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2019
FEBRUARY
17th
Spiegelsaal Clärchens Ballhaus
Berlin
MÄRZ
7th
As a guest with Tim & Flo
Auster Club
Berlin
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ARCHIVE
JANUARY 2018
6th
HOTEL Oranienstrasse tba
Berlin Kreuzberg
FEBRUARY
9th
with Andrej Hermlin & his SwingDance Orchestra
Staatstheater
Kassel
10th
with Tim Neuhaus & Band
Support for Kettcar
Columbiahalle
Berlin
MARCH
21st
With Jazziki
private
APRIL
4th
Guest vocalist with Dukish Vagabonds
Lotta’s Flying Ballroom
Ballhaus Berlin
Belin
24th
With Robbie AJ Moore’s ROBOT
Support for L.A. SALAMI
MAY 2018
1st
Playing my last respect to our sweet home Bassy Cowboy Club
Schönhauser Allee – Pfefferberg
Berlin Mitte
24th
With Tim Neuhaus
Immergut Festival
Neustrelitz
JUNE 2018
15th & 16th
private
Eberwalde
JULY
1st
Double concert
With Amalia Chikh
Zimmer 24
Berlin Pankow
AUGUST
19th
With Andrej Hermlin and his SwingDance Orchestra
Eltville
25th
With my band (Alexey Wagner, git. and Micha Fromme, dr.)
Puppenfestival
Bautzen
31st
Duo with Tim Neuhaus
Molsdorfer Kultursommer
Molsdorf
SEPTEMBER 2018
1st . 8pm
Iris Romen with Alexey Wagner
salonfestival
semi-private
Hannover
29th
With Astrid North and Katja Aujesky
Zonta Jubiläumsveranstaltung
Leer
OKTOBER 2018
5th
Senor Torpedo feat. Iris Romen
Musikbunker
Aachen
6th
Senor Torpedo feat. Iris Romen
private
18th
live solo at radioeins
From 260° Bar
8:30pm – 9pm
Mercedes-Benz-Platz
Berlin
24th
As a guest vocalist with
Dukish Vagabonds
Lotta’s Flying Ballroom
Ballhaus Berlin
Berlin
26th
With Andrej Hermlin
and his SwingDance Orchestra
Ratskeller Köpenick
November
8th
private
15th
private
16th
Support for Holly GoLightly with my band
Roadrunner’s Paradise
Saarbrücker Str. 24
Berlin
24th
InterFilm Awards
Kurzfilmfestival
Roadrunner’s Paradise
Saarbrücker Str. 24
December
10th
With Tim Neuhaus
Häkken
Hamburg
12th
With Tim Neuhaus
Privatclub
Berlin
14th
With Tim Neuhaus
Franz Mehlhose
Erfurt
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2017
MAY 2017
24th
Iris Romen & Band with Alexey Wagner
(guitar), Micha Fromme (drums)
a-trane.de
25th
Iris Romen & Band with Alexey Wagner
(guitar), Micha Fromme (drums)
a-trane.de
JUNE 2017
8th
ROBOT
Humboldthain Club
Berlin
10th
Andrej Hermlin & His Swing Dance Orchestra
Tietz Fest
Chemnitz
27th
With Jazziki
Naturschutzbund Berlin
AUGUST 2017
Saturday, August 10th
Andrej Hermlin & His Swing Dance Orchestra
private
Deutsches Museum
OCTOBER 2017
15t
Common Ground Tour with
Robot, Lary, Jesper Munk
Muffathalle
München
16th
Common Ground Tour with
Robot, Lary, Jesper Munk
Fabrik
Hamburg
17th
Common Ground Tour with
Robot, Lary, Jesper Munk
Kulturkirche
Köln
18th
Common Ground Tour with
Robot, Lary, Jesper Munk
Passionskirche
Berlin
27th
Robot Record Release Concert / Support: Jesper Munk
Humboldthain Club
Berlin Wedding
ALMOST EVERY SUNDAY – 12am – 2pm
(Except / December 2017)
Muse Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr. 31
10405 Berlin
http://museberlin.com
NOVEMBER 2017
2nd
with Gypsy Restaurant
Clärchens Ballhaus
Berlin Mitte
9th
Jazziki
Gesundheitsmesse im WECC
Berlin Westhafen
16th
Iris Romen & Vintage Hotel
Jam Bar
Dresden
17th
Iris Romen & Vintage Hotel
Jam Bar
Dresden
26th
with Dukish Vagabonds
Savoy Hotel
Berlin
30th
as a guest with Lüül who is turning 65 !
