06 Dec. 2024, 20:00
Kneer & Nowitz
Duo Meinrad Kneer (double bass) & Alex Nowitz (voice)
interpret and improvise with graphical scores and re-written texts by Grgur Savić
as part of "Three Nights of Graphic Score Music"
Kneer & Nowitz
Duo Meinrad Kneer (double bass) & Alex Nowitz (voice)
interpret and improvise with graphical scores and re-written texts by Grgur Savić
as part of "Three Nights of Graphic Score Music"
Furthermore: Frank Gratkowski (solo saxophone); Korhan Erel (electronics) & Emilio Gordoa (snare drum, objects)
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30 Nov. 2024
Nowitz & Schick
Duo Ignaz Schick (turntables, electronics) & Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion)
as part of the Jazzoffensive-Festival 'I sing the body...!' in the fabrik Potsdam
https://www.fabrikpotsdam.de/event/1293
Nowitz & Schick
Duo Ignaz Schick (turntables, electronics) & Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion)
as part of the Jazzoffensive-Festival 'I sing the body...!' in the fabrik Potsdam
https://www.fabrikpotsdam.de/event/1293
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23 Nov. 2024
Die erweiterte Kammer
Ensemble KLANGPAKT
(formerly klarinette-akkordeon plus)
Concert performance by 'klarinette-akkordeon plus': Christine Paté (accordion, quartertone accordion) & Matthias Badczong (clarinet, bass clarinet) together with Matthias Bauer (double bass, voice) & Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion, bass guitar)
at the St. Matthäus-Kirche Berlin
[The extended chamber] a concert performance presenting new works by Sara Abazari (Elis), Matthias Bauer (vacc) and Alex Nowitz (Die Kammer, Was tun wir?, Die erweiterte Kammer) funded by the INM Berlin.
https://www.field-notes.berlin/kalender/die-erweiterte-kammer
https://nowitz.de/die-erweiterte-kammer
Die erweiterte Kammer
Ensemble KLANGPAKT
(formerly klarinette-akkordeon plus)
Concert performance by 'klarinette-akkordeon plus': Christine Paté (accordion, quartertone accordion) & Matthias Badczong (clarinet, bass clarinet) together with Matthias Bauer (double bass, voice) & Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion, bass guitar)
at the St. Matthäus-Kirche Berlin
[The extended chamber] a concert performance presenting new works by Sara Abazari (Elis), Matthias Bauer (vacc) and Alex Nowitz (Die Kammer, Was tun wir?, Die erweiterte Kammer) funded by the INM Berlin.
https://www.field-notes.berlin/kalender/die-erweiterte-kammer
https://nowitz.de/die-erweiterte-kammer
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02 Nov. 2024
Die Praxis des Experimentalliedes
for voice, live electronics (strophonion), picc., concert & alto flute, augmented piano & video
with Katrin Plümer (flutes), Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion) & Antonis Anissegos (piano)
at the Französische Kirche Potsdam
[The practice of the experimental song] a concert performance presenting works by Alex Nowitz ("Venusfalle" [Venus fly trap] for flute solo and piano resonance, "Doubles and Drones from the Desert" for voice, alto/picc. flute & video), by Antonis Anissegos ("imtra" for audiovisuals) and duet compositions by aNo (Anissegos & Nowitz), funded by the Musikfonds e.V. and by the Landesmusikrat Brandenburg with financial means from the Bundesbeauftragten für Kultur & Medien and from the MWFK Brandenburg.
https://nowitz.de/die-praxis-des-experimentalliedes
Die Praxis des Experimentalliedes
for voice, live electronics (strophonion), picc., concert & alto flute, augmented piano & video
with Katrin Plümer (flutes), Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion) & Antonis Anissegos (piano)
at the Französische Kirche Potsdam
[The practice of the experimental song] a concert performance presenting works by Alex Nowitz ("Venusfalle" [Venus fly trap] for flute solo and piano resonance, "Doubles and Drones from the Desert" for voice, alto/picc. flute & video), by Antonis Anissegos ("imtra" for audiovisuals) and duet compositions by aNo (Anissegos & Nowitz), funded by the Musikfonds e.V. and by the Landesmusikrat Brandenburg with financial means from the Bundesbeauftragten für Kultur & Medien and from the MWFK Brandenburg.
