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Biographical Data
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Date of Birth:
21.11.1948 in Villach
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Nationality
Austria
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Biography:
He is a composer as well as a performer in his own music projects and project-related collaborations with other specialists (music, video, theatre, visual arts). Raditschnig's areas of work include: mainly experimental array of instruments, electronics, orchestral sound installation, sculptural music, scenic performances and conceptualised spaces. He has made appearances and given performances at: Aspekte Festival Salzburg, Tage für Neue Musik Bozen, die lange Nacht der Neuen Klänge Wien, Neues Musikform Viktring, Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf, Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon, Kunstverein Wien, Kunstverein Klagenfurt, Brucknerhaus Linz, among others.
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Activities:
- 1971 - 1974 Schallmomente: artistic director of the ensemble (composing in collective, improvisation and sound actionism); concerts and workshops in Austria, Germany and France
- 1973 Pädagogischen Aktionsgruppe PAG, Klagenfurt: member; seminars in Klagenfurt and at Bildungszentrum Mauterndorf
- 1974 Salzburger Kunstproduzenten, Salzburg: co-initiator
- 1975 - 1981 Guttenberg: initiator and group member (musical political actionism)
- 1975 - 1982 University Mozarteum Salzburg, Salzburg: realisation of over 20 compositions of electronic music at the electronic studio
- 1983 - 1990 Tauto: Duo with Gerhard Laber (conceptional improvisations and compositions), appearances at Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf, Rive de Giere, Mexico City, among others
- since 1988 compositional work, mainly performed by himself, and the compilation of project-related specialist ensembles for music, theatre, visual arts and media art
- 1990 - 1994 ARGE Kultur Salzburg, ARGE Kulturgelände Nonntal: initiator and trustee at the meeting 'Die Macht der Klänge'
- since 2002 Toihaus - Theatre-at the Mirabellplatz, Salzburg: initiator and trustee at the "Schallortung" festival
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Education, Instrument(s) |
Education:
- 1972 - 1976 International Summer School for Contemporary Music Darmstadt, Darmstadt: participation in composition and analysis courses, as well as courses on contemporary music in Köln
- University Mozarteum Salzburg, Salzburg: guitar (Barna Kováts)
- University Mozarteum Salzburg, Salzburg: double bass (H. Bürgschwendtner)
- University Mozarteum Salzburg, Salzburg: live-electronic composition at the Institute for Fundamental Research on Music and Electronic Music (Andor Losonczy) (Andor Losonczy)
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Intrument(s):
guitar
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Description of Style |
Since the influences of my early years come from the area of experimentation, today I still ask myself: What should be heard? How should it sound? What effect should be communicated to the audience? Simply stated, two possibilities arise: 1) that which I call theoretical music and concertante installations, in which the exactly defined starting material forms the basis for musical processes. 2) applied music, mostly consisting of composition assignments, for which I make similar considerations with a given predetermined array of instruments, though I do not stick to this too strictly. In many of these pieces I apply the technique of bound improvisation. I do not consider musicians to be performance machines or only people who simply implement the written material, but I expect them to grasp my basic ideas for a given period of time and be able to pass them on.
Werner Raditschnig
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Press Reviews |
20020000:
Monochromal sound textures of vastly unfolding attraction resulting from their detail-sprinkled density.
SKUG (Alfred Pranzl)
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19981103:
Werner Raditschnig's piece "KA oder die Stellvertretung des Fleisches" draws its tonal resources from two polychords. This "raw material" is electronically mutated and relies on the layering of chords and melody formation units added by two cellists, one trombonist and two female singers. For a good 25 minutes one is drawn into an unfamiliar world of sound which at first seems static and blocky. It however incites attentive listening which is then rewarded with an abundance of subtle colours and interesting structures. The piece is convincing as a result of ist dense, directly communicative form.
Salzburger Nachrichten
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19980528:
He consistently moves away from the concert hall towards new spaces, to "sound art", amalgamating the visual with music, and the listener is also left to his or her independence.
