Merit Zloch

Merit Zloch (* 1975 in Stralsund ) is a German musician.

She lives in Berlin , her instrument is the hook harp . She is a master of prehistory and early history and art history. She plays in the ensembles Bilwesz and Vinkoop and was a member of the band Malbrook . Her main focus is on her own compositions and traditional dance music from German-speaking countries. She is the winner of the second prize at the Rencontres internationales de Luthiers et Maîtres Sonneurs de Saint-Chartier 2003 in a duo with Simon Wascher . In 2005 she won the German World Music Prize with MalbrookRuth in the Newcomer category.

Discography

Malbrook (2003, Westpark music) - as a guest musician in a solo project by the singer and mandola player Wolfgang Meyering .
Vinkoop (2003) - music from the southern Baltic Sea region together with Ralf Gehler and Hans Hegner .
Hardigatti (2004, Extraplatte ) - traditional dance music from German-speaking countries arranged in a modern way with the band Bilwesz.
spring (2006, Emmuty Records) - music from German-speaking countries arranged in a modern way with the band Bilwesz.
Urban Legends (2007, Emmuty Records) - Solo with guests on some tracks, mostly original compositions.
Qwade Wulf (2008, Westpark music) - with the band Malbrook .
Pugnate (2009, Emmuty Records) - with the Ensemble Musica Romana.

Merit Zloch: reed instruments with a rectangular to flat-round cross-section. In: Ellen Hickmann, Ricardo Eichmann (Hrsg.): Music archaeological source groups. Land deeds, oral records, records. Lectures of the 3rd symposium of the International Study Group Music Archeology in the Michaelstein Monastery, 9. – 16. June 2002, and other contributions. Leidorf, Rahden 2004, ISBN 3-89646-645-3 (Studies on Music Archeology, 4), pages 49–58.
Merit Zloch: Remnants of past worlds of sound - archaeological finds of musical instruments. In: Archeology under the pavement. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. No. 39, Schwerin 2005, pages 355-360.
Heiko Schäfer, Anja-Merit Zloch: A Gothic chest part from Kröpeliner Straße 20 in Rostock. In: Archaeological reports from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. No. 4, Waren 1997, pages 224-229.