a r c h i v e

Olga Neuwirth
and their students
@Festival Présences, Concerts de Radio France
// Maison de la Radio et de la Musique - Auditorium

(04.02., 20h)

Neuwirth: “I am grateful to the organizers and promoters of Radio France/Festival Présences for offering my students a platform with my ‘Composition Lab’ to support them on this path, because it is becoming increasingly difficult for young composers to get commissions and intensive rehearsal opportunities at the highest level. I therefore see this visibility in such a diverse musical life in Paris not only as a wonderful opportunity for myself, but also for the young generation of composers.”

SONIC POSITIONS
// ELAK final semester concert

@Klangtheater
(01.02., 19h)

Students of the certificate program in Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (ELAK) present their new works.

With works by:
Kasho CHUALAN, Ilija DANZIGER, Helena DECHENREITER, Victoria GRAUSGRUBER, Valentin GRUBER, Jakob HENNEKEN, Emanuel HOHL, Miriam JOCHMANN, Marija JOCIUTE, Nina JUKIĆ, Marija JOCIŪTĖ, Philipp KLEINWORT, Moritz KOLMBAUER, Rainer KREMSER, Bo LEITER, Gabriel NEUMAIER, Jan-Eirik OLSEN, Ellen PREUSS, Markus SEPPERER, Simon SPIELHOFER, Finnian TREHERNE, Alek VORONIN & dem Sonic Scratch Ensemble

Supervision:
Angélica CASTELLO, Katharina KLEMENT, Bernhard GÁL, Patrik LECHNER, Wolfgang MUSIL, Jakob SCHNEIDEWIND & Bernd OBERLINNINGER

STUDY CONCERT PIANO
// students of Sigrid TRUMMER & Atousa SALEHI

@Zubin-Mehta-Saal
(25.01., 15h)

GEKREUZTE WEGE / CROSSED ROADS
// portrait conzert Farnaz MODARRESIFAR,
in memoriam Edith LEJET

@Joseph-Haydn-Saal
(24.01., 19h)

Edith LEJET (1941-15.06.2024) and Farnaz MODARRESIFAR (1989 born in Teheran): Two women who, at very different times and in very different social and political contexts, had to fight to become professional musicians and develop their talent and aspirations.

A project of the IKT and Institute 7; supported by the Administrative Department of Equality, Gender and Diversity (Gender|Queer|Diversität-Call der Plattform Gender_mdw 2024).

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Concert director: Jaime VOLFSON

SONIC SPECULATIONS
// guest lecture Gerhard ECKEL

@Vortragssaal
(14.01., 10h)

In this guest lecture, ECKEL will introduce his most recent composition, Speculator, a work for electroacoustically extended double bass. This piece was specifically composed for and premiered at the Speculative Sound Synthesis Symposium held in Graz in September 2024. Alongside showcasing the creative process behind Speculator, he will delve into the broader practice that informed its development.

JOINT STUDY CONCERT COMPOSITION
// students from all composition classes

@Joseph-Haydn-Saal
(13.01., 18h30)

With works by: Yeison BUITRAGO-VARGAS, Dominik FÖRTSCH, Ingi KIM, Cezara PROCOPCIUC, Paul Conrad SCHMIDT, Filip SOPAR, Juan Manuel URIBE, Sophie WALLNA, Jiyoung WOO and Yilin YANG

IKT-CHRISTMAS PARTY
// internal party of the department

@Klangtheater
(17.12., 17h)

Food and drink will be provided - program in the project room and from 22h a special DJ set by JSX.
Registration mandatory:
ikt-veranstaltungen@mdw.ac.at 

ABOUT EXPERIMENTS
// artist talk with Marcus SCHMICKLER

@Vortragssaal
(16.12., 10h)

SCHMICKLER, known for his work at the intersection of music, research and technology, will give an insight into his work. The talk will focus on his new project Cave Music, which not only deals with the unique acoustics and cultural significance of caves as a sound space.

18. KLAVIERABEND
// study concert piano

@Orchesterstudio
(13.12., 18h)

MONOCOLOR
// guest lecture Marian ESSL

@Vortragssaal
(10.12., 10h)

The audio-visual artist MONOCOLOR will show some of his recent works created with TouchDesigner, which were recently shown at his first museum exhibition in Krems and at media art festivals in Montréal and Seoul.