Ballhaus Berlin
DECEMBER 2017
I will be playing SUPPORT for TIM NEUHAUS
+ playing Rhodes & singing in his band on December
5th Hannover, LUX – Concerts
6th Bielefeld, Bunker Ulmenwall
7th Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof
8th Frankfurt, Brotfabrik Frankfurt
9th Köln, Artheater
11th A – Wien, B72
12th München, Ampere
13th Leipzig, Kupfersaal
14th Hamburg, Uebel und Gefährlich
15th Oberhausen, Druckluft
16th Bremen, Tower Musikclub
17th Berlin, Musik & Frieden
10th – 8pm
Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
Tischlerei der Deutschen Oper
Berlin
deutscheoperberlin.de
cover gal
This picture by Sally of Cherrymuffin Studios Berlin was shot at Clärchens Ballhaus in Berlin and used as the front picture of my debut solo album „Vintage Gal Hour“ (2013).
Sundays
MUSE AND I
are taking a break from the Sunday Brunch music at the moment.
But I really enjoyed this little steady gig in 2017 and 2018 and hope to be back soon.
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Archive
On Sundays, I am MUSE’s muse.
My weekly* solo brunch set from noon till 2pm !
http://www.facebook.com/muse.gastro
* with some exceptions throughout the year – just message me if you want to check if I sing on the day you picked -> mail@irisromen.com
biographical
IRIS ROMEN
Singer & songwriter
Fender Rhodes & doublebass player
solo & with band concerts (both private & public)
live & studiowork singing lead
singing coach
arranging & singing choirs of all kinds
STORY
Iris Romen is a singer, singing teacher, instrumentalist and composer,
born and raised in Maastricht (the Netherlands), living in Berlin since 2004.
As a child, she has always been convinced of her existence making sense as a singer and songwriter.
At 18, she started singing with a little orchestra called The Spats Company, by cello player Gabor Bartos. Music from the roaring twenties !
Singing with The Spats Company at 18
While listening to grunge, Iris started studying Jazz Singing at the Maastricht Conservatorium,
where she got her diploma cum laude in 2001.. while listening to rock and cuban music.
In 2004, after having lived in and toured through several places in Europe and beyond,
she moves to Berlin where she enjoys the wide scale of music styles and opportunities
to make music in various settings.
Live with Ray Collins Hot-Club,
Festsaal Kreuzberg, 2013
With Andrej Hermlin and his Band,
recording the Billie Holiday tribute album,
„I Hear Music“
Photo by Heinrich Hermes
Performing Brecht at Clärchens Ballhaus
with Wolfgang Zechlin and Thomas Büchel
Be it rocking her contrabass and singing with her all-girl countrypunk band The Runaway Brides,
Photo by Thomas Gust
singing as the bandleader to the weekly Schwoof at Clärchens Ballhaus, or with Andrej Hermlin’s 1930’s bigband, at Adlon or at the Philharmony.
Solo in Eberswalde, Photo by Thorsten Groß
CD release concert at Heimathafen, Berlin, 2013
With actor and singer Ben Becker
live at St. Pauli Theater
With Astrid North at Bar Jeder Vernunft, 2016
With her own band, or as a guest with Astrid North, Ben Becker, Tele, Robbie AG Moore, members of The BossHoss, Johnny Trouble, Lüül, Mark Scheibe, Joy Denalany, Señor Torpedo or Ray Collins,
at ATrane, Bar Jeder Vernunft, White Trash, on radio or tv or in any smaller or bigger venue
across Germany and Europe.
Along the way, she learned to play the contrabass, her Fender Rhodes and Framus guitar, that are today
part of her solo set-up.
In 2008, she and Marc Schmolling win the Berlin Jazz Prize
In 2013, she releases her first album of originals „Vintage Gal Hour“ with Michael Rank’s Chet Records (department of Kosmo Music) label,
supported by the federal sponsorship of Initiative Musik and a publishing deal with Universal Publishing.
Finally, the first originals are seeing the light !
Since 2014, Iris is a singing teacher two days a week in her special sounding room in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
Since April 2016, almost every Sunday, Iris sings at her steady solo gig at Muse Berlin (café & restaurant) during Sunday brunch (Prenzlauer Berg).
2017
In October 2017, Iris, as a bandmember of Robot (duett vocals and Rhodes) went on ‘COMMON GROUND TOUR’ with Robot, and singer-songwriters Lary and Jesper Munk, playing, among other venues, at a sold out Muffathalle in München.
In December 2017, a solo EP called ‘Home’, containing solo sketches of new originals recorded at The Famous Gold Watch AudioVisual Studios was being released labelless, primarily for promo.
In December 2017, Iris went on a 13-day tour with singer-songwriter and Clueso drummer Tim Neuhaus
to play as his support act as well singing and playing Rhodes in his new band with Florian Holoubek, Fabian Holoubek and Andy Köcher.
