Kathrin Pechlof Trio

Kathrin Pechlof initially studied the classical harp, then jazz composition and free improvisation. It is between these contrasting poles that the music of the Berlin-based musician, who regards the free interplay of her trio as a kind of research project, moves.

She contrasts the delicate, bubbling sound of the plucked harp with unconventional, wooden and deep metallic sounds. However, she does not use sound-modifying equipment as sometimes applied in the field of contemporary music, which Pechlof has also played. The band’s music is scaled back to the essentials – the instrumentalists scope each other out and open up spaces for each other through their playing. Those spaces are, at times, dark and mysterious, and of a brittle structure. With the Kathrin Pechlof Trio, harmony stands next to eruptive moments, poetic elegance next to abstract form.