a story of music connecting people

Connecting the Dots

On our journey around the world, we are exploring what places sound like. 

Anna plays music for bass clarinet solo and works with local composers to create and perform new pieces. Sebastian records ambient sound and video for an additional layer of imagery.


Connecting the Dots aims to connect people & music, composition & improvisation, 
culture & nature, image & sound. Each dot on the map represents a fellow musician. 
By telling our story, we seek to connect those dots with what we deem important.

Petra Stump-Linshalm
Petra Stump-Linshalm
Rogério Costa
Rogério Costa
Maiani da Silva
Maiani da Silva
Roberta Lazo Valenzuela
Roberta Lazo Valenzuela
Robert Andrew Scott
Robert Andrew Scott
Bryan Holmes
Bryan Holmes
Reuben Jelleyman
Reuben Jelleyman
Marcio Steuernagel
Marcio Steuernagel

I’m still so energised from all the music that I played in São Paulo: one day, I played eight hours straight, five of them improvising with people I had not…

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I didn’t know much about São Paulo apart from the fact that it is massive. A six-hour bus ride from Rio, we were in for a pleasant surprise. Massive? Yes,…

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Rio de Janeiro. 24°C. Rainy October Day. 87% humidity. Samba music is playing from the airport loudspeakers. Bom dia! Taxi, Taxi! – Não, obrigada. My hair is getting curlier with…

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Bob cleaning the spillway

This post is finally going to answer the question how we ended up in a hotel pool in rural Connecticut a while ago, but let me give you some context…

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Seligman Grocery

Technically, we are still in the same country after our five-hour flight from Washington DC to Las Vegas, but it sure is a different world. We pass on the gambling…

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Anna improvising at ACFDC

Leaving the small town and entering a big city again, a really big one. Blocks are three times bigger, the subway – there is a subway – takes at least…

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Richmond, VA

After 17 days of traveling, two concerts, one masterclass, and a videoshoot, we have now reached our fourth town and our sixth accommodation with rehearsals and two more concerts coming…

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The railway might not be the most popular means of transportation in the USA, but on the East Coast, the Amtrak is a viable option. We left our grubby Upper…

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Anna Koch Austrian Cultural Forum New York City

Our first stop. Finally, we arrived after missing our connection flight in London and waiting in many lines to get rebooked, do the security check again and at last queuing…

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Where we are right now

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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