Karlheinz Essl

Portrait KHE


Catalog of Compositions


Work-in-Progress

Coastlines (2022 ff.) - work-in-progress
live performances for MakeNoise 0-coast modular synth
Première: 18 Oct 2022, Künstlerhaus Wien (A)
The Coastline Session (2022 ff.) - work-in-progress
free improvisations between the writer Erwin Uhrmann (instant poetry) and Karlheinz Essl (modular synth)
Première: 12 Sep 2023, Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg (A)
H.E.A.D. (Hearing Entirely Artificial Dreams) (2018 ff.) - work-in-progress
Generative soundscapes based on binaural recordings with Kunstkopf technology
Première: 13 Oct 2021, Literaturhaus Wien (A)


NEW - just released

réflexions résonantes (2024)
electronic sound track for a stop-motion movie by Hervé Bacquet
Première: 14 Sep 2024, Galerie les Bigotes Vannes (F)
Bricolage (2024)
for toy piano with live-electronics
Commissioned by the Non-Piano/Toy Piano Festival, Hamburg
Première: 23 Nov 2024, Non-Piano/Toy Piano Festival, Hamburg (D)
Daria-Karmina Iossifova: toy piano & live-electronics
Verkündigung (2024)
sound performance for modular synth and no-input mixer
Première: 26 Jun 2024, Jesuitenkirche Wien (A)
Ganz im Ernst (2024)
experimental explorations of Ernst Krenek's BUCHLA synthesizer
suite in three parts
Realisation: 11-12 Apr 2024, Ernst Krenek Institut Krems (A)
Released on YouTube
mælstrøm (2023-2024)
sound performance for granular and modular synth
Première: 22 Mar 2024, Bilkent University Ankara (TR)
Nachtstille (2023)
ambient sound generator based on the paradigm of biorhtyhm
applied to the Christmas carol Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Released on YouTube and Soundcloud
Gesualdo-Fragmente (2023)
electronic sound performance on Gesualdo, Principe da Venosa
Commissioned by the festival KLANGRAUM WAIDHOFEN
Première: 28 Oct 2023, Basilika Sonntagberg (A)
Doing Math (2023 ff.)
sound performances for analog function generators
Released on YouTube
Studies for No-Input Mixer (2023-2024)
sound performances for analog mixing desk
Released: 17 Jul 2023, Nachtstück Records (Braga, PT)
Première: 8 Mar 2024, Alte Schmiede (Vienna, A)
Throbbing Crystals (2023)
a set of sound performances for Doepfer DARK ENERGY modular synth, controller and analog mixer
Released on Soundcloud (10 Jun 2023)
Première: 13 Jun 2023, Radio WORM (Rotterdam, NL)
The Art not Playing a Bösendorfer (2022-2024)
Performance for analog synth, MIDI keyboard controller, transducer and grand piano
Released on YouTube
Première: 8 Mar 2024, Alte Schmiede Wien (A)


Orchestra

met him pike trousers (1987)
Oh tiempo tus pirámides (1988/1989)
In Girum. Imus. Nocte (1991)
Intervention (1995)
Detune (2009)
Constantia (2019)


Ensemble

Oh tiempo tus pirámides (1988/1989) - chamber orchestra
...et consumimur igni (1989/90) - ensemble (18 instruments)
Entsagung (1991-93) - flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, electronics
Déviation (1993) - flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Cross the Border (1994/95) - soloists (sax, cb, perc) and ensemble
...wird sichtbar am Horizont (1996) - ensemble (10 instruments)
Champ d'Action (1998) - computer-controlled ensemble
mise en scène (1998) - ensemble (10 instruments)
onwards (1999/2000) - 3 instruments & electronics
four2eight (1999/2000) - 4 trumpets, 4 trombones
STREAMING (2003) - 4 spatially distributed ensemble groups
Faites vos jeux! (2004) - 5-8 spatially distributed trombones and/or cellos
Chemi(s)e (2009) - electric guitar and ensemble
blurred (2011) - alto flute, vibraphone, cello and live-electronics
under wood (2012) - two amplified toy pianos (one player) and ensemble
Constantia (2019) - chamber orchestra


Chamber Music

Conversations (1983/84) - string trio
Memento mori (1984/85) - voice, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Streichquartett 1985 (1985) - string quartet
Helix 1.0 (1986) - string quartet
Helix 2.0 (1986) - 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
Close the Gap (1990) - 3 tenor saxophones
In's Offene! (1991) - flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Partikel-Bewegungen (1991-2016) - wind instruments or church organ
Rapprochement (1992) - violin & cello
Déviation (1993) - flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
O rosa bella (1981/96) - flute, oboe, clarinet, string trio
elision (1997) - bass clarinet, french horn, double bass, percussion
à trois - seul (1997/98) - string trio
onwards (1999/2000) - 3 instruments & electronics
more or less (1999-2007) - computer-controlled soloists
upward, behind the onstreaming it mooned (2001) - string quartet
blur (2003) - alto flute, vibraphone, cello
colorado (2005-2008) - saxophone quartet, live-electronic and 4-channel sound projection
7x7 (2006-2009) - musical mobile for various instrumental quartets
Cinq (2007) - flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn, bassoon
blurred (2011) - alto flute, vibraphone, cello and live-electronics
STERN (2013) - electric violin, prepared piano and vibration speaker
VIRIBVS VNITIS (2014) - toy piano & harpsichord
RESONAVIT (2014) - electric violin, zither and vibration speaker
exit*glue (2016) - electric guitar & trombone
Puzzle of Purcell (2017) - mezzo soprano & electric guitar, based on two songs by Henry Purcell
TAU - Zeichen des Umbruchs (2021) - mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, french horn, accordion and cello


Music Theatre / Dance / Performance

fLOWER (2000) - music theater for soloists, electronics, sound scape, light installation
à la recherche de la voix perdue (2002) - music theater for soloists, computer, tape, light installation
DISTANCE OF THE MOON (2002) - dance performance
Segreto spaziale (2003) - music theater for violin, computer, live-electronics and multi-channel sound projection
and thank you I don't think we will meet again (2005) - sound/space/performance
Oracle Night (2006) - dance/video/sound/performance
Pandora's Secret (2009) - sound performance for music box and live-electronics
Sterbebett mit Pappendeckeln (2011) - electronic music for a theatre piece by Andreas Okopenko
LABoratorio (2010/11) - mixed-media performance for viola, percussions, live-electronics, dancers and video
GO MATA GO (2015) - dance/sound/performance
imagination (2015) - soundtrack for a paper theater
Some Way Up (2017) - sound performance for Ganymed Nature
Forms of Life (2019-2021) - performance for a dancer with oceandrum, shrutibox, klangfeile, voice and live-electronics
W.A.L.D. (2020-2022) - dance performance with video, sound scapes and live-electronics


Instruments with Live-Electronics

Con una certa espressione parlante (1985/2015) - piano & tape recorder / live-electronics
Entsagung (1991-93) - flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, electronics
el-emen' (2004) - percussion & live-electronics
Kalimba (2005) toy piano & playback
colorado (2005-2008) - saxophone quartet, live-electronics and 4-channel sound projection
WebernSpielWerk (2005) - toy piano (or celesta) & ring modulator
inside/out (2006) - flute & live-electronics
blurred (2011) - alto flute, vibraphone, cello and live-electronics
Sequitur (2008-2010) - work series for various solo instruments and live-electronics
non Sequitur (2008-2009) - various gadgets and live-electronics
Pandora's Secret (2009) - sound performance for music box & live-electronics
whatever shall be (2010) - toy piano, gadgets, live-electronics and surround sound
juncTions (2011/2012) - piano (2 players) & live-electronics
Si! (2012) - tenor tuba & live-electronics
Pachinko (2013) - toy piano & computer
Natura naturans (2014) - kalimba & live-electronics
Autumn's Leaving (2015) - pipa & live-electronics
river_run (2016) - guzheng (or harp) & live-electronics
SATOR (2021) - organ and live-electronics
Bricolage (2024) - toy piano with live-electronics


Electronic- and Computer Music

Con una certa espressione parlante (1985) - piano & tape recorder / live-electronics
Orgue de Cologne (1986) - tape
Carambol (1986) - tape
Zungenreden (1990) - tape
Entsagung (1991-93) - flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, electronics
Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.) - computer-controlled piano
Klanglabyrinth (1992-95) - computer installation
Amazing Maze (1993-2014) - computer installation
Interferences (1996/97) - computer installation
Lexicon-Lecture (1998) - computer installation
Champ d'Action (1999) - computer-controlled ensemble
fLOW (1998-2018) - sound scape / computer installation
conVex (1999) - computer
more or less (1999-2007) - computer-controlled soloists
da braccio (1999) - solo string instrument, live electronic & computer
onwards (1999/2000) - 3 instruments & electronics
The Untempered Piano (2000) - computer installation
REplay PLAYer (2000/2001) - computer music performance / interactive computer resp. web installation
ALLgebrah. Eine Kopfwelt (2001) - sound & video performance
Temps fugitive (2001) - realtime-generated sound and video installation
ON FIRE (2001) - realtime-generated sound scape
GRIDS (2001) - sound track for an image
PENDENTE (2002) - sound track for a light installation by Martin Kaar
Sonnez la cloche! (2002/2003) - sound performance
Doors / Vrata (2003) - sound sculpture in collaboration with Nika Radic
Le mystère d'orgue (2003) - sound environment for Hermann Nitsch
Seelewaschen (2003/2004) - generative sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier
ULURU (2004) - generative sound environment for an exhibition on Aboriginal Art
action rituelle (2004) - sound performance
blurB (2004) - electronic music
FontanaMixer (2004) - generative sound environment after John Cage
Father Earth (2004/2005) - sound performance
and thank you I don't think we will meet again (2005) - live-soundtrack for an art performance
Balkonszene (2005) - live-soundtrack for an art performance
Rouge de Rouge (2005) live-soundtrack for an art performance
Deconstructing Mozart (2006) - for church organ and computer
Stimmen.Hören (2007) - sound performance
WebernWeben (2007) - sound performance
Demo Crazy (2009) - sound performance for computer and live-electronics
Familiar Strangers (2011) - electronic music based on photos by Christoph Überhuber
WalkürenWalk (2013) - sound performance for computer and live-electronics
Tristan's Lament (2013) - sound performance for computer and live-electronics
not yet over (2013) - electronic soundtrack for a video installation by Guido Kucsko
Parsifal-Kristall (2013) - electronic sound environment
Herbecks Versprechen (2014) - electronic sound performance upon a poem by Ernst Herbeck
Herbeck extended (2014) - radio piece
Omnia in omnibus (2014/15) - sound/video/performance
imagination (2015) - soundtrack for a paper theater
Mozart-Lamento (2015) - sound performance for computer, piano resonances and controllers
DonauEschen (2016) - electronic sound performance for computer and sound projection
Brisky Breath (2016) - interactive realtime composition for computer and kalimba
Stallnichte (2016) - granular de/re/construction of a well-known Christmas carol
FABRIC (2017) - sound/video/performance
Some Way Up (2017) - sound performance
Where's the Rainbow? (2017) - sound environment for a photo exhibition
VERTIGO (2019) - 4 loudspeakers and carousel
après l'avant (2021) - electronic sound performance
the other day (2021) - interactive binaural sound environment
H.E.A.R. (Head Explores Auditory Realms) (2021-2022) - fixed media (binaural sound & visuals)
erat Verbum (2020-2022) - multilingual fixed media composition (stereo)
The Art not Playing a Bösendorfer (2022-2024) - analog synth with piano resonances
Feed Me Black (2022) - analog synth
Coastlines (2022 ff.) - live performances for modular synth
Throbbing Crystals (2023) - live performances for modular synth
The Coastline Sessions (2022 ff.) - instant poetry and modular synth
spuren... (2023) - generative sound environment for a room installation by Tanja Prušnik
Studies for No-Input Mixer (2023-2024) - sound performances for analog mixing desk
Gesualdo-Fragmente (2023) - sound performance based on Gesualdo's last Madrigals
Doing Math (2023 ff.) - sound performances for analog function generators
mælstrøm (2023-2024) - sound performance for granular and modular synth
Ganz im Ernst (2024) - experimental explorations of Ernst Krenek's BUCHLA synthesizer
Verkündigung (2024) - sound performance for modular synth and no-input mixer