OPEN SPACES
// lecture with Samuel TORO PÉREZ, Elena RYKOVA und Micha SEIDENBERG

@Klangtheater
(06.12., 10h)

On the following day, Samuel TORO PÉREZ, Elena RYKOVA and Micha SEIDENBERG will present key points of Open Spaces in a lecture. The three musicians will talk about the creation of the works presented in the concert, provide insights into the respective collaborative process, and give an outlook on the semester workshop Composing for Ambient Guitar, which Samuel Toro Pérez and Prof. Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG will lead at the mdw in the coming summer semester.

OPEN SPACES
Tracing the Architecture of Time
// concert with Samuel TORO PÉREZ, Elena RYKOVA & Micha SEIDENBERG

@Klangtheater
(05.12., 19h30)

DORICO
// workshop Markus HARTMANN, Steinberg
(26.11., 17h30)

Get to know the new possibilities of the notation software Dorico. Newcomers and those switching from other music programs are very welcome. In this workshop, the new concepts as well as the basic functions and operation of Dorico will be presented. Individual problems can be discussed from 7:30 p.m. - please bring your own laptop.
Registration to waiting list: foertsch@mdw.ac.at

FREE IMPROVISATION
// guest lecture & workshop Richard BARRETT

@Klangtheater
(12.11., ab 10h)

Once we accept that any sound can be a musical sound that can be combined with anyother sounds to make a musical composition, it becomes possible to compose and perform through the process known as free improvisation.

10:00 - 11:00 Lecture/performance Richard Barrett (public)
13:00 - 17:00 Workshop (internal)
18:00 - 19:30 Final concert (public)

SPIRITS IN COMPLEXITY
// conzert und installations

@Café am Heumarkt
(08.11., 19h)

With: "Der Küchenchef", Marco DÖTTLINGER + Anna LINDENBAUM, Hui YE + Irena TOMAZIN, as well as installations by Angélica CASTELLÓ & Patrik LECHNER.

SPIRITS IN COMPLEXITY
// concert with Bonnie Jones and Black Box Music quartet (Castelló/Döttlinger/Grill/Lechner)

@Klangtheater
(07.11., 20h)

SPIRITS IN COMPLEXITY 

// guest lectureJan SCHLÜTER

@Vortragssaal
(07.11., 9h30)

The new artistic research project Spirits in Complexity is a cooperation between the mdw and the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) in Linz, the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, the University of the Arts in Reykjavík and other artistic and scientific experts. It is funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF through the PEEK and AI Mission Austria programs.

MATERIALITY OF ADAPTATION
// guest lecture Luc DÖBEREINER

@Vortragssaal
(29.10., 10h)

In this guest lecture, Döbereiner will share his thoughts as a composer and performer, focusing on his interest in designing and exploring complex systems. He will present compositions that examine how one can create constellations or networks of mutually interacting materialities, including human performers, algorithms, sound synthesis methods, and compositional decisions.

COMPOSING WITH FEEDBACK
// guest lecture Otto WANKE

@Vortragssaal
(22.10., 10h)

In this lecture I will show that feedback systems offer many fascinating implications for compositional processes. I will present concrete forms of their use both in electroacoustic composition and performance with modular synthesizers, as well as in working with video and 3D graphics. Finally, it will be shown that these methods can be used to generate notation material, e.g. melodic or rhythmic patterns.

LISTENING SESSION
// students of Mario LACKNER & Mischa JANISCH

@Klangtheater
(10.10., 18h30)

Tonmeister_in students present their new works in cooperation with the ipop deparment Drums & Percussion.

SUMMER-CONZERT
// students of the certificate in electroacoustic and experimental music (ELAK)

@Zacherlfabrik
(29.06., from 6 pm)

Compositions for loudspeakers, live acts, fixed media, installations and improvisations, using various techniques, algorithms, innovative instruments and sound objects.

with compositions by:
Kolbein Eide BUKVE, Wang On CHANG, Wenyinan HE, João PINTO, Tanaphan POLROB, Paul Conrad SCHMIDT, Filip ŠOPAR, Nicolas URBAN, Jialu YANG, Reina YOSHIOKA 

with compositions by:
Sang Hyun HONG, Ingi KIM, Andrej HARMAN, Seo Yoon JANG, Marius MALANETCHI, Stefan GRIMUS, Aquiles LÁZARO

Study concert: PIANO
// Students of Kaori Nishii

@Orchesterstudio
(21.03., 19h)

The students of Kaori Nishii present new pieces for piano.

