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September 2011
Video-Director and Live Concertrecording at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition – Gut versus Böse". Visuals by moxienetwork.
27.09.2011
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Jaclyn Bermudez, Sopran - Judita Nagyová, Mezzosopran. Johannes Klumpp, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation.
July 2011
Member of the Jury 2011 for Preis der Medienkunst (mediaart award) of Bauhaus Universität Weimar together with suiss curator und author Jean-Christophe Ammann, Andreas F. Beitin ( Director /Leiter ZKM Museum for Neue Kunst), Ulrike Rosenbach (mediaartist and performer) and Ralf Schlüter (Art Magazine deputy executive editor / stellv. Chefredakteur des art-Kunstmagazins)
Weimar 15./16. July 2011.
http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/medien/aktuell/details/datum/2011/07/18/jury-vergibt-preis-der-medienkunstmediengestaltung-2011-und-filmfoerderpreis.html
http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/aktuell/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen-2011/summaery-2011/summaery-in-progress/preis-der-medienkunst-mediengestaltung-2011.html#c58227
May 2011
Video-Director and Live Concertrecording at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition – Go East". Visuals by moxienetwork.
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Koto-Soloist Makiko Goto and Singer Soloist of Oper am Rhein Kevin John Edusei, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation.
Concert: 31.05.2011
May 2011
Order of things, Premiere in Denmark, Composition for Doublebass, Tape and Video (Komposition für Kontrabass, Tonzuspiel und Video)
Competition and Comission of SPOR, Festival of Contemporary Music and Soundart Aarhus, Denmark With support of Electronic Studio of Technical University Berlin (Elektronischen Studio der TU Berlin).
concept, composition, video: Ellen Fellmann
Doublebass: Arnulf Ballhorn
Premiere at Saturday 7. May 2011, 20:00 at Gran Dansk Theater Aarhus/ Denmark
http://www.sporfestival.dk/works2011/&workid=82
http://www.sporfestival.dk/artists2011/&artistid=54
February 2011
Video-Director and Live Concertrecording at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition –". Visuals by moxienetwork.
15.02.2011
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Tuba Soloist Jens Björn-Larsen
Andreas Hotz, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation.
January 2011
Broadcasting of my musicdocumentary Musik ohne Heimat – Die Deutsche Symphonie von Hanns Eisler (60 min). Commissioned by WDR Cologne.
Time of broadcast : 18.01.2011, 23:15 WDR
December 2010
Portraitconcert of my audiovisual works at Pfefferberg Berlin/ Ohrenstrand with Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin (KNM Berlin).
New works and the audiovisual composition „Schwarz/ Black“ for Vulcanosand, Violine, Viola, Cello will be performed.
Premiere/ Concert : 14. / 15. December 2010, 20:00, Pfefferberg Berlin/ Haus 13
October 2010
Video-Director and Live Concertrecording at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition - Superlative". Visuals by moxie networx.
26.10.2010
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf.
Johannes Klumpp, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation.
September 2010
I finished my music documentary „Musik ohne Heimat. Die Deutsche Symphonie von Hanns Eisler“ (60 min). Commissioned by WDR Cologne. Expected Broadcasting in January 2011
August 2010
I will start teaching regulary at the University of the Arts in Bern/ Swizzerland at the faculty of music and media art. Lecturer in audio-visual composition.
July 2010
Video-Director of the Opera „Falstaff“ (Verdi) at Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern. With Bernd Weikl. Conducted by Uwe Sandner.
Commissioned by Monarda Arts. Release on DVD in 2010
June 2010
Video-Director and Live Concertrecording at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition - Helden brauchen Hymnen". Visuals by moxie networx.
22.06.2010
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Dimitri Vargin, Bass – Charlotte Woronkow, Violine -
Johannes Klumpp, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation.
May 2010
Video-Director of „Eine Deutsche Symphonie“ by Hanns Eisler at MusikTriennale Cologne.
