Carolina Eyck | |
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 Carolina Eyck playing the theremin | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 26 December 1987 Near Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Classical, electronic, contemporary classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, author, mentor |
| Instrument(s) | Theremin, viola, vocals |
| Website | carolinaeyck |
Carolina Eyck (born 26 December 1987) is a German-Sorb [1] musician, composer, author and mentor who specialises in playing the theremin.
Eyck was born in 1987, near Berlin, Germany. She is a member of the Sorbian community of East Germany. [2]
Eyck began learning piano aged five and violin aged six. [2] She was introduced to the theremin at the age of seven by her parents, and started getting lessons Lydia Kavina, a niece of Leon Theremin, the inventor of the instrument. [3] [4]
Eyck studied music at a school for musically gifted children Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. In this time she performed with, among others, the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie. [2]
In 2007 Eyck moved to Sweden to study viola at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. After three years of study under Henrik Frendin, in 2010, she graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in the instrument.
Eyck made her debut as a player of the theremin in the Berlin Philharmonie in 2002 when she was 14 years old. [5] [6]
At the age of 16, Eyck invented a new and precise way to play the theremin, called the "8 finger position technique". With this technique the player is able to tune the theremin to their hand and rely on their finger positions, rather than correcting notes after they are audible. [3] [7] In 2006, aged 19, she published The Art of Playing the Theremin in English and German in which she explains the method, that is now being used by thereminists around the world. [8] [9]
In 2012, Eyck played the theremin solo at the world premiere of the two symphonies "Mesopotamia" and "Universe" by Fazıl Say. [10] Finnish composer Kalevi Aho dedicated the theremin concerto "Eight Seasons" to her, which she performed for the first time in Rovaniemi in October 2012 with the Lapland Chamber Orchestra. [11] [12] The theremin concerto "Dancefloor with Pulsing" by French composer Régis Campo was written for her and premiered with the Brussels Philharmonic in 2018. [13]
Eyck first travelled to Australia in January 2017 to perform classical music, including Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise", with pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith and Midnight Oil's guitarist Jim Moginie at the Mona Foma in Hobart, Tasmania. [14] Eyck embarked on her first national tour of Australia in May 2025 with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska. [15]
In 2010 Eyck started as the artistic director of various Theremin Academies. She has conducted workshops, lectures and master classes worldwide. She has conducted workshops, lectures and master classes in Germany, Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, the United States of America, Mexico and Japan.
In 2016, Eyck began touring her solo Theremin & Voice program, where she uses a surround sound system to let the sound fill the space with loops and choirs developed on stage. The style of the performance balances between minimal and progressive electronic music, Carolina's melodic and partly fixed composition style leaves plenty of space for her virtuoso improvisations.
In 2006 Eyck won the first prize with a orhestral composition "Sciciani" for accordion in the International Competition for Composers, presented by Radio/TV Berlin-Brandenburg, a prestigious competition for young composers. [16] [17]
In 2015, Eyck received the German Echo Klassik in the category "Concert Recording of the Year (20th/21st century music)" for playing the Theremin Concerto "Eight Seasons" by Kalevi Aho, conducted by John Storgårds and played with the Lapland Chamber Orchestra. [1] [18]
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