VIOLETA GARCÍA

Violeta García (born 1990) is an Argentinian cellist, composer and improviser with an eclectic musical background.

She is a graduate of UNA (Universidad Nacional de Artes) and currently lives in Bern, Switzerland, where she is pursuing a Master’s degree in Composition at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH).

Her artistic search is based on exploring the sonic limits of her instrument and everything that surrounds it. Her work focuses on the exploration of acoustic sounds and her performances are visceral and exuberantly charged. She is currently working on an expanded body of work that combines acoustic/electric sounds with experimental sound design.

She has been selected for several international residencies:

Art Omi in New York, Ibermúsicas for an installation at Convent Zero in Barcelona, Fondo Nacional de las Artes at CampusMusical in Bariloche, ArtBasel at Faena Art Center with Naama Tsbar (Israel), Música Maestra at CCK.

Violeta García has performed with renowned artists from the free improvisation and experimental music scene in various cities around the world. She has worked in various companies: National Contemporary Dance Company of Buenos Aires, Reverso Theater Company of Uruguay, with which she has traveled to different theater festivals in Latin America (Brazil, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia).

In 2016, she founded the TVL-REC label, which is dedicated to releasing new music (independenco-t discography) from Argentina, Colombia and Peru. In the same year, she began curating the experimental music cycle Te Veré Llorar in Buenos Aires and various South American countries.