UPCOMING
2. 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
"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 Landesmusikrat Brandenburg with financial means from the MWFK Brandenburg.
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23. Nov. 2024
"Die erweiterte Kammer"
Concert performance by 'Klariac': Christine Paté (accordion) & Matthias Badczong (clarinets) with Matthias Bauer (double bass) & Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion)
at the St. Matthäus-Kirche Berlin
"Die erweiterte Kammer"
Concert performance by 'Klariac': Christine Paté (accordion) & Matthias Badczong (clarinets) with Matthias Bauer (double bass) & Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion)
at the St. Matthäus-Kirche Berlin
[The extended chamber] a concert performance presenting works by Sara Abazari, Matthias Bauer and Alex Nowitz („Die Kammer" for clar./acc.), funded by the INM Berlin.
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30 Nov. 2024
Duo Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion) & Ignaz Schick (turntables, electronics)
as part of the 'Jazzoffensive' in the fabrik Potsdam
Duo Alex Nowitz (voice, strophonion) & Ignaz Schick (turntables, electronics)
as part of the 'Jazzoffensive' in the fabrik Potsdam
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PAST WORKS & PROJECTS
in 2024
5 Oct. 2024
Concert performance with
Tone Åse, Franziska Baumann, Alex Nowitz & Trondheim Voices
at the Dokhuset Trondheim (NO)
https://www.friresonans.no/
Concert performance with
Tone Åse, Franziska Baumann, Alex Nowitz & Trondheim Voices
at the 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
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
https://vimeo.com/98128085
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22 Sept. 2024 (19:00)
MASUAL: "Freeimprovisedelectroacousticnoisevoice Compositions"
at the Französische Kirche Potsdam
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-cahnnel tape, ceramic flutes and video). The concert is funded by the Landeshauptstadt Potsdam:
https://artifactpotsdam.de/NuSub1
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-cahnnel 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
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
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
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.
https://www.strausberg-live.de/termin-detail.php?id=98505
https://www.strausberg-live.de/termin-detail.php?id=98505
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13 Sept. 2024 (22:00)
Kneer & Nowitz: "Voice & Bass" a duet performance
in the Lichtblickkino Berlin
Kneer & Nowitz: "Voice & Bass" a duet performance
in the Lichtblickkino Berlin
Meinard Kneer (double bass) and Alex Nowitz (voice, live electronics) 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
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?.
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
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/
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
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24 June 2024
aNo = Anissegos + Nowitz
in Berlin-Weissensee
aNo = Anissegos + Nowitz
in Berlin-Weissensee
aNo is A.N. (voice) & Antonis Anissegos (piano) at Kühlspot Social Club, Berlin-Weissensee
https://kuehlspot.com/
https://kuehlspot.com/
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16 June 2024
Kneer & Nowitz: "Zum guten Klang des Tons" (premiere)
in Mühlenbeck, North of Berlin
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.
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
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/
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
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:
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
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1 June 2024 (16:00)
Alex Nowitz: "Ha-i-ku" für einen Sprecherperformer (2019)
in Fluxus+ Potsdam
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/
https://www.neue-musik-brandenburg.de/Intersonanzen/
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5 May 2024 (15:00)
all about BIRDS = Vogel + Nowitz + Kneer
in Potsdam
all about BIRDS = Vogel + Nowitz + Kneer
in Potsdam
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/
https://sabvog.de/projects/paretzer-field-music/
Further fantastic musicians and artists: Susanne Fröhlich (recorders), Marc Sinan (guitar), Lena Czerniawska (visuals arts). Don’t miss the sublime bird watching walks with the ornothologist Meinrad Kneer!
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3 April 2024 (20:00)
aNo = Anissegos + Nowitz
at Terzo Mondo Berlin-Charlottenburg
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/.
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
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RECENT RECORDINGS & PUBLICATIONS
aNo (Antonis Anissegos & Alex Nowitz)
Berlin 2024
https://soundcloud.com/antonis-anissegos/sets/ano
Berlin 2024
https://soundcloud.com/antonis-anissegos/sets/ano
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A radio feature by Lena Czerniawska on music by Alex Nowitz
Radio Kapitał, Warsaw 2023
https://radiokapital.pl/shows/eksperymentalna-audycja-literacka/34-alex-nowitz/
Radio Kapitał, Warsaw 2023
https://radiokapital.pl/shows/eksperymentalna-audycja-literacka/34-alex-nowitz/
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ABOUT
Alex Nowitz is a composer and vocal performance artist from Germany. He also appears as improviser, sound artist and musician and works as artistic researcher, author and curator.
His compositions comprise vocal and instrumental chamber music, full-length operas, orchestral pieces, electro-acoustic music, multimedia formats, music for dance and spoken theatre. In 2021 the Deutsche Filmorchester Babelsberg recorded the study for large orchestra Ich bin das Volk [I am the people] conducted by Christian Köhler. In April 2022, conducted by Antonello Manacorda, the Kammerakademie Potsdam commissioned and premiered his work for orchestra and smartphones Vom Glühen der Glut [On the glowing of the embers].
As vocal performance artist starting in 1989, A.N. shares the stage with a great number of musicians, with vocalists as well as with dancers and actors. The most recent projects include ANO with Antonis Anissegos, BLONOVO with Sabine Vogel (DE, fl) & Frédéric Blondy (FR, pno), OPERADICALS with Tone Åse (NO, voc/elec), Franziska Baumann (CH, voc/elec) & Sten Sandell (SE, pno/voc) or MASUAL with Sukandar Kartadinata (DE, egtr/elec) & Matthias Bauer (DE, db).
Composer-performer A.N. presents extended vocal performance art often applying custom, wireless and gesture-controlled live electronics, most notably the strophonion. Both in his vocal performance art and in his compositions dedicated to others, he explores the notion of multivocality. In 2019 he releases his dissertation on the Research Catalogue, called 'Monsters I Love: On multivocal arts,' a documented artistic research project featuring a number of essays together with audio and video material of either studio productions or live performances. On this basis, he was awarded a doctoral degree in 'Performative and Mediated Practices with Specialisation in Opera' by the Stockholm University of the Arts.
Since 2008 A.N. publishes essays and articles written in both German and English. The most recent one titled Sprache und Spannung: Aspekte der vielstimmigen Stimme im Kontext musikalischer Improvisation [Language and Tension: Aspects of the multivocal voice within the frame of musical improvisation] appears in the journal Improfil (Berlin 2022, No. 85).
Exploring the philosophical potential of extended vocal performance art he composed the chapter with the title 'Assemblages of Multivocal and Schizophonic Practices: Unleashing the machined voice' published in Machinic Assemblages of Desire. Deleuze and Artistic Research 3 (Orpheus Institute Ghent), edited by Paolo de Assis & Paolo Giudici (Leuven University Press, 2021).
Initiated in 2021 in Potsdam and Berlin, A.N. also curated the second edition of the International Festival for Vocal Performance Art, Sound and Music DESIGNING VOICES with the title Vokalaktionen taking place from 26 to 28 October 2023 at the Paretz Academy, the fabrik Potsdam and the French Church Potsdam.
Exploring the philosophical potential of extended vocal performance art he composed the chapter with the title 'Assemblages of Multivocal and Schizophonic Practices: Unleashing the machined voice' published in Machinic Assemblages of Desire. Deleuze and Artistic Research 3 (Orpheus Institute Ghent), edited by Paolo de Assis & Paolo Giudici (Leuven University Press, 2021).
Initiated in 2021 in Potsdam and Berlin, A.N. also curated the second edition of the International Festival for Vocal Performance Art, Sound and Music DESIGNING VOICES with the title Vokalaktionen taking place from 26 to 28 October 2023 at the Paretz Academy, the fabrik Potsdam and the French Church Potsdam.