https://nowitz.de/die-praxis-des-experimentalliedes
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5 Oct. 2024
Concert performance with
Tone Åse, Franziska Baumann, Alex Nowitz & Trondheim Voices
Dokhuset Trondheim (NO)
https://www.friresonans.no/
Concert performance with
Tone Åse, Franziska Baumann, Alex Nowitz & Trondheim Voices
Dokhuset Trondheim (NO)
https://www.friresonans.no/
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29 Sep. – 2 Oct. 2024
Alex Nowitz: "Die Bestmannoper oder der Versuch,
mit Mitteln eines grotesken Musiktheaters eine historische Lücke zu schließen"
at the Villa la Collina in Cadenabbia, Italy
['The opera on the best man' or the attempt to fill a historical gap by means of a grotesque opera] Alex Nowitz talks about his first opera 'Die Bestmannoper' premiered in 2006 at the Theatre Osnabrueck shedding light on the scandal that NAZI criminal and mass murderer Alois Brunner, best man of Adolf Eichmann, was never brought to court although his hideout was well-known: Damaskus, Rue Haddad 13, under the protection of the Assad regime. The antagonist in the opera was built on French lawyer Serge Klarsfeld.
The lecture is part of the Fellowship Workshop Cadenabbia with the motto “(Kunst) Geschichte wiederholt sich (nicht)” — (Art) History repeats itself (not) — organized by Dr. Hans-Jörg Clement and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
Die Bestmannoper has been created by Alex Nowitz (music composition) and Ralph Hammerthaler (libretto).
https://vimeo.com/98128085
Alex Nowitz: "Die Bestmannoper oder der Versuch,
mit Mitteln eines grotesken Musiktheaters eine historische Lücke zu schließen"
at the Villa la Collina in Cadenabbia, Italy
['The opera on the best man' or the attempt to fill a historical gap by means of a grotesque opera] Alex Nowitz talks about his first opera 'Die Bestmannoper' premiered in 2006 at the Theatre Osnabrueck shedding light on the scandal that NAZI criminal and mass murderer Alois Brunner, best man of Adolf Eichmann, was never brought to court although his hideout was well-known: Damaskus, Rue Haddad 13, under the protection of the Assad regime. The antagonist in the opera was built on French lawyer Serge Klarsfeld.
The lecture is part of the Fellowship Workshop Cadenabbia with the motto “(Kunst) Geschichte wiederholt sich (nicht)” — (Art) History repeats itself (not) — organized by Dr. Hans-Jörg Clement and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
Die Bestmannoper has been created by Alex Nowitz (music composition) and Ralph Hammerthaler (libretto).
https://vimeo.com/98128085
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Klaus Janek ©K. Janek
MASUAL: Alex Nowitz, Sukandar Kartadinata, Matthias Bauer ©S. Kartadinata
22 Sept. 2024 (19:00)
MASUAL: "Freeimprovisedelectroacousticnoisevoice Compositions"
at the Französische Kirche Potsdam
The trio MASUAL is invited to perform at the Französische Kirche [French Church] in Potsdam as part of nu:sub—adventures in sound, a new series for experimental chamber music, sound art & electronic music curated by Udo Koloska.
Klaus Janek (double bass, electronics) from Berlin will play instead of Matthias Bauer.
https://nowitz.de/masual
Other works presented are by Mariana Cavalho (voice, clay, samples) and Sabine Vogel: "Ch'íich" (8-channel tape, ceramic flutes and video). The concert is funded by the Landeshauptstadt Potsdam:
https://artifactpotsdam.de/NuSub1
MASUAL: "Freeimprovisedelectroacousticnoisevoice Compositions"
at the Französische Kirche Potsdam
The trio MASUAL is invited to perform at the Französische Kirche [French Church] in Potsdam as part of nu:sub—adventures in sound, a new series for experimental chamber music, sound art & electronic music curated by Udo Koloska.
Klaus Janek (double bass, electronics) from Berlin will play instead of Matthias Bauer.
https://nowitz.de/masual
Other works presented are by Mariana Cavalho (voice, clay, samples) and Sabine Vogel: "Ch'íich" (8-channel tape, ceramic flutes and video). The concert is funded by the Landeshauptstadt Potsdam:
https://artifactpotsdam.de/NuSub1
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15 Sept. 2024 (15:00–18:00)
Alex Nowitz: "Über Luftzüge und andere Zuglüste" (2023), a solo performance &
"The Little book for Toy Piano" (2003)
interpreted by Mrika Sefa
in Kleinmachnow
[On draughts and other desires for trains] as part of the 'Klangspaziergang' organized by the ausKlang e.V. in Kleinmachnow (South of Berlin, in between Potsdam and Berlin), 15:00–18:00, historical waggon (Stahnsdorfer Damm 19, next to the Kleinmachnower Schleuse).
Same time: a.o. Mrika Sefa plays pieces from the compilation "The Little Book For Toy Piano" by Alex Nowitz.
https://ausklang.org/cms/pages/de/veranstaltungen/klangspaziergang-um-den-machnower-see.php
Alex Nowitz: "Über Luftzüge und andere Zuglüste" (2023), a solo performance &
"The Little book for Toy Piano" (2003)
interpreted by Mrika Sefa
in Kleinmachnow
[On draughts and other desires for trains] as part of the 'Klangspaziergang' organized by the ausKlang e.V. in Kleinmachnow (South of Berlin, in between Potsdam and Berlin), 15:00–18:00, historical waggon (Stahnsdorfer Damm 19, next to the Kleinmachnower Schleuse).
Same time: a.o. Mrika Sefa plays pieces from the compilation "The Little Book For Toy Piano" by Alex Nowitz.
https://ausklang.org/cms/pages/de/veranstaltungen/klangspaziergang-um-den-machnower-see.php
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14 Sept. 2024 (16:00)
Duo Klariac performs Alex Nowitz: "Die Kammer" (2023)
in the Marienkirche Strausberg
[The Chamber] Christine Paté (accordion) and Matthias Badczong (clarinet) will present "Die Kammer" as part of Aktuelle Musik in Strausberg curated by Irina Emeliantseva. The duet will also interpret works by Béla Bartók, Irina Emeliantseva, Helmut Zapf, a.o. Start: 16:00.
Duo Klariac performs Alex Nowitz: "Die Kammer" (2023)
in the Marienkirche Strausberg
[The Chamber] Christine Paté (accordion) and Matthias Badczong (clarinet) will present "Die Kammer" as part of Aktuelle Musik in Strausberg curated by Irina Emeliantseva. The duet will also interpret works by Béla Bartók, Irina Emeliantseva, Helmut Zapf, a.o. Start: 16:00.
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13 Sept. 2024 (22:00)
Kneer & Nowitz: "Voice & Bass" a duet performance
in the Lichtblickkino Berlin
Meinard Kneer (double bass) and Alex Nowitz (voice) will present a duo set as part of the series "Das Ende" curated by Grgur Savic and Richard Scott (Lichtblickkino , Kastanienallee 77, Prenzlauer Berg Berlin).
Kneer & Nowitz: "Voice & Bass" a duet performance
in the Lichtblickkino Berlin
Meinard Kneer (double bass) and Alex Nowitz (voice) will present a duo set as part of the series "Das Ende" curated by Grgur Savic and Richard Scott (Lichtblickkino , Kastanienallee 77, Prenzlauer Berg Berlin).
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7 Sept. 2024 (21:00)
Operadicals with Supplément Musicaux: "Here Be Dragons"
at the Musikfestival Bern
The int. vocal quartet operadicals (NO/CH/DE/SE), Tone Åse (voice, live electronics), Franziska Baumann (voice, sensorglove), Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion) and Sten Sandell (voice piano) together with the Swiss choir supplément musicaux conducted by Moritz Achermann, presents a new full-evening work at the Musikfest Bern Here Be Dragons for vocal quartet, choir, piano, and live electronics, light and space, directed by Franziska Baumann.