With: João Pinto, Aquiles Lázaro, Sophie Wallner, Eunsoo Hur, Soojin Jeon, Oliver Uszynski, Tanaphan Polrob, Hao Lin

study concert: composition
// students of all classes

@Joseph-Haydn-Saal
(17.01., 18h30)

Works by Frederik Abel, Tom Aitken, See Yoon Yang, Ádám Kírály, Aquiles Lazaro, Hsuan-Hsuan Lee, Hao Lin, Doina Cezara Procopciuc, Miguel Segura and Reina Yoshioka.

Obituary // ULRICH VETTE

It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to University Professor Ulrich Vette, an outstanding sound engineer, inspiring teacher and esteemed colleague who left a lasting mark on our institute. His work was characterized by an untiring passion for the art of sound recording and sound, and he deeply influenced generations of students not only professionally but also personally.

Ulrich Vette was a person with rough edges - someone who was not afraid to speak his mind and always demanded the highest precision and dedication from himself and others. These principles, combined with his attention to detail and tenacity, made him a master of his trade. He taught his students that true excellence can only be achieved through perseverance and uncompromising diligence.

He was highly respected for his exceptional expertise and tireless commitment. His dedication, knowledge and love of perfection will have a lasting impact and live on in the hearts of his students and colleagues.

Our deepest sympathy goes to his wife, his friends and all those who were close to him.

OPEN HOUSE DAY
// Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1,
Future Art Lab

Find the programme here.
Please register at: IKT-veranstaltungen@mdw.ac.at

OPEN HOUSE DAY
|| hmdw-CONCERT
// Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1,
Future Art Lab

(03.03., 17h30)

The IKT - Department of Composition Studies and Music Production opens its doors and presents its degree programs. Afterwards, students from various year and degree courses will present their compositions in a concert in the Future Art Lab's Klangtheater.

Works by: Dominik FÖRTSCH, Moritz KOLMBAUER, Nina JUKIĆ, Aquiles LÁZARO, Mia LEHKI, Yongjin LEE, Sofiia LOZINA, Doina Cezara PROCOPCIUC, Markus SEPPERER, Finnian TREHERNE, Oliver USZYNSKI, Jialu YANG, Yui Ka ZHENG

Free admission, please register at: IKT-veranstaltungen@mdw.ac.at

MULTI-SPECTRAL SHIFTING AND
MULTIDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AS
COMPOSITIONAL MODELS
// guest lecture: Javier TORRES MALDONADO

@Vortragssaal
(11.03., 10h)

This presentation explores the author’s integration of instrumental, computer-assisted, and electroacoustic composition over two decades, focusing on new technologies and compositional processes. Since 2010, automatic orchestration tools have been employed to analyze sound's physical and perceptual properties. Central to this work is a multidimensional approach to timbre, utilizing multispectralism and hybrid techniques to create complex spectra and perceptual conflicts with aesthetic implications.

NEUE MUSIK FÜR MUSIKSALONS
// conversation concert, students of Gerald RESCH

@Palais Mollard
(19.03., 19h30)

PRESENTATION AESR & SADISS
// cooperation workshop

@Klangtheater
(21.03., 10h)

FEEDBACK RELOADED
// Artistic Lecture with Otto WANKE

@Vortragssaal
(25.03., 10h)

In my artistic lecture, we will further explore the role of feedback in dynamic systems, its fundamental presence in audio processing, and its compositional potential across different fields, including electroacoustic music, video, and 3D graphics. As cybernetician Norbert Wiener stated, “Feedback is the method of controlling a system by reinserting into it the results of its past performance.” In this sense, we will examine how feedback functions as a responsive mechanism in control structures—where sound actively shapes its own trajectory, creating evolving sonic forms.

