Founded in 2004, the duo of flutist Robert Dick and pianist Ursel Schlicht seeks nothing less than the redefinition of the flute and piano duo. Their music, integrating composition and improvisation, radically expands the sound world and expressive possibilities of the traditional configuration.

Their CDs 'The Galilean Moons' and 'Photosphere' received much critical acclaim.

The duo has performed in the United States, Iceland, Germany and Mexico. In New York, they have played at Merkin Hall on the Interpretations series, the Roulette series (Composers Now Festival), North River Concerts at the Greenwich House Music School, NYU’s Loewe Theater, the TriBeCa Arts Festival. Other US performances include Florida concerts at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Emit series, Music at UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) and Juneau Jazz and Classics. International highlights include the Dark Musik Days Festival in Rejkjavik and the International Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico.

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Bronx Council on the Arts Cultural Visions Grant

In their latest project, supported by supported by a Cultural Visions Grant of the Bronx Counil on the Arts in 2024, Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht are looking at the natural world and some of its phenomena as it responds to climate change.  From ice sheets melting and icebergs calving to trees exchanging information and nutrients through their root systems, the duo responds both to the phenomena themselves and to their emotional resonance. 

First impressions will be premiered in Germany in May 2025.

Exploratorium Berlin: The Galilean Moons

Premiering new music for flute(s) and piano, Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht continue the creative journey they began in 2004. Their ever-evolving work seeks nothing less than the redefinition of the flute-piano duo. Their music radically expands the sound world and expressive possibilities of the traditional configuration. All of their music involves improvisation, rated uniquely in each work.

Robert Dick – flutes (Glissando Flute®, bass flute, contrabass flute, piccolo)

Ursel Schlicht – piano (on keyboard and inside instrument)