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a curved sunbeam on vintage paper
chamber orchestra
(fl/cl.bb/2 bcl.bb/sax alt/sax ten/2 trp.bb/2 trb/2 tba/el guit./pno/2 vln/vla/2 vcl/dbass)
comissioned by The Multiple Joy[ce] Orchestra, cologne
26´
score
quintenzirkeln / circling fifths
electronic music / fixed media
comissioned by radio hr2 kultur frankfurt
30´
e.t. [l.a.]
for any number of laptops greater than 4
and equipped with built-in microphone and loudspeaker.
comissioned by experimental music yearbook, los angeles
undefined duration
score + video
for carillon, sound transmission from berlin central station and live electronics
commissioned by jeffrey bossin/carillon concerts berlin
45´
video excerpt
fo(u)r t(w)o play
4 experimental duos for 2 clarinets, 2 tubas, 2 violins and 2 accoridions
comissioned by machine project, los angeles
2-3 minutes each
score + video excerpt
for 15+ people with megaphones in a public space
for "samstagdemo´s neuer musik" by
ensemble zwischentoene, berlin
10´ca.
score + video
[a bit of hot air to blow it off bot hair]
performance - installation
for zwielicht im farbfernseher, berlin
20´
video
cellscape
installation with vibrating cellphones
comissioned by hansa art special, cologne
15´
stele fuer n.o.
for large orchestra
comissioned by kunststiftung nrw for maerzmusik 2010
19´
score
blindtext
radiophonic autoportrait
60´
two rooms, flipped
soundinstallation for two rooms
commissioned by sonic acts XIII
video + photos
vibrating cellphones, objects
premiered at ncpa, mumbai
15´
radio
stereosport
tapemusic
comissioned by lokaal01/geluidpost, breda
10´
[x∞ = op (x∞)]3
tape, feedback and live electronics
20´
video
luft / licht
an intermedia performance evening
together with bettina wenzel
commissioned by medienkulturhaus wels / linz09
45´
monades with ears
a portable soundinstallation on 12 laptops
commissioned by laptopia #5 / museum of bat yam/israel
undefined duration
video
mit sicherheit
concert - installation for 6 pianos and live-electronic
together with harald muenz
60´
a qubit of emotion
for violin, viola and cello with a laptop each
commisioned by bbc london for the huddersfield contemporary music festival
5´30´´
score
audio-visual performance for a laptop orchestra of volunteers
award of distinction at ars electronica 08
undefined duration
score
steirerlied-zentrifuge
soundinstallation for the monastery-park in gleisdorf/austria
commisioned by "institut fuer kunst im oeffentlichen raum", graz
running from july till october 2008
electroacoustic piece from computervoices
commissoned by palais de tokyo, paris for their answerphone-series
3´34´´
a mixed media performance evening
together with bettina wenzel
45´
final piano music for 8 hands and tools
kind of a fluxus-reenactment, together with ben patterson , jozef cseres and thomas lehn
70´
textscore for the visitors of the mainfrankentheater, wuerzburg
score
alkan graph
for flute, clarinet, string-quartet, piano + additional el. keyboard
commissoned by wdr3 neue musik for the series "ensembl[:E:]uropa
13´30´´
score
"selbsthoerbild mit computerleichnam"
radiophonic selfportrait
commissoned by hr2-kultur, hessischer rundfunk, frankfurt
57´
tesla transmissions
a collaborative installation/performance by volker straebel and hans w. koch
for the exhibition 9 evenings reconsidered @ tesla, berlin
120´
orfeus@home
soundpiece for the cd-compilation orfeus400
edited by degem (german association for electroacoustic music)
1´47´´
my europe: landscape with europa
radiophonic soundscape for the celebration of the european broadcasting union
commisioned by wdr3 studio akustische kunst, cologne
46´
a portrait of the audience from inside the cage
for
for any solo-instrument
variable duration
score
self-replicating audio-visual program
for a laptop orchestra of volunteers
variable duration
score
present, tense
for soloinstrument (fixied pitches) and live-electronic
computergenerated score of variable duration
rocket_science_rag
duo for extended voice , live-electronic and playback
collaborative composition with bettina wenzel
10´
for suspended vibrator und drum
