Introducing: Fabio Nieder
Fabio Nieder is one of those composers who is unconventional in the best sense of the word, who does not fit into any category, not even those of “minimalism” and “simplicity”.…
Introducing: Iris ter Schiphorst and “Undine goes!”
Orchestral works, music theatre works and film scores. Iris ter Schiphorst’s compositions are often reactions to socio-political themes; she herself describes her composing as “dialogical”. (wien modern) “Ingeborg Bachmann’s 1961…
Introducing: Wolfgang Mitterer and “Kiss”
The composer, organist and improviser Wolfgang Mitterer has specialised in the method of sampling, of composing with sounds. His mixed sounds create an unmistakable immediacy. (mica magazine) A small excerpt…
Introducing: Zeynep Gedizlioğlu and “Undine – the absent”
The work of the composer Zeynep Gedizlioğlu sounds multifaceted. The focus is on the perception of the world and the search for what is artistically one’s own. (DLF) “The sounds…
Introducing: Sarah Nemtsov and “Defect”
The intensity of Sarah Nemtsov’s music arises not least from the reference to extra-musical content. This includes political and social issues as well as interpersonal constellations. This is also evident…
Introducing: Missing Jagoda
Music theatre for an (almost) mute baritone, a singing actress, two actors and a gir Commissioned work for the Salzburg Pocket Opera Festival 2015 Written & directed by Thierry Bruehl…
Introducing: Wen Liu and „The End of the Song“
Wen Liu is a multidisciplinary composer and media artist best known for her innovative and experimental works that seamlessly combine music, visuals, dance, projections and various interdisciplinary art forms to…
Introducing: Brigitta Muntendorf and „Bronze by Gold“
The German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf has internalised referentiality as a compositional principle in her music (music to kin) and creates a multi-layered mesh work of analogue-digital forms of expression in…
Introducing: Ann Cleare and „Rinn“
Ann Cleare is an Irish artist working in concert music, opera, expanded sonic environments and hybrid instrument design. Described as “a very different art form that draws on, but also…
Introducing: Gordon Kampe and “I want to smile, smile, smile”
Gordon Kampe ©Michael Aust “The famous figure of Malvolio is at the centre of the pocket opera. Fool, comedian and at the same time tragically deceived – this enduring ambivalence…