Lisbeth Diers

Lisbeth Diers is a Danish percussionist and composer born in Copenhagen in 1969.
Diers is the leader and composer for the Orch/Ensemble Chime, Chime Transform, Chime Moto, Ice X Quintet, Katapult.

Since 1988 she has recorded and played with a.o. Isidor Chamber Orchestra, Don Elias, Anders Jormin, Django Bates, Trilok Gurtu, Cennet Jönsson, Lena Willemark, Airto, Steve Swallow, Marilyn Mazur, Jørgen Emborg, Jazz baltica Ensemble w Tomaz Stanko.
Diers appears on more than 60 record releases…

2009 Works written and performed live on Ice Instruments (Cph/DK Cop 15)
2009 Composition for World Outgames (DK) (Transgender) (Diers/fridahl) (DK)
2010 She entered a Melting Down Concert with the work Ice X. (Wundergrund)
2011 Composition for Theatre Zebu/Copenhagen. (Diers/Allpass) (Dk)
2011 Composition Bardiou a un Oiseau for Kopa Orchestra (Pappas Skaggs) (SE)

Solo works:
Lisbeth Diers Chime (Spicy Tuna) 2005
Lisbeth Diers Chime Transform (Spicy Tuna) 2010

During the 2012 edition of the GAS-Festival, Lisbeth has been appointed the Artistic Director of The RELAY MEETING 2012. Read more about this concept right here.

Joakim Milder`s words about the cd Chime Transform.
“I wouldn’t call the music of Lisbeth Diers modern, because anything modern will eventually become old. This music is timeless, it’s like it’s always existed, and always will be around. Timeless, but also with a strong sense of time. Not in the sense of statically stating a pulse, but rather being moved by a strong sense of flow.

Playing with Lisbeth is to be constantly enlightened, and reminded of what’s essential. She’s bringing real life to every situation.

Lisbeth is very aware of the glorious capacities of the musicians performing on Chime Transform, and the confidence she shows each of them is returned with a playing in total absence of egocentrism. Every sound is directed to the common core of this music.

One could easily get seduced by the fantastic sound of every instrument in this recording, born out of frozen water, brass, wood or electricity. But the beauty of the sound is never an end in itself, these lovely sounds are voices that communicate with distinct focus.

This recording is a powerful and much needed reminder of why communicating through music is such an essential part of humanity.” /Joakim Milder/SE