soundinstallation
commisioned by satelite-space gallery, university of texas, san antonio
time hits in various lines
musictheatre for 2 epee-fencers, referee, flute, percussion, piano and live-electronic
15´
comissioned by philharmonie luxemburg
score
formula2
installation/performance for toy racing track, 2 wireless spy-cams, videomonitors , loudspeakers and computerassisted videotracking
collaboration with jens brand
comissioned by qo2-werkhuis, brussels
analytical spatialisation of equal-tempered music
soundinstallation
commisioned by voorkammer, lier
bridgeintenminutespdf
electronic music
contribution to the cd "CrossCut edition"
20 years "edition zeitgenössische musik" of deutscher musikrat at wergo
1´
bad_lausick / selbenbach
2 elektroacoustic compositions
7´ each
commisioned by the festival "was hoeren wir?" at denkmalschmiede hoefgen
(curated by stefan fricke)
piano - frames (empirical plositivism)
for improvising pianist and interactive video
collaborative composition with simon nabatov
45´
commisioned by the festival "explosiv - exklusiv" hochdorf/schweiz
feedbackdance IV
for 2 players moving with wireless microphones and autonomous live-electronic system
7´
for tenor-recorder, el. guitar & live-electronic
17´
...two ways of not listening to...
video & sound
1´38´´
comissioned by hermes (sk) for the exhibition "EAR"
strichzeichnung
for 2 pianos, one quartertone apart
10´
comissioned
by deborah richards
score
short opera-performance for a moderator, mixed choir + conductor + audience
7´30´´
luftveraenderung
for flute, oboe, clarinet & live-electronic
15´
praetorium praeteritum
audiovisual installation for the praetorium (historic city-hall from roman times) in cologne
comissioned by museumsnacht, cologne
for tenor-recorder, violin & live-electronic
18´
site-specific audioinstallation/intervention in public space
comissioned by liget gallery, budapest
cut-off-frequencies
for violin & live-electronic
30´´
comissioned by microscores-festival, calarts
alte liebe
for flute, clarinet, violin, vcello, piano & live-electronic
15´
portrait of a virus seen as a swan (virus-alert)
generative computermusic, using email-viruses as source-material
20´
arche noah vom rhein
audiovisual installations, together with visual artists annegret heinl (de)
ben patterson (us/de), jan steklik & marian palla (cz)
kanon koeln
music for the carillon in the city-hall tower
1´30´´
comissioned by the festival klangraum /raumklang, cologne
for apple-powerbook and its built-in mic.-loudspeaker treated as a bandoneon
live-electronic
8´
23 préludes à rien
dance / music / video performances, together with vocal artist/dancer
bettina wenzel (de)
60´
rheinwaerts
68-hour nonstop music staffette along the rhine from bonn to duisburg
for several hundred participant of all ages.
together with composer bernhard koenig (de)
3 d
two voices
sound & videosculpture, together with sculptor sheperd ndudzo (botswana)
comissioned by "among others 05", kuenstlerhaus dortmund
wortschatz
prerecorded favorite words of several international poets & live-electronic
20´
comissioned by kuenstlerhaus schloss wiepersdorf
for two badimtonplayers & live-electronic
20´
feedbackdance IV
for two players with microphones & live-electronic
12´
8-channel tape-music
8´46´´
espace donné [los angeles]
the city as a musical instrument
for 10 improvising musicians equipped with cellphones and moving through l.a.
together with composer andreas wagner (de)
200´
comissioned by villa aurora, los angeles
welcome noise
sitespecific audiovisual installation for an old classroom in tokyo
comissioned by "puddles" artist-exchange-program
feedbackdance III
for slowly moving microphone & live-electronic
12´
artituren
performance together with visual artist annegret heinl (de) and vocal artist/dancer
bettina wenzel (de)
30´
corrida des sons
improvisationconcept for voice & live-electronic, together with vocal artist/dancer
bettina wenzel (de)
30´
feedbackdance II
for hands moving around a microphone & live-electronic
10´
spacescan
frequency-sweep through a given space to detect loose parts therein and then playing on that.
