Alexander Schubert (musician)

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Alexander Schubert (* 1979 in Bremen ) is a German composer .

Life

Alexander Schubert studied computer science and biology in Leipzig with a focus on neuroinformatics and cognitive science . At the same time he worked as a musician and composer in various contexts. After working for a year at the Center for Art and Media Technology in Karlsruhe at the Institute for Music and Acoustics, he studied multimedia composition at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . He completed his studies with a doctorate. Since then he has worked as a freelance composer and lecturer. He teaches at the Hamburg University of Music and is the director of the electronic studio at the Lübeck University of Music.

Schubert is a founding member of the ensembles Decoder, Trnn and “Schubert-Kettlitz-Schwerdt” and Ember.

With "Sinebag" he pursued an experimental, pop music solo project.

Schubert has contributed to various scenic projects as a musician, composer and programmer (e.g. for the play “151 meters above the sea” commissioned by the Wiener Festspielwochen). Alexander Schubert curated the music festival for contemporary electronic music in Leipzig and ran the Ahornfelder-Verlag for experimental audio and book publications.

His pieces have been performed at: Wien Modern, ICMC, SMC, ULTIMA, DLF, IRCAM, ZKM, Blurred Edges, among others.

In 2009 he received the Bourges Residency Prize and Nightshade was awarded in the "Jeu de temps" competition of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community.

Compositions (selection)

Solo pieces with live electronics and live video

  • Laplace Tiger (2009)
  • Weapon of Choice (2009)
  • Your Fox's A Dirty Gold (2011)

Ensemble pieces with live electronics

  • Superimpose I (2009) (UA SMC 2009, Porto)
  • Superimpose II "Night of the Living Dead" (2009)
  • Superimpose III "Infinite Jest" (2010)
  • Superimpose V "Sugar, Maths and Whips" (2011)
  • Point Ones (2012)

Audiovisual installations

  • SOLID STATE (2016)

Tape pieces

  • Nightshade (2009) (developed as part of a residency at the ZKM, Karlsruhe)

Sound carrier

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sinebag. Archived from the original on March 11, 2005 ; accessed on May 26, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Ahornfelder Festival - annual festival for electro-acoustic music in Leipzig and http://www.sinebag.de/presse/nmz_ahornfelder.jpg
  3. ↑ Ahornfelder - label for experimental, pop music / illustrated books ; see. also jazz ethics
  4. ^ Concours Internationaux de Bourges 2009. In: mediaplan.ovh.net. IMEB, archived from the original on August 1, 2009 ; Retrieved on May 26, 2015 (French).
  5. ↑ CEC-Prix Jeu de temps ( Memento of November 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ http://smc2009.smcnetwork.org/
  7. ↑ Superimpose II - "Night of the living dead" ( Memento from August 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ http://www.euphorium.de/rubriken/films/livescenes.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.creativesourcesrec.com/
  10. ↑ http://www.ahornfelder.de/releases/schubert_plays_sinebag/index.php
  11. ↑ Alexander Schubert Plays Sinebag. In: eatsleeprepeat.com. Champion Version, archived from the original on January 14, 2012 ; accessed on May 26, 2015 .
  12. ↑ http://www.ahornfelder.de/releases/lisiere/index.php
  13. ↑ http://www.ahornfelder.de/releases/milchwolken/index.php
  14. ↑ http://ahornfelder.de/releases/weapon_of_choice/index.php
personal data
SURNAME Schubert, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and instrumentalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen