Sascha Ley is a vocalist, composer and actress, whose musical universe moves sophisticatedly between jazz, free improvised and new music, using extended vocal techniques.
She likes walking along unconventional paths in her musical output, which is strongly oriented towards jazz, free improvisation, imaginary folklore, contemporary and sometimes classical music.
: HAS PLAYED
Ankara Jazz Festival (TR), China Tour (Beijing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai, Wuxi, Yiwu), Gaume Jazz (BE), Athens Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Preveza (GR), International Jazz Festival Izmir, Istanbul Film Festival (TR), Berlin Music Week, Festival Moers, Jazzfest Bonn, Jazz Transfer Saarbrücken (DE), Copenhagen Jazz Festival (DK), Heritage Jazz Panjim, Jazz Utsav Mumbai & New Delhi, Jazz Yatra Mumbai (IN), Nancy Jazz Pulsations (FR), Sibiù Jazz Festival (RO), Tanec Praha Prague, Jazzdock Prague, Rock Café Prague (CZ), Zones Théâtrales Festival Ottawa (CA), Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam (NL), Southbank Center London, Vortex London, Gateshead Festival Newcastle (UK), ...
: PRESS QUOTES
"Sascha Ley carries a whole universe of voices. Galaxies full of music." - Jazz Podium
"Sascha Ley does raise the vocal bar some artists have been limboing under for years. (…) A new way of looking at vocal jazz." - Critical Jazz
"Sascha Ley moves between improvisation, as well as regular singing, chanting or pure sound accompanying intonations, being an artist of a rare profile. She works in the fields of music, theater, film and dance, and all on an exceptional level." - JazzZeitung
: BIOGRAPHY
Sascha Ley combines both an acting and music career. The multilingual vocalist, composer, actress and poet enjoys to explore unconventional paths in her musical output. She uses a vocabulary from jazz and free improvisation to imaginary folklore, new music and noise, as well as advanced vocal techniques.
Sascha invents her own individual music in virtuoso vocal compositions and improvisations, offering the audience an experience of intense abstract narrations and sound fragments.
Besides her improvising duo with the French double bass player Laurent Payfert and collaborations with jazz, classical and contemporary ensembles she also performs as a soloist in her project Sascha Ley Inventions.