Realtime- & Meta-Compositions

In the Cage (1987) - 3 voices
Partikel-Bewegungen (1991-2016) - wind instruments or church organ
Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.) - computer-controlled piano
Amazing Maze (1993-2014) - computer
Lexicon-Oracle (1996-98) - computer
Interferences (1996/97) - computer
Champ d'Action (1998) - computer-controlled ensemble
conVex (1999) - computer
more or less (1999-2007) - computer-controlled soloists
da braccio (1999) - solo string instrument, live electronic & computer
The Untempered Piano (2000) - computer
REplay PLAYer (2000/2001) - computer music performance / interactive computer resp. web installation
Temps fugitive (2001) - realtime-generated sound and video installation
ON FIRE (2001) - realtime-generated sound scape
downside up (2001/2002) - computer-conducted ensemble groups
Sonnez la cloche! (2002/2003) - sound performance
SPACIAL EDITION (2002/2003) - realtime generated video/sound environment
STREAMING (2003) - 4 spatially distributed ensemble groups
FontanaMixer (2004) - generative sound environment after John Cage
nature / morte (2005/2006) - generative sound environment for an exhibition on Viennese Actionism
Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006/2007) - generative sound environment for Beat Zoderer
Panta Rhei (2006) - generative sound environment for Jürgen Messensee
(7x7)7 (2006) - generative music mobile for Jürgen Messensee
Berliner Luft (2006) - generative sound environment for Johanes Zechner
FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007) - generative sound and video environment for Jonathan Meese
Natura naturans (2014) - realtime composition for prepared kalimba, live-electronics and surround sound
fLOW per Sandro (2019) - generative improvisation environment
après l'avant (2021) - electronic sound performance


Meta-Instruments

Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.) - computer-controlled piano
fLOW (1998 ff.) - ambient sound scape generator
m@ze°2 (1999 ff.) - generative computer instrument
The Untempered Piano (2000) - computer installation
REplay PLAYer (2000/2001) - generative computer instrument
FontanaMixer (2004) - generative sound environment after John Cage


Installations & Soundscapes

Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.) - generative music installation
Klanglabyrinth (1992-95) - generative sound installation
Amazing Maze (1993-2014) - generative sound installation
MindShipMind (1996-98) - computer/web installation
Lexicon-Lecture (1998) - generative text installation
Lexikon-Projekt (1996-98) - multimedia installation
fLOW (1998-2018) - generative sound scape
conVex (1999) - generative sound installation
The Untempered Piano (2000) - interactive sound environment
REplay PLAYer (20002001) - computer music performance / interactive computer resp. web installation
es wird (2000) - generative text and sound installation
Temps fugitive (2001) - realtime-generated sound and video installation
ON FIRE (2001) - realtime-generated sound scape
SPACIAL EDITION (2002/2003) - realtime generated video/sound environment
Doors / Vrata (2003) - sound sculpture in collaboration with Nika Radic
Le mystère d'orgue (2003) - sound environment for Hermann Nitsch
Seelewaschen (2003/2004) - generative sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier
ULURU (2001-2004) - generative sound environment for an exhibition on Aboriginal Art
FontanaMixer (2004) - generative sound environment after John Cage
WebernUhrWerk (2005) - algorithmic music for computer-controlled Carillon
nature / morte (2005/2006) - generative sound environment for a photo documentation on Viennese Actionism
Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006/2007) - generative sound environment for a room installation by Beat Zoderer
Panta Rhei (2006) - generative sound environment for an installation by Jürgen Messensee
(7x7)7 (2006) - generative sound environment for an animation video by Jürgen Messensee
AIR BORNE (2006) - permanent sound environment for an installation by Stefan Krüskemper
Berliner Luft (2006) - generative sound environment for Johanes Zechner
FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007) - generative sound and video environment for Jonathan Meese
BOCHUMSTEP (2008/2009) - permanent sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier
KlangDerWisch (2009/2015) - gesture-driven sound installation
Proper Ties (2010) - generative sound environment for an art installation by Guido Kucsko
Suspended Suspense (2012) - generative sound environment for an art installation by Xenia Hausner
(7x7)7~KK (2017) - generative sound environment for three speakers attached to moving sculptures
Where's the Rainbow? (2017) - sound environment for a photo exhibition by Helmut Wimmer
Licht.Stück.Bad.Fabrik (2018) - multi-channel sound installation for media exhibition by Markus Wintersberger and Andrea Nagl
H.E.A.D. (Hearing Entirely Artificial Dreams) (2018 ff.) - generative soundscapes based on binaural recordings
Checkin' my Shrutis... (2019) - generative drone scape based on 25 chords of a Shrutibox
the other day (2021) - interactive binaural sound environment
K.O.P.F. (Kartographisch Orientierte Passagen Fragmente) - book with audio (Limbus Verlag 2021)
spuren... (2023) - generative sound environment for a room installation by Tanja Prušnik
Nachtstille (2023) - ambient sound generator


Film Music

Sieben Tore ins Land (2002) - sound track for a 3D movie
carl mayer, scenar(t)ist - berlin (2003) - electronic sound track
dance:storm (2004) - electronic sound track for a dance video by Bernd R. Bienert
Nach viermal geht die Sonne auf (2004) - live-electronic sound track
tides (2004-2006) - electronic sound track for a dance video by Bernd R. Bienert
sculpture (2005-2006) - electronic sound track for a dance video by Bernd R. Bienert
Drowned (2006) - electronic sound track for a dance video by Bernd R. Bienert
Über Österreich - Juwele des Landes (2014/2017) - electronic soundtracks for short films about Austrian landscapes by Georg Riha
H.E.A.R. (2022) - soundscape/ASMR with visuals by MONOCOLOR
réflexions résonantes (2024) - electronic soundtrack for a stop-motion movie by Hervé Bacquet


Visuals

Temps fugitive (2001) - realtime-generated sound and video installation
SPACIAL EDITION (2002/2003) - generative video and sound environment
Through the Curly Rain-Taps (2005) - generative visuals
Leimung (2006) - sound/video/performance
FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007) - generative sound and video environment for Jonathan Meese
Omnia in omnibus (2014/15) - sound/video/performance
FABRIC (2017) - sound/video/performance
H.E.A.R. (2022) - soundscape/ASMR with visuals by MONOCOLOR


Text Compositions

In the Cage (1987) - performance
Zungenreden (1990) - tape
Lexicon-Oracle (1996-98) - computer / web installation
Karlheinz Essl's Playing Strategies (1998) - web installation
es wird (2000) - generative sound and text installation
Herbecks Versprechen (2014) - electronic sound performance
Herbeck extended (2014) - radio piece
Sur silence... (2017) - sound performance
The Coastline Sessions (2022 ff.) - instant poetry and synthesizer


Web Projects

Lexicon-Oracle (1996-98) - web installation
MindShipMind (1996-98) - computer / web installation
Lexikon-Sonate online... (1997)
Karlheinz Essl's Playing Strategies (1998) - web installation


Music for Pupils

downside up (2001/2002) - computer-conducted ensemble groups
STREAMING (2003) - 4 spatially distributed ensemble groups
7x7 (2006-2009) - musical mobile for various instrumental quartets


Music on Music

O rosa bella (1981/96) - transcription after John Dunstable for ensemble (c. 1420)
BWV 1007a (1986) - re-synthesis of Johann Sebastian Bach's Suite for Violoncello in G major, BWV 1007 for cello (or trombone or marimba) solo
Gold.Berg.Werk (2003-2020) - interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations for various instruments and live-electronics
FontanaMixer (2004) - generative sound environment based on John Cage's Fontana Mix
WebernUhrWerk (2005) - algorithmic music for computer-controlled Carillon based on Anton Webern's last tone row
WebernSpielWerk (2005) - for toy piano, celesta, organ or harpsichord, based on Anton Webern's last tone row
Deconstructing Mozart (2006) - deconstruction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, KV. 465 for organ, computer and live-electronics
Listen Thing (2008) - palindromic Christmas canon for keyboard instruments
WalkürenWalk (2013) - sound performance based on Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries
Tristan's Lament (2013) - sound performance based on Richard Wagner's Prelude to Tristan and Isolde
Parsifal-Kristall (2013) - sound environment based on Richard Wagner's Parsifal: Erlösungschor
Omnia in omnibus (2014/15) - sound & video performance based on Mönch von Salzburg, John Dunstable, Heinrich Isaac, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, Alban Berg and Karlheinz Essl
Mozart-Lamento (2015) - sound performance based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String quintet g-minor, KV 516
FABRIC (2017) - sound/video/performance based on Franz Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade, op. 2 (D 118)
Puzzle of Purcell (2017) - mezzo soprano & electric guitar, based on two songs by Henry Purcell
HerrGott! (2019) - Kommentar zu einem Wienerlied für Orgel solo
freude • funken (2020) - for mixed choir, based in Beethoven's Ode to Joy
Gesualdo-Fragmente (2023) - electronic sound performance based on Gesualdo's last madrigalss


Percussion

BWV 1007a (1986) - marimba solo
Proportional Circles 2314 (1987) - 4 percussions
Abolition (1989) - percussion solo
Rudiments (1989/90) - 4 snare drums
Space Art Transmission (1991) - voice & 3 percussions
ex machina (2002) - 6 percussionists encircling the audience
el-emen' (2004) - solo percussion, computer and live-electronics
Sequitur XIV (2009) - kalimba and live-electronics
Hypostasis (2010) - 3 percussionists
Sequitur XI (2010) - vibraphone and live-electronics
Trois Cent Notes (2019) - vibraphone solo


Strings

Conversations (1983/84) - string trio
Streichquartett 1985 (1985) - string quartet
Helix 1.0 (1986) - string quartet
BWV 1007a (1986) - cello solo
Rapprochement (1992) - violin & cello
absence (1996) - violin solo
à trois - seul (1997/98) - string trio
da braccio (1999) - solo string instrument, live electronic & computer
upward, behind the onstreaming it mooned (2001) - string quartet
Gold.Berg.Werk (2003-2007) - string trio & live-electronics
Segreto spaziale (2003) - violin, computer, electronics
Faites vos jeux! (2004) - 5-8 spatially distributed cellos
Sequitur III (2008) - violin and live-electronics
Sequitur IV (2008) - cello and live-electronics
Sequitur IVb (2010) - viola and live-electronics
STERN (2013) - electric violin, prepared piano and vibration speaker
RESONAVIT (2014) - electric violin, zither and vibration speaker
on common ground (2020) - cello & piano


Piano

Con una certa espressione parlante (1985) - piano & tape recorder / live-electronics
Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.) - computer-controlled piano
Sequitur XIII (2008) - inside piano and live-electronics
Take the C Train (2009) - piano solo
Gold.Berg.Werk (2010-2020) - piano & live-electronics
juncTions (2011/2012) - piano (2 players) and live-electronics
STERN (2013) - electric violin, prepared piano and vibration speaker
Trois cent notes (2019) - piano solo
Prends le Fa (2019) - piano solo
Roschitz (2019) - piano solo


