German flutist (Flute, Bass Flute)
Angelika Sheridan studied classical flute at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen. Her graduation was awarded with the Folkwang Prize 1990. After further studies with Ran Blake at the New England Conservatory in Boston she focused on improvisation and experimental music. She developed her own unique sound language, especially on the bass flute, combining traditional tone production and extended or self created techniques. Her work is focused besides contemporary improvised and written music on interdisciplinary projects with film, theatre, dance and visual arts. She lives in Cologne and teaches at the Hochschule für Musik. Angelika Sheridan played with master musicians and improvisers like Peter Kowald, John Butcher, Sabu Toyozumi, Gunda Gottschalk, Michel Doneda, Claudio Puntin, Sebastian Grams, Paul Lytton, Frank Niehusmann, Ute Völker, Carl Ludwig Hübsch.