(Photos above by Christopher Kelemen, below one by Simone Menthe)
One exception though she made, skipping one tournight – to sing a special Ella Fitzgerald 100th Anniversary Tribute concert at Deutsche Oper Berlin on the 10th of December.
CURRENTLY WORKING WITH
IRIS ROMEN and her band
Alexey Wagner (guitar)
Micha Fromme (drums)
Tim Neuhaus
Robot (with Robbie AJ Moore, Knox Chandler, Micha Fromme, Taylor Savvy)
Andrej Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra
Jazziki
Dukish Vagabonds
Big Band der Deutsche Oper Berlin
WORKED WITH
The Runaway Brides (all-girl country band)
Señor Torpedo
Astrid North
LAING
Ben Becker (Yoyo Röhm, Toby Dammit, Gary Schmalzer)
The BossHoss
Jesper Munk
Above: With Malcolm and Ansgar of The BossHoss and
Pascal Briggs
LAING
Mark Scheibe
TELE
Ray Collins’ Hot Club
Johnny Trouble
..FOR ONE DAY
Katie Melua
Joy Denalane
RELEASES
CD
2013 // Iris Romen – Vintage Gal Hour
2009// Señor We Wanna Be From Sweden
2007 // Andrej Hermlin And His Swing Dance Orchestra – I Hear Music (Billie Holiday tribute)
2003 // Señor Torpedo – Through Night Scenes
2003 // Down South – One On One
VIDEO
2015 // Tabou
2014 // Born To Be Wild
2013 // Dance With Me
2008 // You Go To My Head – Andrej Hermlin & His Swing Dance Orchestra
PRIZES
2008 // Marc Schmolling & Iris Romen / Jazz Preis Berlin 2008 „Ella“
love to laugh
It happens all the time !
If you need a pressphoto, please contact me.
mail@irisromen.com
This one is by Antje Taiga Jandrig.
on air
Love being radioeins’ guest !
Singing Sessions
–for English, see further below–
Hallo Nachtigall, Star und Laie !
Ich gebe Gesangsunterricht für alle, die gern singen
oder die Freude am Singen zurückgewinnen wollen.
Erlerne leicht, Körper und Geist so zum Einsatz zu bringen,
dass dem „Atmen der Seele“ sowie dem Herüberbringen Deiner Aussage nichts im Wege steht.
Iris Romen hat in Maastricht (NL) Gesang studiert und ist seitdem als Sängerin, Gesangslehrerin, Instrumentalistin und Songwriterin in verschiedenen Genren tätig.
Leidenschaftlich arbeitet sie mit den Verbindungen zwischen Körperhaltung, Stimmhandhabung, Gedankenmustern, Gehör und Repertoire. Sie begleitet auf der Gitarre, dem Kontrabass oder am Klavier.
Wenn Du eine Probestunde nehmen möchtest
– in meinem wundervoll klingenden Raum –
oder Du hast eine Frage, bitte melde Dich !
Ich freue mich von Dir zu hören.
Immanuelkirchstrasse 30
Berlin – Prenzlauer Berg
mail@irisromen.com
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Hello nightingale, Starling and truth-seeker !
I am a singing teacher for everyone who enjoys singing or wants to re-gain
for life the joy in singing.
Learn easily how to let your body and mind open up in order to
<<let the soul breathe>> and transfer your musical statements – without blocks.
Iris Romen studied jazz singing in Maastricht (NL) and works as a singer, singing teacher, instrumentalist and Songwriter in various musical styles.
She works passionately with the connections between posture, voice management, thought patterns, hearing and repertoire.
She accompanies singers on guitar, contrabass or piano.
For booking a trial lesson
– in my wonderful-sounding room –
or you have a question – please contact me !
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Immanuelkirchstrasse 30
Berlin – Prenzlauer Berg
mail@irisromen.com
stage light
..like sunlight to me
Photo by Georg Anton Stipek Michienzi
live at amphitheater monbijoupark
singing sessions
Read all about the most relaxed singing lessons in Prenzlauer Berg under coaching.
Tabou (2015)
Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf cover) (2014)
Dance With Me (2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5NZZARy-4
Strange Boy (from “Vintage Gal Hour”) (2013)
Last Song (from “Vintage Gal Hour”) (2013)
I Found You In Fall (from “Vintage Gal Hour”) (2013)
song writing
I love hanging out in cafés and write, write, write.. (or on my bike – without a notebook, of course..)
Photo by Sally of Cherrymuffin Studios Berlin
rhodes
The Fender Rhodes.
A wonderful invention and my very dear companion !