Toy Piano

Kalimba (2005) - toy piano and playback
WebernSpielWerk (2005/2012) - for toy piano, celesta, organ or harpsichord
Sequitur V (2008) - toy piano and live-electronics
Listen Thing (2008) - toy piano solo
whatever shall be (2010) - toy piano, dreidel, chop sticks, music box and surround sound
under wood (2012) - amplified toy pianos and ensemble
Miles to go (2012) - 4 prepared and amplified toy pianos
Pachinko (2013) - toy piano & computer
VIRIBVS VNITIS (2014) - toy piano & harpsichord
Centime (2019) - 100 tiny notes for toy piano
Trois cent notes (2019) - toy piano solo
Trois Cent Drones (2019-2021) - toy piano and live-electronics
Bricolage (2024) - toy piano with live-electronics
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Music Box / Kalimba / Melodica

Pandora's Secret (2009) - music box and live-electronics
Sequitur XIV (2009) - kalimba and live-electronics
vingt secondes (2020) - melodica (or accordion or organ) solo


Organ

Partikel-Bewegungen (1991-2016) - version for organ
WebernSpielWerk (2005) - organ, toy piano or harpsichord
Deconstructing Mozart (2006) - organ and electronics
Listen Thing (2008) - organ, toy piano or harpsichord
Puzzle of Purcell (2017/2018) - version for organ
HerrGott! (2019) - organ solo
unbestimmt (2020) - for mechanical organ
vingt secondes (2020) - organ solo
tenet opera rotas (2020) - organ solo
SATOR (2021) - organ & live-electronics
Prendere il Fa (2021) - organ solo


Harpsichord / Harp

WebernSpielWerk (2005) - harpsichord, toy piano or organ
Listen Thing (2008) - harpsichord, toy piano or organ
Sequitur XII (2009) - harpsichord & live-electronics
Gold.Berg.Werk (2010-2012) - harpsichord & live-electronics
VIRIBVS VNITIS (2014) - toy piano & harpsichord
river_run (2018) - version for harp & live-electronics


Voice

Missa Aeolica (1980-1982) - mixed choir
Memento mori (1984/85) - voice, violin, viola, cello, double bass
In the Cage (1987) - 3 voices
Space Art Transmission (1991) - voice & 3 percussions
Partikel-Bewegungen (1991-2016) - 3 or 4 voices
Sequitur IX (2008) - voice and live-electronics
Puzzle of Purcell (2017) - mezzo soprano & electric guitar
freude • funken (2020) - mixed choir
TAU - Zeichen des Umbruchs (2021) - mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, french horn, accordion and cello


Flute

Préambule - Pierrot/Arlequin (1996) - bass flute & piccolo
inside/out (2006) - flute and live-electronics
Sequitur I (2008) - flute and live-electronics


Clarinet

7x7 (2006) - musical mobile for 4 clarinets
Sequitur II (2008) - (bass) clarinet and live-electronics
Puzzle of Purcell (2018) - version for clarinet and bass clarinet


Saxophone

Close the Gap! (1990) - 3 tenor saxophones
colorado (2005-2008) - saxophone quartet and live-electronics
7x7 (2006) - musical mobile for 4 alto saxophones
Sequitur VII (2008) - alto saxophone and live-electronics
Gold.Berg.Werk (2003-2016) - saxophone quartet & live-electronics


Brass

BWV 1007a (1986) - trombone solo
Helix 2.0 (1996) - 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
four2eight (1999/2000) - 4 trumpets, 4 trombones
Faites vos jeux! (2004) - 4-8 spatially distributed trombones and/or cellos
Sequitur VI (2008) - trumpet and live-electronics
Sequitur X (2008) - trombone and live-electronics
7x7 fo(u)r trombones (2008) - musical mobile for trombone quartet
Si! (2012) - tenor tuba (or trombone), live-electronics and surround sound
exit*glue (2016) - electric guitar & trombone


Electric and Classical Guitar

Nebenniere (1977) - guitar solo
Sequitur VIII (2008) - electric guitar & live-electronics
While my guitars gently whip (2008/2009) - electric guitar quartet
7x7 fo(u)r guitars (2009) - musical mobile for electric guitar quartet
Chemi(s)e (2009) - electric guitar and ensemble
exit*glue (2016) - electric guitar & trombone
Puzzle of Purcell (2017) - mezzo soprano & electric guitar
Deploração (2020) - two classical guitars


Extra-European Instruments

Sequitur XIV (2009) - kalimba & live-electronics
Autumn's leaving (2014) - pipa & live-electronics
river_run (2016) - guzheng (or harp) & live-electronics


Solo

Nebenniere (1977) - guitar solo
BWV 1007a (1986) - cello (or trombone or marimba) solo
Abolition (1989) - percussion solo
absence (1996) - violin solo
Kalimba (2005) toy piano & playback
WebernSpielWerk (2005/2012) - toy piano, celesta, organ or harpsichord
Listen Thing (2009) - toy piano, celesta, organ or harpsichord
Take the C Train (2009) - piano solo
Puzzle of Purcell (2017/2018) - organ solo
HerrGott! (2019) - organ solo
Centime (2019) - toy piano solo
Trois cent notes (2019) - piano, toy piano or vibraphone
Prends Le Fa (2019) - piano or vibraphone solo
Roschitz (2019) - piano solo
vingt secondes (2020) - melodica (or accordion or organ) solo
tenet opera rotas (2020) - organ solo
Prendere il Fa (2021) - organ solo


Solo with Live-Electronics

Con una certa espressione parlante (1985) - piano & tape recorder / live-electronics
el-emen' (2004) - percussion & live-electronics
Kalimba (2005) toy piano & playback
inside/out (2006) - flute & live-electronics
Sequitur (2008-2010) - work series for various solo instruments & live-electronics (14 pieces)
whatever shall be (2010) - toy piano, dreidel, chop sticks, music box, live-electronics and surround sound
Si! (2012) - tenor tuba (or trombone), live-electronics and surround sound
Pachinko (2013) - toy piano & computer
Natura naturans (2014) - kalimba & live-electronics
Autumn's Leaving (2015) - pipa & live-electronics
river_run (2016) - guzheng (or harp) & live-electronics
Trois Cent Drones (2019-2021) - toy piano and live-electronics
Bricolage (2024) - toy piano with live-electronics


Duo

Con una certa espressione parlante (1985) - piano & tape recorder / live-electronics
Rapprochement (1992) - violin & cello
Préambule - Pierrot/Arlequin (1996) - bass flute & piccolo
STERN (2013) - electric violin, prepared piano and vibration speaker
VIRIBVS VNITIS (2014) - toy piano & harpsichord
RESONAVIT (2014) - electric violin, zither and vibration speaker
exit*glue (2016) - electric guitar & trombone
Puzzle of Purcell (2017) - mezzo soprano & electric guitar / version for clarinet and bass clarinet
on common ground (2020) - cello & piano
Deploração (2020) - two guitars


Trio

Conversations (1983/84) - string trio
Close the Gap (1990) - sax trio
Partikel-Bewegungen (1991-2016) - 3 woodwinds
à trois - seul (1997/98) - string trio
onwards (1999) - sax, piano, perc & electronics
blur (2003) - alto flute, vibraphone, cello
Hypostasis (2010) - 3 percussionist


Quartet

Streichquartett 1985 (1985) - string quartet
Helix 1.0 (1986) - string quartet
Helix 2.0 (1986) - 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
Proportional Circles 2314 (1987) - 4 percussions
Rudiments (1989/90) - 4 snare drums
In's Offene! (1991) - flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Partikel-Bewegungen (1991-2016) - saxophone or recorder quartet
Entsagung (1991-93) - flute, clarinet, violin, cello & electronics
elision (1997) - double bass, bass clarinet, percussion, french horn
onwards (1999/2000) - 3 instruments and electronics
upward, behind the onstreaming it mooned (2001) - string quartet
colorado (2005-2008) - saxophone quartet and live-electronic and 4-channel sound projection
7x7 (2006-2008) - musical mobile for instrumental quartets
While my guitars gently whip (2008/2009) - electric guitar quartet


Quintet

Memento mori (1984/85) - voice, violin, viola, cello, double bass
more or less (1999-2007) - computer-controlled soloists
Cinq (2007) - flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn and bassoon


Sextett

Déviation (1993) - flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
ex machina (2002) - 6 percussionists encircling the audience
TAU - Zeichen des Umbruchs (2021) - mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, french horn, accordion and cello


Compositional Software

COMPOSE for xLOGO (1988 ff.)
RTC-lib - Real Time Composition Library (1993-2016)



Works in Chronological Order



Nebenniere (1977)
guitar solo   [3']
Dedicated to Jesus Christus, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Jack [Gerhard] Hauser, Michael Riegner, Erke Duit & Brigitte Essl
never performed
Publ: KHE


Missa Aeolica (1980-1982)
vierstimmiger gemischter Chor   [12']
Dem Kammerchor Kontrapunkte Klosterneuburg gewidmet
Première: ca. 1982 Evangelische Kirche Klosterneuburg (A)
Kammerchor Kontrapunkte Klosterneuburg, Ltg. Erke Duit
Publ: KHE


Conversations (1983/84)
vl, vla, vlc   [10']
Première: 9 May 1984 Schiefergarten Klosterneuburg (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: priv. (studio production)


Memento mori (1984/85)
voc, vl, vla, vcl, cb
after poems by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Franz Neovalis Neulinger and Hans Magnus Enzensberger   [15']
Première: 9 May 1985 Raiffeisenbank Klosterneuburg (A)
Carlo Kalmar: voc, Karlheinz Essl: db, ad-lib-ensemble
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF (Konzerthaus Vienna, Ensemble '86, 10 Nov 87)


Con una certa espressione parlante (1985/2015)
for a pianist and a tape machine operator (1985)
version for pianist and live-electronics (2015)   [10']
Première: 11 Nov 1985 Musikschule Kremsmünster (A)
Karlheinz Essl: pf, Gerhard Eckel: tape recorder
Publ: KHE
Rec: priv. (studio production 1985) / video production (2015)


Streichquartett 1985 (1985)
string quartet   [10']
Première: 18 Apr 1986 Rathaus Klosterneuburg (A)
Ensemble '86
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF (Konzerthaus Vienna, 3 May 92; Arditti Quartet)


Orgue de Cologne (1986)
monophonic tape   [1:47]
Première: 26 Apr 1986 Alte Schmiede Vienna (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: Institut für Elektroakustik und Experimentelle Musik (Musikhochschule Wien)
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


Carambol (1986)
electronic music for monophonic tape   [6:08]
Première: 12 Apr 1986 WUK Vienna (A)
Untersuchungen zur Physik der euklidischen Ebene
Publ: KHE
Rec: Institut für elektroakustische und experimentelle Musik der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (mdw)


Helix 1.0 (1986)
string quartet   [15']
Première: 12 Jun 1987 Galerie Gadenstätter, Zell am See (A)
Ensemble '86
Publ: KHE
CD Rudiments - Arditti Quartet


Helix 2.0 (1986)
2 trumpets, 2 trombones   [8']
Première: 27 May 1991 Teatro Regio, Parma (I)
Festival Traiettorie
Quartetto di ottoni dell'opera di Genova
Publ: KHE


BWV 1007a (1986)
cello (or marimba or trombone) solo   [10']
Première: 12 Jan 1988 Alte Schmiede Vienna (A)
Elisabeth Flunger: marimba
Publ: KHE


met him pike trousers (1987)
orchestra: 4.4.4.4 / 4.4.4.2 / 6 perc, pno (cel), arp / 15.12.10.8.8   [11']
Première: 23 Oct 1987 Konzerthaus Vienna (A)
Radio Symphonyorchstra Vienna, Dir: Wolfgang Bozic
Publ: KHE
CD Rudiments - United Philharmonic, Dir. Richard Edlinger


Proportional Circles 2314 (1987)
4 percussion players   [18']
Dedicated to Eva-Marie
Première: 6 Nov 1987 Klosterneuburg, SCHÖMER-HAUS (A)
Ensemble Les Guetteurs des Sons, Dir: Karlheinz Essl
Publ: KHE - ISMN: 979-0-2325-1476-5
Rec: priv. (première)


