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…
Rarely read such beautiful lines about my work: "What, in the midst of the monastery building yard, reminds one a bit of spruced up voting booths from the outside, holds a "square meter of stopped time" in its respective interior. Artist Mathis Nitschke has built loudspeakers into the smooth white wooden walls, allowing those who…
already for the third time the Ebersberger Kunstverein (near Munich) organizes the ARKADIEN-Festival from May 19th! The theme of the third edition "Brave New World" is a reference to Aldous Huxley's novel of the same name, which sketches a dystopian future as it becomes more and more reality in the eyes of some. I am…
About yesterday's premiere Die deutsche Bühne writes: "With moderately used light moods (light: Michael Gööck) and sound carpets (Mathis Nitschke) images and scenes are created here that remind of beautifully oppressive atmospheres in films by David Lynch. While the woman is forced into a wedding dress, she tells of a violent dream of escape and…
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. Read more here >>>…
For me, the encounter was a very important confirmation of my thesis that smartphones and headphones can be used to unlock valuable novel musical experiences. Indeed, here one is experiencing a complete symphonic work in its "full-length" arc. It's a world premiere in a tech-savvy scene that, until now, has rarely gone beyond interesting and curious but brief morsels.
In the "Planets" app, music can be experienced in a low-threshold, good-sounding and technically fascinating and equally playful way.