Louisiana Channel released the documentary about Taryn Simon and her sound installation "Start Again The Lament" which I helped her realize in the Cisternerne Kopenhagen. https://youtu.be/wq_lQs-MR0I?si=LzRrrsGFgpmGMK0E…
On July 12, "Samson" was broadcast live on Arte.tv:…
Today, the opera "Samson" by and after Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) celebrates its world premiere at the Theatre L'Archêveché in Aix-en-Provence. Info: https://festival-aix.com/en/programmation/opera/samson or SAMSON…
At the end of June, Gesche Piening will be premiering a new theater work in Zirka, the center for interdisciplinary spatial and cultural work in the Kreativquartier, where she will set up a theater course of six panic rooms in which the audience can take a one-hour tour in a risk-free environment to confront their…
A wonderfully productive night recording session with the fantastic percussionist Mathias Lachenmayr in his pop up studio. We recorded unusual sounds from percussion instruments, for example played with super ball, for the upcoming „Samson“ music theatre piece conceived and directed by Claus Guth to be premiered 5th of July at the Festival Aix-en-Provence, composed and…
Hello from the huge Copenhagen cistern, where I am currently realizing Taryn Simon's large-scale sound installation "Start Again The Lament".…
Farewell, Doppelgänger, I'm heading home. Thank you, Claus Guth, for the trust you have given me. Thank you Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch for your incredible talent and musical beauty, and again for trusting me. Thank you Park Avenue Armory for making this project possible by giving trust to Claus and Jonas. In the end,…
Thanks to Jutta Czeguhn for this beautiful article about our "little" endeavor here in New York. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/new-york-jonas-kaufmann-schubert-claus-guth-mathis-nitschke-helmut-deutsch-manhattan-1.6228479 …
Schubert’s “Swan Song” as music theater World premiere Sept 22, 2023, Park Avenue Armory, New York City with Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor) and Helmut Deutsch (Piano) Direction Claus Guth Set Design Michael Levine Costume Design Constance Hoffman Lighting Design Urs Schöenebaum Sound Composition Mathis Nitschke Sound Design Mark Grey Video Design rocafilm Movement Direction Sommer Ulrickson…
In 2019, Gunter Pretzel and I created a clever app that makes the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra sound virtually on a meadow behind the Munich Gasteig. As if the musicians were set up there, you walk between the musicians with your smartphone and headphones and step into the sound of the orchestra. You hear and experience…