FRAGMENTS OF ROTTING SOUNDS
// book presentation

@Bankettsaal
(27.03., 18h)

GAME AUDIO | INTERACTIVE AUDIO
// workshop with Mitch DOERFLER

@Klangtheater
(28.03., 10h)

PIANO CONCERT WITH COMPOSERS
// 20. concert with students of Kaori Nishii

@Orchesterstudio
(28.03., 19h)

ARI HOENIG TRIO
// Masterclass & Workshop

@Klangtheater
(29.03., 13h30)

LOTTE GEEVEN
// Gastvortrag Lotte GEEVEN

@Vortragssaal
& online
(31.03., 10h)

TREATISE ON WRITING ACOUSMATIC MUSIC ON FIXED MEDIA
// Artist Talk Annette VANDE GORNE

@Vortragssaal
(01.04., 12h15)

In her artist talk, Annette VANDE GORNE will present her concepts for composing acousmatic music and provide insights into her artistic work.

ANNETTE VANDE GORNE:
HAIKU
// conzert

@Klangtheater
(02.04., 19h30)

SELF-OSCILLATION
CREATIVE USES OF FEEDBACK
// guest lecture: Adam PULTZ

@Klangtheater
(08.04., 10h)

Adam Pultz will demonstrate and discuss their work with hybrid electro-acoustic feedback systems, in particular the FAAB (feedback-actuated augmented bass). Combining the often unpredictable and non-linear behaviours of electro-acoustic feedback systems with signal processing allows for the creation of adaptive and self-organising processes that gives rise to autonomy at different levels and nodes in the network.

ZSOLT SŐRÉS
// Artist Talk

@Vortragssaal
(29.04., 12h15)

Zsolt Sőrés (Ahad) is a composer, improviser, “sound ontologist” and intermedia artist. Sőrés does not see himself as a conventional musician or sound composer, but uses the name “Ghost Sonic Ontologist” to describe himself and his professional endeavors. His art has always had higher ambitions than simply depicting reality - even if such an interpretation may overshoot the mark somewhat. The artist's sounds are captivating and at the same time bring to light social differences, anomalies, wounds, dystopias and utopias.

Artists Solidarity Program Europe
// final presentation

@Klangtheater
(28.04., 17h30)

The Artists Solidarity Program Europe (ASoP) is a scholarship program of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) that aims to support artists from the European cultural area whose work and existence are severely threatened by war, repression, and political upheaval. Over a period of three months, the scholarship holders develop their artistic projects and are supervised by mentors at the mdw.

The mdw's nominated ASoP Europe fellows Vlada LYSENKO (media composition) and Noot COHEN (singing) will present their artistic works in a multimedia concert.

IKT | NEW SOUNDS.1
// amicable concert,

@Klangtheater
(05.05., 19h)

Farewell Karlheinz ESSL

Concert with the Platypus Ensemble.
To the programme.

IKT | NEW SOUNDS.2
// inauguration lecture

@Klangtheater
(06.05., 14h)

music informatics George SIOROS

Topic: FROM METER TO TIMING // rethinking rhythm models

To the programme.

IKT | NEW SOUNDS.3
// discussion and ROUND TABLE

@Klangtheater
(06.05., 16h)

IKT | NEW SOUNDS.4
// amicable concert

@Klangtheater
(07.05., 19h)

JOËL-FRANÇOIS DURAND
// Gastvortrag

@C0211
(08.05., 10h30)

The use of first-order beats in my Quatuor à cordes no.3 (2024)

The music of Joël-François Durand has been described as “transparently organized, attractively colored and surprisingly accessible, yet without compromise or reactionary pandering” (Records International). It is characterized by rigorous structural procedures tempered by an innate sense of lyricism and rich harmonic colors. His mastery of instrumental and harmonic colors has occasionally been attributed to his French heritage, but this should in no way obscure the fact that he is quick to highlight international influences, including those from non-Western traditions.

IKT | NEW SOUNDS.5
// amicable concert

@Klangtheater
(08.05., 19h)

study concert: composition
// students of Gerald RESCH & Dietmar SCHERMANN

@Joseph-Haydn-Saal
(12.05., 18h30)

works by:
Marisa Elisabeth ALGARI, Attilia CERNITORI, Wenyinan HE, Bálint MÁTÉ, Doina-Cezara PROCOPCIUC, João PINTO, Nicolas URBAN, Anton VERTIPOLOKH, Sophie WALLNA, Tobias WEISS, Reina YOSHIOKA

study concert: composition
// students of Periklis LIAKAKIS  & Wolfgang SUPPAN

@Fanny-Hensel-Saal
(13.05., 18h)

works by:
Carolina CABALLERO BASTIDAS, Finley Connor BROWN, Yuxi HUANG, Xueting JIN, Yiran LIU, Filip ŠOPAR, Jialu YANG

