Benedikt Brachtel

Benedikt Brachtel (born October 4, 1985 in Starnberg ) is a German composer, conductor, DJ and music producer.

Theater music

• 2012: Münchner Kammerspiele - Jiggy Porsche goes underground (Director: Philip Decker)
• 2013: Münchner Kammerspiele / Otto-Falckenberg-Schule: It was in a clearing because she took money for it for the first time (Director: Malte Jelden)
• 2013: State Theater Karlsruhe - Prince Friedrich von Homburg (Director: Martin Nimz)
• 2014: Theater Ulm - The Good Man by Sezuan (Director: Antje Schupp)
• 2015: Schauspiel Basel - The Disappearance of Father (Director: Antje Schupp)
• 2015: Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz - Blood Wedding (Director: Sigrid Herzog)
• 2015: Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz - Emilia Galotti (Director: Sigrid Herzog)
• 2016: Theater Rampe - SPAM (Director: Marie Bues)
• 2017: Maxim Gorki Theater - Oedipus & Antigone (Director: Ersan Mondtag)
• 2018: Hoch X / Münchner Kammerspiele: Oradour (Director: Karen Breece)
• 2018: Münchner Kammerspiele - Miunik Damascus (Director: Jessica Glause)
• 2018: Schauspiel Graz - Zauberberg (Director: Alexander Eisenach)
• 2018: Schauspiel Köln - Wonderland Ave. (Director: Ersan Mondtag, world premiere Sybille Berg)
• 2018: Theater Neumarkt Zurich - tba (Director: Alexander Eisenach)

COMPOSITION / MUSIC THEATER (excerpt)

2017: Bavarian State Opera - Moses (world premiere, director: Jessica Glause)

2017: Bavarian State Opera - [CATARSI] (world premiere, AGORA music theater collective)

2016/17: Bavarian State Opera - Processor I-III (residency over the entire season with 4 piece developments)

2016: Bavarian State Opera - Noah (world premiere, director: Jessica Glause)

2015: BCV Hall Lausanne - Ulysse Exp. No1 (arrangement and musical concept, AGORA music theater collective)

2014: Maximiliansforum Munich - MYCEL (Music Theater Performance Festival, concept, production and composition of the 3rd evening)

2010: "Tett" - Suite for string trio, synthesizer and guitar

2009: “Lyrisches Intermezzo” - settings of Heinrich Heine's poems (with Lukas Rabe) for jazz trio and baritone 2008: “Massacre du Printemps” - commissioned work for the Janus ensemble (flute, clarinet, ten sax, vibraphone, tuba and ebass); Performances in Passau and Vienna

2008: “Shall I compare thee” - Shakespeare setting for modern big band, vocal quartet (satb) and live electronics; Direction and performance with the Think Bigger Orchestra in the Lentos Art Museum, Linz, AT 2007: “Arboresque - Musical Growth of a Tree” - setting for big band, direction and performance with the Think Bigger Orchestra in Hallstatt, AT

2006: Rilke setting for string and jazz quartet and speaker. Performance with strings of the Munich Radio Orchestra 2005: Theater music for "Leonce & Lena" (Georg Büchner). For tenor saxophone, guitar, double bass, drums and string quartet

Filmography (selection)

2015: The Farmer and I - Score for the 90-minute documentary / full feature by Mirja von Bernstorff

2014: Vitra Fiction - Music for the course film series by Art Director Florian Böhm

2011: Composition and sound production of the TV commercial "Rockberries"

2012-2016: various short film productions in a university context

INSTALLATION / PERFORMANCE (extract)

2017: Bavarian State Opera [CATARSI] - specialization in 4DSOUND, sound installation in the basement (parcours)

2017: Galerie Heitsch, Munich - audio live performance as part of the exhibition by Leo & Björn

2016: SVS X 4DSOUND - Labelshowcase & Residency at the Spatial Sound Institute Budapest

2016: Le Corbusier's ATMA Building, Ahmedabad, India - multi-channel audio installation as part of the exhibition "Reflective Architecture"

2015: Akademiegalerie München - 24h audio performance as part of the exhibition by Louisa Abdelkader

2014: Maximiliansforum Munich - MYCEL (Music Theater Performance Festival, concept, production and composition of the 3rd evening)

2012: Designers Saturday Langenthal - multi-channel audio installation for Vitra (Art Director Florian Böhm)

MUSIC PRODUCTION (extract)

2017: Bartellow - Panokorama (ESP Institute)

2017: Bartellow San Ground San - Shiroi Uma (SVS Records)

2017: Ankathie Koi - I hate the way you chew (co-produced with Patrick Pulsinger)

2015: Pollyester - City of O (Disko B)

2014: Humming Birds EP (City Fly)

2014: Tambien - The Elf (Public Possession)

2014: Tambien & Tiago - Untitled (Public Possession)

2014: The Tambien Project 2 (Public Possession)

2013: Tambien - Robusto / Sexuality (Public Possession)

2013: Tambien - Drogato (ESP Institute)

2012: The Tambien Project (Public Possession)

2011: The Bartellow Thrill EP (feat. Ogris Debris)

2011: Columbus - Hubble

2010: Columbus - Black Gold EP

2010: Columbus - Lovemachine EP

2008: Amos - Club Mixes feat. Bartellow

CONCERTS / LIVESETS / DJSETS (excerpt)

2012-2017 On tour with Polyester: Moscow, Bucharest, New York, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Madrid, Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Amsterdam, Montreal etc.

As a DJ / electronic live act: London, St.Petersburg, Paris, Vienna, Berlin etc.

2017 Bartellow Japan Tour: Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Okayama, Osaka

2017 Bartellow US Tour: New York (3x), Los Angeles

Web links

• Own homepage
• SVS records
• Benedikt Brachtel in the Internet Movie Database (English)