News
March 2 2010
Achim Bornhoeft
From March 21st until April 4th 2010 Achim Bornhoeft will be on concert tour in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, in the scope of the Festival "Cracking Bamboo") and Indonesia (Bandung).
From March 21st until April 4th 2010 Achim Bornhoeft will be on concert tour in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, in the scope of the Festival "Cracking Bamboo") and Indonesia (Bandung).
February 23 2010
Matthias Ockert
His new work
Exquilibrium (2010) for flute, piano and percussion
will be premiered by Ensemble Intégrales on March 3rd 2010 at Hamburgische Staatsoper.
His new work
Exquilibrium (2010) for flute, piano and percussion
will be premiered by Ensemble Intégrales on March 3rd 2010 at Hamburgische Staatsoper.
At the moment he's working on a piece entitled
laminar flow (2010) for flute, bassclarinet, electric guitar, piano, violin, violoncello and electronics
which will be premiered on May 3rd 2010 at klangspuren plus of Münchner Biennale.
Also his electronic piece purifications (2006) for stereo-tape will be played,
and he will perform Electric Counterpoint by Steve Reich on electric guitar.
The electronics for laminar flow and Electric Counterpoint will be produced at the ZKM|Institut für Musik und Akustik.
February 12 2010
Achim Bornhoeft
New CD in the series "Edition Zeitgenössische Musik" will be released on WERGO Label in Spring 2010.
New CD in the series "Edition Zeitgenössische Musik" will be released on WERGO Label in Spring 2010.
February 2 2010
Achim Bornhoeft
Achim Bornhoeft is working on a new piece for orchestra commissioned by the hr-Sinfonieorchester, Frankfurt which will be premiered in January 2011. He also is asked to write a piece for the 25th anniversary of the Ensemble Aventure, Freiburg in 2011.
Achim Bornhoeft is working on a new piece for orchestra commissioned by the hr-Sinfonieorchester, Frankfurt which will be premiered in January 2011. He also is asked to write a piece for the 25th anniversary of the Ensemble Aventure, Freiburg in 2011.
December 7 2009
Luís Antunes Pena
will be Composer in Residence at the Kunst-Station St. Peter in Cologne during 2010. During the next festival Orgel-Mixturen will be premiered a new piece for Organ played by Dominik Susteck. www.sankt-peter-koeln.de
will be Composer in Residence at the Kunst-Station St. Peter in Cologne during 2010. During the next festival Orgel-Mixturen will be premiered a new piece for Organ played by Dominik Susteck. www.sankt-peter-koeln.de
September 16 2009
Martin Parker
Martin Parker's new work for cinema's "Songs for an airless room" will tour the North of England in February 2010.
Martin Parker's new work for cinema's "Songs for an airless room" will tour the North of England in February 2010.
September 13 2009
Matthias Ockert
is now writing a piece for doublebass, 4 percussion players and electronics, which will be performed by Berlin Philharmonic solo doublebassist Edicson Ruiz and portuguese Drumming-GP in Lisboa, February 2010.
is now writing a piece for doublebass, 4 percussion players and electronics, which will be performed by Berlin Philharmonic solo doublebassist Edicson Ruiz and portuguese Drumming-GP in Lisboa, February 2010.
July 1 2009
Matthias Ockert
received the Wolfgang-Rihm-Stipend by the Hoepfner Foundation Karlsruhe, for which he will write a piece for piano, electric guitar and electronics.
received the Wolfgang-Rihm-Stipend by the Hoepfner Foundation Karlsruhe, for which he will write a piece for piano, electric guitar and electronics.
May 13 2009
Michael Edwards
sumtone's 3rd recording, Michael Edwards' I Kill by Proxy is now available to order direct from the sumtone site
sumtone's 3rd recording, Michael Edwards' I Kill by Proxy is now available to order direct from the sumtone site
February 4 2009
Martin Parker
Martin Parker is writing three new pieces for the East Neuk Festival to premier in July 2009. These are electronic works to be experienced on headphones in three unique places around the East Neuk. For more information visit http://www.eastneukfestival.com/
Martin Parker is writing three new pieces for the East Neuk Festival to premier in July 2009. These are electronic works to be experienced on headphones in three unique places around the East Neuk. For more information visit http://www.eastneukfestival.com/
January 9 2009
Martin Parker
We are pleased to have Martin Parker join us at sumtone. Martin is a composer, performer, and improvisor on french/flugel horn and laptop; Artistic Director of Edinburgh's Dialogues Festival; and one half of concert-remixing duo Snail.
