Karlheinz Essl

New Music by Karlheinz Essl

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Born 1960 in Vienna. Austrian composer, improviser and performer. He studied composition with Friedrich Cerha and musicology in Vienna. Besides writing experimental instrumental music, he performs on his own electronic instrument m@ze°2, develops software environments for computer-aided composition and creates generative sound and video environments. Since 2007 professor of composition for electro-acoustic and experimental music at the University of Music in Vienna. Karlheinz Essl performs on a laptop computer that he has transformed into a live electronic musical instrument. The result is exc...

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Karlheinz Essl

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Oh tiempo tus pirámides (1989) - for chamber orchestra 06.10.1990 17:52

An composition for chamber orchestra, premiered by Ensemble Modern (conducted by Hans Zender) at Musikprotokoll in Graz on Oct 6th, 1990. This piece was composed with the aid of Gottfried Michael Koenig's composition program PR1. Für seine Arbeit an der Komposition Oh tiempo tus pirámides scheint sich Karlheinz Essl jener Sekte, von deren Verschwinden aus der Bibliothek von Babel Jorge Luis Borges...

...et consumimur igni (1990) - for three ensemble groups 04.10.1990 13:00

A spatial composition for three ensemble groups, commissioned by the festival Musikprotokoll 1990. Premiered by Ensemble Modern (dir. Peter Eötvös) at Alte Remise, Graz (A) on 4 Oct 1990. This performance was accompanied by a light environment by the Swiss artist Alfons Schilling (1934-2013). Info: http://www.essl.at/works/et-cons.html Mit Peitschenknallen, metallischen Perkussionsklängen und tonl...

Streichquartett 1985 - 2nd string quartet 11:50

Recorded live on 14 Mar 1989 at Konzerthaus Vienna by Klangforum Wien. Als Goethe einmal vom Streichquartett sagte, er "höre hier vier vernünftige Leute sich miteinander unterhalten", drückte er eine Auffassung aus, die bis in die Musik unseres Jahrhunderts reicht: Musik sei Klangrede, eine Art von Sprache, die auf Grund einer verbindlichen Grammatik verstanden werden kann. Gekoppelt daran war die...