The project includes the premiere of a new piece for four voices, choir, live electronics and piano by Alex Nowitz based on his text composition Was tun wir?.
Operadicals with Supplément Musicaux: "Here Be Dragons"
at the Musikfestival Bern
The int. vocal quartet operadicals (NO/CH/DE/SE), Tone Åse (voice, live electronics), Franziska Baumann (voice, sensorglove), Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion) and Sten Sandell (voice piano) together with the Swiss choir supplément musicaux conducted by Moritz Achermann, presents a new full-evening work at the Musikfest Bern Here Be Dragons for vocal quartet, choir, piano, and live electronics, light and space, directed by Franziska Baumann.
The project includes the premiere of a new piece for four voices, choir, live electronics and piano by Alex Nowitz based on his text composition Was tun wir?.
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29 June 2024 (10:30)
Alex Nowitz: "Unfrei im Raum" for saxophone quartet (2024)
in Eberswalde, close to Berlin
[Unfree in Space] interpreted by the sonic.art saxophone quartet (Berlin) at the Paul-Wunderlich-Haus in Eberswalde, a concert organized by the Brandenburgian Association of New Music (bvnm) and Ralf Hoyer:
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
Alex Nowitz: "Unfrei im Raum" for saxophone quartet (2024)
in Eberswalde, close to Berlin
[Unfree in Space] interpreted by the sonic.art saxophone quartet (Berlin) at the Paul-Wunderlich-Haus in Eberswalde, a concert organized by the Brandenburgian Association of New Music (bvnm) and Ralf Hoyer:
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
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24 June 2024
aNo = Anissegos + Nowitz
in Berlin-Weissensee
aNo is A.N. (voice) & Antonis Anissegos (piano) at Kühlspot Social Club, Berlin-Weissensee
https://kuehlspot.com/
aNo = Anissegos + Nowitz
in Berlin-Weissensee
aNo is A.N. (voice) & Antonis Anissegos (piano) at Kühlspot Social Club, Berlin-Weissensee
https://kuehlspot.com/
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Bauer & Nowitz: Zum guten Klnag des Tons ©Sabine Vogel
Bauer & Nowitz: Zum guten Klang des Tons ©Alex Nowitz
Bauer & Nowitz: Zum guten Klang des Tons ©Alex Nowitz
Bauer & Nowitz: Zum guten Klnag des Tons ©Sabine Vogel
16 June 2024
Kneer & Nowitz: "Zum guten Klang des Tons" (premiere)
in Mühlenbeck, North of Berlin
[On the good sound of clay] — premiere of music performance for voice, double bass, clay objects and fixed sounds by Alex Nowitz & Matthias Bauer, as part of the annual festival Klanglandschaften 2024, Mühlenbeck, Germany
https://www.klanglandschaften.eu/festival
Due to illness of Matthias Bauer, Meinrad Kneer (db) will play the part for double bass.
Kneer & Nowitz: "Zum guten Klang des Tons" (premiere)
in Mühlenbeck, North of Berlin
[On the good sound of clay] — premiere of music performance for voice, double bass, clay objects and fixed sounds by Alex Nowitz & Matthias Bauer, as part of the annual festival Klanglandschaften 2024, Mühlenbeck, Germany
https://www.klanglandschaften.eu/festival
Due to illness of Matthias Bauer, Meinrad Kneer (db) will play the part for double bass.
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30 May – 9 June 2024
Alex Nowitz: "Klangduschen" für vier Lautsprecher (2008)
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
[sound showers] part of a sound installation by composers of the Brandenburgian Association of New Music (bvnm) as part of the annual festival intersonanzen 2024 at the museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam, Germany:
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
Alex Nowitz: "Klangduschen" für vier Lautsprecher (2008)
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
[sound showers] part of a sound installation by composers of the Brandenburgian Association of New Music (bvnm) as part of the annual festival intersonanzen 2024 at the museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam, Germany:
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
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1 June 2024 (20:00)
Alex Nowitz: "Unfrei im Raum" for saxophone quartett (premiere)
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
Premiere of his second quartet for saxophone called Unfrei im Raum [Unfree in Space] interpreted by the sonic.art saxophone quartet (Berlin) as part of the annual festival intersonanzen 2024 organized by the Brandenburgian Association of New Music (bvnm) at the museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam, Germany.