In the Cage (1987)
performance for 3 speakers   [dur. ad lib.]
Première: 4 Mar 1988 Alte Schmiede Vienna (A)
Performance group Angelus Novus
Publ: KHE
Rec: priv. (première)


COMPOSE for xLOGO (1988 ff.)
Computer Aided Composition Programming Environment
for Atari ST Computers


Oh tiempo tus pirámides (1988/89)
chamber orchestra: fl, ob, cl, bas / tp, fh, tmb / 2 perc / 6 vl, 3 vla, 2 vcl, 1 db   [20']
Commissioned by the "Arbeiter Zeitung"
Première: 6 Oct 1990 Stephaniensaal Graz (A)
Festival "Musikprotokoll '90"
Ensemble Modern, Dir: Hans Zender
Publ: Universal Edition
Rec: ORF (première)


Abolition... (1989)
percussion solo   [10']
Commissioned by Mürztaler Werkstätte / steirisc[:her:]bst
Première: 2 Nov 1989 Mitterdorf, Schloß Pichl (A)
Festival "Mürztaler Werkstätte"
H. Prinz: perc
Publ: KHE - ISMN: 979-0-2325-1473-4
Rec: ORF (Konzerthaus Vienna - "WIEN MODERN", 22 Nov 89; E. Flunger)


Rudiments (1989/90)
4 snare drums   [14'] Commissioned by "Wiener Konzerthaus"
Dedicated to my friend Jack Hauser
Première: 21 Mar 1990 Konzerthaus Vienna (A)
Ensemble Les Guetteurs des Sons, Dir: HK Gruber)
Publ: KHE - ISMN: 979-0-2325-1477-2
CD Rudiments


...et consumimur igni (1989/90)
3 ensembles (2 tp, 2 fh, 2 tb, 3 perc, 3 vl, 3 vla, 3 vcl)   [16']
Commissioned by "Musikprotokoll '90"
Première: 4 Oct 1990 Alte Remise Graz (A)
Festival "Musikprotokoll '90"
Ensemble Modern, Dir: Peter Eötvös
Publ: Breitkopf & Härtel
CD Moderne in Österreich 1968 - 1997 - 30 Jahre Musikprotokoll


Zungenreden (1990)
radiophonic tape piece   [28']
Commissioned by the Austrian Radio - "Kunstradio"
Première: 15 Nov 1990 Austrian Radio Vienna (A)
"Kunstradio / Radiokunst"
Publ: KHE
CD RP4


Close the Gap (1990)
3 tenor saxophones   [13']
Première: 28 Apr 1991 Konzerthaus Vienna (A)
Ensemble XASAX (Paris)
Publ: KHE
CD Rudiments, CD XASAX


In Girum. Imus. Nocte (1991)
orchestra: 4.4.4.4 / 4.4.4.2 / 8 perc, pno, arp / 12.10.8.8.8   [15']
Commissioned by "Musikprotokoll '91"
Première: 11 Oct 1991 Stephaniensaal Graz (A)
Festival "Musikprotokoll '91"
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dir: Mario Venzago
Publ: Breitkopf & Härtel
Rec: ORF (première)


In's Offene! (1991)
fl, cl (bcl), vl, vcl   [26']
Dedicated to my son Simon (* 1991)
Première: 3 Nov 1991 Schreyahn (BRD)
Ensemble '86
Publ: KHE
Rec: priv. (SCHÖMER-HAUS: 28 Feb 1992; Ensemble '86)
Video: Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien (Skopje, Macedonia: 4 Apr 2006)


Space Art Transmission (1991)
voc, 3 perc   [4']
Première: 31 Oct 1991 Austrian Radio Vienna (A)
"Kunstradio"
Publ: KHE - ISMN: 979-0-2325-1479-6
CD ARTSAT - Kunstradio


Partikel-Bewegungen (1991-2016)
fl, bcl, sax (or: saxophone quartet)   [14' / dur. ad lib.]
alternative versions for church organ by Roman Summereder (1997) resp. Wolfgang Kogert (2016)
Dedicated to Harald Naegeli
Première: 8 May 1992 Galerie Theuretzbacher Vienna (A)
Performance with Harald Naegeli
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF (CCW Stainach, 4 Apr 1994; Ensemble XASAX)
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


Rapprochement (1992)
vl, vcl   [18']
Première: 29 May 1992 Kloster Fiecht (A)
Gundelind Micko: vl, Ulrike Rohland: vcl
Publ: KHE
Rec: private (Alte Schmiede Wien, 13 Nov 92)


RTC-lib - Real Time Composition Library (1993-2016)
Software library for algorithmic, serial and stochastic musical composition for Max/MSP/Jitter and Pd
running on an Apple Macintosh computers and PC


Entsagung (1991-93)
fl, bcl, pno, perc and 4-channel live-electronics   [16'] Commissioned by IRCAM (Paris)
Première: 26 Oct 1993 Paradiso Amsterdam (NL)
Het Nieuw Ensemble; Dir: E. Spanjaard
Publ: KHE
CD Rudiments - Klangforum Vienna, Dir. Gerd Kühr


Klanglabyrinth (1992-95)
Interactive 4-Channel Realtime-Composition for the IRCAM Musical Workstation (ISPW) or 2 CD Players   [dur. ad lib.]
Première: 2 Mar 1995 Offenes Kulturhaus Linz (A)
Performance festival "Das innere Ohr"
Publ: KHE
Rec: priv. (video of première)


Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.)
Interactive Realtime-Composition for Computer-Controlled Piano   [dur. ad lib.]
Première: 10 Feb 1994 Großer Sendesaal of the Austrian Radio, Vienna (A)
"Kunstradio"
Publ: KHE
CD Rudiments


Déviation (1993)
fl, bcl, vl, vcl, pno, perc   [14']
Commissioned by the "Wiener Konzerthaus"
Dedicated to my son Marian (* 1993)
Première: 22 Mar 1994 Konzerthaus Vienna (A)
Festival "Hörgänge"
Ensemble InterContemporain
Publ: KHE
CD soundscapes 4 advanced - exxj, Dir. Peter Burwik


Cross the Border (1994/95)
soloists (sax, cb, perc) and large ensemble   [15']
Commissioned by the Ensemble Klangforum Wien
Première: 26 Sep 1995 Alte Oper Frankfurt (D)
Ensemble Klangforum Wien, Dir: J. Kalitzke
Rec: ORF (Salzburg Festival, "Next Generation": 7 Aug 1997, Klangforum Wien, Dir: Johannes Kalitzke)
Publ: KHE


Intervention (1995)
spatial composition for 4 orchestra groups (each: tp, tb, perc, vla, vcl, cb)   [14']
Commissioned by the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Première: 8 Nov 1996 Konzerthaus Vienna (A)
Festival WIEN MODERN '96
Radio Symphonie Orchestra Vienna, Dir: Peter Rundel
Publ: KHE
CD Neue Musik aus Österreich - RSO Wien


absence (1996)
violin solo   [13']
Dedicated to Ernst Kovacic
Première: 4 Jun 1996 Musikverein Vienna (A)
Ernst Kovacic: vl
Publ: KHE
Rec: private (Irvine Arditti, WIEN MODERN '99)


O rosa bella (1981/96)
fl, ob, cl, vl, vla, vcl   [12']
Transcription after John Dunstable, John Bedingham and anonymous composers from the 15th century
Première: 15 Feb 1997 SCHÖMER-HAUS Klosterneuburg (A)
ensemble recherche (Freiburg)
Publ: KHE
Rec: CD re_naissance transcriptions - ensemble recherche


Amazing Maze (1993-2014)
Interactive Realtime Composition for Sampled Sound Particles and Optional Live-Performer(s)   [dur. ad lib.]
Première: 11 May 1996 Chicago (USA)
NEMO 96 Festival
Gene Coleman: bcl, R. Albert Falesch: computer
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF Kunstradio (18 Sep 1997)


MindShipMind (1996-98)
Interactive Computer Installation and Web project with Video, Sound, and Computer Speech   [dur. ad lib.]
In collaboration with Vibeke Sorensen
Première: 1 Aug 1996 Copenhagen (DK)
Mindship - Third Culture Symposion
Publ: KHE


Préambule - Pierrot/Arlequin (1996)
bass flute & piccolo   [4']
Dedicated to Gottfried Michael Koenig for his 70th birthday
Part of the project Carnaval royal: 7 Stücke für 2 Flöten zum 70. Geburtstag von Gottfried Michael Koenig
Publ: KHE
Rec: Dutch radio with Rien de Reede & Thies Roorda


Lexicon-Oracle (1996-98)
realtime text composition for computer speech   [dur. ad lib.]
original Macintosh program by Karlheinz Essl
CGI-version for the World-Wide Web by Florian Cramer
Javascript-version for the World-Wide Web by Karlheinz Essl


...wird sichtbar am Horizont (1996)
spatially distributed ensemble   [15']
Commissioned by the "Salzburg Festival 1997"
Dedicated to my nephew Alexander Essl (1994-96)
Première: 6 Aug 1997 Mozarteum Salzburg (A)
Salzburg Festival - "Next Generation"
Ensemble Modern, Dir: Hans Zender
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF (première)


Lexikon-Sonate online... (1997)
realtime-generated piano music   [dur. ad lib.]
interactive CGI-version for the World-Wide Web by Florian Cramer
Javascript implementation for the World-Wide Web by Karlheinz Essl


Interferences (1996/97)
realtime composition for computer-controlled percussion sounds   [8' / dur. ad lib.]
Première: 28 Aug 97 Mieger/Klagenfurt (A)
"Schnitt II - Kunstgespräche Mieger 1997"
Karlheinz Essl: computer
Publ: KHE


elision (1997)
cb, bcl, perc, hr   [13']
Commissioned by the Elision Ensemble (Australia)
Première: 27 Jun 1999 Sydney Opera House (AUS)
Elision Ensemble; Dir: Carl Rosman
Publ: KHE
Rec: private (premier)


à trois - seul (1997/98)
vl, vla, vcl   [14']
Dedicated to the Orpheus Trio Wien
Commissioned by the Music Collection of the Austrian National Library
Première of 1st movement: 10 Nov 1997, ÖNB Vienna (A)
Première of the entire piece: 31 Mar 98, Konzerthaus Vienna
Orpheus Trio Wien
Publ: KHE
CD Streichtrios der Moderne - Orpheus Trio Wien


Champ d'Action (1998)
realtime composition environment for computer-controlled ensemble   [dur. ad lib.]
Commissioned by the ensemble Champ d'Action (Antwerp, Belgium)
Première: 2 Jul 1998, LOGOS Foundation Ghent (B)
Ensemble Champ d'Action, Dir: Karlheinz Essl
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF Kunstradio


Lexicon-Lecture (1998)
interactive multimedia computer installation for realtime generated computer speech, live video processing and realtime composed piano music   [dur. ad lib.]
Première: 1 Jul 1998 RadioKulturHaus Vienna (A)
Festival Elektrokomplex


Lexikon-Projekt (1996-98)
interactive multimedia room installation
in collaboration with Andreas Okopenko (literature), Regina Freimüller (architecture), Libraries of the Mind (hyperMedia design)
Première: 25 Jul 1998, Klangturm St. Pölten (A)
Klangturm - FEEDBACK Festival


mise en scène (1998)
for 4 ensemble groups (perc - tp, tmb - fl, cl, hr - 2 vl, 2 vcl)   [12']
Dedicated to Friedrich Cerha
Commissioned by the ensemble die reihe (Vienna, Austria)
Première: 1 Jun 1999 Konzerthaus Vienna (A)
ensemble die reihe, Dir: Friedrich Cerha
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF (premier)


fLOW (1998-2018)
performance and improvisation environment based on a realtime-generated sound scape
site-specific work-in-progress [duration ad lib.]
various realisations in different locations with changing musicians
ambient sound scape generator: shareware for Macintosh computers (download...)


