About the Musicians

Almut Schlichting

has been working as a saxophonist, composer and curator in Berlin for 25 years in the fields of jazz, contemporary music, performance and theater music.
Currently she is touring mostly with the duo Subsystem, the quartet Bauhauskapellentraum and the trio Insomnia Brass Band with numerous concerts in jazz clubs and at festivals.
In recent years, Almut Schlichting has received several grants from the Berlin Senate and the Musikfonds for her composition projects, her band work and her audio productions.

“This extremely stimulating music is dazzling, witty and prickly…” (Jazzpodium about Shoot the Moon)

Sven Hinse

studied electric bass and double bass at the Berlin University of the Arts and is also a graduate of the popular music contact course at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama.
Sven Hinse works regularly as a jazz, radio play and theater musician for WDR, RBB and the Deutsches Theater Berlin, among others.
In recent years, he has received various project grants and scholarships, including from the Musikfonds and GEMA.

“Whether plucking, bowing, tapping, scraping or gently bowing, Sven Hinse drew completely new sounds and noises from the double bass.” HNA, Kassel