Sonorities Festival Belfast 2018

Austrian composers Se-Lien Chuang and Andreas Weixler - Atelier Avant Austria

Two works of Austrian composers Se-Lien Chuang and Andreas Weixler have been selected to be performed at Sonorities Festival Belfast 2018 in the prestigious Sonic Lab at SARC. Multichannel electroacoustic compositions gula huset by Se-Lien Chuang and WaterGhosts by Andreas Weixler are created at VICC, Sweden during a composer in residence.

SARC Sonic Lab, Queens University, Belfast
11:00 on Sunday 22 April 2018
http://www.sonorities.org.uk



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Austrian composers Se-Lien Chuang and Andreas Weixler at Sonorities Festival Belfast 2018

Two works of Austrian composers Se-Lien Chuang and Andreas Weixler have been selected to be performed at Sonorities Festival Belfast 2018 in the prestigious Sonic Lab at SARC scheduled for performance at 11:00 on Sunday 22 April.
Both works gula huset - 5 channel electroacoustic composition with contemporary instrumental sounds and vocals by Se-Lien Chuang and WaterGhosts - 5 channel electroacoustic composition by Andreas Weixler are created during a composer in residence at VICC - Visby International Centre for Composers in February 2017 on the beautiful Swedish Island.

The Sonic Lab at SARC has it´s little sister in Linz, Austria: 2015 the Sonic Lab of the Computer Music Studio of the Anton Bruckner Private University was opened a multichannel computer music concert hall initiated by Andreas Weixler & Se-Lien Chuang.

Andreas Weixler
born 1963 in Graz, Austria, is a composer with an emphasis on audiovisual interactivity. He is an associate university professor at Anton Bruckner Private University and director of the Computer Music Studio CMS. As a trained composer for contemporary instrumental and electroacoustic music he is also specializing in intermedia concerts of improvisation and contemporary composition.

Se-Lien Chuang
composer, pianist and media artist, 1965 born in Taiwan, since 1991 residence in Austria. The artistic and compositional emphases range from contemporary instrumental composition/improvisation, computer music to audiovisual interactivity.
International productions, research stays and lectures as well as numerous representations of compositions in Europe, Asia, North- and South America.
Lecturer at Computer Music Studio, Institute of Composition and Conducting at the Anton Bruckner Private University.

Atelier Avant Austria
is the arts collective jointly run by Se-Lien Chuang and Andreas Weixler  with key aspects in development of audiovisual interactive systems and audio/visual realtime/non-realtime processing, computer music and algorithmic composition.

links:

Weixler-Chuang: http://avant.mur.at
Sonorities Belfast: http://www.sonorities.org.uk

Sonic Lab SARC: http://www.qub.ac.uk/sarc/about/facilities/#soniclab
Sonic Lab CMS: http://avant.mur.at/weixler/bpu/CMS/SonicLab/index.html

CD-Edition 30/4
electroacoustic music and sound art from austria
30 Austrian composers on 4 CD´s
http://avant.mur.at/GEM/CD_30_4.html


gula huset (2017)
5 channel electroacoustic composition with contemporary instrumental sounds and vocals

composed 2017 at VICC - Visby Internationale Centre for Composers



All electronic sounds are transformed from the recordings of acoustic instruments and voices. The reminiscence of micro fragments was recalling consistently by the recurrent variations and nuances of the saturations during the episodes. Some strokes can surprisingly pull the listeners out of the state of a trance.

Gula huset is created in the Studio Alpha of VICC during a composer in residence in February 2017. I would like to acknowledge especially and respectively to Jonny Axelsson (Sweden), percussion and Ivo Nilsson (Sweden), trombone, the sounds of them are recorded 2016 at Jonny’s lovely atelier. And others - Jonas Nilsson (Sweden), double bass and author (Taiwan/Austria), vocal, the sounds of them are recorded 2017 in Studio Alpha VICC, Visby, Gotland, Sweden.

World premiere



Se-Lien Chuang
composer, pianist and media artist, 1965 born in Taiwan, since 1991 residence in Austria.
The artistic and compositional emphases range from contemporary instrumental composition/improvisation, computer music to audiovisual interactivity.
International productions, research stays and lectures as well as numerous representations of compositions in Europe, Asia, North- and South America: ICMC, SICMF Seoul, NIME, ISEA, IAMAS Japan, Ars Electronica Linz, among others.
Lecturer at Computer Music Studio, Institute of Composition and Conducting at the Anton Bruckner Private University.
Since 1996 jointly with Andreas Weixler running Atelier Avant Austria, with key aspects in development of audiovisual interactive systems and audio/visual realtime/non-realtime processing, computer music and algorithmic composition.
http://avant.mur.at/chuang


WaterGhosts
Andreas Weixler 2017 VICC
5 channel electroacoustic composition



WaterGhosts was created in the Studio Alpha of VICC in Visby, Sweden during a composer in residence in February 2017. All electronic sounds are based on recordings of acoustic instruments. A multichannel realtime audio processing studio session of voice and double bass gave gestural movements of acoustic as well as generated electronic sounds in a  mutual improvisation. Recordings of the acoustic sounds of low drums and a trombone are then altered by the same max msp live processing of granular synthesis and stochastic spatialisation. The compositions is then completed by a Petzold subcontrabass recorder audio processing in the studio to configure a spatial composition in an organic soundscape.

Jonny Axelsson (S), low drums and Ivo Nilsson (S), trombone,
Matilda Andersson (S), vocal and Jonas Nilsson (S), double bass
Julia Russer (GER), Petzold sub contrabass recorder
Andreas Weixler (A) electronics

World premiere



Andreas Weixler
born 1963 in Graz, Austria, is a composer with an emphasis on audiovisual interactivity. He is teaching as an associate university professor at Anton Bruckner Private University computer music, music and media technology, where he initiated the development of the computer music studios and intermedia multichannel computer music concert hall, Sonic Lab as director of the Computer Music Studio CMS.
He is a lecturer at InterfaceCulture at the University of Arts in Linz and at the University of Music and Performing Arts - in Vienna.
His concepts led to invitations to performances, presentations and lectures in Europe, Asia, North and South America, selections for ICMC 2016 Utrecht,  2014 Athens,  2013 Perth, 2012 Ljubljana, 2011 Huddersfield, 2010 New York, 2008 Belfast, 2007 Copenhagen as well as for several NIME, NYCEMF, SICMF, ISEA among others.
Currently he is specializing in intermedia concerts of improvisation and contemporary composition.
http://avant.mur.at