> catalogue   >> website     Marianne Schuppe is a German/Swiss performer and composer of music for voices, based in Basel, Switzerland. She studied visual arts and music at Hochschule Hildesheim between 1979 and 1982 and continued her vocal studies in Carnatic Music in the South of India (1983), with Jolanda Rodio in Switzerland (1984-86) and Michiko Hirayama in Italy (1988-2003).   Since the mideightees she has performed internationally as a singer, vocalist and soloist of contemporary music and improvisation. Prior to 2010 she was known for her recordings of vocal music by Giacinto Scelsi and Morton Feldman and for her activities as an improviser. Since 2008 she is developing a solo-work for voice and sparse accompanyment by lute and uber-bows. Also she writes for voices. Her works include solo- and ensemble pieces, poems and essays.   Recordings were published with New Albion, Col legno, Edition Wandelweiser among others. Scores were realized at Moments Musicaux Aarau, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Keyaki Hall Tokyo, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, ZeitRäume Basel a.m.o. Writings were published with Akademie Verlag Berlin, Diaphanes Zürich, Königshausen und Neumann Würzburg a.o.   She has developed a unique voice-body-technique and been teaching and mentoring for many years in Switzerland, Germany and Japan in various institutions and contexts.