Violeta García is a cellist, improviser and composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is now based in between Switzerland, Barcelona and Buenos Aires.

Studies

She studied master program: MA Music Composition Creative Practice at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland. She has a Degree on Musical Arts specializing in violoncello at “Universidad Nacional of Arts (U.N.A)” Buenos Aires, Argentina and she also has a Degree in Composition by “Conservatory Manuel de Falla” with Ricardo Capellano in Capital Federal, Argentina.

Violeta has performed in different festivals and music series around the world, (Selection): Ciclo RUIDO (ARG), ICPNA (PE), Universidad de los Andes Bogotá (COL), Centro Ex Teresa Arte Actual CDMX, Fusion Festival (GER), Kilbi (CH), Roskilde (DK), TransMusicales (FR), Cite de la Musique (CH), Hors Normes Festival (CH), Jazzwerstatt (curator and artist resident) (CH) , Rümlingen Festival (CH), Freejazz Saarbrucken Fest (GE), Unerhort Fest (CH), HumanNoise congress34 (GE), Literhaus Zurich (CH), Valkoffest (NL), Femmeelectrique (FR), Cologne Jazzweek (GER), Pohoda Festival (ESL), Small Forms (AU), Ze-dosbois Contemporary Art Gallery (PT), CACY Yverdon (CH), Cave12 (CH), Dampfzentrale Theatre (CH), Gessnerallee Theatre (CH), Antwerp Queerfestival (BE), Moers Festival (GE), Silent Green Berlin (GE), Servant Jazz (UK), XcitingFestival (GE), Le Guess Who? (NL), ect.

She have been supported by recognised foundations like Pro-Helvetia, Ibermusicas, Williams Foundation, Rudolf von Tobel, Kultur Stadt CH, among others, to make international residencies: Konvent-Zero (ES), Art Omi (US), Art Basel (CH-AR), F.N.A (AR), etc.

General

She is a performer in many art forms, including free improvisation, contemporary and trans-media experimental repertoire in violoncello and electronics and collaborations sometimes with dancers, filmmakers and visual artists. After years of studying classical and popular music on violoncello and, later contemporary composition and improvisation. Violeta realized that her own musical voice needed to emerge outside specific genres. At the moment she is eager to improvise, compose and create new sounds experiment with extended techniques, prepared instrument and work with dynamic, rhythmic and original tuneful combinations in her intensities and visceral performances. Now her primary interest is to open new sound spaces that invite the audience on an inner voyage.

She also is part of the band Blanco Teta, the main project she tour around the world and also this 2025 is presenting her third soloist album by the swiss label Bongo Joe. She is on tour since the last six years playing solo set, with Blanco Teta and diferents constalations and collaborations!

In 2015 she founded a digital label and musics series called TVL-REC (www.tvlrec.com) with Carlos Quebrada (Colombia) and Camilo Ángeles (Perú). It is devoted to publishing new music, experimental groups and collectives from Latin America and other countries and making music series and festivals of noise and extreme music in Latin America.