Ute Wassermann  has studied visual arts (sound installation, performance art) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, and singing at the University of California, San Diego. She tours the world as an improviser, she realises audiovisual voice performances / installations and compositions for soloists and ensembles. At the core of her research is an ongoing and uncompromised exploration of her voice.  Ute Wassermann´s otherworldy singing transcends the human voice. She sings multidimensional sculptural sounds oscillating between electronic, animalistic, inorganic and human qualities. Sound environments are an important source for her imagination. Ute creates imaginary acoustic habitats in which her chameleon like voice is tuning in with composed or found soundscapes. Her methods to extend and alienate the voice include the use of bird whistles, lo-fi electronics, resonators, fieldrecordings and different types of microphones. Her performances engage with everyday objects or self invented instruments for voice which can take shape as acoustic costumes.

Over the years she has developed an ever-growing catalogue of multifaceted vocal expressions which has inspired improvisors and composers all over the world. Her workshops which are often described by the participants as a liberating experience involve improvisation or composition from solo to choir.

She is a member of bands like: Speak Easy / Phil Minton, Thomas Lehn, Martin Blume, MUT / Thomas Rohrer, Michael Vorfeld, electrovoX / Thomas Lehn, Richard Scott, radiotweets / Birgit Ulher, Tree 23 / Joke Lanz, N.E.W. / Andrea Neumann, Sabine Ercklentz, shohob (Raed Yassin), Hatifnatten (Sabine Vogel).

Selected performances with: Jaap Blonk, Isabelle Duthoit, Richard Scott, Emilio Gordoa, Max Eastley, John Butcher, Magda Mayas, Rieko Okuda, Andrea Parkins, Mazen Kerbaj, Els Vandeweyer, Korhan Erel, Charlotte Hug, Fernando Vigueras, Ricardo Arias, Ignaz Schick, Michael Zerang, Münchener Kammerorchester, L´ART POUR L´ART, ELISION, ASKO, Distractfold, Basel Sinfonietta, Ensemble Mosaik, KNM, Quiet Music Ensemble.

Premiere of compositions especially written for her voice by Richard Barrett, Henning Christiansen, Chaya Czernowin, Hespos, Matthias Kaul, Karen Power, Alejandro Romero Anaya, Raed Yassin, Sam Salem and performances of works by Salvadore Sciarrino, John Cage, Luciano Berio, Cathy van Eck among others.

Selected festivals: Irtijal / Beirut, Musica Estranha / Sao Paolo, Nuovas Frêquencias / Rio de Janeiro, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Archipel Genf, Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf, music unlimited Wels, NRW Soundtrips, Akouphène Festival, A´LARME Berlin, Ars Musica, Wien Modern, MaerzMusik, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Salzburg Biennale, Sound of Stockholm, Tokyo Summer Festival, Festival of Perth, Münchner Biennale, SWR New Jazz Meeting, Moers Festival, Transart Festival.

Selected commissions: Ryogoku Art Festival Japan, WDR, University of Amsterdam, Poetica Sonora Mexico City, Transart Festival Bolzano, maulwerker, Distractfold Ensemble, Ruhrtriennale, MaerzMusik.

Grants and residencies: 2020/21 Neustart Kultur Stipend Musikfond, 2017 Stipend for New Music and Soundart Berlin, 2015  Civitella Ranieri Foundation, 1993 Akademie Schloss Solitude, 1989/90 DAAD grant for studies at the University of California at San Diego

Label: confront recordings, mode, Kontrans, nurnichtnur, creative sources, ABC Classic, Psi, Spricht Editions, Olof Bright, Treader