Biography
The dutch clarinettist Tara Bouman studied with Piet Honingh and was a student of Suzanne Stephens and Alain Damiens. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed in many international venues – throughout Europe, in Mexico and in the United States.
She started her career playing mainly contemporary music, which then took her to the field of improvisation, where her main focus lies now.
Tara Bouman founded with Markus Stockhausen the duo “Moving Sounds”. She plays regularly with percussionist Stephan Froleyks and performs in duo with storyteller Regina Sommer. Other musical partners are: pianist Fabrizio Ottaviucci, double bass player Stefano Scodanibbio and percussionist Mark Nauseef.
Tara Bouman lives in Germany close to Cologne. In cooperation with DeutschlandRadio the Cologne Label Aktivraum published in 2003 her first CD with new music: "Contemporary". In 2004 the CD "Thinking about" followed, played by Moving Sounds. In 2008 the CD Symbiosis – Works of Markus Stockhausen together with Markus Stockhausen and Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein.
The Double-CD Symphonic Colours appeared 2009, that contains a recording of "Portrait for Tara" with chamber orchestra which Markus Stockhausen composed for Tara Bouman. The album "Dream" of the group Eternal Voyage will appear in summer 2010 on Aktivraum records.
Website: www.tarabouman.de
Last updated: Thu, 04.03.10