English
Klaviersammlung
english: collection of pianos 16-channel electroacoustic composition year: 2011 duration: 9:58 min studio: Harvard University dedicated to Christoph von Blumröder
first performance: October 28, 2011
, University of Cologne published on
CD Firmament, CD Computer Music Journal 2012
finalist at the competition Musica Nova Prague 2012
The idea for Klaviersammlung developed over several years. Each time I visited the University of Cologne, I was impressed by the long hallway between the musicology department and the concert hall, which houses an impressive collection of desolate pianos from different centuries, charged with musical remembrances. One walks with respect, almost on tiptoes along them, to not disturb their dreams of a better past. Many times I thought about how theirs sounds could become the source material for a new composition.In July 2011, I finally spent some hours and elicited quite “un-pianistic” sonic expressions from some of the instruments. A large spectrum of those played sequences, together with their transformations, became the starting point for an outrageous sound travel into the sonic world of piano.
Christoph von Blumröder’s relentless work for the study and performance of electroacoustic and acousmatic music has been an inspiration for my own work since many years. Klaviersammlung is an homage to him; a sounding, rattling, screeching, and singing present for this 60th birthday.
| 8-channel version The audio files are available as mono files (48 kHz, 24 bit) |
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