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Karlheinz Essl
It has hardly ever been so easy to secure music and thus repeatedly play the same material the same way. These possibilities of contemporary music reproduction are exactly what Karlheinz Essl defies. This inherent feature demonstrated ever so often in his improvisational performances is also used in his compositions, which is quite contrary to the conventional definition of composing. In this sense, Essl sets his works in a dialogue with tradition, but without letting his works appear traditional. For example, in his Lexicon Sonata, for which he has been algorithmically formalizing musical gestures from the works of major composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang A. Mozart, Schoenberg, Boulez and Stockhausen since 1992.
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Austrians listed in The Wire’s Top Releases of the Year 2011
It is highly gratifying for us in Austria to see local musicians and bands being recognized by such prestigious magazines as the English avant-garde music magazine The Wire. This year quite a few Austrian musicians and bands are listed in The Wire’s Rewind Charts for 2011.
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"Harmony and Noises" - Workshop Series for Teenagers
As the first cultural institution behind the Iron Curtain, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw / Austriackie Kultury Forum addresses its role as an open platform and hub for Polish arts and musicians, as well as for the Polish audience. Due to its geopolitical position and in terms of diversity, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw is devoted to bringing the "East" and "West" together and in finding a common ground for all parties. To also foster the next generation, the Cultural Forum is currently organizing a new education series dedicated to Austrian composers of contemporary music. more
Soundings. A celebratory retrospective concert
Soundings, the Austrian Cultural Forum London’s unique platform for contemporary music now in its 8th year, presents and profiles young composers and artists from the UK and Austria in workshops, symposia and performances. With multiple premières, collaborations and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and profiles on Austrian ORF television, Soundings has established itself as a key event in the music calendar of the UK, and has already travelled in concert to Vienna, Venice, Bayreuth, and Oslip Mühle (Austria).
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