SUAL Archives | 2014

Peter Ablinger: Weiss/Weisslich 31e — concert installation with eight glass tubes

Duration:       3‘06“ (excpt)
Featuring:     Lukas Schiske, percussion
Type:               Recorded live at SUAL 2014
Credits:          Audio recording by JF, editing by BG

Weiss/Weisslich 31e

Concert Installation with 8 Glass Tubes.

Peter Ablinger

Peter Ablinger was born in Schwanenstadt, Austria in 1959. He first studied graphic arts and became enthused by free jazz. He completed his studies in composition with Gösta Neuwirth and Roman Haubenstock-Ramati in Graz and Vienna. Since 1982 he has lived in Berlin, where he has initiated and conducted numerous festivals and concerts. In 1988 he founded the Ensemble Zwischentöne. In 1993 he was a visiting professor at the University of Music, Graz. He has been guest conductor of ‘Klangforum Wien’, ‘United Berlin’ and the ‘Insel Musik Ensemble’. Since 1990 Peter Ablinger has worked as a freelance musician. Since 2013 research professor at the University Huddersfield.

http://ablinger.mur.at

Lukas Schiske

Born in Vienna in 1962, Lukas Schiske trained as a percussionist at the University of Music in Vienna, later specialising in new music. He has been a founding member of Klangforum Wien since 1985. He has worked with a variety of ensembles and orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the RSO-Sinfonieorchester, the Wiener Symphoniker and the Wiener Staatsopernorchester, as well as various chamber music formations. He has also worked in wider areas such as Jazz, Rock and Theatre and participated as a soloist in prestigious music festivals at home and abroad. He has participated in numerous television, radio and CD performances.

http://www.klangforum.at/ensemble-detail/schiske.html

[info as of 11/2014]