Michael Thieke

Michael Thieke is a German clarinetist, composer and improviser based in Berlin. He works across experimental ensemble music, improvising collectives and forms at the margins of jazz, with particular attention to the smallest changes of timbre, microtonality, noise and slowly unfolding musical structures.

His long-term projects include The International Nothing with Kai Fagaschinski, The Pitch, Splitter Orchester, The Clarinet Trio and collaborations with Biliana Voutchkova and Magda Mayas. Such work often explores how collective listening can shape form without predefined rhythmic or harmonic development. The Creative Sources catalogue documents him on 7x4x7 (CS013), Kreis (CS020), Leuchten (CS040) and Scope (CS644).