Boris Baltschun
Boris Baltschun (* 1974 in Bremen ) is a German improvisation musician and sound artist ( synthesizer , computer).
Live and act
Baltschun started playing the piano as a child. As a teenager he was a member of various bands and ensembles and began to compose. He studied electronic music at the Institute for Sonology of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag with Clarence Barlow , Joel Ryan, Richard Barrett and Konrad Boehmer . Since 1999 he has been working with Serge Baghdassarians ; To realize their ideas they use different media (sound generator, sculpture, radio, video, sound carrier). The resulting audio pieces, visual works and performances were presented at festivals, in museums and institutes such as the California Institute of the Arts , in the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg and in the ZKM Karlsruhe ; The radio plays “Audioguide” (2010) and “Bodybuilding” (2011) were first broadcast on Deutschlandradio Kultur . In 2017 they took part in documenta 14 and realized an installation at the Donaueschinger Musiktage . Baltschun also worked with Burkhard Beins , Kai Fagaschinski , Günter Christmann as well as in the formations The Pitch and the Splitter Orchestra .
Prizes and awards
Together with Baghdassarians, he received the Karl Sczuka Prize in 2012 for the sound performance bodybuilding and a Villa Aurora scholarship. He was artist in residence at the Cité des Arts, Paris and am Steim in Amsterdam; he also received a scholarship from the Berlin Senate.
Web links
- Web presence of Serge Baghdassarians & Boris Baltschun
- Portrait at Abroad Berlin
- portrait
- Boris Baltschun at Discogs (English)
- Serge Baghdassarians & Boris Baltschun in the SWR media library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baltschun, Boris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German improvisation musician and sound artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |