Kassandra, daughter of Priam and a seer, looks back on her life after the fall of Troy — in the face of her own death. In Bielefeld, Christa Wolf’s novel became an interdisciplinary music theatre work between drama and orchestra — conceived as a collaborative compositional process.
Originality is one of those words that feels self-evident until you try to define it. Few concepts are invoked more confidently in art, and few collapse more quickly under closer inspection. Artists are expected to be original. Works are valued for their originality. Legal protection hinges on it. And yet, anyone who has seriously studied or practiced art knows how fragile this idea is.
Sound compositions for Cabaret (dir. Claus Guth) at the Residenztheater Munich. The work focuses on the spaces between the songs: transitions, pauses, and guided silence – a sound layer between music and noise that connects the musical numbers.
What’s a sound designer doing in Mozart? In Don Giovanni at Aix, the collaboration with Sir Simon Rattle and Robert Icke led to an unusual rehearsal process — and one clear insight: an idea is not enough. You have to carry it through all resistance.
The CORPUS project, which I initiated, puts artists at the center of AI development. Musical works are deliberately contributed to train AI systems — legally, with fair compensation, and under ethical conditions. It’s not about fear of technology, but about new artistic possibilities — and more controllable AI. CORPUS aims to show how AI can become a partner, not a threat.
In 1733, Voltaire and Rameau collaborated to create the opera "Samson", which was censored and whose music was lost. Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon revive the spirit of this project, commissioned by the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Samson, isolated by his power, becomes a destructive force through disappointing love affairs. I have contributed sound compositions.
As a sound designer, I helped artist Taryn Simon realize her extensive sound installation "Start Again The Lament" in the Cisternerne Copenhagen. Performed by professional mourners, the work explores how people mourn individually and collectively, considering the anatomy of grief and whom we choose to guide us through it. These sonic rituals of loss and discontent—including northern Albanian, Wayuu, Greek Epirotic, and Yazidi laments—transform the exhibition space into an instrument echoing recitations with a reverberation of seventeen seconds.
Schubert's "swan song" as music-theatre at the Armory Hall in NYC, conceived and directed by Claus Guth, with tenor Jonas Kaufmann and pianist Helmut Deutsch. I have contributed musical interludes and sound compositions that link the songs into one long experience.
For this high-end hydrogen-powered vehicle, I developed an information-driven sound concept for the user interface and an immersive sound installation for the booth at the Paris Mondial d'Auto 2022, where the unveiling of this innovative automobile caused quite a stir.
Experience the famous orchestral suite "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, played by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, as an interactive audio walk in a park near you, increasingly all over the world. All you need is a smartphone and headphones. In addition to being the artistic and technical director and 3D sound engineer, I produced this project.
