Michael Renkel

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Michael Renkel

Michael Renkel (* 1965 in Celle ) is a German guitarist and composer who is also known as an improvisation musician .

Live and act

Michael Renkel started playing the concert guitar at the age of 8 (lessons); From 1990 to 1994 he studied classical guitar at the Hamburg Conservatory , and since the late 1980s he has developed his own style, which includes the preparation of the instrument and advanced playing techniques.

He deals with aleatoric composition, variable form and structure as well as notation . Influences are u. a. John Cage , Morton Feldman , Hans Werner Henze , Helmut Lachenmann , Violeta Dinescu , Derek Bailey , but also old lute music . He is the first musician to alienate the concert guitar using computer patches in a live processing process.

Since 1994 he has composed numerous compositions including Albas for 8 solo instruments, Errorkoerper for electric guitar, and various pieces for concert guitar. His compositions are published by Verlag Neue Musik .

As an instrumentalist, Renkel works exclusively in fixed projects that develop group aesthetics and language over long periods of time, including since 1989 the Duo Activity Center with Burkhard Beins , the acoustic / electronic trio phono_phono , the Ensemble Phosphor u. a. with Axel Dörner , Ignaz Schick , Robin Hayward , Annette Krebs, Andrea Neumann , the Berlin Electric Guitar Unit with Jörg Maria Zeger and Tobias Vethake, as well as in a duo with Sven-Åke Johansson . He appears on various tours and festivals across Europe. B. musique action , nous sons and LEM Festival / Spain, Expozice Nové Hudby or International Art Biennale in Breslau. Since the late 1990s, Renkel has also been involved with electric guitar and live electronics as well as field recordings . Since 2006 he has also been developing sound installations .

Discography (selection)

  • 2008, Kalte Welle 102, Kning Disc, Duo with Sven Åke Johansson
  • 2007, phono_phono, absinthRecords 014, trio with M. Mayas, S. Vogel
  • 2005, Ensemble Phosphor , New Music in Germany 1950 - 2000 , German Music Council + Sony BMG
  • 2005, Errorkoerper III, absinthRecords 009
  • 2003, Activity Center & Phil Minton , absinthRecords 006
  • 2003, Berlin Strings, absinthRecords 002 / compilation
  • 2002, Sitill, L'Innomable, duo with Luca Venitucci
  • 2002, Rabecca, Charhizma 022, Kai Fagaschinski / Michael Renkel
  • 2001, Phosphorus, Potlatch P501
  • 1999, möwen & moos, 2:13 Music 008/009, Activity Center, duo with Burkhard Beins
  • 1996, Nunc, 2:13 Music 02

Quotes

Michael Renkel's game is characterized by incredible delicacy and sophistication. Nina Polaschegg, New Magazine for Music
Renkel is some kind of genius, too a guitarist who can be described as 'post-Bailey' ... Brian Morton, The Wire

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nous sons 2005
  2. ↑ Program 2008 ( Memento of the original dated February 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mhf-brno.cz
  3. ↑ phono_phono
  4. ↑ Proof ( memento of the original from September 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikrat.de
  5. ^ Berlin Strings
  6. ↑ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 02/2004, p. 78
  7. ↑ The Wire [1] 7/2008 p. 49

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personal data
SURNAME Renkel, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Celle