live-electronic
25´
multiple fallouts
dance / music / video performances, together with vocal artist/dancer
bettina wenzel (de)
50´
comissioned by "grenzgaenger - experiments in dance & music"
licht & luft
soundinstallation with two light-controlled hairdryers
comissioned by "das alchemistische werk" & noedok, st. poelten (at)
loreley & andere katastrophen
contemporary music cabaret, together with flutist ortrud kegel (de) & composer chao-ming tung (de)
50´
je pense a toi
dance / music performance, together with vocal artist/dancer bettina wenzel (de)
20´
passage des anges
opera in one act, based on the diarys of dr. john dee (london/prague c.1560)
4 vocal performers, video & live-electronic
30´
comissioned by "pounding on the iron curtain", stavovske-divadlo, prague
shanti
soundinstallation with inflatable pool, toy-boat, 4 hairdryers, recordings of sailors songs & electronic circuitry
comissioned by "earwitness", ccnoa-gallery, brussels
strang
for harp, guit., cello & live-electronic
10´
aria (first incantation)
for very high voice & live-electronic
8´
arbeit/schoenheit (labor)
interactive audio-visual installation for a staircase
comissioned by the festival maerzmusik, berlin
not yet
computer solo and audience
indetermined duration
fallout
dance / music performance, together with vocal artist/dancer bettina wenzel (de)
15´
wandbehang
8-channel soundinstallation
electroviola
for bowed apple-powerbook and phyiscal-modelling of a viola via max/msp
10´
flute tube lute tune use 50 tuba tubing used true tubes 55 ukulele musical bugle
concert / installation / performance inside the deutzer bruecke, cologne
together with composer/flutist barbara held (es)
45´
comissioned by the festival bcn-cgn, cologne
leerlauf
soundinstallation: amplified laser-sledge noise of a randomly playing discman
comissioned by kunstverein baden/wien
from "sechzig", part V: "landschaft mit computerleichnam"
for alto-flute, alto-saxophone and inside-computer live-electronic
25´
for el. guitar & live-electronic
15´
comissioned
by black jackets company, brussels
youtube
score
territoires
dance / music / video performances, together with vocal artist/dancer
bettina wenzel (de)
60´
rendez-vous
soundinstallation: coathanger, two hairdryers with rubber-gloves
for tenor-recorder & autonomous live-electronicsystem
15´
aus triacea
soundinstallation: wireless loudspeakers, microphone, sun-propelled ventilator
comissioned by kunstverein baden/wien
der nächste klang ist nur einen steinwurf weit entfernt
landart-soundinstallation
comissioned by symposium lindabrunn
praeambulum super felix namque
for electronically equipped lithophone
15´
comissioned by percussionist felix perret (ch)
spongeworks
for metal-wool and micromodular
20´
[alias:sound]
soundinstallation: large papertube, loudspeaker & microphone, multi-effects box
comissioned by studio 5 beekman, new york
espace donné [barcelona]
for 2 musicians with acoustical instruments & live-electronics
together with composer andreas wagner (de)
60´
comissioned by metronom, barcelona
tanz / musik
interacive performance-concept for one dancer and one musician
together with vocal artist/dancer bettina wenzel (de)
blasmusik
soundinstallation: two hairdryers, score of beethovens 9th symphony
comissioned by kunstverein baden/wien
katalogos
for string quintet
15´
comissioned by the festival "heilige zahlen", cologne
zeitmaschine vor-/zurueck
interactive soundinstallation
kammeressen
performance about the musical qualiies of the preparation of food, eating and washing the dishes (with audience participation)
30´
ist musik eine sprache, die jeder versteht?
ist sprache eine musik, die jeder versteht?
sience-speak and free improvised music in a structured dialogue
40´
hochzeitsflug
performance with live-electronic sounds in a wide sterephonic pamorama
15´
espace donné [new york]
for 2 musicians with acoustical instruments & live-electronics
together with composer andreas wagner (de)
60´
comissioned by experimental intermedia, new york
espace donné [lechenich]
for 2 musicians with acoustical instruments & live-electronics
together with composer andreas wagner (de)
60´
comissioned by katholisches bildungswerk, erftstadt
autoskultation
two performers with live-electroncis exploring the sonic possibilities of a car
20´
abwarten
performance for two with three tables and electronic devices
together with composer harald muenz (de/uk)
11´30´´
erinnernvergessen
concert-installation for a photo-exhibition of pictures showing the actual state of nazi-concentration camps (pictures by reinhard matz)
together with composer andreas wagner (de)
comissioned by katholisches bildungswerk, erftstadt
80´
eustach
small microphone inside the mouth, amplified workings of the eustachian tube.
