What fascinates me is what happens between people when they make music — in resonance with another instrument, in the sound of a choir, in the space between teacher and learner.
Music is a moment of joy and a comfort, a demanding practice and nourishment for the soul — I have known this from every side as a violinist and violist.
In search of what touches and heals in shared sound, I developed an approach I call Auragogics. My dissertation at HMT Leipzig — Music as the Art of Encounter → — set out its theoretical foundation; since 2016 I have taught it at the University of Cologne →.
When the violin is at rest, I paint under the name Bai Nike — oil paintings, with bare hands. The same movement, in colour. bai-nike.com →
Violin, Viola, Voice · Classical and improvised repertoire with a focus on contemporary music.
Recent appearances include Kölner Philharmonie (S.O.S. Glow up your Power, 2024) with Sandra and Lazaro Calderón, Johanna Stein and Tobias Schmitz.
Film music and Passions with Erik Arndt (organ · piano) — in shifting formation around soprano Sandra Schwarzhaupt-Calderón and Lazaro Calderón (tenor). Morricone, Bach, Pergolesi.
Churches and concert halls between the Eifel and the Kölner Philharmonie.
Classical–Indian crossover with Martin Küpper (piano) and Debasish Bhattacharjee (tabla, Kolkata).
Recent appearances include Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (2024). Audio samples available
Three choirs between the Eifel and the Voreifel — ranging from tradition to rhythm.
INQUIRE ABOUT CHOIRWhat happens between the players is the true site of music-making. Not the note, not the technique. What becomes audible when two people meet in sound. I call it Auragogics.
When we teach, we usually look at someone. At the child. At the adult. Auragogics looks elsewhere — not at the one who learns, but at the in-between: between teacher and learner, between players, between voices in a choir. This is not a space to look at. It is a space you enter.
Relationship cannot be rehearsed like a fingering. Whoever seeks encounter has to let something unplanned happen. In my practice, improvisation is not a style — it is a method.
Music is a moment of joy and a comfort, a demanding discipline and nourishment for the soul. Auragogics takes both seriously — and treats artistic rigour and remedy as one and the same path, not as opposites.
Concerts, ensembles, choir projects, workshops — every engagement begins with an inquiry. Reply within 48 hours.
