Ralf Haarmann
Ralf Haarmann (* 1970 in Wuppertal ) is a German composer , musician and installation artist as well as a radio play director .
Life
Haarmann had a studio in Berlin from 1996 to 1998, in Wuppertal from 1997 to 2002 and in 2004 at the Kunsthaus Essen . From 2002 to 2005 he studied “Electronic Composition” at the Folkwang University in Essen , but left the university prematurely. His work includes compositions for radio plays , theater and electro-acoustic concert pieces. He publishes under the name Haarmann and is a member of the formations haarmannhommelsheim (with Christiane Hommelsheim) and randomTRIGGER (with Silvia Munzón Lopéz). Together with Christiane Hommelsheim, he founded the label Klangmœbel in 2011. The album "The Edge of Nothing" by haarmannhommelsheim will be listed on Zeit-Online in 2018 as an insider tip under The Best Music of the Year . Haarmann lives and works in Münster and Berlin.
Works
Concerts and performances (selection)
- 2003: H2O , concert for water and computers
- 2005: grainDADAgrain , concert for mandolin and computer
- 2006: The end of the night , performance for word, live electronics and mandolin based on Céline, together with actress An Kuohn
- 2006: Air , concert for balloon and computer
- 2007: Herbert Stencil disguised as Orpheus in the underworld (for V.) , inspired by Thomas Pynchon
- 2007: Jarzan & Tane in the jungle of the big city , together with Johannes Gramm
- 2008: Air (Cave remake)
- 2008: Milkbomb
- 2008: In my apartment, only rabbits are actually looking at me
- 2010: standing alone , together with the visual artist Myriam Holme
- 2010: New Alchemy , together with the visual artist Myriam Holme , in the LWL State Museum for Art and Cultural History , Münster
- 2018: The Edge of Nothing , by Haarmannhommelsheim
Radio tracks
- 2003: r_evolution , by Ralf Haarmann, WDR / Studio Akustische Kunst
- 2016: Alaaf , by Ralf Haarmann and Jochen Langner, WDR
- 2017: Germans among the victims , by Tuğsal Moğul, Haarmann: Director, composition and arrangement, WDR
- 2019: Alphabet, from Haarmannhommelsheim, DLF Culture
- 2019: Bitmemis - Not finished yet , by Ralf Haarmann, also direction and composition, WDR
Sound installations
- 1998: Journey to the visionary colors , Von der Heydt-Museum / Wuppertal
- 2007: Lava-Room II , Kunsthaus Essen / Essen
- 2007: Lava-Room I , Hartmut / Essen
- 2009: not yet shown , together with Myriam Holme , Kunstverein Ravensburg
- 2018: Scratched the Edge , Art on the Edge, Münster
- 2019: Rooms , by Martin Heindel , Villa Stuck Munich, composition: Haarmann
Compositions (selection)
Compositions for radio play
- 2004: Genoa 01 , by Fausto Paravidino
- 2005: The ghost ship , by Margareth Obexer
- 2005: Hidden See , by Margareth Obexer
- 2006: Not my leg , by Klaus Fehling
- 2006: The Assassin , by Yasmina Khadra
- 2006: Northeast , by Torsten Buchsteiner
- 2006: The hiker and his rain hood , by Matthias Karow
- 2007: The Red Zone , by Grigori Pasko
- 2007: The Third Virgin , by Fred Vargas
- 2007: LUKS by Johanna Olausson - director: Susanne Krings (radio play - WDR)
- 2008: The little one in the glass pot from FK Waechter
- 2008: Before everything is gone , by Martin Becker
- 2008: The Sign of Aries , by Fred Vargas
- 2008: The Sirens of Baghdad , by Yasmina Khadra
- 2009: The Forbidden Place , by Fred Vargas
- 2009: Terror games , by Fabian von Freier and Andreas von Westphalen
- 2009: The Polar Explorer , by TC Boyle
- 2010: The Plague , by Albert Camus
- 2010: Prima la Donna , by Thomas Voigt
- 2010: Before sunrise , by Bodo Traber
- 2011: The canvas , by Benjamin Stein
- 2011: The blue sheep , by Bodo Traber
- 2012: ARD radio crime scene tourists
- 2012: Like a song by Martin Heindel
- 2013: The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway
- 2015: The Disappearance of Philip S. by Ulrike Edschmid
