Karlheinz Essl
Calender 2025
Concerts / Performances / Lectures
Porgy & Bess | Hamburg | Seoul | Eckernförde | Brussels | Brno | Los Modulinos | Colorado | Salzburg | Im Erdkern | Abschiedskonzert | Klagenfurt | Gasometer | Schoenberg Center | Washington | Milano | Café Korb | Alte Schmiede | Braga | Wortwerft | PEEK | Papiertheater | non/toy piano weekend | next...
M!NDF*KC
experimental free improvisations
Mon, 6 Jan 2027, 19:00
Vienna, Porgy & Bess (A)
In der Strengen Kammer: Lost & Found curated by Peter Herbert
Edward Reardon : grand piano with live-electronics
Herbert Lacina : 7-string bass
Karlheinz Essl : MakeNoise 0-COAST modular synth, no-input mixer
VIDEO
Bricolage (2024)
for toy piano, screwdriver and live-electronics
Tue, 7 Jan 2025, 19:00
Hamburg, Kunstforum GEDOK (D)
anGEDOKt
Daria-Karmina Iossifova: toy piano & live-electronics
Sequitur III (2008)
for violin and live-electronics
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
Seoul, Ilshin Hall (KOR)
Violin Spectrum - Austria
Subin Hwang: violin
Se-Min Son: live-electronics
VIDEO
Bricolage (2024)
for toy piano, screwdriver and live-electronics
Fri, 24 Jan 2025, 20:00
Eckernförde, St. Nicolai Kirche (D)
Neue Musik Eckernförde: "laissez vibrere"
Daria-Karmina Iossifova: toy piano & live-electronics
Prends le Fa (2019)
for piano solo
Fri, 31 Jan 2025, 20:00
Brussels, La Tricoterie (B)
LOOP 14: Solo Recital Thérèse Malengreau
Thérèse Malengreau : piano
Portrait Karlheinz Essl @ Brno
Divadlo na Orlí
6 February, 2025
SoundChain
Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006-2025) - 10'
8-channel sound performance
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics and 8-channel sound projection
FABRIC (2017) - 15'
fixed media with sound and visuals
Karlheinz Essl: 8-channel sound projection
VIDEO
Bricolage (2024) - 10'
for toy piano, screwdriver and live-electronics
Karlheinz Essl: toy piano & live-electronics
Otto Wanke: 8-channel sound projection
VIDEO
réflexions résonantes (2024) - 5'
stop-motion film by Hervé Bacquet with sound by Karlheinz Essl
Karlheinz Essl: 8-channel sound projection
VIDEO
mælstrøm (2024) - 10'
sound performance for granular and modular synth
Karlheinz Essl: computer & 0-COAST modular synth
´Otto Wanke: 8-channel sound projection
VIDEO
Los Modulinos - 20'
free improvisation on analog modular electronics
Karlheinz Essl: modular electronics
Otto Wanke: modular electronics
VIDEO
Los Modulinos
free improvisation for two electronic musicians with modular electronics
Tue, 11 Feb 2025, 19:30
Vienna, BMCA Storage (A)
Karlheinz Essl : modular electronics
Otto Wanke : modular electronics
VIDEO
Bricolage
for toy piano, screwdriver and live-electronics
Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 12:00 and 15:00 - USA premiere
Fort Collins, Colorado State University, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art (USA)
Songs of Innocence: Music for Toy Piano
Joel Bacon : toy piano & live-electronics
Trois Cent Drones (2021)
for toy piano and live-electronics
Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 12:00 and 15:00 - USA premiere
Fort Collins, Colorado State University, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art (USA)
Songs of Innocence: Music for Toy Piano
Joel Bacon : toy piano & live-electronics
trans-Art #3
sound/painting performance
Thu, 10 Apr 2025, 19:30
Salzburg-Wals, Atelier Astrid Rieder (A)
trans-Art Performance
Karlheinz Essl : modular analog electronics
Astrid Rieder : live painting
Im Erdkern
Instant Poetry / Realtime Composition
Tue, 29 Apr 2025, 19:30
Vienna, BMCA Storage (A)
Karlheinz Essl : sound / electronics
Erwin Uhrmann : poetry / voice
Anmeldung unbedingt erforderlich!