ZWEI WELTEN
// 20th study concert: piano

@Orchesterstudio
(15.05., 19h)

Students of Kaori NISHII 

Organisation:
Aquiles LÁZARO & Franziska ROTH

With: Stefan GRIMUS, Katharina HÖRTNAGL, Aquiles LÁZARO, Franziska ROTH, Santiago RUEDAS, Jan SATLER, Márk SERES, Victoria TRUSEWICZ

ARE YOU ENOUGH?
// study concert media composition
& instrumental/vocal composition

@Klangtheater
(17.05., 19h)

Music theatre developed by students of Judit VARGA & Kristine TORNQUIST

Plot and Program

Antonio Salieri: Prima la musica, poi le parole
// students of Frauke JÜRGENSEN

@Orchesterstudio
(19.05., 18h)

In collaboration with the Department for Composition Studies and Music Production. Arrangement of the musical numbers under the direction of Frauke JÜRGENSEN.

ELAK Tag der offenen Türen
// Certificate in Electroacoustic and Experimental Music

@Future Art Lab
(19.-23.05.)

The Electroacoustic and Experimental Music course provides an insight into courses, rooms and everyday working life. You have the opportunity to talk to students and lecturers and take part in lessons as a guest student.
Information on the program can be found via the link above.

MODULOMETER
// students of Peter PLESSAS

@Echoraum
(22.05., 19h)

Studio Flink presents new works of electronic music by:
João PINTO, David HECHER, Hao LIN, Sofiia LOZINA, Vlada LYSENKO, Bálint MÁTÉ, Matic PETEK, Miguel SEGURA SOGORB, Markus SEPPERER, Vasilisa VARFOLOMEEVA, Yui Ka ZHENG.

All pieces are final projects from courses taught by Peter PLESSAS at the Department for Composition Studies and Music Production at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

study concert: composition
// students of Mirela IVIČEVIĆ & Michael JARRELL

@Joseph-Haydn-Saal
(27.05., 18h15)

Works by:
Marisa Elisabeth ALGARI, Luca BORTOLUZZI, Ingi KIM, João Cheira PINTO, Miguel SEGURA SOGORB, Sophie WALLNA, Seo Joon YANG

study concert: piano
// students of Christos MARANTOS

@Festsaal
(04.06., 19h)

study concert: piano
// students of Atousa SALEHI

@Franz-Liszt-Saal
(06.06., 16h30)

RE-WIND
// study concert: media composition
students of Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG

@Future Art Lab
(07.06., ab 17h)

works by:
Dominik FÖRTSCH, Jumi LEE, Vlada LYSENKO, Masao ONO, Matic PETEK, Doina-Cezara PROCOPCIUC, Nicolas URBAN, Vasilisa VARFOLOMEEVA, Sophie WALLNA, Yui Ka ZHENG

study concert: composition
// students of Klaus LANG

@Kirche St. Ursula
(12.06., 19h)

SURPRISE, SURPRISE!
// study concert: electroacoustic composition
students of
Karlheinz ESSL

@Klangtheater
(18.06., 19h)

An evening with premieres by Yilin YANG, Biin JIN, Seo Yoon JANG, Dongbing DAI und João PINTO.

final concert
// certificate in electroacoustic and experimental music

@Klangtheater
(24.06., 19h)

study concert composition 
// students of Julia PURGINA & Gerald RESCH 

@Fanny-Hensel-Saal
(25.05., 18h)

works by:
Sohrab BADEEI, Finley BROWN, Attilia Kyoko CERNITORI, Niklas CHROUST, Arash DELAVAR, Matthias EBERHARTER, Philipp GASPARI, Soojin JEON, Gregor KULLA, Mia LEHKI, Hao LIN, Sofiia LOZIINA, Mischa RICHTER, Juan Manuel URIBE, Oliver USZYNSKI

final concert 
// certificate in electroacoustic and experimental music

@Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2
(25.06., 19h)

TRANSBODIED KNOWLEDGE: From Wearables to Space
// A multimedia performance by Marino FORMENTI and Christos MARANTOS

@Klangtheater
(27.06., 18h30)

In collaboration with TU Wien. The performance is the result of the module course ‘Form* Design’ that is led by the research unit of Three-Dimensional Design and Model Making - Institute of Art and Design - Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). The performance takes place in the framework of the artistic research project Trans-bodied Knowledge that has received funding from the Austrian Science Fund (PEEK AR 802-G, FWF). 