- 2016: The factory of Martin Heindel
- 2017: Germans among the victims of Tuğsal Moğul
- 2018: 1933 was a bad year for John Fante
- 2019: Bitmemis - Not finished yet by Ralf Haarmann
- 2019: In the room of Martin Heindel
Compositions for the theater
- 2005: Liberté toujours , by Margareth Obexer
- 2006: Undine goes , by Ingeborg Bachmann
- 2006: The Lover , by Harold Pinter
- 2011: Rost , by Anne Hirth at the Wuppertaler Bühnen
- 2013: Nothing by Janne Teller at the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
- 2015: you've got sugar, boy! by Samaldo Tamatues Horseproduction
Collaboration on CD publications
- 2006: The assassin of Yasmina Khadra at Hörverlag
- 2007: The third virgin from Fred Vargas at Audio Verlag
- 2007: H2O from Haarmann at mm Label
- 2008: The sign of Aries by Fred Vargas at Audio Verlag
- 2008: The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra at Hörverlag
- 2009: The Forbidden Place by Fred Vargas at Audio Verlag
- 2009: The polar explorer from TC Boyle at Hörverlag
- 2009: We can still do a lot together from FK Waechter
- 2011: The plague of Albert Camus in the Audio Publishers
- 2018: The framing of nothing by haarmannhommelsheim at Klangmœbel
Visual arts
Solo exhibitions
- 1997 Ineradicable transparency , Ultimate Academy, Cologne
- 1998 Queen of Hearts , Pop Art, Wuppertal
- 2004 Profan , Hammelmann Practice Gallery, Essen
- 2005 War & Peace , Kunsthaus Essen
Group exhibitions with catalog
- 1998 Onomatopoeia , Von der Heydt Museum , Wuppertal
- 2000 NULLstelle , Lygnaß Gallery, Herne
- 2018 Kunst am Rand , Münster
Awards
- 2000: Working grant from the North Rhine-Westphalia Film Foundation for r_evolution
- 2004: Genua 01 wins the ARD Online Award
- 2012: Right in my skin Radio play of the month September
Nominations
- 2006: The assassin for the audio book of the year
- 2010: Prima la Donna radio play of the month April
- 2012: Nomination of The Blue Sheep by Bodo Traber for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize
- 2013: Nomination of Puppenstadt by Bodo Traber and Tilman Zens for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize
- 2013: Prima la Donna for the audio book of the year
- 2016: Alaaf radio play of the month February
- 2017: Germans among the victims radio play of the month September
- 2018: 1933 was a bad year for radio play of November
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Klaus Ungerer: The murderer gun. Humanistic Press Service, October 19, 2017, accessed on January 3, 2018 (German).
- ↑ website of klangmœbel
- ↑ Music recommendations: insider tip. Retrieved December 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Sound art meets space: sound performance in the LWL State Museum , November 30, 2010
- ↑ a b c d The assassin . worldcat.org. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
- ↑ "The little in the glass pot" ( Memento of 18 January 2013, Internet Archive )
- ^ Radio plays in SWR (Südwestrundfunk) . hoerspielealk.de. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
- ↑ radio play, feature, sound art, PDF file, p. 14, "Prima la Donna"
- ↑ ARD radio crime scene "tourists" on Radioeins
- ↑ Three questions to the musician Ralf Haarmann , in: Westdeutsche Zeitung , December 23, 2011
- ↑ Fred Vargas ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b literaturnetznrw.de
- ↑ Solo exhibition War & Peace at the Kunsthaus Essen
- ↑ Hoerdat
Web links
- Ralf Haarmann at Discogs (English)
- Ralf Haarmann at Allmusic (English)
- Website of Ralf Haarmann
- Ralf Haarmann's blog
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Haarmann, Ralf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hair man |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, musician and installation artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wuppertal |