Constantia (2019)
for chamber orchestra
Mon, 5 May 2025, 19:00 - Austrian premiere
mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (A)
Klangtheater @ Future Art Lab
IKT // NEW SOUNDS
Platypus Ensemble , dir. Jaime Wolfson
Bricolage (2024)
for toy piano, screwdriver and live-electronics
Mon, 5 May 2025, 19:00 - Austrian premiere
mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (A)
Klangtheater @ Future Art Lab
IKT // NEW SOUNDS
Karlheinz Essl : toy piano & live-electronics
Coastline_mdw (2025)
sound performance for modular synth
Mon, 5 May 2025, 19:00 - World premiere
mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (A)
Klangtheater @ Future Art Lab
IKT // NEW SOUNDS
Karlheinz Essl : MakeNoise 0-COAST
more or less (1999-2020)
realtime composition for computer-controlled soloists
Tue, 6 May 2025, 19:30
Klagenfurt, Konzerthaus Blauer Saal (A)
BRANDneu
Max Brand Ensemble
Thomas Frey: Flöte
Gregor Narnhofer: Klarinette, Bassklarinette
Hannes Enzlberger: Kontrabass
Tim Reinhardt: Schlagzeug
Richard Graf: E-Gitarre
Trois Cent Drones (2021)
for toy piano and live-electronics
Wed, 7 May 2025, 18:00
mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (A)
Klangtheater @ Future Art Lab
IKT // NEW SOUNDS
Luca Lavuri : toy piano
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
more or less (1999-2020)
realtime composition for computer-controlled soloists
Fri, 9 May 2025, 19:30
Wien, Spielraum Gasometer B (A)
Jam Music Lab
Max Brand Ensemble
Thomas Frey: Flöte
Gregor Narnhofer: Klarinette, Bassklarinette
Hannes Enzlberger: Kontrabass
Tim Reinhardt: Schlagzeug
Richard Graf: E-Gitarre
Prends le Fa (2019)
for piano solo
Mon, 13 May 2025, 18:30
Vienna, Schönberg Center (A)
Forum Neue Musik: Studierende von Jan Satler (mdw)
Anastasiia Skovliuk: piano
Sequitur XI (2010)
for vibraphone and live-electronics
Sun, 18 May 2025, 7:30pm
Western Washington University, College of Fine and Performing Arts (USA)
Solo Recital Iván Manzanilla
Iván Manzanilla : vibraphone, cymbals and live-electronics
Portrait Karlheinz Essl @ Milano
Conservatorio di Milano
27 May, 2025
Concert
après l'avant (2021-2025) - 8'
sound performance with organ sounds in a virtual space
Karlheinz Essl: computer & controllers
FABRIC (2017) - 15'
sound performance based on Schubert and Klimt
Karlheinz Essl: computer & controllers
mælstrøm (2024) - 10'
sound performance with granular synthesis
Karlheinz Essl: computer & controllers
Coastlines (2022 ff.) - 15'
sound performance with modular synthesizer
Karlheinz Essl: 0-COAST modular synth
Blind Gig
free improvisation performance
Wed, 4 Jun 2025, 19:30
Vienna, Café Korb (A)
The SFIEMA Improvised Music Club
Mia Zabelka : violin, voice, electronics
Karlheinz Essl : modular synthesizer, no-input mixer
on common ground (2020)
for cello and piano
Fri, 6 Jun 2025, 19:00
Vienna, Alte Schmiede (A)
Duo Beinhauer & Lorenz
Matthias Lorenz : cello
Miroslav Beinhauer : piano
VIDEO
Live Stream - scheduled for Jun 6, 2025
7x7 - fo(u)r saxophones (2006)
musical mobile for 4 saxophones
Wed, 11 Jun 2025, 5pm
Braga, GNRation blackbox (PT)
7x7 fo(u)r saxophones
música contemporânea u.minho @ gnration
Beatriz Rolo, Francisco Oliveira, Beatriz Alves, Gabriel Dias: saxophones
dir. Pedro Junqueira Maia
Zunächst an jedem Ort – dann fort. Hermann geht die Wortwerft baden
Performance von vier Künstlern als Live-Hörspiel
Tue, 16 Jun 2025, 19:00
St. Pölten, Freiraum (A)
Hermann Niklas : instant poetry
Erwin Uhrmann : instant poetry
Karlheinz Essl : Modular-Synthesizer
Lorenz Seidler : lyrische Handlungsanweisungen
Hermann Niklas, Lyriker und Veranstalter von Literaturprojekten, löst nach zwanzigjährigem Bestehen die Wortwerft auf. Das geschieht in einer literarischen Pilgerreise zu Fuß vom Vereinssitz in Wien bis zum Erlaufsee. Am Weg werden Spuren der Wortwerft hinterlassen in Form von Sätzen und Gedichten aus vergangenen Projekten, Kolleg*innen und Zuhörer*innen steigen entlang der Mariazellerbahn ein bzw. aus und gehen ein Stück des letzten Weges mit. Drei persönliche Abende werden mit Erwin Uhrmann und Karlheinz Essl, Victoria Coeln und Josef Wagner, Maria Seisenbacher und Yvo Kaufmann gestaltet, die vor, während oder nach der Wortwerftzeit für Hermann Niklas wichtige Begleiter*innen waren. Zusätzlich wird die Reise mit einem partizipativen „postkartengedichtgeflecht“ von eSeL (Lorenz Seidler) unterstützt. Am Ende schließlich wird es am Erlaufsee zu einem letzten Wortwerft-Happening kommen. Und es wird gebadet!
Inventing and Performing Live-Electronics
lecture/recital
Wed, 2 Jul 2025
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Klangtheater (A)
Final Symposium of the FWF-PEEK Project Études for Live-Electronics
Karlheinz Essl: talk and live performance
imagination (2015)
Musik für ein Papiertheater von Ulrich Chmel
Son, 19 Oct 2025
Vienna, N.N. (A)
Ulrich Chmel's Papiertheater
TUMP (The Ultimate Melodica Piece) (2025)
for melodica and live-electronics
Nov 2025 - world premiere
Hamburg (D)
Non-Piano/Toy Piano Weekend
N.N.: melodica & live-electronics
Updated: 20 Apr 2025