Documentation of the premiere performance:
https://youtu.be/b-nu1vFW2Ps?feature=shared
Alex Nowitz: "Unfrei im Raum" for saxophone quartett (premiere)
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
Premiere of his second quartet for saxophone called Unfrei im Raum [Unfree in Space] interpreted by the sonic.art saxophone quartet (Berlin) as part of the annual festival intersonanzen 2024 organized by the Brandenburgian Association of New Music (bvnm) at the museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam, Germany.
Documentation of the premiere performance:
https://youtu.be/b-nu1vFW2Ps?feature=shared
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1 June 2024 (16:00)
Alex Nowitz: "Ha-i-ku" für einen Sprecherperformer (2019)
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
Alex Nowitz performs his work Ha-i-ku as part of the annual festival intersonanzen 2024, organized by the Brandenburgian Association of New Music (bvnm), at the museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam, Germany:
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
Alex Nowitz: "Ha-i-ku" für einen Sprecherperformer (2019)
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
Alex Nowitz performs his work Ha-i-ku as part of the annual festival intersonanzen 2024, organized by the Brandenburgian Association of New Music (bvnm), at the museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam, Germany:
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
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Sabine Vogel, Alex Nowitz & Meinrad Kneer © Susanne Fröhlich
5 May 2024 (15:00)
all about BIRDS = Vogel + Nowitz + Kneer
in Paretz (Havelland)
all about BIRDS is a new trio project with Meinrad Kneer (double bass), Alex Nowitz (voice & whistles) & Sabine Vogel (flutes) presenting an outdoor performance for voice, whistles, flutes and double bass at the Paretzer Field Music—Picknickkonzerte mit aktueller Musik in Paretz:
https://sabvog.de/projects/paretzer-field-music/
Further fantastic musicians and artists present themselves: Susanne Fröhlich (recorders), Marc Sinan (guitar), Lena Czerniawska (visuals arts). Don’t miss the sublime bird watching walks with ornothologist Meinrad Kneer!
all about BIRDS = Vogel + Nowitz + Kneer
in Paretz (Havelland)
all about BIRDS is a new trio project with Meinrad Kneer (double bass), Alex Nowitz (voice & whistles) & Sabine Vogel (flutes) presenting an outdoor performance for voice, whistles, flutes and double bass at the Paretzer Field Music—Picknickkonzerte mit aktueller Musik in Paretz:
https://sabvog.de/projects/paretzer-field-music/
Further fantastic musicians and artists present themselves: Susanne Fröhlich (recorders), Marc Sinan (guitar), Lena Czerniawska (visuals arts). Don’t miss the sublime bird watching walks with ornothologist Meinrad Kneer!
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3 April 2024 (20:00)
aNo = Anissegos + Nowitz
at Terzo Mondo Berlin-Charlottenburg
aNo is a new duo project by Alex Nowitz & Antonis Anissegos presenting a concert performance for voice, gesture-controlled live electronics (strophonion) & augmented piano, at Terzo Mondo, Charlottenburg Berlin:
https://www.terzomondo.de/event/ano/.
aNo = Anissegos + Nowitz
at Terzo Mondo Berlin-Charlottenburg
aNo is a new duo project by Alex Nowitz & Antonis Anissegos presenting a concert performance for voice, gesture-controlled live electronics (strophonion) & augmented piano, at Terzo Mondo, Charlottenburg Berlin:
https://www.terzomondo.de/event/ano/.
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27 January 2024
Alex Nowitz: "In the Thicket of the Invisible Wires"
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
Alex Nowitz: "In the Thicket of the Invisible Wires"
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
solo concert performance for voice & live electronics (strophonion) as part of Made in Potsdam – Festival aktueller Kunst @ museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam, Germany