In 2022 A.N. was fellow at the Villa Aurora, Los Angeles. In 2023 he receives the fellowship 'Musikfonds Stipendium III' ('Neustart Kultur' provided by the Federal Minister of Germany for Culture and Media, Claudia Roth) and the fellowship 'Arbeitspaket-Stipendium 2023' (awarded under the leadership of Dr. Manja Schüle by the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur [Ministry for Science, Research and Culture] of the Land Brandenburg, Germany).
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PAST WORKS & PROJECTS
in 2023
25 November 2023: Alex Nowitz: "In the Thicket of the Invisible Wires"
a solo concert performance for voice, live electronics (strophonion) & video at Hevre (Krakow) as part of Audio Art Festival, Krakow curated by Marek Chołoniewski
https://audio.art.pl/2023/
a solo concert performance for voice, live electronics (strophonion) & video at Hevre (Krakow) as part of Audio Art Festival, Krakow curated by Marek Chołoniewski
https://audio.art.pl/2023/
22 November 2023: Alex Nowitz: "Sounding the Human Potential: The voice in my works"
a 40-min. zoom lecture at The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow as part of Audio Art Festival, Krakow curated by Marek Chołoniewski
https://audio.art.pl/2023/
a 40-min. zoom lecture at The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow as part of Audio Art Festival, Krakow curated by Marek Chołoniewski
https://audio.art.pl/2023/
17 November 2023, 19:00: ZwischenZweiZeit & Alex Nowitz: DOMINOEFFEKT
[Domino effect] is a project by the Munich collective Karen Janker & Bettina Theil-Marinkovic (dance) and Georg Janker (double bass) & Sunk Pöschl (drums) inviting A.N. (voice & live electronics) for a joint residency with a public showing at the Schloß Blumenthal, close to Augsburg, Bavaria. The series at Schloß Blumenthal is curated by Sabine Karb.
https://fb.me/e/vj4MRvaKe
https://sabinekarb.de/residenzen-in-blumenthal/residenz-6
[Domino effect] is a project by the Munich collective Karen Janker & Bettina Theil-Marinkovic (dance) and Georg Janker (double bass) & Sunk Pöschl (drums) inviting A.N. (voice & live electronics) for a joint residency with a public showing at the Schloß Blumenthal, close to Augsburg, Bavaria. The series at Schloß Blumenthal is curated by Sabine Karb.
https://fb.me/e/vj4MRvaKe
https://sabinekarb.de/residenzen-in-blumenthal/residenz-6
11 November 2023: TRAUMTEXT2022
a live performance by Thorsten Müller based on Heiner Müller's TRAUMTEXT (1995) with A.N. (voice), Jürgen Kupke (clarinet), Nicolas Schulze (piano, electronics) and Thorsten Müller (bass clarinet, fixed sounds) at the museum FLUXUS+ as part of the Unidram Festival Potsdam.
https://traumtext2022.de/
https://www.facebook.com/events/676434764166089?ref=newsfeed
a live performance by Thorsten Müller based on Heiner Müller's TRAUMTEXT (1995) with A.N. (voice), Jürgen Kupke (clarinet), Nicolas Schulze (piano, electronics) and Thorsten Müller (bass clarinet, fixed sounds) at the museum FLUXUS+ as part of the Unidram Festival Potsdam.