15´
tafelmusik I
interactive soundinstallation about food preparation, consumption and dishwashing
together with composer harald muenz (de/uk)
uralte wasser
recording of a song by hugo wolf, boiling water, live-electronic
15´
comissioned by koeln salon e.v.
orgel/topographie
for one performer inside a church organ with live-electronic, a second performer at the keyboard
20´
shiftlessness / schiebeproben
music-theatre about a text by getrude stein for soprano, clarinet and 2 live- electronic-performers
together with composer harald muenz (de/uk)
60´
musik + salon =
performance for two synthesizer-players
together with composer harald muenz (de/uk)
50´
comissioned by the festival "musik in den haeusern der stadt"
kollektiv I-IV
collaborative compositionproject for flute, double-bass & piano
together with harald muenz (de/uk), andreas wagner (de), chao-ming tung (de)
variable durations
aus "sechzig" teil IV: paradiso infernale
for an exhibition of s. dalis xylographies after the "divina commedia" by dante
for two speakers (male/female), tenorsaxophone, organ, synthesizer and live- electronic
25´
comissioned by katholisches bildungswerk, erftstadt
[x∞ = op (x∞)]2
soundinstallation: large papertube, 2 tapedecks and 2 interfering feedbacksystem in space
comissioned by BrueckenMusik, cologne
computermusic I <exploded view>
for inside-computer & live-electronic
glueckspiel
for vlcello four hands and videoinstallation
aus "sechzig" teil II: m.a.w.
for carinet, french horn, violin, vlcello & pno
20´
aus "sechzig" teil I: leerstuecke
for clarinet, trumpet, d-bass & live-electronic
20´
kluusch
for flute, vlcello, prepared piano and tape
12´
music for the theatreplay "sylvia plath -panic dreams" (c. nicopoulos)
tape-music
40´
loses ende
for solo viola da gamba (tenor)
15´
sing/spiel
for sopranosaxophone, tuba and hidden playbackdevices
9´
musik fuer praeparierte und offene klaenge
for flute, viola, harmonium and large glass-bowls
together with composer andreas wagner (de)
24´
comissioned by katholisches bildungswerk, erftstadt
solo for viola
5´
"un-"
for 3 violoncelli, after a quotation from cancellor helmut kohl
15´
variationen zum einschlafen
for soprano, flute, clarinet, vlcello, harpsichord & live-electronic
10´
comissioned by stiftung kammeroper schloss rheinsberg
ikone: franz schubert: mein traum (1822)
for a speaking female celloplayer
10´
uhren ≈ zeiten
collaborative performance together with franz van der grinten (live-video)
and michael feuchtmair (interative scuplture)
15´
litanei für j.c. for 2 - 24! melodic instruments
score-generating set of rules
undetermined duration
x∞ = op (x∞)
for two tape-machines, microphone, loudspeaker and a papertube
based on a quotation from heinz v. foerster
15´
musiques pour la tour césar
for flute, hoboe, clarinet, trumpet, french horn, trombone
also performing scenic actions
25´
comissioned by "groupe emefa" for a workshop about music, architecture and scenography in provins, france
how to make landlers
musictheatre after music by franz schubert
for hoboe, french horn, vlcello, percussion, tape & live-electronic
50´
comissioned by the mutare musiktheater ensemble, frankfurt/main
ed è subito sera
trio for voice, vlcello, piano and scenic actions performed by the musicians
after a poem by salvatore quasimodo
13´
quintet
for bassclarinet, french horn, vibraphone, viola da gamba, grand piano
15´
solo for bassoon II
5´
violinduos I & II
5´+ 8´
alba
for tenor-recorder
solo for bassoon I
8´
for wind-instruments
after "capriccio cromatico con ligature al contrario" by girolamo frescobaldi
for flute, hoboe, clarinet, bassoon, ten. saxophon, tumpet, french horn, trombone
8´