ENDANGERED SPECIES

My solo performances are the musics that I was born with - my beginings in the early '70s. Today this form is one of my favorite ways of making music because it demands the the whole truth and nothing but! The ENDANGERED SPECIES project is the title I now give to such concert performances, where I feature a spontaneous mix of piano, (Diskklavier where available) keyboard sampler, processors, voice, horns and other small instruments. These are always 45-90 minute unpredictable "exercises" in rigor and anarchy, where the extreme minimal and maximalisms meet; where the music is always on a wacky rollercoaster ride inside a temple.

THE TOTO PORTRAITS

Developed in the ‘90s and currently an important focus. I perform spontaneous sound-portraits based on the archives of festivals, places, and people, notably: The Donaueschingen Festival, The Knitting Factory, The Angelica Festival , John Cage, the city of Wiesbaden, and in '05 a double portrait with Luc Ferrari. These are performed with an 88 key midi controller using extensive samples of every aspect of the subject at hand, and Max MSP processing- average duration about 45 minutes.

SHOFAR

...since its first performance in 1990 at the WDR remains a work in progress which can be presented in solo and ensemble versions. It features one of the most archaic music instruments – the ram’s horn- which is plugged into a computer running Max MSP which takes the few humble tones of this primitive instrument and turns them into sonic fire works. program notes

INNER CITIES

...while originally a solo performance of a few piano compostions of some of the prime essences of my music, has now become an almost theatrical 6 hour presentation of the whole book of 12 pieces. Now performed around the world by the extraordinary Belgian pianist Daan Vandewalle. program notes