Karlheinz Essl's Playing Strategies (1998)
random-based text oracle which generates playing strategies for musical improvisation

original Macintosh program by Karlheinz Essl
Javascript-version for the World-Wide Web by Karlheinz Essl


m@ze°2 (1999 ff.)
realtime composition and improvisation computer environment


conVex (1999)
realtime generated sound scape based on 12 chords of Eric Satie's "Vexations"   [dur. ad lib.]
Première: 8 Oct 1999 Bruckner-Conservatory Linz (A)
Satie-Nacht
Publ: KHE


da braccio (1999/2000)
interactive realtime composition for a solo string instrument, live electronic and computer   [20']
Commissioned by the festivals WIEN MODERN 2000 and the "Bludenzer Tage für zeitgemäße Musik"
Dedicated to Garth Knox
Première: 24 Nov 2000, Bludenz, REM/SE (A)
Festival "Bludenzer Tage für zeitgemäße Musik"
Garth Knox: viola d'amore
Karlheinz Essl: computer
Publ: KHE
CD stryngebite (sumetone 2003)


more or less (1999-2007)
realtime composition for computer-controlled soloists   [dur. ad lib.]
Première: 5 Nov 2002 Leeuwarden (NL)
Het Nieuw Ensemble (Amsterdam)
Karlheinz Essl: computer
Publ: KHE
CD Alpenglühen (col legno 2008)


onwards (1999/2000)
for three instruments and electronics (or fixed media)   [21']
Commissioned by the Konzerthaus Vienna for trio accanto (Freiburg)
Première: 28 Mar 2000 Konzerthaus Vienna (A)
Festival "Hörgänge 2000"
trio accanto, Karlheinz Essl: computer
Publ: KHE
Rec: private (premier)


The Untempered Piano (2000)
interactive sound installation  [dur. ad lib.]
Commissioned by the City of Vienna for the Bach-Year 2000
Première: 9 Apr 2000 Museum of Technology, Vienna (A)
Publ: KHE


fLOWER (2000)
voc, fl, vcl, e-git, perc, electronics, sound scape, light installation   [130']
Final part of the work-in-progress fLOW
Première: 13 May 2002 KUNST.HALLE.KREMS, Minoritenkirche Stein, Krems (A)
Didi Bruckmayer: voc
Anne LaBerge: flute & live-electronics
Arne Deforce: cello & live-electronics
Martin Siewert: e-guitar & live-electronics
Elisabeth Flunger: percussion
Karlheinz Essl: computer & live-electronics, sound scape
Philipp Harnoncourt: light design
Martin Leitner: sound projection
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF Kunstradio
Video on YouTube


four2eight (1999/2000)
for 4 groups of 1 trumpet and 1 trombone each, spatially distributed in a large reverberant hall   [6']
Commissioned by Mürztaler Werkstätte / steirisc[:her:]bst
Première: 15 Sep 2000, Neuberg/Mürz (A)
Bläser des Mürztaler Sinfonieorchesters, Dir: Ernst Smole
Publ: KHE
CD Maurice André


es wird (2000)
generative sound and text installation   [dur. ad lib.]
Based on a text by Heinz Tesar (1961/62)
Première: 1 Nov 2000, Essl Museum - WIEN MODERN (A)
Publ: KHE


REplay PLAYer (2000/2001)
computer music performance / interactive computer resp. web installation [dur. ad lib.]
Commissioned by the ORF KUNSTRADIO
Première: 25 Feb 2001, ORF KUNSTRADIO (A)
on site - on air - on line
Karlheinz Essl: computer
Publ: KHE
CD ©RUDE


upward, behind the onstreaming it mooned (2001)
string quartet   [18']
Commissioned by the "EOS Quartett Wien"
Première: 27 May 2001, Wiener Konzerthaus (A)
EOS Quartett Wien
Publ: KHE
Rec: private (premier)


ALLgebrah. Eine Kopfwelt (2001)
sound & video performance   [50']
Commissioned by the festival WIEN MODERN
Dedicated to Adolf Wölfli
Première: 29 & 30 Oct 2001, Narrenturm Vienna (A)
Opening of the festival Kopfwelten.ADOLF WÖLFLI
Karlheinz Essl: composition
Michaela Grill: visuals
Publ: KHE


Temps fugitive (2001)
realtime-generated sound and video installation [ad lib.]
work-in-progress in collaboration with the dancer Liz Lea (London)
Première: 9 Oct 2001, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Publ: KHE


ON FIRE (2001)
realtime-generated sound scape [ad lib.]
sonic intervention to Fabrizio Plessi's room installation ONLY FIRE
Première: 27 Nov 2001, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Publ: KHE


GRIDS (2001)
electronic soundtrack for an image   [8']
Commissionsed by tu'm, Italy
Composed: Dec 2001, Vienna
Karlheinz Essl: computer live performance
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


downside up (2001/2002)
for 4 spatially distributed ensemble groups, conducted by a computer program   [25']
Première: 6 Feb 2002, Gesamtschule Mümmelmannsberg, Hamburg (D)
Pupils of the 11th class of the Gesamtschule Mümmelmannsberg
Dir: Karlheinz Essl
Publ: KHE
Rec: private audio / video tape of the premier


BREAKAWAYS (2001/2002)
live-performed electronic sound track for a multi-media presentation on Austrian Avantgarde Movements by Sabine Scholl   [150']
Commissioned by the "Austrian Cultural Forum", New York
Première: 4 May 2002
Austrian Cultural Forum
New York City (USA)
Publ: KHE


à la recherche de la voix perdue (2002)
tmb, accordeon, vcl, perc, computer, tape, light installation   [75']
Première: 15 Jun 2002 Staatstheater Stuttgart, Kammertheater (D)
Mike Svoboda: trombone
Thomas Witzmann: percussion
Ute Völker: accordeon
Sue Schlotte: cello
Karlheinz Essl: computer & live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: private audio / video tape of the premier


DISTANCE OF THE MOON (2002)
live-electronic music for a dance performance by Bernd R. Bienert   [50']
Première: 28 Jun 2002 SCHÖMER-HAUS Klosterneuburg (A)
Karlheinz Essl: computer & live-electronics, sound scape
Bernd R. Bienert: choreography, mise en scene, light design
Amande Freyer: costumes
Peter Rezak: light
Martina Haager, Kun-Chen Shih, Karin Steinbrugger: dancers
Publ: KHE
Rec: private audio / video tape of the premier


ex machina (2002)
6 percussionists encircling the audience   [13']
Commissioned by Mürztaler Werkstätte / steirisc[:her:]bst
Première: 26 Oct 2002
Mürzuschlag (A)
Steirischer Herbst
Studio Percussion graz, Dir. Günter Meinhart
Publ: KHE - ISMN: 979-0-2325-1474-1
Rec: live recording (NDR)


PENDENTE (2002)
electronic music for a light installation by Martin Kaar   [15']
Commissioned by BUWOG, Vienna
Première: 8 Aug 2002
Vienna, BUWOG building Saileräckergasse (A)
Karlheinz Essl: computer live performance
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


Sonnez la cloche! (2002/2003)
solo computer live performance   [30']
sonic comment on the church bells of Schwaz, Tyrol
Composed and performed at the festival AVANTGARDE Schwaz
Première: 31 Aug 2002
Schwaz, Hans-Sachs Schule (A)
Karlheinz Essl: computer live performance
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


SPACIAL EDITION (2002/2003)
realtime generated video/sound environment   [dur. ad lib]
In collaboration with students from the Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen
Première: 9 Nov 2002
Groningen, Puddingfabriek (NL)
Publ: KHE


Sieben Tore ins Land (2002)
sound track for a 3D movie   [25']
Commissioned by the NÖ Landesregierung for the installation Gedächtnis des Landes
Première: 14 Nov 2002
St. Pölten, NÖ Landesmuseum
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


carl mayer, scenar(t)ist - berlin (2003)
electronic soundtrack for a short movie dedicated to Carl Mayer (1894 - 1944)   [7']
Commissioned by DIAGONALE - Forum österreichischer Film
Première: 24 Mar 2003
Graz (A) - international film festival DIAGONALE 2003
Karlheinz Essl: electronic music
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


Gold.Berg.Werk (2003-2020)
interpretation of J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variation for string trio (or harpsichord or piano or saxophone quartet) and live-electronics   [60']
Première: 28 May 2003
Kloster Eisgarn (A)
Festival musik aktuell "Klang.Räume"
Orpheus Trio Wien
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
Publ: KHE
CD Gold.Berg.Werk for string trio and live-electronics (Preiser Records 90753)
CD Gold.Berg.Werk for piano and electronics (Ergodos ER33)


Doors / Vrata (2003)
sound sculpture in collaboration with Nika Radic
Première: 5 April 2003
Zagreb (HR)
Music Biennale Zagreb
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


Segreto spaziale (2003)
music theater for violin, computer, live-electronics and multi-channel sound projection   [70']
Première: 13 Jun 2003
Klangraum Krems - Minoritenkirche (A)
Festival musik aktuell "Klang.Räume"
Ernst Kovavic: violin
Karlheinz Essl: computer, live-electronics, sound projection
Publ: KHE
Rec: live recording / video


STREAMING (2003)
for 4 spatially distributed ensemble groups, 4 conductors, 1 composer, light system and a reverberant hall   [25']
Première: 2 Dec 2003
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Festival musik aktuell "Klang.Räume"
Pupils of the J. G. Albrechtsberger Musikschule Klosterneuburg
conductor: Karlheinz Essl
Publ: KHE
Rec: live recording / video


Le mystère d'orgue (2003)
sound environment [dur. ad lib.]
sonic comment on the Hermann Nitsch exhibition at the Essl Museum
Première: 16 Oct 2003, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Publ: KHE
CD Le mystère d'orgue


blur (2003)
for alto flute, vibraphone and cello   [15']
Commissioned by the Ensemble "Wiener Collage"
Dedicated to my friend Nali Gruber
Première: 27 May 2004
Schönberg-Center Vienna (A)
Ensemble Wiener Collage
With kind support from the BKA - Kunstangelegenheiten
Publ: KHE
Rec: live recording


Seelewaschen (2003/2004)
generative sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier
Commissioned by Donaufestival Niederösterreich 2004
Première: 17 Apr 2004
Korneuburg, Alte Werft (A)
Donaufestival Niederösterreich
Publ: KHE
CD SEELEWASCHEN


ULURU (2004)
generative sound environment for the DREAMTIME exhibition on Aboriginal Art
Première: 1 Apr 2004
Klosterneuburg, Essl Museum (A)
Publ: KHE
CD ULURU


action rituelle (2004)
live-performance for computer, electronics and sound projection [15']
Commissioned by the festival Imago Dei
Première: 3 Apr 2004
Krems, Minoritenkirche (A)
Festival Imago Dei
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


el-emen' (2004)
for solo percussion, computer and live-electronics [20']
Commissioned by the Brucknerhaus Linz
Première: 19 May 2004
Brucknerhaus Linz (A)
Günter Meinhart: percussion
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics & sound projection
Publ: KHE
Rec: live recording / video (DVD)


dance:storm (2004)
electronic soundtrack for an experimental dance movie by Bernd R. Bienert [20']
Commissioned by the NÖ Landesregierung - Kulturförderung
Première: 15 May 2004
St.Pölten, Bühne am Hof (A)
Karlheinz Essl: electronic music
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz) / DVD (Bernd R. Bienert)


blurB (2004)
electronic music [1']
Submission to the 60x60 Project
Première: 7 Nov 2004
New York, UNDER St. Marks (USA)
Publ: KHE
CD 60x60