We are pleased to have Martin Parker join us at sumtone. Martin is a composer, performer, and improvisor on french/flugel horn and laptop; Artistic Director of Edinburgh's Dialogues Festival; and one half of concert-remixing duo Snail.
January 1 2009
November 25 2008
November 11 2008
Matthias Ockert
Matthias Ockert joins sumtone. Matthias is a composer and jazz guitar player, who writes for electronics, traditional instruments, jazz and experimental video. As well as being a former composition student of Wolfgang Rihm, he studied jazz guitar in New York with Bill Connors and Attila Zoller.
Matthias Ockert joins sumtone. Matthias is a composer and jazz guitar player, who writes for electronics, traditional instruments, jazz and experimental video. As well as being a former composition student of Wolfgang Rihm, he studied jazz guitar in New York with Bill Connors and Attila Zoller.
November 3 2008
Ludger Bruemmer
After presenting the work "Glasharfe" on the international renowed Festival Inventionen in Berlin it will be presented on the ISCM World Music Days in Vilnius within a sounddome installation especially created for the concert.
After presenting the work "Glasharfe" on the international renowed Festival Inventionen in Berlin it will be presented on the ISCM World Music Days in Vilnius within a sounddome installation especially created for the concert.
October 14 2008
Luís Antunes Pena joins sumtone. Born in Portugal but now living in Germany, Luís composes instrumental and computer music that is deeply influenced by digital sound analysis.
October 13 2008
Martin Parker /
Michael Edwards / Karin Schistek
Free improvisation trio lapslap release their first album on Leo Records
Free improvisation trio lapslap release their first album on Leo Records
October 2 2008
July 14 2008
Michael Edwards
Michael Edwards is at GRIM Marseille recording a new DVD-Audio album of improvisation for release on the sumtone label. Playing on the album will be Michael (saxophones, computer), Karin Schistek (piano, synthesiser), Paul Elwood (banjo), and Jean Marc Montera (guitars). Release date will be November 2008 (watch this space).
Michael Edwards is at GRIM Marseille recording a new DVD-Audio album of improvisation for release on the sumtone label. Playing on the album will be Michael (saxophones, computer), Karin Schistek (piano, synthesiser), Paul Elwood (banjo), and Jean Marc Montera (guitars). Release date will be November 2008 (watch this space).
July 6 2008
July 5 2008
Michael Edwards is performing and giving workshops at this year's
Montreux Jazz Festival with Christophe Fellay and Sarah Nicolls. Michael will be improvising with his custom-designed soft/hardware computer system for live-sampling, processing, and diffusing sound in real-time.
June 8 2008
May 17 2008
Martin Parker /
Michael Edwards
Michael Edwards', Karin Schistek's and Martin Parker's improvisation trio lapslap will be playing a set at the Bongo Club as part of this year's Dialogues Festival.
Michael Edwards', Karin Schistek's and Martin Parker's improvisation trio lapslap will be playing a set at the Bongo Club as part of this year's Dialogues Festival.
February 5 2008
December 9 2007
Achim Bornhoeft
"swamp remains" score available
"swamp remains" score available
November 19 2007
Michael Edwards
A new piece for piano and computer commissioned by Sarah Nicolls will be performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
A new piece for piano and computer commissioned by Sarah Nicolls will be performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
July 21 2007
Michael Edwards
A new piece for for Electric Guitar, Ensemble, and Computer commissioned by the Salzburg ensemble OENM to be premiered at the Bregenz Festival.
A new piece for for Electric Guitar, Ensemble, and Computer commissioned by the Salzburg ensemble OENM to be premiered at the Bregenz Festival.
October 23 2005
Sean Reed joins sumtone. Sean composes instrumental and computer music, as well as interactive works for dance, theatre, visual art, video, and space-sound installations.
April 1 2004
Achim Bornhoeft
new release www.achim-bornhoeft.de
new release www.achim-bornhoeft.de
January 1 2004
sumtone's first CD release "stryngebite" with works by Michael Edwards, Achim Bornhoeft, Karlheinz Essl, Arteom Denissov, and Gerhard E Winkler, and performances by Garth Knox and Frank Stadler.