https://traumtext2022.de/
https://www.facebook.com/events/676434764166089?ref=newsfeed
26 – 28 October 2023: 19:00 (introduction) | 20:00 (concert):
DESIGNING VOICES—International Festival for Vocal Performance Art, Sound & Music: "Vokalaktionen"
The second edition of the festival presents vocal performance artists and musicians with an unparalleled, unique approach to sound the human voice. This year's motto is "Vokalaktionen". Consisting of the composer-performers TONE ÅSE (NO), FRANZISKA BAUMANN (CH), ALEX NOWITZ (DE) & STEN SANDELL (SE), the vocal quartet operadicals opens the festival at the PARETZ Akademie with "Vokalaktionen 1" and closes it at the Französische Kirche POTSDAM with "Vokalaktionen 2". Presenting themselves in solo up to quartet formations, they also create beautifully atmospheric vocal landscapes in the form of choral miniatures that they develop together with singers mainly from two local choirs, the Ketziner Havelklänge & Salto Tonale. This will be supported by live composing practices, such as 'soundpainting', a gesture-based, musical sign language that SABINE VOGEL (DE) applies to introduce contemporary vocal practices to the choral singers. At the heart of the festival is the long night of the peculiar voices Die lange Nacht der kuriosen Stimmen, supported by and taking place at the fabrik POTSDAM, featuring ISABELLE DUTHOIT (FR), KATIA GUEDES (BR/DE), CARL-LUDWIG HÜBSCH (DE), ALEX NOWITZ (DE), CHRISTOPH REISERER (DE) and RICHARD SCOTT (UK/DE) all of whom present themselves as soloists until they enter into a compelling dialogue with one another.
Funded by the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture (MWFK) of the Land Brandenburg and the City of Potsdam (Landeshauptstadt Potsdam), DESIGNING VOICES 2023 partners with the fabrik POTSDAM, the PARETZ Akademie and the Französische Kirche POTSDAM, further with the Netzwerk Neue Musik des Landes Brandenburg, Field-Notes Berlin, Positionen (Texte für aktuelle Musik) and the Rathaus Ketzin.
DESIGNING VOICES—International Festival for Vocal Performance Art, Sound & Music: "Vokalaktionen"
The second edition of the festival presents vocal performance artists and musicians with an unparalleled, unique approach to sound the human voice. This year's motto is "Vokalaktionen". Consisting of the composer-performers TONE ÅSE (NO), FRANZISKA BAUMANN (CH), ALEX NOWITZ (DE) & STEN SANDELL (SE), the vocal quartet operadicals opens the festival at the PARETZ Akademie with "Vokalaktionen 1" and closes it at the Französische Kirche POTSDAM with "Vokalaktionen 2". Presenting themselves in solo up to quartet formations, they also create beautifully atmospheric vocal landscapes in the form of choral miniatures that they develop together with singers mainly from two local choirs, the Ketziner Havelklänge & Salto Tonale. This will be supported by live composing practices, such as 'soundpainting', a gesture-based, musical sign language that SABINE VOGEL (DE) applies to introduce contemporary vocal practices to the choral singers. At the heart of the festival is the long night of the peculiar voices Die lange Nacht der kuriosen Stimmen, supported by and taking place at the fabrik POTSDAM, featuring ISABELLE DUTHOIT (FR), KATIA GUEDES (BR/DE), CARL-LUDWIG HÜBSCH (DE), ALEX NOWITZ (DE), CHRISTOPH REISERER (DE) and RICHARD SCOTT (UK/DE) all of whom present themselves as soloists until they enter into a compelling dialogue with one another.
Funded by the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture (MWFK) of the Land Brandenburg and the City of Potsdam (Landeshauptstadt Potsdam), DESIGNING VOICES 2023 partners with the fabrik POTSDAM, the PARETZ Akademie and the Französische Kirche POTSDAM, further with the Netzwerk Neue Musik des Landes Brandenburg, Field-Notes Berlin, Positionen (Texte für aktuelle Musik) and the Rathaus Ketzin.
12 October 2023: Alex Nowitz: "Im Dickicht der unsichtbaren Drähte"
[In the thicket of the invisible wires] a live performance for voice and live electronics (strophonion) at the annual Villa Aurora event at Silent Green, Berlin.
[In the thicket of the invisible wires] a live performance for voice and live electronics (strophonion) at the annual Villa Aurora event at Silent Green, Berlin.
14 September 2023, 11:00: Alex Nowitz: "Hierarchical Systems and Multivocal Arts: Reflections on the practices in different territories of the performing arts"
A 20-minute presentation as part of a hybrid international conference from 13-15 September 2023 in Munich and online, called "Theatre Sound (as) Collaboration: Distributed creations, shared agencies", organised by 'Theatermusik heute: Gedanken und Analysen zur aktuellen Praxis der Theatermusik' (David Roesner) at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München (LMU).
