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Welcome to the summer semester 2025
The Department of Composition Studies and Audio Production warmly welcomes all teaching staff and students to the new semester.
COMPOSITION COMPETITION: SPIEGELUNGEN
Deadline: 31.03.2025
Composition Competition Anton Bruckner University, Mozarteum University Salzburg and University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
FRAGMENTS OF ROTTING SOUNDS
// book presentation
@Bankettsaal
(27.03., 18h)
Thomas Grill and his team present the new book Fragments of Rotting Sounds with Mark Pezinger Verlag. This is the final conclusion of the Rotting Sounds research project (FWF PEEK AR445). There will be presentations and artistic contributions illustrating the project and the elaborate book production.
GAME AUDIO | INTERACTIVE AUDIO
// workshop with Mitch DOERFLER
@Klangtheater
(28.03., 10h)
This is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of game audio and interactive audio production. Why is game audio actually interactive audio, and what are the differences to traditional, linear audio production? Using practical examples, Mitch Doerfler will show how interactive sound design and dynamic music systems can bring a silent game level to life. The Unreal Engine is used as a tool for implementing interactive audio production.
The workshop is aimed at all Tonmeister_in and composition students, as well as anyone interested in technology who would like to learn more about the possibilities of interactive music and sound design.
Pre-registration under: janisch@mdw.ac.at
PIANO CONCERT WITH COMPOSERS
// 20. concert with students of Kaori Nishii
@Orchesterstudio
(28.03., 19h)
Stefan GRIMUS:
„I am not one“ und „ground gone“ für Tenor und Elektronik (UA)
Sophie WALLNER:
„Alcantara“
Oliver USZYNSKI:
Auswahl aus den „88 Bruchstucken“ (UA)
João PINTO, Reina YOSHIOKA, Sophie WALLNER:
Drei Miniaturen für zwei Klaviere und vier Performer*innen (UA)
ARI HOENIG TRIO
// Masterclass & Workshop
@Klangtheater
(29.03., 13h30)
The Ari Hoenig Trio from New York City will present selected compositions as part of their European tour before the concert at Porgy&Bess. The US-American jazz drummer, composer and educator Ari Hoenig is characterised by his virtuoso technique and his special focus on complex rhythms. His playing goes far beyond mere tempo control and accompaniment: he elevates the drums to an essential component of a highly interactive interplay at eye level.
13:30-14:30
Ari Hoenigs Rhythmik und Metrik - Ein Fachvortrag von Marko MARKUŠ
15:00-17:00
Masterclass/Workshop Ari Hoenig Trio
LOTTE GEEVEN
// Gastvortrag Lotte GEEVEN
@Vortragssaal
& online
(31.03., 10h)
Among others, Lotte Geeven will present her sound art project тіло (TILO, ‘body’). In Ukraine, amid the bombings by the Russian aggressor; the presses are running, poets are writing, authors are crafting, and makers are creating. Together, they shape a hauntingly detailed testimony of the war’s impact on a nation. Geeven, who recorded the heartbeats along the 1,000-kilometer front with the help of a translator, sees these recordings as part of this historical document.
TREATISE ON WRITING ACOUSMATIC MUSIC ON FIXED MEDIA
// Artist Talk Annette VANDE GORNE
@Vortragssaal
(01.04., 12h15)
In her artist talk, Annette VANDE GORNE will present her concepts for composing acousmatic music and provide insights into her artistic work.
ANNETTE VANDE GORNE:
HAIKU
// conzert
@Klangtheater
(02.04., 19h30)
In the concert, Vande Gorne will perform her one-hour work Haïku together with three other acousmatic compositions in the mdw's Klangtheater. Her work follows the tradition of Pierre Schaeffer and François Bayle and combines profound sound research with innovative spatial sound design.