Licht, Klang, Bewegung
// media composition students of
Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG
& Walter WERZOWA

@Arthouse-Kino
(28.06., 17h)

mdw young research award 2025

@Clara-Schumann-Saal
(25.09., 17h)

The mdw young research award honors final projects written by young people as part of the Austrian school-leaving examination in 2025. This year, for the first time, there will be a special prize for a composition, awarded by the IKT – Department of Composition Studies and Music Production.

Open House at FAK

@Arthouse Kino (FAL)
(16.10., 9h30)

The Film Academy is opening its doors and inviting visitors to an open house with information about its range of courses. The IKT – Department of Composition Studies and Music Production in the field of sound design, original soundtracks, and film sound – will also be represented (presentation: 1:30 p.m.).

SVETLANA MARAŠ 

// artist talk

@AW, D0263
(17.10., 13h)

Svetlana MARAŠ (1985) is composer and sound artist active in the field of experimental music. Her work encompasses a variety of formats such as live performance, electro-acoustic composition, sound installations and works for the radio.
MARAŠ is Professor of Creative Music Technology and Co-head of Electronic Studio at Hochschule für Musik FHNW, Basel. She is the winner of the most prestigious Serbian composition prize "Mokranjac", awarded by the Serbian Composers' Association.

www.svetlanamaras.com

SOUND OF INSIGHT

// FOTO WIEN 2025

@Klangtheater
(18.10., 19h)

Transmedial concert as an extension of the exhibition Sound of Insight – visual reflections on music and knowledge. In the performances, the images are edited live, making the photographs as fleeting as the moments they captured. Media compositions by Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG's class.

With: Dominik FÖRTSCH, Tim-Tarek GRUND, Vlada LYSENKO, Daniel MOSER, Doina-Cezara PROCOPCIUC, Konstantin SEMILAKOVS, Nicolas URBAN, Vasilisa VARFOLOMEEVA

STEFAN PRINS

// artist talk

@Klangtheater
(27.10., 18h)

Stefan Prins (Belgium, 1979) is a composer and performer whose music often includes and reflects on contemporary technologies and new media, thematizing their relationship with the physical, performing body and the environments it inhabits. Together with Pieter Matthynssens, he is artistic director of the Nadar Ensemble. He is a sought-after teacher and has served as a professor of composition and director of the Hybrid Music Lab at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden since 2020.

JESSIE COX

// guest lecture as part of the seminar with Prof. Oscar BIANCHI

@AW, D0251
(30.10., 16h)

Composer, percussionist, and theorist Jessie COX (Harvard University) a Swiss citizen with roots in Trinidad and Tobago, moves between composition, improvisation, performance, and philosophy in his artistic work. His music and research are strongly influenced by Afrofuturism and explore the relationship between body, sound, identity, and cosmic spaces. In his lecture, COX will provide insights into current projects that deal with listening as a creative practice and the political dimension of sound. This will be followed by a discussion with students. On the same evening, his work “Schattenspiel” (2023) will be premiered at the opening concert of Wien Modern 2025.

www.jessiecoxmusic.com

ppooll_convention1

@Klangtheater
(30.10., 19h)

NETZE DER MACHT IN DER NEUE-MUSIK-SZENE

// lecture followed by Q&A with Dr. Andreas HOLZER

@Klangtheater
(05.11., 10h)

The power structure in differentiated democratic societies cannot be understood simply as certain groups of people exercising power over others. In social networks, whether in the sense of a scene, field, system, or dispositif, power inevitably arises (according to Hannah Arendt) in the communication and joint action of people. The complex network of the new music scene, consisting of actors, institutions, discourses, and artifacts, in conjunction with cultural-political conditions, must be understood as a constantly changing entity in which a wide variety of actions, strategies, and forms of resistance collide. Power relations are “defined by a form of action that does not directly and immediately affect others, but rather their actions” (Michel Foucault).

