Hans Tutschku

Composer   Improviser   Educator

Hans Tutschku is a composer, sound artist, and educator known for his work in electroacoustic music.

As a professor at Harvard University and through international workshops, he inspires students with his innovative teaching and exploration of sound and technology.

An active improviser, he blends creativity and technology to create dynamic live performances.

Offene Räume aus Licht und Klang

self portrait, 2014

Solo exhibition at ACC Galerie Weimar, Burgplatz 1
October 18–December 23, 2026
Opening event: October 17

Soundscapes, ceramics, improvisation, Dada, computers, rituals, and photography form neural pathways that run through many of his works and connect them across their diversity. Children’s drawings, photographs from the GDR era, early artistic experiments, and recent installations enter into an open dialogue. In Langsame Wandlungen, a space of light and sound unfolds in which both media retain their autonomy while corresponding with one another. Doppelspiegel captures visitors’ images and transforms them into a spatial, abstract animation; Waldstück mit Klavier unfolds as an evolving mechanical sound biotope. Klangholz für tastende Hände is both a wooden sculpture and a newly created instrument: visitors can explore it through listening and touch, coaxing from it layers of sound that range from simple to complex. The result is a personal web of memory, technological invention, and artistic freedom—and, at the same time, a space for visitors’ own perceptions, memories, and imaginations.

CDs and DVDs

Featured Publications

(re)calling the birds
William-rehearsal
Klänge des Augenblicks - 44 Jahre Ensemble für Intuitive Musik Weimar
EFIM
Remembering Japan
Screenshot

Workshops

Upcoming

Sunday
October 4, 2026
8:00 pm

Vienna (Austria)
Funkhaus Wien,
Argentinierstrasse 30a

https://theacousmaticproject.at/en/event/echoes-around-me-2026-2/

remembering Japan
16-channel electroacoustic composition
(Parts 1 and 5)
Annette Vande Gorne, spatialisation

Saturday
October 17, 2026
8:00 pm

until

December 23, 2026
6:00 pm

ACC Galerie Weimar
Burgplatz 1

Open Spaces of Light and Sound
A retrospective exhibition bringing together photography, ceramics, video, performances, and interactive light and sound objects from forty years of Hans Tutschku’s artistic work.

Wednesday
June 10, 2026
10:00 am

until

December 31, 2026
5:00 pm

Museo Franz Mayer
Av. Hidalgo 45, Centro Histórico,
Ciudad de México, C.P. 06000

https://franzmayer.org.mx/

remembering Japan
16-channel electroacoustic composition
(parts 1,3,4 and 5)

Issho ni
16-channel electroacoustic composition