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Frauke Aulbert is a soprano, extreme vocalist, composer, performer, and curator. She is considered one of the most active and versatile performers in contemporary music. Her work ranges from researching and collecting vocal traditions and singing techniques worldwide (such as P’ansori, overtone singing, Dhrupad, beatboxing, Noh, etc.) to the virtuosic interpretation of musical and performative compositions, as well as to her own music-theatrical works developed in close contact with the audience. These have been (premiered) at festivals such as Warsaw Autumn, Klang! Copenhagen, Resonant Bodies NYC, Átlátszó Hang Budapest, and Ensems Valencia. In 2026, Trio Generator will premiere Aulbert’s full-length music theater performance to try the impossible artwork at AckerStadtPalast Berlin.
Other projects have taken her to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Radio France Paris, Wittener Tage, Casa Giacinto Scelsi Rome, ZKM, Onassis Centre Athens, Ear Taxi Chicago, Berghain Berlin, LIG Art Hall Seoul, as well as to Australia, Georgia, Tunisia, the USA, Brazil, Senegal, and beyond. Aulbert advocates for the recognition of all vocal means as artistically equal, for the integration of performative and extra-musical elements into art music, for the artistic-compositional empowerment and autonomy of interpreters, and for the visibility of female and female-read artists.
The foundation of Aulbert’s vocal virtuosity lies in her extraordinary range and the high flexibility of her voice, the spectrum of which she has continuously expanded since completing her classical vocal diploma. Her techniques extend far beyond traditional possibilities and transcend musical and vocal boundaries.
Frauke Aulbert has received, among other honors, First Prize from the Stockhausen Foundation, as well as artist residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, Goethe Institute Rome, Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart, Wiese eG Hamburg, Lichthof Theater Hamburg, and Villa Kamogawa Kyoto. She has recorded for radio (Deutschlandradio, RAI, Radio France, etc.), CD (Decoder Ensemble, Magic Malik, etc.), and film (The Future, Miranda July).
Concert tours have taken her throughout Europe, to Australia, West Africa, Brazil, Georgia, Tunisia, South Korea, Japan, and the United States. As a soloist, she has appeared at venues and festivals including Radio France/Festival Présence, Casa Giacinto Scelsi Rome, ZKM, Festival Rümlingen, Onassis Centre Athens, Darmstadt Summer Course, Warsaw Autumn, LIG Art Hall Seoul, Resonant Bodies New York, Konzerthaus Berlin, Reeperbahnfestival, Sonic Fusion Manchester, Rainy Days Luxembourg, HAU Berlin, Sacrum Profanum Krakow, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Ear Taxi Chicago, Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker, Frau* Musica Nova, Greek National Opera Athens, Bachfest Tübingen, Klangspuren Schwaz, Schönes Wochenende Düsseldorf, Musik21 Niedersachsen, Performing Arts Festival Berlin, Festival Aspekte Salzburg, Taschenopernfestival Salzburg, Kontraklang Berlin, Ensems Valencia, International Stockhausen Summer Courses, Deutsche Staatsoper Hamburg, American Embassy Hamburg, Plano B in Lapa/Rio de Janeiro, German Consulate New York, Hamburger Klangwerktage, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Klang Copenhagen, What’s Next Brussels, Berghain, Klangwerkstatt Berlin, and the Elbphilharmonie.
Frauke Aulbert studied in Kiel, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and Hamburg; her diploma thesis focused on “Overtone Singing in Contemporary Music.” In 2015/16 she completed training in Dhrupad and vocal meditation with Amelia Cuni. Aulbert’s project Beat Box is based on an exploration of the so-called “fifth element of hip-hop.” Numerous crossover projects demonstrate her curiosity and versatility. She has performed with the gamelan ensemble Margi Budoyo of the Indonesian Consulate General Hamburg, Odissi dancer Gudrun Märtins, shadow artist Anna-Maria Schlemmer, jazz flutist Magic Malik, rapper Taktloss, illustrator Simone Ruess, and many others.
Frauke Aulbert collaborates with directors such as Claus Guth, Kapitolina Tcvetkova, Thierry Brühl, and Alexandros Efklidis, and composers including Chaya Czernowin, Sofia Gubaidulina, Georges Aperghis, Vinko Globokar, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Cathy Milliken, Manos Tsangaris, François Sarhan, Juliana Hodkinson, Niels Rønsholdt, Neo Hülcker, Jennifer Walshe, Luxa M. Schüttler, Johannes Kreidler, Simon Stockhausen, Christian Wolff, Brigitta Muntendorf, Eloain Lovis Hübner, Heera Kim, Michael Maierhof, Charlotte Seither, Geoffroy Drouin, Gordon Kampe, Stefan Prins, Jagoda Szmytka, Arturo Fuentes, Christopher Trapani, Andrej Koroliov, Daniel Puig, and Alexander Schubert. She has performed with ensembles such as the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Resonanz, Ensemble Garage, names ensemble, Ensemble Nikel, HANATSUmiroir, DissonArt Ensemble, Szymanowski Quartet, Ensemble MAM – Manufaktur aktuelle Musik, Ensemble S201, L'art pour l'art, Radar Ensemble, and solists such as Asya Fateyeva, Uli Fussenegger, Enikö Ginzery, Shanna Pranaitis, Maja Hunziker, Yannael Quenel, Margarete Maierhofer-Lischka, Eva Zöllner, the performance collectives Companie le Grain-Theatre de la voix and Opera silens and music directors such as Christof Löser, Johannes Kalitzke and Peter Rundel.
Frauke Aulbert is artistic co-director of her ensembles Collect/Project (Hamburg/Chicago) and Forum Neue Vokalmusik (Hannover), and a founding member of Decoder Ensemble (Hamburg). From 2020–23, together with Michiko Saiki, she experimented with, shaped, and staged combinations of body performance and contemporary music. Since 2023, she has been the high soprano of Trio Generator (with Natalia Pschenitschnikova and Anna Clementi). From 2020–23, she curated and directed the Festival for Immaterial Art in Hamburg at the Elbphilharmonie and Kampnagel, merging performativity in contemporary music with performance art. In 2026, she also launched the series female sonic feast, which works exclusively with female+ artists on and behind the stage. Together with composer Hanna Eimermacher, she founded the Physical Listening Club in 2026, which explores the interfaces between experimental music and potentially danceable rhythms. Also in 2026, she launched the series female sonic feast, which works exclusively with female+ artists both on stage and behind the scenes.
She has been a guest lecturer at, among others, the KUG Graz (PPCM Vocal), the HMT Lübeck, and the HfM Detmold. She currently teaches at the music universities in Hamburg and Leipzig.