Alev Lenz

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  • 2023-09-14

    Truth is told, not fed

    Never EVER would I have dreamt that my words would be heard at the UN, but... here we are! I am …
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  • 2023-08-03

    Fall Into Me(s) by "Roomful Of Teeth"

    I am sure by now that you have heard my song "Fall Into Me" or its album version "Splendid …
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  • On a bright yellow background we see the red and purple outlines of a circle, which looks like a record from above with a needle on it, and we see an image of Alev Lenz in profile, heart in flames earring visible. She sit on a chair her legs over the arms rest, looking out to the left. Her hand rest on a tuning fork , the walls behind her are wood panelled and light green and we see the edges of two paintings on the wall. Her dress is a mix of patters with red flowers and a beige tartan print. In blue letters we see the information 2023 New member class, in the name of of music, the logo of the recording academy with the name and #iamthecademy
    2023-06-24

    2023 New member Class

    Big photo reveal for this occasion which is that I have joined countless creators and professionals who serve, celebrate, and advocate in the name of Music year-round. It's an honour to be part of this year's new Recording Academy member class!
    The photo is of course by none another than the brilliant Anja Schütz!

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  • We see a watercolor image of many colorful brush strokes, mainly blues, greens and red with added cut outs of a fiel of mushrooms to the bottom left, venice bottom right and on top a black and white image of an Ornithopter. in the middle we see the cut out letters N Y C
    2023-04-30

    NYC, here I come again!

    I get to hear my newest work in New York City later this month! I wrote new pieces as part of a song cycle for Brooklyn Youth Chorus and they will perform the triptych May 11th at Kaufmann Center New York for Ecstatic Festival! Come join me :D See the links below for all the info you need.

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  • We see Alev lying on the floor with her hairs spread out and tuning forks arranged like a sun dial around her head, on top of her hair. She smiles a gentle smile, wearing a checkered and flower patterned blouse. The floor is white, it is a white quilt but barely noticable as such.
    2022-12-12

    New profile pic!

    Maybe you have already seen that I shared a brand new picture :D it is also in my about section and of course in the gallery. The fantastic Anja Schütz took it this summer in Massachusetts, in North Adams to be exact. The tuning forks are the forks Roomful Of Teeth have used for their rendition of 7 Planets - based on my choral arragements for Milky Way. I got them from the wonderful Fritz at planetware.de !
    He is also from Munich, something I didn't know when researching where I might find tuning forks "out of tune" a ...

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  • 2022-12-04

    WNYC New Sound Interview with live music!

    This is such a special show for me, please have a listen! John Schaefer has been a supporter for …
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  • We see a render of the Lincol Center in New York early evening hours, the sky slightly dim, a brand new building with large glass panels between 7 columns, lit from inside with peope inside and outside on the sidewalk infront of it
    2022-10-24

    New piece for BYC and NYC premiere!

    I am thrilled to be musically returning to NYC and to have had the honour to write again for …
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  • 2022-09-27

    3 4 3 - Happy Birthday 3!!!

    On this day in 2019 I released '3' - the first LP and sample library release on SA Recordings! 3 is a collection of twelve almost completely acapella songs exploring relationships, empowerment, motherhood and the patriarchy.⁠
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    To celebrate the third birthday of 3 SA Recordings I am so pleased to be able to bring you new music in form of a remix EP, '343', made with the help of three wonderful women, Nyokabi Kariũki (finally her winning RECOMPOSE competition version of Fishermen is released online:) ) , Sandunes and Lisel!
    Find the EP here: orcd.co/343alevlenz

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  • We see the movie poster for the short film ‘Gut, danke.’ This title we also see in white letters top left. The poster itself is grey and we see two faces melting into one in the middle. A man to the left; we see two photos of the father in the movie going through the emotions from rage to depression to probably acceptance , melted in with his daughter face displaying the same expressions from right to Center
    2022-09-09

    New Release!

    I have new music out today! ‘Gut, Danke.’ is a wonderful, touching and gentle short film about …
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  • On a large wite square we see two hand passing a root vegetable with greens growing out of it and two weaver birds in the top right and lower left corner infront of a smaller square depicting the blue sky with white clouds
    2022-09-02

    Show for Nyokabi Kariũki

    I sure hope you remember the winner of the Recompose competition from 2020 Nyokabi Kariũki ! As you know, she also released her debut record not too long after on out now mutual label SA Records! And now the first live show for this record is coming up. She asked me to sing with her for this very first show and I feel very honoured to usher the record in with her onto the stage! Come say hi! Tickets here !

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