Lars Mlekusch / Duo Saxophonic
 from Austria The DUO SAXOPHONIC is a duo including two of the youngest instrumentalists in music history and formed by Lars Mlekusch (Saxophones) and Florian Bogner (Electronics). It is performing a wide range of different pieces and styles within contemporary classical music and also improvisation. The repertoire includes works from the beginning of live-electronics (e.g. by Karlheinz Stockhausen or Terry Riley) as well as works by living composers dedicated to SAXOPHONIC. Amongst them Alex Buess (Switzerland), Karlheinz Essl (Austria), Germnán Toro-Pérez (Colombia/Austria), Junghae Lee (Korea/Switzerland), Jorge-Sánchez Chiong (Venezuela), André Meier (Switzerland), Periklis Liakakis (Greece/Austria). SAXOPHONIC has played concerts and has given masterclasses in Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Slovenia, Thailand and in the USA (Illinois, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Michigan), including radio broadcasts, and continues its work together with composers and through improvisation to explore new musical paths and increase the repertoire for this highly interesting chamber music combination. |
Signos oscilantes (verworren und schwankend) for saxophone and loudspeaker array - Germàn Toro-PèrezThe subtitle of the piece is a fragment from Martin Heidegger's until recently unpublished writing Zum Wesen der Sprache. His reflections on the nature of language are inspiring when asking about the nature of music today, this confusing and oscillating language that is perhaps more likely suited to open spaces of experience than to say something. The peculiar loudspeaker array defines a performance space that allows for certain relations between space, sound and body movement and certain modalities of interaction between instrumental sound and electronic transformation. Their exploration with regard to the possible emergence of the magical is the only intention of the piece.
The Inner Voice of the Saxophone, an improvisation - Lars Mlekusch and Florian BognerIn this improvisation we focus on the potential of natural feedbacks that occur as a result of the tension between the inner space of the saxophone and the surrounding space of the concert venue. |
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