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Metakatharsis for the Phoenix Ensemble

Commissioned by the Ensemble Phoenix in Basel.

Premiere at the Imprimerie in Basel in june 2011.

Instrumentation: clarinet, flute, trumpet, double bass, piano, percussions and electronics.

Audio excerpt 1

Audio excerpt 2

Live recording by Alex Buess, copyright DRS2 radio.

Upcoming compositions and creations 2012-2013

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Desintegration for microtonal tuba, violin, percussions, electronics and octophonic diffusion. Premiere at Archipel Festival, Geneva in March 2012.

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L'Appeau, multimedia opera with Stephane Montavon. Creation in 2013.

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Bolidage, site specific composition for church organ & tuned cars. Collaborative work with Stéphane Montavon. Premiere at Belluard Festival 2012.

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New piece for accordeon solo, commissioned by Jonas Kocher in 2012.

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New piece for octabass solo, commissioned by Kasper T. Toeplitz in 2012.

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Furia new piece for Ensemble Werktag, 2012.

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Rising Horses new work with choreographer Louise Vanneste 2013

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Chute for microtonal tuba, violin and percussions

Commissioned by the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin.

Premiere at Dock 11 in Berlin on the 2nd of november 2011.

video excerpt of the premiere HERE

Schichten for the oh ton-Ensemble

Instrumentation: Violin, Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Piano & Accordeon.

Premiere at Exerzierhalle, Oldenburg (recorded by Deutschland Radio) and Sendesaal Bremen respectively on the 29th and 30th of november 2011.

DUST for 3 violins and electronics

DUST premiered at Berghain in Berlin on the 25th of february 2010 and furthermore performed at the Dampfzentrale in Bern along Post-prae-ludium per Donau by Luigi Nono.

AUDIO: HERE

Released on CD by Cave12/Metamkine

Espèce d´Espace

A site-specific piece of electronic music for 12 speakers.

Collaborative work with Jérôme Noetinger and Valerio Tricoli.

Creation on the 28th of june 2011 at Belluard Festival.

Errances for tenor saxophone and backtape

Premiered in Roma, Swiss Institute in may 2011.

Audio HERE

DUST 2.0 Sound installation

Presented at Kunstraum Aarau from february to march 2011

Nothing for tenor saxophone and backtape

Premiered at the Sophiensaele in Berlin during the Sololala festival along works by Alvin Lucier in december 2009.

Audio HERE

Resonant Water for tuba, bass clarinet, double bass and tenor saxophone.

Premiered at the St-Johannes Kirche in Berlin in ausgust 2008.

audio excerpts:

PART I

PART II<<<<<<

Performances for tenor saxophone, electronics, amps & pa system (2006-ongoing)

live in san francisco (2010)

live in berlin (2007)

other projects
monno (1999-ongoing)

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flow (2002-2003)

multimedia project directed by ulrike gabriel

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loudspeaker (2010-ongoing)

with zbigniew karkowski and ilios

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