Wiltrud Weber
Wiltrud has had a double life as a singer: She has developed her own style of jazz, folk and world music with musicians and producers rooted in New York while also performing as a classical solo soprano in Germany.
Wiltrud wanted to bridge these two worlds with her voice—to be authentic and whole as a singer, free in her expression. She wanted to sing to all generations and to people from different backgrounds without the constraint of musical boundaries.
To attract a more diverse audience and expose typical classical circles to new styles, Wiltrud began to develop a unique blend of classical, jazz and world beats.
Blue and Deep
In 2007 Wiltrud met producer and multi-instrumentalist Jephté Guillaume of Tet Kale Records in New York City.
Their first single “Blue and Deep”, featuring Wiltrud Weber’s powerful and haunting soprano voice in the setting of Jephté Guillaume’s International House and Dance track, immediately found heavy rotation at the 2008 Winter Music Conference: “A Soprano in the House” (Indamixworldwide.com), set fire to international dance floors, was featured on BBC Radio, London and CBS Radio, Canada and mentioned as the record “to be remembered as one of the stand-out songs of 2008 and beyond.” After Wiltrud’s soaring vocals and Guillaume’s wild, Afro-Haitian instrumentation and production received critical and popular acclaim, there was no question the pair would record a full album.
Their second visionary vinyl single “Deja Vu” in 2010 was praised “...a powerful, fine-tuned tourde-force of timeless musical complexity and beauty that reveals the full studio talent of Guillaume and the beautifully haunting vocal ranges of Weber’s unique gift and leaves the dance community in blissful awe.” (Dope Jams, NY)
The long-awaited album “Blue and Deep” will be finally released in September 2011!
more about this project | Video Blue And Deep | Album Trailer
Global Acoustic Project
Singing in numerous languages, she developed the “Wiltrud Weber’s Global Acoustic Project” and began performing at The Gershwin Hotel in New York City. She also regularly performs at the Bodensee Festival in Germany with thehigh talented musicians Gregor Hübner (violin), Bobbi Fischer (piano) und Veit Hübner (bass), also known as “Tango Five”, captivating audiences with a refreshing blend of classical traditions and jazzy/world music beats.
Wiltrud is committed to singing each song in its original language. In addition to the pleasure she derives from the discipline, she finds it is another powerful tool to bring people from all sorts of cultures and countries together in harmony—people who under normal circumstances rarely share the same stage or room.
about the project | Videoclip live in Concert
Modern Salon Musique Live in NYC
CD Global Acoustic Project release in 2010 - listen to some music here