Nach viermal geht die Sonne auf (2004)
electronic sound track for a video performance [15']
Video artwork by David Wiltschek, Christina Tsilidis, Hamidreza Tavakoli, Kamen Stoyanov and Caroline Heider
Commissioned by GLOBArt
Première: 26 Aug 2004
Pernegg, Klosterkirche (A)
Karlheinz Essl: computer music live performance
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


Faites vos jeux! (2004)
Klangspiel for 4-8 spatially distributed trombones and/or celli [20']
Commissioned by Mürztaler Werkstätte / steirisc[:her:]bst
Première: 23 Oct 2004
Mürzzuschlag, Kraftwerk Auwehr (A)
Trombone players of the Symphony Orchestras of Mürzzuschlag and Szombathely
Publ: KHE
Rec: live recording of premier


Father Earth (2004/2005)
computer music live performance [12']
Première: 29 Nov 2004
Vienna, Galerie "Atrium et Arte" (A)
exhibition Ansichten vom MannSein - Didi Sattmann
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


FontanaMixer (2004)
Generative sound environment after "Fontana Mix" (1958) by John Cage [ad lib.]
Commissioned by the festival WIEN MODERN
Première: 9 Nov 2004
Schmetterlingshaus Burggarten, Vienna (A)
Publ: KHE


and thank you I don't think we will meet again (2005)
sound/space/performance
in collaboration with Jack Hauser und Sabina Holzer
Première: 4 Mar 2005
Konzerthaus, Vienna (A)
generator#24: superlooper II
CD SNDT®X


Balkonszene (2005)
live soundtrack accompanying an art performance by Josef Trattner
Première: 21 May 2005
Schloß Thürnthal (A)
Exhibition Bussi-T.
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


tides (2004-2006)
electronic soundtrack for an experimental dance movie by Bernd R. Bienert [13']
Commissioned by the NÖ Landesregierung - Kulturförderung
Première: 22 Jun 2006
St. Pölten, Festspielhaus (A)
Festival Österreich tanzt
Karl Schreiner: dance
Karlheinz Essl: electronic music
Bernd R. Bienert: choreography, video production
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz) / DVD (Bernd R. Bienert)


sculpture (2005-2006)
electronic soundtrack for an experimental dance movie by Bernd R. Bienert [10']
Commissioned by the NÖ Landesregierung - Kulturförderung
Première: 22 Jun 2006
St. Pölten, Festspielhaus (A)
Festival Österreich tanzt
Harmen Tromp: dance
Karlheinz Essl: electronic music
Bernd R. Bienert: choreography, video production
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz) / DVD (Bernd R. Bienert)


Kalimba (2005)
for toy piano and playback [6']
commissioned by Isabel Ettenauer
Première: 15 Sep 2005
Mittersill, St. Anna Kirche (A)
10. Komponistenforum Mittersill
Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano
Publ: KHE
CD the joy of toy (Isabel Ettenauer, 2005)
CD UnCaged Toy Piano (Phyllis Chen, 2009)
CD whatever shall be (Isabel Ettenauer, 2013)


Through the Curly Rain-Taps (2005)
generative visuals for a sound installation of Ramón Gonzalez-Arroyo [ad lib.]
Première: 23 Jun 2005
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Publ: KHE


WebernUhrWerk (2005)
algorithmic music for computer-controlled Carillon [ad lib.]
Contemplating the 60th anniversary of Anton Webern's death
Première: 15 Sep 2005
Mittersill, Dorfplatz (A)
10. Komponistenforum Mittersill (ein_klang records 2005)
Publ: KHE


WebernSpielWerk (2005/2012)
for toy piano, celesta, organ or harpsichord (with optional ringmodulator) [6']
Première: 15 Sep 2005
Mittersill, St. Anna Kirche (A)
10. Komponistenforum Mittersill
Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano
Publ: KHE
CD whatever shall be (Isabel Ettenauer, 2013)
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


Rouge de Rouge (2005)
electronic sound performance
Première: 7 Dec 2005
Vienna, Künstlerhaus (A)
Exhibition WEIN FARBE ROT by Josef Trattner
Publ: KHE
CD SNDT®X


nature / morte (2005/2006)
generative sound environment, accompanying a photo documentation on Viennese Actionism
17 Feb – 11 Jun 2006
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Exhibition ÖSTERREICH: 1900 - 2000, curated by Wieland Schmid
Publ: KHE
CD nature / morte (Sammlung Essl)


colorado (2005-2008)
for saxophone quartet, live-electronics and 4-channel sound projection [18']
Commissioned by the Wiener Saxophon-Quartett
Première: 26 Apr 2006
Linz, Brucknerhaus (A)
Wiener Saxophonquartett
Publ: KHE
With kind support from the BKA - Kunstangelegenheiten
Rec: various live recordings


Drowned (2006)
electronic soundtrack for an experimental dance movie by Bernd R. Bienert [10']
Commissioned by the NÖ Landesregierung - Kulturförderung
Première: 22 Jun 2006
St. Pölten, Festspielhaus (A)
Festival Österreich tanzt
Bernd R. Bienert: choreography, video production
Sabine Gruber: text
Karl Schreiner, Doris Reisinger: dance
Karlheinz Essl: electronic music
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz) / DVD (Bernd R. Bienert)


Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006/2007)
Eine tönende Installation von Beat Zoderer und Karlheinz Essl
Commissioned by Stanser Musiktage
22 Apr – 14 Mai 2006
Stans, Salzmagazin (CH)
Nidwaldner Museum
Publ: KHE


7x7 (2006-2009)
musical mobile for instrumental quartets [10']
versions for 4 alto saxophones, 4 clarinets, 4 trombones and 4 electric guitars
Première: 29 Nov 2006
Vienna, ÖNB - Palais Mollard (A)
Wiener Saxophonquartett
Publ: KHE
Rec: various live recordings


inside/out (2006)
for inside flute, live-electronics and 4-channel sound projection [18']
Dedicated to Cordula Bösze
Première: 2 Jun 2006
Vienna, Alte Schmiede (A)
Cordula Bösze: inside flute
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics, sound projection
Publ: KHE
CD entspannte gleichzeitigkeit - 30 Jahre Alte Musikwerkstatt in der Schmiede (Hammer Records 2006)


Panta Rhei (2006)
generative sound environment for an installation by Jürgen Messensee
29 Jun – 17 Sep 2006
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Exhibition MESSENSEE - ZOOM
Publ: KHE


(7x7)7 (2006)
generative music mobile for an animation video by Jürgen Messensee
29 Jun – 17 Sep 2006
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Exhibition MESSENSEE - ZOOM
Publ: KHE
CD (7x7)7 (Essl Museum)


Oracle Night (2006)
an oracle-based performance [51']
in collaboration with Jack Hauser und Sabina Holzer
Première: 14 Jun 2006, 19:30
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Rec: video recording of the premier


AIR BORNE (2006)
generative sound environment for an installation by Stefan Krüskemper
Opening: 25 Oct 2006
Berlin, Adlershof - Aerodynamischer Park (D)
Campus of the Humboldt University
Publ: KHE
CD AIR BORNE - Les séries sonores 45


Berliner Luft (2006)
generative sound environment for a room installation by Johanes Zechner
14 Sep – 5 Nov 2006
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Exhibition TRAUMA UND TRAUM. Der Berlinkoffer von Johanes Zechner
Publ: KHE
CD Berliner Luft (Essl Museum)


Deconstructing Mozart (2006)
for computer, church organ and electronics [42']
in collaboration with Franz Danksagmüller
Première: 23 Sep 2006
St. Pölten, Dom (A)
Festival Musica Sacra
Karlheinz Essl: m@ze°2
Franz Danksagmüller: church organ
Publ: KHE
Rec: surround recording of the premier by the Austrian Radio (ORF)
CD: SNDT®X


Leimung (2006)
sound/video/performance [30']
Première: 11 Nov 2006, 16:30
Künstlerhaus, Vienna (A)
Symposion collage, found footage, sampling
Karlheinz Essl: live performance
Rec: sound and video recording of premier


Spiegel III (1961 ff.) for large orchestra by Friedrich Cerha
realisation of the missing electronic part by Karlheinz Essl (2006/2007)
Première: 28 Oct 2011
Konzerthaus, Vienna (A)
Festival WIEN MODERN
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dir. Cornelius Meister
Rec: ORF


blurred (2011)
for alto flute, vibraphone, cello and live-electronics [15']
Première: 28 Feb 2011
3raum Anatomietheater, Vienna (A)
Ensemble XX. Jahrhundert, Dir. Peter Burwik
Karlheinz Essl: live electronics
Rec: sound and video recording of premier
CD: ensemble xx. jahrhundert: 21st century portraits


Cinq (2007)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn and bassoon [10']
Dedicated to my wife Eva
Première: 3 Mar 2009 - Kornspeicher Wels (A)
Bläserquintett QuinTonic
Publ: Apoll-Edition AE 2015


Stimmen.Hören (2007)
electronic live performance with generative visuals [12']
Dedicated to the Gugging Artists
Première: 1 Sep 2007
Art/Brut Center, Maria Gugging (A)
Karlheinz Essl: computer & live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007)
generative sound and video environment for an installation by Jonathan Meese
Première: Thu, 20 Sep 2007, 19:30
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)
Exhibition Jonathan Meese - Fräulein Atantis
CD: Fräulein Atlantis
Recording of a live broadcast performance by the Austrian Kunstradio


WebernWeben (2007)
electronic live performance [5']
Dedicated to Anton Webern
Première: 7 Oct 2007
Konzerthaus Wien, Mozartsaal (A)
IGNM-Musikfest Wien 2007
Karlheinz Essl: computer & live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio recording (Studio kHz)


Sequitur (2008-2010)
various compositions for solo instruments and live-electronics
including flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, toy piano, trumpet, saxophone, e-guitar, voice, trombone, vibraphone, harpsichord, piano and kalimba
In collaboration with
Cordula Bösze (Vienna): flute
Georg Riedl (Vienna): clarinet
Barbara Lüneburg (Amsterdam): violin
Anton Lukoszevieze (Norwich): cello
Isabel Ettenauer (St. Pölten): toy piano
Jörg Engels (Vienna): trumpet
Lars Mlekusch (Vienna): saxophone
Seth Josel (Berlin): e-guitar
Margarete Jungen (Vienna): voice
Mike Svoboda (Basel): trombone
Stephan Froleyks (Münster): vibraphone
Maja Mijatović (Vienna): harpsichord
Tzenka Dianova (Victoria): prepared piano
Jennifer Hymer (Hamburg): kalimba
Publ: KHE
Rec: various recordings at Studio kHz
CD whatever shall be (Isabel Ettenauer, 2013)


non Sequitur (2008-2009)
pieces for various gadgets and live-electronics [ad lib.]
Dedicated to Philip K. Dick
Première: 20 Jun 2008
Contribution to a sampler by the netlabel bruit
Recorded live by Karlheinz Essl at Studio kHz on 25 Mar 2008
Publ: KHE
Rec: various live recordings (video/audio)


Listen Thing (2008)
Palindromic Christmas canon in 4 parts [4']
Version for music box / version for toy piano, organ, celesta or harpsichord
Dedicated to all my friends
Première: 9 Dec 2008, Toronto (CAN)
Xenia Pestova: toy piano
Publ: KHE
CD whatever shall be (Isabel Ettenauer, 2013)
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


BOCHUMSTEP (2008/2009)
permanent sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier
Commissioned by the City of Bochum
Opening: N.N.
Bochum, Eisenbahnbrücke Wielandstraße (D)
KunstLichtTore Bochum
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


While my guitars gently whip (2008/2009)
for electric guitar quartet [10']
Commissioned by Champ d'Action
Première: 28 Mar 2009
Antwerpen, deSingel (B)
ZWERM - electric guitar quartet
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio recording of premier


KlangDerWisch (2009/2015)
gesture-driven sound installation [ad lib.]
Première: 5 Jun 2009, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: video of a live performance on YouTube


