ABOUT

‍ARTISTIC PROFILE

Fabiana Striffler is known for her musical craft and emotional depth. The interaction between voice and violin forms the distinctive core of her artistic language — highly expressive and constantly evolving.

As a composer and performer, she works between contemporary art song, improvisation, jazz, and avant-folk.

ARTISTIC PRACTICE

Her violin playing ranges from delicate lyrical melodies to more abstract and experimental forms. The voice is treated as an additional instrument, exploring improvisation, extended vocal techniques, and contemporary art song.
She performs in her mother tongue.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Germany, Fabiana Striffler spent her early childhood in Italy before returning to Germany and later living in Spain. In 2009, she moved to Berlin, where she studied jazz and classical violin at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin / Jazz Institut. She later earned a master’s degree in improvised singing from the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar. In 2022, she was Artist in Residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.

CONCERT HALLS, FESTIVALS & VENUES

Performances include appearances at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzerthaus Berlin, Philharmonie Köln, Philharmonie Brno, Volksbühne Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, HAU Berlin, Finnish National Theatre Helsinki, as well as festivals such as Jazzfest Berlin, Fusion Festival, Baltic Circle Festival Helsinki, Music Festival Royal Lazienki, Ear to the Ground Festival, and club venues including Jazz Dock Prague, Sunset Paris and A-Trane Berlin.

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2026 finalist, Berlin Jazz Prize
2025 nominated for the German Jazz Award (string instruments)
2024 Scotland scholarship / SenKultEu
2022 nominated for the German Jazz Award (special instruments)
2022 Artist in Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
2022 USA scholarship / SenKultEu
2021 nomination for the Europe Jazz Media Charts
2021 winner of the German Jazz Award with Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra
2021 album Archiotíc supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH / SenKultEu
2020 San Sebastian scholarship / SenKultEu
2019 Sounz Of concert tour supported by Musikfonds
2018 album Sweet And So Solitary supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH / SenKultEu
2018 debut album Mahagoni nominated for VIA Award / Deutschlandfunk Kultur
2016 New York City scholarship / SenKultEu
2016 scholarship for trio / Yehudi Menuhin Association
2016 composition scholarship / Elsa-Neumann
2016 album production support for trio / SenKultEu
2013 jury prize La Roman de la Rose, 100 Grad Festival Berlin
2013–2018 scholarship / Yehudi Menuhin Association

TOUR HISTORY

Germany, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Poland, Romania, Morocco, Iceland, Argentina, Uruguay, USA

‍COLLABORATIONS

Artists
Hildur Gudnadottir, Joey Baron, Greg Cohen, Anthony Braxton, Travis, Elias Stemeseder, The Notwist, Stian Westerhus, Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Daniel Erdmann, Nick Dunston, Kwabs, Sarah Connor, Bajka, Gunter Hampel, Quique Sinesi, Paul Santner, John Hollenbeck, Kurt Rosenwinkel, amongst others
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Large Ensembles
Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, A.L.E. Acoustic Large Ensemble, The Omniversal Earkestra, Polyversal Souls, amongst others

DISCOGRAPHY

Fabiana Striffler has contributed to over 70 studio productions.
Selected publications can be found HERE

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT

Champions Ohne Grenzen – refugee benefit concerts
Konzerthaus Berlin – children in hospitals (music & shadow theatre)
Yehudi Menuhin Foundation – concerts in hospitals, refugee homes, care institutions
Pestalozzi-Kinderdorf – music programs for children
Europäischer Bürgerpreis – award ceremonies
Helene Weber Award – concerts for women in politics

EDUCATION & MENTORSHIP

‍Fabiana studied jazz and classical violin at the Berlin University of the Arts and at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin / Jazz Institut . She later earned a master’s degree in improvised singing from the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar.

She studied with Greg Cohen, Mark Feldman, Carla Kihlstedt, Ken Peplowski, Andy Statman, Garry Dial, John Hollenbeck, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Stephan Picard, Dragan Radosavljević, Achim Kaufmann and Jeff Cascaro.