Natalie Peters (D/CH) / Locarno is a vocalist of improvised music, performer, and curator. She explores the human voice in its most simple as well as its most extreme and exuberant expressive forms.
The spontaneous, unpredictable, and playful nature of improvised music allows her to develop a living artistic language that brings to light the surreal and intangible side of human existence. In her music, she seeks presence and a natural form of communication that opens up unexpected, unconventional possibilities and pushes the boundaries of listening and expression.
Listening to a human voice inevitably places us in relation with it, making it resonate within the body: every muscle carries a memory linked to its biological function. Natalie aims to merge music and life into a narrative that is not meant to be deciphered but to evoke deeper mysteries of human experience.
In her solo concerts, she creates a presence that plays with temporal perceptions, through direct resonance with the space, the audience, and herself. Memory, oblivion, visions, and conditions become states that she consciously touches, reintegrating them into awareness through an unusual yet precise use of the voice.
Her current projects include a duo with Sara Käser, a duo with Sebi Tramontana, the quartet SYNC, and the ensemble Sous-Sol, which she directs in Locarno, as well as the performance trio Con with Yara Li Mennel and Anna Rigamonti. She has performed at festivals such as Archipel Festival Genève, La Fête à Bruit (Bienne), Performance Festival Oerlikon (Zurich), Filmpodium Zürich, BangBang Social Elegance, and Museum Tinguely in Basel.
She collaborates regularly with artists and collectives including Sebastian Strinning, Jacek Chmiel, Yara Li Mennel, Anna Rigamonti, Sebi Tramontana, Sara Käser, Thomas Rohrer, Alfred Zimmerlin, Heike Fiedler, Marina Tantanozi, Sofia Borges, Klaus Janek, Amin Alavi, Caroline Tallone, PANCH, Collettivo Conserere, Casa Stanata, and many others.
As a curator, she directs the music series Frequenze Libere in Locarno and is the founder of the cultural association and artistic network Carovana091. She is currently dedicated to WE SEE YOU — an initiative for human rights, dignity, and solidarity, involving collectives and concerts throughout Switzerland. Please Check out:  https://en.carovana091.ch/we-see-you