Pandora's Secret (2009)
sound performance for music box and live-electronics [10']
Commissioned by the festival Linz 2009 - European Capitol of Europe
Première: 4 Jun 2009, Linz (A)
Isabel Ettenauer: music box & live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: video of a live performance on YouTube
CD whatever shall be (Isabel Ettenauer, 2013)


Take the C Train (2009)
for grand piano, claves and E-Bow [30"]
Dedicated to Xenia Pestova
Première: 17 Jun 2009, Montréal (CAN)
Xenia Pestova: piano
Publ: KHE
CD Black and White Statments (Seda Röder, 2013)


Detune (2009)
fragment for oboe and large orchestra [1']
Written for the 40th anniversary of the RSO Vienna
first broadcasted: 20 Oct 2009, 21:58, Ö1
RSO Vienna, Dir. Karlheinz Essl
Publ: KHE
Rec: ORF studio production (28 Sep 2009)


Demo Crazy (2009)
sound performance for computer and live-electronics [11']
Commissioned by the 12th GlobArt Academy
Première: 20 Aug 2009, Pernegg (A)
Karlheinz Essl: computer & live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: video and audio recording of the premier


Chemi(s)e (2009)
for electric guitar and two ensemble groups [10']
Dedicated to Stefan Östersjö
Première: 24 Mar 2010, Vienna (A)
Stefan Östersjö: electric guitar
Ensemble Reconsil, Dir. Roland Freisitzer
Publ: Apoll-Edition AE 4094
Rec: video and audio recording of dress rehearsal


whatever shall be (2010)
for toy piano, dreidel, chop sticks, music box and live-electronics [12']
Dedicated to Phyllis Chen
Première: 8 May 2010, New York (USA)
Phyllis Chen: toy piano, gadgets and live-electronics
Publ: KHE
CD whatever shall be (Isabel Ettenauer, 2013)
CD Little Things (Phyllis Chen, 2013)


Proper Ties (2010)
generative sound environment for an art installation by Guidu Kucsko
Première: 10 Jan 2011, Vienna (A)
Kunstforum Bank Austria
Publ: KHE
CD: Proper Ties (2010)


Hypostasis (2010)
for three percussion players [12']
Commissioned by Philipp Harnoncourt
Première: 19 Jun 2011, Graz (A)
Studio Percussion graz
Publ: KHE - ISMN: 979-0-2325-1475-8
Rec: video and audio recording of dress rehearsal


Sterbebett mit Pappendeckeln (2010/11)
Electronic music for a theater piece by Andreas Okopenko [75']
Première: 27 May 2011, Vienna (A)
Karlheinz Essl: computer, electronics, sound sculpture
Publ: KHE
Rec: video of a performance


LABoratorio (2010/11)
Mixed-media performance for viola, percussions, live-electronics, dancers and video [60']
Commissioned by the festival Música y Escena
Première: 3 Sep 2011, Mexico City (MEX)
Alexander Bruck: viola
Ivan Manzanilla: percussion
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics, visuals
Nadia Lartigue: dance, choreography, staging
Iván Ontiveros: dance
Julia Reyes Retana: light design
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


Familiar Strangers (2011)
Electronic music in three parts based on photo collages by Christoph Überhuber on Franz Kafka, Hanna Arendt and Max Weber [21']
Première: 9 Nov 2011, Vienna (A)
Familiar Faces, Mixed Feelings: photo/video exhibition by Christoph Überhuber
Karlheinz Essl: computer and live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


juncTions (2011/2012)
for grand piano (two players) and live-electronics [12']
Commissioned by the keyboard collective junctQín
Funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Première: 17 Feb 2012, Toronto (CAN)
junctQín keyboard collective: Elaine Lau, Joseph Ferretti (piano), Stephanie Chua (live-electronics)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


Si! (2012)
for tenor tuba (or trombone), live-electronics and surround sound [17']
Commissioned by the festival Klangspuren Schwaz
Première: 26 Sep 2012, Uderns (A)
Karlheinz Siessl: tenor tuba
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: radio and video recording of the premier


under wood (2012)
for two amplified toy pianos (one player) and ensemble (fl, bcl, acc, tp, tmb, vl, vla, vcl, db) [13']
Commissioned by the ensemble die reihe (Vienna)
Première: 7 Nov 2012, Radiokulturhaus Wien (A)
Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano
Ensemble die reihe, Dir. Alexander Drčar
Publ: Apoll-Edition AE 4114
Rec: radio and video recording of the premier


Miles to go (2012)
for 4 prepared and amplified toy pianos [15']
Commissioned by the Philharmonie Luxembourg for the "Toy Piano World Summit"
Première: 2 Dec 2012, Philharmonie Luxembourg (LUX)
Isabel Ettenauer, Xenia Pestova, Pascal Meyer, Phyllis Chen: toy piano
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


Suspended Suspense (2012)
generative sound environment for an art installation by Xenia Hausner [45']
Première: 23 Oct 2012, Essl Museum (A)
Exhibition Xenia Hausner: Überleben
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


WalkürenWalk (2013)
electronic sound performance for computer and controllers [8']
Premier: 9 Apr 2013, Hsinchu (TW)
News from Vienna
Karlheinz Essl: computer and controllers
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


Tristan's Lament (2013)
electronic sound performance for computer and controllers [10']
Premier: 13 Apr 2013, Taipei (TW)
Lacking Sound Festival
Karlheinz Essl: computer and controllers
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


not yet over (2013)
electronic sound track for a video installation by Guido Kucsko [9']
Commissioned by Guido Kucsko
Premier: 12 Jun 2013, Vienna (A)
Sigmund Freud Museum
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


Parsifal-Kristall (2013)
electronic sound environment for a painting by Hannes Mlenek [25']
Commissioned by Paulus Manker
Premier: 17 Jul 2013, Vienna (A)
Wagner Extase - Zeitgenössische Künstler interpretieren Richard Wagner
Exhibition in connection with Paulus Manker's theater performance Wagnerdämmerung
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


STERN (2013)
for electric violin, prepared piano and vibration speaker [4']
Dedicated to Ernst Kovacic
Première: 1 Nov 2013, Festival WIEN MODERN, Konzerthaus Vienna (A)
Ernst Kovacic: electric violin, Mathilde Hoursiangou: piano
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


Pachinko (2013)
for toy piano and computer [5']
Dedicated to Víctor Trescoli Sanz
Première: 30 Jan 2014, Valencia (E)
Víctor Trescoli Sanz: toy piano and computer
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


Herbecks Versprechen (2014)
electronic sound performance upon a poem by Ernst Herbeck [12']
Commissioned by Museum Gugging
Première: 10 Mar 2014, Vienna (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


VIRIBVS VNITIS (2014)
for two toy pianos (one player) and two-manual harpsichord [10']
Commissioned by Isabel Ettenauer and Goska Isphording
Dedicated to my father
Première: 3 Dec 2014, Essl Museum (A)
Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano, Goska Isphording: cembalo
Publ: Donemus (D 14006)
Rec: video (Simon Essl) and audio recording of the premier


RESONAVIT (2014)
for electric violin, zither and vibration speaker [7']
Commissioned by Barbara Lüneburg and Martin Mallaun
Première: 21 Sep 2014, St. Vigil Chapel in Obsaurs/Schönwies (A)
Festival Klangspuren
Barbara Lüneburg: electric violin, Martin Mallaun: zither
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


Natura naturans (2014)
realtime composition for prepared kalimba, live-electronics and surround sound
Première: 27 Aug 2014, Essl Museum (A)
Karlheinz Essl: kalimba, live-electronics
Michael Ammann: phonetics, live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video recording of the premier


Über Österreich - Juwele des Landes (2014/2017)
Soundtracks for Short Films about Austrian Landscapes by Georg Riha
Première der 1. Staffel: 16 May 2016, TV program ORF III
Première der 2. Staffel: 5 Jun 2017, TV program ORF III
Publ: KHE / RIHA Film
Rec: film production in HD and 5.1 surround sound


Herbeck extended (2014)
Radiophones Hörstück für Ernst Herbeck [55']
Commissioned by ORF Kunstradio
Erstsendung: 2 Nov 2014, ORF Kunstradio (A)
Sandra Kreisler: Sprecherin
Andreas Wolf: Sprecher
Karlheinz Essl: Computer & Live-Elektronik, Stimme
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


Omnia in omnibus (2014/2015)
sound/video/performance [60']
Commissioned by the University of Vienna
Première: 23 Jun 2015, University of Vienna (A)
Karlheinz Essl: sound performance
Simon Essl: video performance
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


GO MATA GO (2015)
sound environment for a performance with Jack Hauser and Sabina Holzer
Première: 7 Jan 2015, Essl Museum (A)
Karlheinz Essl: m@ze°2, bass ukulele, sound projection
Publ: KHE
Rec: video (Simon Essl / Hermann Hendrich)


Autumn's Leaving (2015)
quasi una fantasia for pipa and live-electronics [11']
Dedicated to Huikuan Lin
Première: 22 Apr 2015, Essl Museum (A)
Hui-Kuan Lin: pipa, Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: video / audio


imagination (2015)
soundtrack for a paper theater by Ulrich Cheml [40']
Commissioned by Ulrich Chmel
Première: 17 Sep 2015, Bezirksmuseum Wien-Wieden (A)
Ulrich Chmel: paper theater play, light
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production (Studio kHz)


Mozart-Lamento (2015)
electronic sound performance for computer, piano resonances and controllers [45']
Commissioned by Sebastian Prantl
Première: 20 May 2015, Tanzatelier Wien (A)
TRANSfigure_MOZART
Karlheinz Essl: computer & controllers
Publ: KHE
Rec: video / audio


river_run (2016)
for guzheng (or harp) and live-electronics [12']
Dedicated to Ming Wang
Première: 11 Oct 2016, Graz (A)
Ming Wang: guzheng, Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: video / audio


DonauEschen (2016)
electronic sound performance for computer and sound projection [10']
Première: 11 Jun 2016, Ivano-Frankivsk (UA)
Porto Franko Gogol Fest
Karlheinz Essl: m@ze°2 & sound projection
Publ: KHE
Rec: video / audio


Brisky Breath (2016)
interactive realtime composition for computer and kalimba [12']
Première: 21 Jul 2016, Brisbane (AUT)
Karlheinz Essl @ Griffith University
Karlheinz Essl: m@ze°2 & kalimba
Publ: KHE
Rec: video / audio


exit*glue (2016)
for trombone and electric guitar [8']
Commissioned by Coleman Goepfert
Première: 28 Nov 2016, Zürich (CH)
Kevin Fairbairn: trombone, Coleman Goepfert: electric guitar
Publ: KHE
Rec: video / audio


Stallnichte (2016)
granular de/re/construction of a well-known Christmas carol [6']
Première: 20 Dec 2016, Wien (A)
Karlheinz Essl: computer performance
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio


FABRIC (2017)
sound/video/performance [15']
Commissioned by Künstlerhaus 1050
Première: 2 Mar 2017, Vienna (A)
Karlheinz Essl: sound performance, Simon Essl: video performance
Publ: KHE
Rec: video / audio
CD: 30/4 - Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art from Austria (GEM 2017)


Puzzle of Purcell (2017)
for mezzo soprano & electric guitar [9']
Commissioned by Adrian Pereyra
Première: 28 Apr 2017, Munich (D)
Susanna Barta: mezzo soprano
Adrian Pereyra: electric guitar
Publ: KHE
Rec: video / audio
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