A 20-minute presentation as part of a hybrid international conference from 13-15 September 2023 in Munich and online, called "Theatre Sound (as) Collaboration: Distributed creations, shared agencies", organised by 'Theatermusik heute: Gedanken und Analysen zur aktuellen Praxis der Theatermusik' (David Roesner) at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München (LMU).
14 September 2023, 20:00: Alex Nowitz: "In the Thicket of the Invisible Wires"
A performance for voice and live electronics (strophonion) as part of Digital Care: Evening of the Hands at V2_Lab for Unstable Media in Rotterdam curated by Marije Baalman. This event sheds light on the legacy of Michel Waisvisz' The Hands. Other guests are vocalist Franziska Baumann (CH) with the sensorglove and Andi Otto (DE) presenting a historical introduction to Waisvisz' work. More infos here.
A performance for voice and live electronics (strophonion) as part of Digital Care: Evening of the Hands at V2_Lab for Unstable Media in Rotterdam curated by Marije Baalman. This event sheds light on the legacy of Michel Waisvisz' The Hands. Other guests are vocalist Franziska Baumann (CH) with the sensorglove and Andi Otto (DE) presenting a historical introduction to Waisvisz' work. More infos here.
2 September 2023, 16:00: Antonella Bini (Genua) interprets Alex Nowitz: "Venusfalle"
[Venus flytrap {Dionaea muscipula}] for solo flute, as part of the concert series in Strausberg 'Aktuelle Musik in der Marienkriche' curated by Irina Emeliantseva.
[Venus flytrap {Dionaea muscipula}] for solo flute, as part of the concert series in Strausberg 'Aktuelle Musik in der Marienkriche' curated by Irina Emeliantseva.
16 August 2023: Alex Nowitz receives the 'Arbeitspaket'-Stipendium 2023
[fellowship] awarded under the leadership of Dr. Manja Schüle by the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur [Ministry for Science, Research and Culture] of the Land Brandenburg, Germany. Jury members for music: Florentina Fien, Alexander Hollensteiner and Tom Österreicher.
[fellowship] awarded under the leadership of Dr. Manja Schüle by the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur [Ministry for Science, Research and Culture] of the Land Brandenburg, Germany. Jury members for music: Florentina Fien, Alexander Hollensteiner and Tom Österreicher.
13 August 2023, 15:00: BAUER & NOWITZ
Duettperformance "Haikus & Herotica" by Matthias Bauer (double bass) & A.N. at Paretzer Field Music, curated by Sabine Vogel, next to the garden shop 'Caromatisch', Paretzhofer-Str. 48, 14669 Paretz. Second set by 'wassermannvogel' duet project of Sabine Vogel (flutes) & Ute Wassermann (voice, bird whistles).
Duettperformance "Haikus & Herotica" by Matthias Bauer (double bass) & A.N. at Paretzer Field Music, curated by Sabine Vogel, next to the garden shop 'Caromatisch', Paretzhofer-Str. 48, 14669 Paretz. Second set by 'wassermannvogel' duet project of Sabine Vogel (flutes) & Ute Wassermann (voice, bird whistles).
27 July 2023: MASUAL at Kühlspot Social Club, Berlin.
02 July 2023: "Eksperymentalna Audycja Literacka: #34 / Alex Nowitz" by Lena Czerniawska at Radio Kapital featuring four works by A.N., Ich bin das Volk, The Bird That Did Not Return, Labyrinth and ELLAFSUNEV
https://radiokapital.pl/shows/eksperymentalna-audycja-literacka/34-alex-nowitz/
https://radiokapital.pl/shows/eksperymentalna-audycja-literacka/34-alex-nowitz/
13 June 2023: MASUAL — the trio with Matthias Bauer, Sukandar Kartadinata & A.N.
presents strictly Freeimprovisedelectroacousticnoisevoice Compositions for voice/live electronics, e-guitar/electronics & double bass at Morphine Raum, Berlin. Press release and more information!
presents strictly Freeimprovisedelectroacousticnoisevoice Compositions for voice/live electronics, e-guitar/electronics & double bass at Morphine Raum, Berlin. Press release and more information!
