Katerinha’s music is, according to herself, a combination of "a lot of styles, deconstructing what has inspired me and making something of my own." The Berlin-based artist is fully aware of how challenging this can be. She is consciously taking a different approach to her music and how she wants to present it, keeping in mind what she has learned in her career as an event and artist manager for other musicians – Badehaus and Lekker Collective – alongside her experience as a DJ, bass player, guitarist and singer.
Her multifaceted compositions come to her naturally. She follows her instinct even if her experience says she should be doing things differently. “It will end up being my virtue and flaw. I know this represents a challenge when it comes to marketing my work, but that is how I like to make my music,” commented Katerinha during our socially-distanced meeting in Görlitzer Park this summer.
Growing up in Macedonia, a country arising from the breakup of Yugoslavia, with its history of conflicts between cultures and ethnicities, slavery, exodus and war crimes, has deeply influenced Katerinha and her work. She reflects on the idea "of how I live my life, and about the fact that when my grandmother was my age, she had already escaped three wars.” Katerinha’s generation is turning hardship into harmonious creations, and simultaneously giving a new face to its heritage. Katerinha wants to shift the tragic past from the collective consciousness to make space for love and new beginnings.
Her multifaceted compositions come to her naturally. She follows her instinct even if her experience says she should be doing things differently. “It will end up being my virtue and flaw. I know this represents a challenge when it comes to marketing my work, but that is how I like to make my music,” commented Katerinha during our socially-distanced meeting in Görlitzer Park this summer.
Growing up in Macedonia, a country arising from the breakup of Yugoslavia, with its history of conflicts between cultures and ethnicities, slavery, exodus and war crimes, has deeply influenced Katerinha and her work. She reflects on the idea "of how I live my life, and about the fact that when my grandmother was my age, she had already escaped three wars.” Katerinha’s generation is turning hardship into harmonious creations, and simultaneously giving a new face to its heritage. Katerinha wants to shift the tragic past from the collective consciousness to make space for love and new beginnings.