ANNJA KRAUTGASSER – LOOKING FOR GOODIES

// finissage-concert

@Korridor
(05.11., 19h)

Looking for Goodies is a research-based, reference-rich project conceived by Annja KRAUTGASSER for the corridor, consisting of photos, photo collages, videos, a performance, and sound. Students from the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (composition and saxophone) refer to KRAUTGASSER's works with world premieres.

Works by: Yeison FERNANDO BUITRAGO VARGAS, Andrej HARMAN, Mia LEHKI, Sofiia LOZINA

With: Borja ALEJO, Miguel BARGIELA, Silvia MACEJOVA, Maria MARTOLELL

Supervision: Julia PURGINA und Gerald RESCH,  Alvaro COLLAO LEON

DSILTON

// guest lecture with David DORNIG & Georg VOGEL

@Klangtheater
(12.11., 10h)

As part of the media composition seminar, composers David DORNIG & Georg VOGEL, members of the Dsilton ensemble, will be guests at the mdw. The ensemble is working on developing its own musical language based on 31-tone tempered tuning and complex rhythmic structures.
The composers provide insights into their compositional approaches, notation systems, and instruments — and will also present these live.

dsilton.net 

REVOX B77

// workshop w/ Jérôme NOETINGER

@Klangtheater
(14.11., 10-17h)

The primary function of the Revox B77 tape recorder (manufactured between 1977 and 1986) is to record and play back sounds in what is known as high-fidelity quality. I've been working with it since the late 80s, and as my practice has developed, I've taken this tape recorder on stage to play with it, and so instrumentalise it. I can record live using different types of microphone (dynamic, contact, electromagnetic, etc.), divert other audio sources (audio player, telephone, radio, etc.), and of course instrumental sources too. I work with loops, which means I can record and listen to the recording straight away, changing the playback, speed, scrolling, etc. You're in direct contact with the sound. You're in direct contact with the sound via the magnetic tape. It's an act of recuperation and misappropriation in the great tradition of the 20th-century avant-garde.

This workshop will offer an introduction to this magnetohone, followed by a group session of electroacoustic improvisation. How do you turn a machine designed to record and reproduce an audio signal into a sound-generating machine? And let's not forget that in experimental music-making, the process of making is as important, if not more important, than the result.

Registration until 10th here!

SPIEGELUNGEN

// winners' concert composition competition

@Konzertsaal
(14.11., 19h)

Spiegelungen ('reflections') – they can show us (more or less) familiar things from new perspectives or in a different light, and in today's event, they allow the past and present to enter into dialogue: the music of three composers from history encounters the creative work of today's students.

A collaborative event organized by the Mozarteum University Salzburg, the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz, and the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Works by: Rebecca CLARKE, Lluís GUAL I GASULL, Hao LIN, Tim LUGSTEIN, Emilie MAYER, Dora PEJAČEVIĆ

LUCID SPACE

// kick-off concert on the theme of different spaces

@Klangtheater
(16.11., 19h)

Christian TSCHINKEL & Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG are performing together for the first time at the mdw Klangtheater. This is a kick-off event for their joint project Lucid Space, which the two have launched in order to explore different forms of electroacoustic spatial music. With regard to the concept of heterotopia, the main focus is on the exploration and staging of “different kinds of spaces.” 

Christian TSCHINKEL: EXA
Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG: beyond µ-groove

GEORGE LEWIS

// guest lecture as part of the seminar with Prof. Oscar BIANCHI

@AW, A0201
(21.11., 16h)

Composer, improviser, theorist, and musicologist George LEWIS (Columbia University, New York) is one of the most influential voices in contemporary music. His work combines compositional innovation, improvisation, interactive computer music, and critical music research—with a strong focus on issues of culture, history, and diversity. In this guest seminar, LEWIS will report on his artistic practice, provide insights into current projects, and engage in discussion with students.

Oscar Bianchi: “George Lewis has accompanied my artistic and intellectual development for many years. His open, visionary approach has not only shaped my own work, but has also opened up new horizons for countless young artists.”

George LEWIS' music can be heard at this years' Wien Modern.

DER TONMEISTER

// Zoom-lecture w/ Carlos ALBRECHT

@Zoom
(28.11., 11h)

Book presentation: "Der Tonmeister, Mikrofonierung akustischerInstrumente in der Popmusik / Live und Studio Setups."