Sur silence... (2017)
sound performance for at least 6 players with pebbles [duration ad lib.]
Commissioned by Jack Hauser
Première: 22 Jun 2017, Vienna (A)
Performers: Daniel Aschwanden, Thomas Ballhausen, Milli Bitterli, Gabrielle Cram, David Ender, Elisabeth Flunger, Jack Hauser, Claudia Heu, Lisa Hinterreithner, Sabina Holzer, Anita Kaya, Barbara Kraus, Sara Lanner, Lilo Nein, Frans Poelstra, Yasmin Ritschl, Oleg Soulimenko and Anton Tichawa
Publ: KHE
Rec: video


(7x7)7~KK (2017)
generative sound environment for three speakers attached to moving sculptures [duration ad lib.]
Commissioned by Andrea Nagl
Première: 15 Sep 2017, Vienna (A)
Performance: Andrea Nagl, Carla Schuler, Una Wipplinger
Objekte, Bühnenbild: Markus Wintersberger
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio/video


Some Way Up (2017)
sound performance for a painting by Peter Paul Rubens [10']
for laptop, MIDI keyboard, MIDI controllers, lyre and choir
Commissioned by Jacqueline Kornmüller for Ganymed Nature
Première: 7 Mar 2018, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (A)
Ganymed Nature
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio/video


Where's the Rainbow? (2017)
sound environment for the photo exhibition The Last Day by Helmut Wimmer [35']
Première: 7 Mar 2018, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bassano-Saal (A)
Publ: KHE
CD: Where's the Rainbow? (Nachtstück Records 2018)


Licht.Stück.Bad.Fabrik (2018)
multi-channel sound installation for a media exhibition by Markus Wintersberger and Andrea Nagl [45']
Commissioned by Viertelfestival NÖ
Première: 7 Jul 2018, Kunstfabrik Groß-Siegharts (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio/video


H.E.A.D. (Hearing Entirely Artificial Dreams) (2018 ff.) - work-i-progress
Various generative soundscapes based on binaural recordings
Employing Kunstkopf technology
Première: N.N.
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)
Released on Soundcloud


Centime (2019)
100 tiny notes for toy piano [1']
Première: Sep 2019
David Bohn: toy piano
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio/video (studio production)


Trois cent notes (2019)
for piano, toy piano or vibraphone
Première: 17 Jul 2019, Linz (A)
Jan Satler: piano
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production) / video (toy piano premier)


Prends le Fa (2019)
for piano solo [10']
Première: 10 Jul 2020, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
Xenia Pestova Bennett: piano
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video (studio production / live recording)


Roschitz (2019)
meditation for piano [3']
Dedicated to Dr. Karlheinz Roschitz
Première: 11 Jan 2020, Vienna (A)
Kaori Nishii: piano
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video (studio production / live recording)


Constantia (2019)
for chamber orchestra (2 Tp, Fag, 4-3-2-1-0) [10']
Dedicated to my father
Première: 21 Nov 2019, Kyoto (J)
Collegium musicum, Dir. Ingomar Rainer
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio recording of the premiere


VERTIGO (2019)
for 4 loudspeakers and carousel [2:38]
Commissioned by ISA Festival
Première: 17 Aug 2019, Schloss Reichenau (A)
Let’s merry-go-round!@isa
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)


fLOW per Sandro (2019)
generative improvisation environment
Première: 21 Jun 2019, Biblioteca Sandro Onofri Roma (I)
Festival TODAYs MUSIC: Musica su due dimensione
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)


Checkin' my Shrutis... (2019)
generative drone scape based on 25 chords of a Shrutibox [~12 hours]
Première: 3 Oct 2019, Essl Museum (A)
Globart Academy 2019
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (CD production)


Forms of Life [Living Forms] (2019-2021)
performance for a dancer with oceandrum, shrutibox, klangfeile, voice and live-electronics [55']
Commissioned by Globart Academy 2019
Première: 10 Oct 2019, Essl Museum (A)
Andrea Nagl: performance, Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
Globart Academy 2019
Publ: KHE
Rec: video (live recordings 2019 and 2021)
CD: Nachtstück Records


HerrGott! (2019)
Kommentar zu einem Wienerlied für Orgel solo [5']
Dedicated to Konstantin Reymaier
Première: 4 Oct 2020, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna (A)
Inauguration concert of the new Riesenorgel
Konstantin Reymaier: organ
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


vingt secondes (2020)
for melodica (or accordion or organ) solo [20"]
Contribution to David Bohn's The Covid-19 Project
Première: 25 Jun 2020, ORF Radiokulturhaus Wien
Wolfgang Kogert: organ
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio and video (studio productions)
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


freude • funken (2020)
for mixed choir [3']
Contribution to the Ö1 project Wie klingt Freude?
Première: 7 May 2020, Austrian Radio
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)


unbestimmt (2020)
for mechanical organ [7']
Dedicated to Eva
Written for the festival WIEN MODERN
Première: 7 Nov 2020, Michaelerkirche Wien
Hiroe Imaizumi: organ
Roman Summereder: assistant
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio recording and video production
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


on common ground (2020)
for cello and piano [5']
Dedicated to Emanuele Torquati and Francesco Dillon
Première: 29 Jun 2021, Istituto Italiano di Cultura Vienna (A)
Publ: KHE


tenet opera rotas (2020)
palindrome for organ [7']
Commissioned by Pier Damiano Peretti
Première: N.N.
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio / video (studio production)
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


Deploração (2020)
lament for two classical guitars [3']
Commissioned by Adrian Pereyra
Première: 26 Mar 2021, Munich
Adrian Pereyra & Ruben Mattia Santorsa: guitar
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio / video (live recording of the première)


Sequel for Cats (2020)
interactive improvisation environment for bass recorder and live-electronics [7']
Commissioned by Katharina Lugmayr
Première: 17 Mar 2021 (Vienna, University of Music and Performing Arts)
Katharina Lugmayr: bass recorder & computer
Rec: video (live recording)


SATOR (Sound Answer To Original Request) (2021)
for organ and live-electronics [11']
Written for Pier Damiano Peretti
Première: N.N.
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio / video (studio production / live-recording)


Prendere il Fa (2021)
for organ [7']
Dedicated to Wolfgang Kogert
Première: 3 Sep 2022 (Kassel, St. Martin), Festival BRANDNEU
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio/video (recording of the première)
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


après l'avant (2021)
electronic sound performance based on tenet opera rotas [8']
Première: N.N.
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production) / soundtrack for a film by Kurt Brazda
CD ORGANOLOGICS (Wolfgang Kogert, 2023)


TAU - Zeichen des Umbruchs (2021)
collective composition by Karlheinz Essl, Tanja Elisa Glinsner, Jakob Gruchmann-Bernau and Till Alexander Körber [60']
14 movements for mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, french horn, accordion and cello, inspired by paintings of Valentin Oman
Initiated by Elisabeth Möst
Première: 18 Sep 2021 (Schlosskirche Tanzenberg)
Publ: Ms.
Rec: audio and video production


K.O.P.F. (Kartografisch Orientierte Passagen Fragmente) (2018-2021)
Book with CD in collaboration with the the poet Erwin Uhrmann [60']
The CD contains 8 binaural audio tracks with soundscapes and the voice of the Erwin Uhrmann.
With contributions by Udo Kawasser, Gerhard Eckel, Elisabeth Zimmermann and Julian Kämper/Felix Kruis.
Publ: Limbus Verlag (2021)
Rec: binaural audio production (Studio kHz) / book


the other day (2021)
interactive binaural sound environment [8']
Commissioned by the festival Musikprotokoll 2021
Première: 7 Oct 2021, MUMUTH Graz
Publ: KHE
Rec: studio production


Trois Cent Drones (2019-2021)
for toy piano with live-electronics [4']
Première: 24 Jul 2021, Fratres (A)
Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio/video (live recording)


H.E.A.R. (Head Explores Auditory Realms) (2021-2022)
An Audiovisual Journey Through Nature [8']
Première: 22 Apr 2022 - World Earth Day 2022
Karlheinz Essl: field recordings, lyrics, composition
MONOCOLOR (aka Marian Essl): visuals
Andrea Nagl: ASMR voice
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio/video (studio production)


erat Verbum (2020-2022)
Multilingual fixed-media composition based on John 1, 1-5 [5']
Duration: 5:30 (stereo)
Première: 29 Sep 2022, Künstlerhaus Wien (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)
Released: 22 Apr 2022


The Art not Playing a Bösendorfer (2022-2024)
performance for analog synthesizer, keyboard controller, transducer and grand piano [ad lib.]
Première: 8 Mar 2024, Vienna (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio / video (studio production)
Released: 9 Aug 2022 (YouTube)


Feed Me Black (2022)
performance for Doepfer DARK ENERGY modular synthesizer, MIDI keyboard controller, analog mixer [ad lib.]
Première: N.N.
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio / video (studio production)
Released on YouTube


Coastlines (2022 ff.) - work-in-progress
performance for modular synthesizer and analog mixer [ad lib.]
Première: 18 Oct 2022, Künstlerhaus Wien (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio / video (studio production)
Released on YouTube and Soundcloud


W.A.L.D. (2020-2022)
dance performance with video, sound scapes and live-electronics [16']
Première: 18 Oct 2022, Künstlerhaus Wien (A)
Andrea Nagl: choreography, dance, video
Karlheinz Essl: composition, live-electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: video (studio production)


The Coastline Sessions (2022 ff.) - work-in-progress
free improvisations between the writer Erwin Uhrmann (instant poetry) and Karlheinz Essl (modular synth)
Première: 12 Sep 2023, Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio / video (studio production)
Film by Catherine Spet (2023)
Released on YouTube


spuren... (2023)
generative sound environment for a room installation by Tanja Prušnik [infinite]
Première: 20 Jul 2023, Johanniterkirche Feldkirch
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)


Throbbing Crystals (2023)
sound performances for modular synth, controller and analog mixer [20']
Première: 13 Jun 2023, Radio WORM (Rotterdam, NL)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)
Released on Soundcloud


Studies for No-Input Mixer (2023-2024)
sound performances for analog mixing desk [39']
Première: 8 Mar 2024, Vienna (A)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio / video (studio production)
CD: Studies for No-Input Mixer (Nachtstück Records 2023)
Released on YouTube and Soundcloud


Gesualdo-Fragmente (2023)
Electronic Sound Performance on Gesualdo, Principe da Venosa [29']
Première: 28 Oct 2023 (Basilika Sonntagberg, A)
Markus Hering: narrator, Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
Commissioned by the festival KLANGRAUM WAIDHOFEN
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)


Doing Math (2023 ff.) - work-in-progress
sound performances for analog function generators
Karlheinz Essl: analog electronics
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio/video (studio recordings)
Released on YouTube


Nachtstille (2023)
ambient sound generator based on the paradigm of biorhythm [infinite]
applied to the Christmas carol Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Publ: KHE
Rec: audio (studio production)
Released on YouTube and Soundcloud


mælstrøm (2023-2024)
sound performance for granular and modular synth
Publ: KHE
Première: 22 Mar 2024, Bilkent University Ankara (TR)
Rec: audio/video (studio production / live recording)
Released on Soundcloud


Ganz im Ernst (2024)
Experimental Explorations of Ernst Krenek's BUCHLA synthesizer
Suite in Three Parts
Publ: KHE
Rec: video (studio recording)
Released on YouTube


Verkündigung (2024)
sound performance for modular synth and no-input mixer [45']
Publ: KHE
Première: 26 Jun 2024, Jesuitenkirche Wien (A)
Rec: audio/video (live recording of the premiere)
Released on YouTube


réflexions résonantes (2024)
electronic soundtrack for a stop-motion movie by Hervé Bacquet [5']
Première: 14 Sep 2024, Galerie les Bigotes Vannes (F)
Presentation: 15 Sep - 26 Oct 2024
Rec: video production


Bricolage (2024)
for toy piano with live-electronics [8']
Commissioned by the Non-Piano/Toy Piano Festival
Première: 3 Nov 2024, Hamburg (D)
Non-Piano/Toy Piano Festival
Daria-Karmina Iossifova: toy piano & live-electronics



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