Kronenzeitung
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Compositions
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- ...et in terra pax
2008, Instrumentation: electronic - Phosphonotop | Park der Frauen - Akustisch-visuelle Raumkomposition
2006 - Gradation - für Posaune und 8 Kanal Elektronik
2005, Instrumentation: solo, electronic - Weißer Schnee bedeckt des Lebens Röte - choreographisches Konzert mit Sonetten von W. Shakespeare
2004 - Eating by Glockenspiel - Klangaktion und Videoinstallation mit Sina Moser
2003 - Tod in Venedig - Aktionen für Klavier mit Zuspielband
2002, Instrumentation: instrumental, electronic - 19 Days - Multiple Summer - 8 Kanons und Episoden
2000, Instrumentation: instrumental, vocal - Klangplatz
2000, Instrumentation: instrumental, electronic - Elettrico - sechs Einarbeitungen nach Vorlagen von Gerhard Brandl
1999, Instrumentation: instrumental - Zonen
1999 - 10182338 kein Anschluß unter dieser Nummer - szenisches Konzert
1998, Instrumentation: instrumental - Feldflächen - für 2 Elektro-Polychorde und Elektronik, in Zusammenarbeit mit der bildenden Künstlerin Petra Moiser
1997 - Die Mauern von Jericho - szenisches Oratorium mit Klangskulpturen von Gunter Demnig
1996, 52:00 min
Instrumentation: instrumental, solo-voice - Offenes Feld
1996, 01:05:00 hour
Instrumentation: instrumental, quintet, electronic - Topos
1996, 11:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio - Die andere Seite der Stille
1995, 05:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quartet - Identitäten
1995, 45:00 min
Instrumentation: solo, electronics live - Merlin
1995, 01:30:00 hour
Instrumentation: chamber-music, solo-voice, electronics live, - Montage - Demontage
1995, 01:10:00 hour
Instrumentation: instrumental - Ankunftsmusik
1994, 06:00 min
Instrumentation: brass-music - Fragment eines Segens
1994, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio - Gesang der Narren - Acht Lieder
1994, 18:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quartet, solo-voice - Moos & Schall
1994, 30:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, electronic - Nebel und Blatt
1994, 08:00 min
Instrumentation: trio, solo-voice - Parkmusik
1994, 15:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio - Almrausch
1993, 08:00 min
Instrumentation: trio, solo-voice, - autoerotico stomp
1993, 44:00 min
Instrumentation: instrumental - Blechlied
1993, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, brass-music, trio - Der Sammler
1993, Instrumentation: trio, electronic - Klaps
1993, 03:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio - Nichts kommt von selbst ...
1993, 50:00 min
Instrumentation: , - Seschelt
1993, 25:00 min
Instrumentation: , - Das Sommerhaus
1992, 05:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quintet - Der Eisenhammer - Klangperformance für und mit einer Metallbau-Produktionshalle
1992, 58:00 min
Instrumentation: instrumental, solo-voice, - Karst
1992, 48:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quartet, terzett, - Plastikkinder
1992, 25:00 min
Instrumentation: instrumental, electronic - Der Schädel
1991, 01:04:00 hour
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quartet, solo-voice, electronic - living guitars
1991, 35:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quartet, electronic - A Skip in Areas
1990, Instrumentation: solo, electronic - Eisklang
1990, 50:00 min
Instrumentation: instrumental, electronic - Lament
1990, 06:00 min
Instrumentation: solo, - Violindrama
1990, 06:00 min
Instrumentation: solo, - Farbenwechseltausch
1989, 35:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio, - Realtime
1989, 45:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, - Drei Micropieces
1988, Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio - Klaviertrio
1988, 14:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio - Notturno
1988, 08:00 min
Instrumentation: solo, solo-voice - Passagen - neues Musiktheater nach Texten von Erich Fried und Peter Waterhouse
1988 - 1989, 55:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio, solo-voice, - Chansongs-Shop-sue
1986, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: solo, solo-voice - Drei Hörbilder
1986, 05:00 min
Instrumentation: solo, solo-voice - Franz
1986, 06:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Gottlieder
1986, 08:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Klavier
1986, 10:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Vielleicht morgen
1986, 10:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, trio, solo-voice - März
1985, 01:05:00 hour
Instrumentation: chamber-music, solo-voice - Liebeslied
1984, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Yeah Guitar
1984, 02:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Bewegungen oder Der glitschige Weg der Begierde
1983, 05:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Beziehungen oder Der Biß in die Unterlippe
1983, 05:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Ich möchte damit natürlich nicht behaupten
1983, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Die Alm ist hin
1982, 06:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Zyklus 1
1982, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Früh- bis Spätstücke
1981, 06:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Suite über E
1981, 14:00 min
Instrumentation: , - Und die Technik schafft es doch!
1980, 42:00 min
- Glissandra - Etüde Nr. 4
1979, 02:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Kranichsteiner Gesänge
1979, 06:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Was tun?
1979, 08:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Etüde Nr. 1
1978, 03:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Etüde Nr. 2
1978, 02:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Etüde Nr. 3
1978, 03:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Hitler
1978, 18:00 min
Instrumentation: , - Drei Lieder
1977, 06:00 min
Instrumentation: duo, solo-voice - Ablöse
1976, 08:00 min
Instrumentation: , - Guitar meets Generator
1976, 03:00 min
Instrumentation: , - Play Part II
1976, 18:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quartet - Gitarrestück V
1975, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: , - Play Part I
1975, 14:00 min
Instrumentation: solo, - Verzeihen Sie, aber die Musik ...
1975, 45:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quartet, solo-voice - Flucht vor Algol
1974, approx. 09:00 min
Instrumentation: , - Solo
1974 - Atemnot am Flußufer
1973, 11:00 min
Instrumentation: solo-voice - Gitarrestück IV
1973, 08:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Solo für Lift und bewegliche Klänge
1973, 10:00 min
Instrumentation: brass-music, solo - Anaxamatis 3
1972, 05:00 min
Instrumentation: chamber-music, quartet - Diamonolog
1972, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: duet - Hörproben - für gehörprobenden Gitarristen
1972, 03:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Anaxamatis 1
1971, 04:00 min
- Gitarrestück II
1971, 04:00 min
Instrumentation: solo - Gitarrestück I
1970, 03:00 min
Instrumentation: solo
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