biography
Edith Therese Karkoschka, known as „Edita“, was born in 1985 in Tychy, Poland, and grew up in Germany and Poland. She studied pop music in the Netherlands and speaks 4 languages: German, Polish, English, and Dutch. In 2010, she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Music & Education, specializing in vocals. Since then, she has worked as an artist with a strong interdisciplinary approach, as it allows her to explore a wider range of artistic expression. She has lived in Berlin since 2015.
Rooted in vocal expression and composition, she works in areas such as (theatrical) music performance, sound art, and film music. From 2009 to 2019, she was the lead singer of the indie-pop band Nausica, and from 2011 to 2015, she was part of the electronic neoclassical band Cast-Glass. In collaboration with video artist Krista Burger, she created the live cinema project Koschka & Heimprofi from 2011 to 2016. Since 2020, her focus has been on her solo project KOSCHKA, with which she released her debut album in 2024 and toured in Germany and Switzerland. She develops and works in experimental setups and in various collaborations, such as with music documentary photographer Tom Roelofs and illustrator Menah. Her debut concert in April 2024 was developed in collaboration with lighting designer Hanna Kritten, emphasizing the interplay of light and music.
Since 2012, Edita has played more than 100 concerts and performances across Europe, including at the Indie-Classical Avantgarde-Pop Festival Cross Linx (NL), alongside artists such as My Brightest Diamond and José González, and as a support act for Son Lux. Beyond her work as a singer, she has also appeared as a performing artist, including in the fictional role of Patricia Paay in the noise opera The Magical Massage Bar for Public Officers (2013) by Slovak composer Utvil Kling Sang. She was an artist-in-residence at the Begehungen program in Chemnitz (2014) and a guest at the Summer Fellowship Museumsinsel Hombroich. In 2016, she worked as a singer and composer on the cosmic dance theatre piece Superbrocken for Bauhaus Dessau. In 2020, she was part of the interdisciplinary art project Die Poröse Oper, created in collaboration with Die Philosophischen Bauern, which premiered on March 8, 2020, at UT Connewitz in Leipzig.
During the COVID-19 crisis, she launched the online music portal Fluid, where she improvised a cappella compositions based on submitted texts.
Edita has released one album with KOSCHKA, three EPs with Nausica, and one EP with Cast-Glass. Her voice has been featured in various productions, including a collaboration with sound artist Machinefabriek on their joint release Crumble. With Nausica, she gained radio success—their song All I Do was played on Radio Eins for six consecutive weeks.
performances / concerts (selection)
2024
album release tour ‘KOSCHKA’ (24 shows)
a.o. Berlin@Ausland, Basel(CH)@Sommercasino, Leipzig@HornsErben, Hamburg@PonyBar
Radio Eins, live & interview with Marion Brasch
2020
- UT Connewitz, Leipzig (DE)
‘Die Poröse Oper’, premiere
2019
- Germany Tour
u.a. Stuttgart@Galao, Chemnitz@Weltecho, Leipzig@NochBesserLeben
- Festival Let Me In, Berlin (DE)
- Festival Freundetreffen, Rüdersdorf (DE)
2018
- Support Miya Folick @Tivoli De Helling (NL)
- Support Polica @Paradiso Amsterdam (NL)
- Festival Dutch Design Week (NL)
- Festival Manana Manana (NL)
- Festival Tweetakt (NL)
2017
- Festival Autumn Falls (BE)
- Showcase DiCE Festival (NL)
- Europe Tour (NL/DE/BE)
u.a. Berlin@Berghain Kantine, Mainz@SchonSchön, Stuttgart@Galao
2016
- Festival Manana Manana (NL)
- Festival Autumn Falls (BE)
2015
2014
- Milano Film Festival (IT)
- Incubate Festival (NL)
- Festival Begehungen A-I-R (DE)
- Gaudeamus Muziekdag (NL)
- Cross-Linx Festival (NL)
- Musis Sacrum (NL)
2013
- Rijksmuseum Twenthe (NL)
- Festival Noorderzon (NL)
- Valkhof Festival (NL)
- Kulturufer (DE)
- Oliver Peel Session (FR)
- Club Paradiso (NL)
- Mediamatic (NL)
- Extrapool (NL)
2012
- Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (NL)
- Intro In Situ (NL)
- Festival Schmiede (AT)
releases / collaborations
2024
- Vocals, Composition & Production, debut album ‘KOSCHKA’
feat. various Berlin based artists, e.g. Romain Bertheau, Anneli Bentler
by KOSCHKA, St.Vladimir Records (DE)
2019
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- Lead Vocals & Production, single ‘Tropical Waves’
by Nausica (NL/DE)
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- Lead Vocals & Production, single ‘All I Do’
by Nausica (NL/DE)
2018
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- Lead Vocals & Production, single ‘The Flood’
by Koschka (DE/PL), Part Du Decor Records
- Lead Vocals & Production, single ‘Black & White’
by Nausica (NL/DE), Knight Rider Records
2017
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- Lead Vocals & Production, single ‘Hey You’, ‘Okay’
- Lead Vocals & Production, EP ‘Yours’
by Nausica (NL/DE), Woda Kolonska Records
2016
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- Vocals & Lyrics for “Crumble”
album by soundartist Machinefabriek (NL)
2015
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- Vocals for the “Wifi Angels App”
by Next Nature Network in collaboration with sound artist Machinefabriek (NL)
2015
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- Featured on (vocals, keys) “Jack Ellister”
debut full length album by Jack Ellister (UK) (Friends Of The Fish / Fruits De Mer Records)
2015
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- Featured on (vocals) “Error Log”
collaboration album between Banabila & Machinefabriek (NL), Tapu Records
2014
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- Lead vocals, EP “Cast Glass”
album by Cast Glass (NL), Sonority in Sound Records
2014
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- Lead vocals and production, EP “The Molecules Fall Closer”
EP by Nausica (NL/DE), Woda Kolonska Records
2014
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- Featured on (vocals) EP “Dawn Dream Club” (7”)
produced by Jack Ellister (UK), Fruit De Mer Records
2013
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- Lead vocals and producing, EP “Nausica”EP by Nausica (NL/DE), Woda Kolonska Records
interdisciplinary projects (selection)
2019
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- Composer, Musician & Performer
lyrical sound & art installation ‘Die poröse Oper’ in collaboration with ‘Die Philosophischen Bauern’ (Berlin), first performance in Leipzig, UT Connewitz
2016
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- Art Direction, Sound & Performance
short film & art installation ‘Der Schnabelsteher’
on behalf of Bauhaus Dessau (DE)
2011
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- Art Direction
social art & music project ‘Podium Presikhaaf’ in collaboration with art foundation ‘Motel Spatie’ & ‘Cultuur & Ondernemen’, Amsterdam (NL)
2010
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- Co-Founder
of art collective ‘Locatie Spatie’ (NL)
2009
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Art Direction
social art & music project “PresikHARMONIE!” on behalf of Kunstbedrijf Arnhem(NL)
artist-in-residence / awards
2016
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- artist-in-residence ‘Fill The Room’
Nijmegen (NL)
2015
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- summerfellowship ‘Museumsinsel Hombroich’
Neuss (DE)
2014
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- artist-in-residence ‘Festival Begehungen’
Chemnitz (DE)
2012
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- Prins Bernhard Fonds cultuurbeurs
prize winner, Amsterdam (NL)
2009
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- Künstlerförderpreis
prize winner, Friedrichshafen (DE)
education
2005-2010
- ArtEZ Arnhem
Bachelor of Music & Education (cum laude)