c.v.
- 1995 graduation as
composer (diploma)
- 1988-95 studies at the music college of cologne. beginning with music theory, from 1989 on composition with johannes fritsch and piano with erwin kuckertz
- 1984-88 studies at the university of education, weingarten: music, history, physics. graduation with 1. staatsexamen in 1988. (middle-school teacher)
- 1983-84 studies at the university of tübingen: egyptology, ancient oriental studies, religious studies
living in cologne as freelance composer, performer and
musicteacher
honours & awards
- 2004 artist
in residence by kulturfonds foundation (berlin) at künstlerhaus
schloß wiepersdorf (feb.-apr.)
- 2003 residency and exhibition in tokyo on invitation by "puddles" - japanese / european artist-exchange-program (sept.)
- 2002 artist in residence at villa aurora in los angeles/california on
a grant by the german foreign secretary (mar. - june)
- 2000 residency at the international artists symposion
lindabrunn/austria (aug.)
- 1998 bernd-alois-zimmermann prize by the city of cologne
- 1993 residency at the foundation "kammeroper schloss rheinsberg" for the collaborative composition project "rheinsberg - ein bilderbuch fuer verliebte" after a text by kurt tucholsky. (director: siegfried matthus)
- 1992 residency by the jeunesses musicales for a work on music/architecture/theater in provins/france. (artistic director: paul mefano)
activities
- together with bettina wenzel he runs the duo &2 an ongoing series of experiments in
dance/voice/music/video
- member of the cologne society for contemporary music
(kgnm e.v.)
(boardmember from 1996 - 2002)
- member of the board of the ensemble krahnenbaum company koeln
- together with anke eberwein and bernhard koenig foundation of
the buero
fuer konzertpaedagogik (bureau for concert-pedagogical
activities)
- organisation of concerts, performances and
intermedia-events
- giving workshops and trainings for teachers and pupils of every
age for contemporary / experimental music and
improvisation
- he has collaborated with artists like
- tomomi adachi, sam
ashley, peter behrendsen, jens brand, michael duch, annegret heinl,
lasse morhaug, ortrud kegel, thomas lehn, manuel mota, harald muenz,
tisha mukarji, joker nies, josef novotny, joscha oetz, marian palla,
ben patterson, zdenek plachy, allan purvess, ernesto rodriguez, jan
steklík, david subik, chao-ming tung, michael vorfeld, andreas
wagner, bettina wenzel, joachim zoepf.
- his works have been performed by (a.o.)
- trio e-vent, (duo)2 archeopteryx, alter ego ensemble, apartment house, black jackets company,
krahnenbaum company koeln, mengano quartett, mutare musiktheater
ensemble, beth griffith, lucia mense, seth josel, holger
peters.
- recordings were made / played by
- deutschlandfunk, wdr, radio de la universita cattolica de
santiago de chile, kxlu (los angeles), kpfa (berkely).
- concerts / performances
- a.o. at sklenena louka, brno (cz); rhiz, vienna, experimental
intermedia & tonic, new york; mex, dortmund; de overslag,
eindhoven; metronom, barcelona; at the festivals audio art, krakow
(pl); next wave, prag; festival der ungewoehnlichen musik &
kryptonale, berlin; identa 99 & experimentelle musik 99
muenchen; castle of imagination, gdansk (pl), festival of not so
good music, nove zamky (sk); spritzenhaus hamburg; instants
chavirés, paris; cal-arts, los angeles; koeln...
- (sound) installations
- a.o. at deutzer bruecke, koeln; moltkerei werkstatt, koeln;
galerie rachel haferkamp, koeln; kunstverein baden/wien; studio
five beekman, new york; symposion lindabrunn (at); galeria
jána koniarka, trnava (sk); maerzmusik, berlin; ccnoa,
brussels, niederoesterreichisches kunstzentrum, st. poelten
(at)...
publications
- 2005
- - remembering the composer leni alexander (1924-2005): musiktexte 107
- - märchen von der musik als abwesenheit von klang (fairytale
about music made from the absence of sound): kunstmusik 5
- 2004
- - die koelner prometeo-akademie (the prometeo academy in cologne): programbook-text for the triennale-festival, cologne
- 2003
- - response 2003 „musik und macht“ (music and political power) programbook-text for the cologne philharmonic hall
- 2002
- - arbeit / schönheit (labor) (labour / beauty (laboratorium)): catalogue-text
for the festival "maerzmusik"
- anke eberwein /hans w. koch / bernhard koenig:
- "komponistinnen
und komponisten als konzertpädagogen" (s. 209-214) und
- "fünf thesen zur konzertpädagogik" (s. 255 -
266): stiller, barbara/wimmer constanze/schneider, ernst klaus
(hrsg.): spielräume musikvermittlung, regensburg 2002
- 1999
- - g. scelsi "pranam II" for 9 instruments: musiktexte 81/82
- - zwischen
lustgewinn und lerneffekt (between lust and learning) bernhard
koenig/hans w.koch: positionen 39, 1999
- 1993
- - notation and emotion (on the composition techniques in jani christous anaparastasis I): im dunkeln singen, papers of the jani
christou-symposium, hamburg 1993 (ed. wolke, hofheim 93)
pedagogical activities (selection)
96-03- leading different response-projects in frankfurt/main
for the hr-radio and in koeln for the musiktriennale resp. the
koelnmusik gmbh
- 98
- ohrlympiade for the donaueschinger musiktage (together
with b. koenig & anke eberwein)
- 00
- two experimental music-workshops for pupils for the
atlantisches festival of the federal country of
rheinland-pfalz
- 01
- workshop for young composers about electronic and experimental
music for jeunesses musicales germany
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