art to deepen and express myself more fully. I started to feel more complete, more like myself — despite the fact that it meant more work as well. Next to the continuing theater engagements I founded the multidisciplinary duo DUIMA together with guitarist Micha Lorenz, and began creating my own theater productions. With artists and friends I truly trust, I started creating the spaces and places of openness and possibilities myself where I could truly felt at home.

Today, my artistic perspective aligns more closely with who I truly am. Next to the experiences in the theater context, I can channel my ideas into my own multidisciplinary formats. I now embrace life as a place of possibilities — colorful, multifaceted, and full of the possibilities to new creation. I feel deeply enriched by the cultural diversity inside of me and thus feel empowers me to raise my voice in various contexts. I am now able to contribute to shaping the world into the vibrant, diverse, and mindful space that I’ve always dreamed of.

In my future works, I want to invite and inspire people from all backgrounds to celebrate diversity. With my multidisciplinary and often transcultural concert formats centered around the voice, I aim to create a space where everyone feels valued, heard and welcomed.