18 May 2023, 20:30: Premiere of Alex Nowitz: "Die Kammer"
[The chamber] for clarinet and button accordion, dedicated to Klariac, Christine Paté (accordion) & Matthias Badczong (clarinet), as part of the opening concert of the new music festival intersonanzen at the Potsdam Museum.
[The chamber] for clarinet and button accordion, dedicated to Klariac, Christine Paté (accordion) & Matthias Badczong (clarinet), as part of the opening concert of the new music festival intersonanzen at the Potsdam Museum.
26 March 2023, 14:00: Performance "From paradigm to paradigm, into the biomic time" by Nandita Kumar
with Merche Blasco, Christian Kesten, Felicity Mangan, A.N. and Ute Wassermann at the daadgalerie Berlin. Co-developed by the performers. The performance is part of the program MaerzMusik (Berliner Festspiele).
with Merche Blasco, Christian Kesten, Felicity Mangan, A.N. and Ute Wassermann at the daadgalerie Berlin. Co-developed by the performers. The performance is part of the program MaerzMusik (Berliner Festspiele).
16 February 2023, 20:00: BLONOVO: "Figures Erronées"
Frédéric Blondy (FR) piano, A.N. (DE) voice, gesture-controlled live electronics (strophonion), Sabine Vogel (DE) flute, objects: Exploratorium Berlin
Frédéric Blondy (FR) piano, A.N. (DE) voice, gesture-controlled live electronics (strophonion), Sabine Vogel (DE) flute, objects: Exploratorium Berlin
26 January 2023, 19:00: Opening of the sound installation and exhibition "From paradigm to paradigm, into the biomic time" by Nandita Kumar at the daadgalerie Berlin as part of MaerzMusik. Co-developers and part of the sound installation are Merche Blasco, Christian Kesten, Felicity Mangan, A.N. and Ute Wassermann.
22 January 2023, 18:00: Alex Nowitz: "Doubles & Drones from the Desert" (2022) for piccolo/alto flute, voice/live electronics and video (≈30 mins.) and Alex Nowitz: "Venus-Komplex" (≈25 mins.)
consisting of the Venusfalle (2006) for flute solo, Schaumspuren (2015) for voice solo and the electrocacoustic piece Ellafsunev (2014) with Katrin Plümer (flutes) and A.N. (voice, strophonion). Raum für Klang und Architektur, 14612 Falkensee.
January 2023: Alex Nowitz: "Ich bin das Volk" for large orchestra (2021)
as part of the CD "Brandenburg – NEUE MUSIK orchestral" interpreted by Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg [German Film Orchestra Babelsberg] (DFOB) and conducted by Christian Köhler—a co-production by DFOB & Brandenburgischer Verein für Neue Musik [Brandenburgian Association for New Music].
22 January 2023, 18:00: Alex Nowitz: "Doubles & Drones from the Desert" (2022) for piccolo/alto flute, voice/live electronics and video (≈30 mins.) and Alex Nowitz: "Venus-Komplex" (≈25 mins.)
consisting of the Venusfalle (2006) for flute solo, Schaumspuren (2015) for voice solo and the electrocacoustic piece Ellafsunev (2014) with Katrin Plümer (flutes) and A.N. (voice, strophonion). Raum für Klang und Architektur, 14612 Falkensee.
January 2023: Alex Nowitz: "Ich bin das Volk" for large orchestra (2021)
as part of the CD "Brandenburg – NEUE MUSIK orchestral" interpreted by Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg [German Film Orchestra Babelsberg] (DFOB) and conducted by Christian Köhler—a co-production by DFOB & Brandenburgischer Verein für Neue Musik [Brandenburgian Association for New Music].
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