Sonic Arts Research Center, Queen’s University Belfast
Franziska is a saxophonist, a theorist and improviser. She is a founder of the digital media collective l a u t and was awarded her PhD by the School of Arts, Culture and Environment at the University of Edinburgh, UK in 2006. Her research interests include the intersection of philosophy and performance in technology-informed environments, in particular the role of the body in the age of technological change. Franziska has written for many international journals and in 2006 guest-edited a double issue on the body and performance for the Contemporary Music Review Journal (Routledge). In 2007 Franziska was awarded a three year Research Fellowship funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK. The research, carried out at the Sonic Arts Research Centre in Belfast, investigated networked performance environments. In 2008 Franziska was the Artistic Director for the Roots Ensemble at the ICMC 2008 (International Computer Music Conference). With her trio FAINT, Franziska has released a double CD (CS088) of Improvised and Electroacoustic Music on the creative source recordings. Franziska has recently released her second CD on the same label. In December 2009 Franziska will take up a new post as Lecturer/Research Fellow at the Sonic Arts Research Centre in Belfast. She coaches 3rd year recitalist students.