January 2010
Video-Director and Live Concertrecording at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition – sweet dreams". Visuals by Sigi Bacher.
22.06.2010
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Jaclyn Bermudez, Sopran - Judita Nagyová, Mezzosopran.
Patrick Lange, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation.
September 2009
Exhibition „Corps sonore. Archtitecture et son“ Lausanne/ Switzerland
Installation Double scanning together with Christina Kubisch
Opening 24.09.2009
Archizoom EPFL-ENAC Lausanne, 25.09.-28.11.2009
archizoom.epfl.ch
September 2009
Video-Director and Live Concertrecording at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition - "Klangwelten". Visuals by Sigi Bacher.
12.09.2009
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Lydia Kavina, theremin - Jantronix Schulte, DJ,
Simon Gaudenz, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation.
September 2009
my audiovisual electroacoustic work "GRAS" is shown at Beethovenfestival Bonn,
selected by the competition „Look at Beethoven“, 03.09.2009 Opening in Auditorium of Kunstmuseum Bonn.
While the festival (04.09. – 03.10.2009) it is shown in the Rotunde of Kunstmuseum Bonn.
www.beethovenfest.de/festival-programm/look-at-beethoven/
June 2009
Invitation to Matrix09 Academy. Perspectives of live-electronic in contemporary music.
15.09.-21.09.2009.
SWR Experimentalstudio Freiburg.
June 2009
Video-Director, Live Concertrecording and Videos at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition - "sex and crime".
09.06.2009.
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Rolf A. Scheider, bassbaritone -
Kevin John Edusei, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation.
May 2009 / Installation
Galerie t-u-b-e Munich 21-23.05.2009
Installation Double scanning together with Christina Kubisch
Opening 21.05.2009 in Einstein Kulturzentrum Munich
www.t-u-b-e.de
February 2009
Video-Director, Live Concertrecording and Videos at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition - into the ghetto".
10.02.2009
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Lancelot Fuhry, conductor - Luis Baltes and Danny Fresh, Rapper - Michael Becker, moderation
October 2008- January 2009 / Exhibition
my audiovisual electroacoustic work "GRAS" is shown in the Exhibition "eMotion"
Opening 21.10.2008 at the Galerie G. A. S. – Station, Berlin
Exhibition 22.10.2008 - 13.01.2009
http://www.2gas-station.net
November 2008
Video-Director and Live Concertrecording at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker for the Concert "3-2-1 Ignition - ganz weit weg /“far far away". Visuals by Bilderwilderer.
18.11.2009.
Commissioned by Tonhalle Düsseldorf. With Georg Sarkisjan, solo violine - Christoph Altstaedt, conductor - Michael Becker, moderation
http://www.tonhalle.de/programm/ignition_weitweg
October 2008
Concertrecording of Berliner Philharmoniker at Philharmonie Berlin with Mozart Symphonie g minor, piano concerto Jeune homme with Maria Jos Perez (pilot-project for internet screening) commissioned by Berlin Phil Media.
September 2008
Concertrecording of Berliner Philharmoniker at Philharmonie Berlin with Bruckners
Symphonie No. 9 (pilot-project for internet screening) commissioned by Berlin Phil Media.
02. June 2008, 20:00
Presentation of my audiovisual composition „ROT“ in Bourges, France at the International Competition in Electroacoustic Music (Concours Internationaux de Musique et d¹Art Sonore Electroacoustiques Bourges, France. www.imeb.net)
24. May 2008, 20:00
Concert Premiere of my new audiovisual piece „SCHWARZ“ - composition for volcano sand,
Violin, Viola and Cello at Edith-Ruß-Haus for Media Art Oldenburg in Co-Operation with
Oh-Ton Ensemble and TU Studio Berlin, supported by Klangpol / Kulturstiftung des Bundes
March/ April 2008
Construction af a special sound-image-instrument for the composition "Schwarz",
that will be premiered in May 2008.
