Sound art
The KlangArt Festival was an international music festival in Osnabrück ( Lower Saxony ). It took place as a biennial from 1991 to 2001 on several days in May or June and was organized by the City of Osnabrück in contractual cooperation with the University of Osnabrück . The overall event consisted of the actual festival with concert events, the scientific congress New Music Technology at the university and the MusiTec exhibition .
Since the first event in 1991, KlangArt has dealt with the thematic processing of the artistic interaction between music and technology. Their own dynamics - not least due to the rapid development of the digitization of communication, media and instrument technologies, and their cultural consequences were examined in scientific, artistic and educational terms. The concept of the event placed emphasis on innovative and experimental developments, without preferring certain musical styles or restricting aesthetic values as the basis for the selection of artists or scientific presentations.
Taken together, the three KlangArt pillars - the festival, the congress and the MusiTec - formed a future-oriented multimedia overall concept, which was probably unique in this combination and programmatic density.
The scientific congress New Music Technology was organized by the Research Center for Music and Media Technology (FMT) at the University of Osnabrück (director: Bernd Enders ), the festival and the MusiTec exhibition were designed on behalf of the City of Osnabrück.
history
As part of the various KlangArt events, international artists and scientists were hired, but also young talents, u. a. with commissioned compositions.
In 1991 the festival started u. a. with Karlheinz Stockhausen , Oskar Sala , Holger Czukay , Einstürzende Neubauten , John Cale , Klaus Doldinger ;
In 1993 Peter Michael Hamel , York Höller , Barbara Dennerlein , Jasper van't Hof and the group Kraftwerk (Band) u. a. on.
At the later festival events, a. with: Lydia Kavina , Hans-Joachim Roedelius , the Groupe de recherches musicales (INA GRM Paris) with the Acousmonium , Fred Frith & Bob Ostertag , Tangerine Dream , Peter Vogel with the KlangWand, Josef Anton Riedl , Sam Auinger , Robin Minard , Ludger Brümmer , Sabine Schäfer , Bernd Kistenmacher , Tadashi Endo , Gottfried Michael Koenig , Hubert Bognermayr , Clarence Barlow u. v. a. A CD with important productions was released from the first KlangArt in 1991. In 2001 Klaus Schulze produced the album Live at KlangArt, parts 1 and 2 .
The last KlangArt was held in 2001, as the city of Osnabrück suspended financial and organizational support due to austerity measures.
Commissioned compositions
- Peter Jan Marthé: AlpenRauschSymphony , 1991, Live-Performance Rathaus / Marktplatz Osnabrück [CD: Slow Motion Records 1992, LC 6374]
- Luca Francesconi : Concerto for Clarinet and Electronics , with the Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra, Osnabrück City Hall, 1993
- Peter Florian: OSmose - large-scale performance Rathaus / Marktplatz Osnabrück, 1993
- Peter Michael Hamel : Le Tombeau de Messiaen for electric organ, Stadthalle, 1993
- Vladimir Ivanoff: Metamorphoses for Choir and Electronics , Osnabrück Cathedral, 1993
- Roland Pfrengle: Later sound for acoustic instruments, electronic sound generators and moving objects, 1995 (planned live performance on the market in front of Osnabrück town hall could not be realized due to weather conditions)
World premieres, premieres
- Vox: Songs of St. Hildegard von Bingen, Diadema , 1991
- Mayako Kubo & tatoeba: Dance of the Twelve Kimonos , 1991
- Blue Chip Orchestra: KlangKathedrale , 1991
- Steve Roach, Suso Saiz, Regina Quintero, Jorge Reyes, Elmar Schulte: Suspended Memories Forgotten Gods , 1993
- Willem Schulz : Klangstraße , (interactive electronic room and sound installation), 1993
- Marc Ainger: Lament (1994), German premiere, 1995
- Granular syntheses: Motion Control No. 5 , German premiere, Dominican Church Osnabrück, 1995
- Michael Matthews (composer) : Emptiness over emptiness (dance performance), Dominikanerkirche Osnabrück, German premiere, 1995
- Willem Schulz: Cello under steam , for cello and 2 steam engines, Museum for Industrial Culture Osnabrück, 1997
Web links
- Website of the KlangArt Congresses "New Music Technology"