Summersemester 2008
Teachment assignment at Hochschule der Künste Saar, Germany
Summersemester 2008
Teachment assignment at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
February 2008
Presentation of my work „FRONTIERA“ in New York eXperimental Video Series (XMV),
curated by Robert Voisey and Thea Farhadian
July-Dec 2007
Grant from Edith-Ruß-Haus Oldenburg for the composition of an audiovisual stringquartet.
Concert in May 2008
Wintersemester 2007/ 08
teaching assignment at Hochschule der Künste Saar, Germany
06 Oktober 2007
„Monumente der Klassik“ Release Presentation in Berlin („Kent Nagano conducts classical Masterpieces“). Finally Release on DVD of the complete concert series and the documentary series.
07 September 2007
Video-Director of the Concert „60 Jahre Deutsches-Symphonie-Orchester“ conducted and moderated by Ingo Metzmacher at Sendesaal Berlin, Concertrecording broadcasted at 09.09.07 RBB
June 2007
Award for my electroacoustic audiovisual composition „ROT“ (Red) in Bourges, France at the International Competition in Electroacoustic Music (34. Concours Internationaux de Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques Bourges, France. www.imeb.net)
June-August 2007
Video-Director for the Realization of a Film from the Opera „Alice in Wonderland“ by Unsuk Chin, worldpremière in Munich (the opening of the Opernfestspiele at Staatsoper München, mise en scène by Achim Freyer, conducted by Kent Nagano). Release on DVD in 2008
10. June 2007
Banff Festival Canada (Kent Nagano conducts classical Masterpieces)
22 May–03 June 2007
Partizipation in „Operare 2007. Workshop and competition for the realization of new musictheatre“ by Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin
30 May 2007
Special Price Filmfestival Houston/ Texas/ USA
for the Series Kent Nagano conducts Classical Masterpieces
09 May 2007
Invitation to the Luzern Festival, Switzerland
Nominated as Director for „Prix Rose d’Or“
for the concertrecording of „eine Alpensinfonie“ by Richard Strauss
(Title of the program: „Kent Nagano conducts classical Masterpieces“ January 2006, Philharmonie Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Release on DVD in October 2007)
07 May 2007
Invitation to Input-Festival in Lugano, Switzerland as director of the concertrecordings
„Kent Nagano conducts classical masterpieces“ which are part of the documentary-series with the same title
Jan 2007
New York Festival, Nomination for the whole documentary series „Kent Nagano conducts classical Masterpieces“ (Finalist award winner)
21. Dec 2007
Presentation of my electroacoustic audiovisual compositions in the „Maison de l’Architecture“, supported by Cité européenne aux Récollets Paris in Collaboration with the City of Paris and French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
October- December 2006
Stay in Paris with an Artist in Residence scholarship of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Résidences International aux Récollets), where I created two new electroacoustic audiovisual works: ROT and GRAS
October 2006
Venice Hot Bird Festival, „Honorary Mention“ for the program „Kent Nagano conducts classical Masterpieces“
July 2006
Director of the concertrecording and live-screening of the concert of Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher while the world cup 2006 in Berlin/ at Brandenburger Tor.
Sept 2005- May 2006
Director of the concertrecordings of six outstanding classical Symphonies with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, conducted by Kent Nagano in the Philharmonie Berlin. Broadcasted in parts within the accompanying documentary series with the same title („Kent Nagano conducts classical Masterpieces“) at DWTV (6 programmes à 30 min) in Summer 2006. Release of concertrecordings in full length on DVD in June 2007, together with six accompanying documentaries (à 50 min. directed by Oliver Becker), that contain the concertrecordings in parts, animations and interviews with Kent Nagano and the musicians of the Orchestra (Arthaus).
June 2005
Presentation of the electroacoustic audiovisual composition DESERT
(1 channel screen/ 6 channel sound) at ZKM Karlsruhe at the festival Next generation