c.v.

2007 visiting professor at the california institute of the arts, teaching composition and experimental sound practices

1995 graduation as composer (mfa) at the music college of cologne

1988-95 studies at the music college of cologne. beginning with music theory, from 1989 on composition with johannes fritsch and piano with erwin kuckertz

1984-88 studies at the university of education, weingarten: music, history, physics. graduation with 1. staatsexamen in 1988. (middle-school teacher)

1983-84 studies at the university of tübingen: egyptology, ancient oriental studies, religious studies

living in cologne as freelance composer, performer and soundartist
honours & awards

2008 award of distinction for the benchmark consort at ars electronica, linz
artist in residence at atelier azur, norway

2006 artist in residence at hotel pupik, schrattenberg/austria
artist in residence at the q-o2 werkhuis, brussels

2004 artist in residence by kulturfonds foundation (berlin) at künstlerhaus schloß wiepersdorf (feb.-apr.)

2003 residency and exhibition in tokyo on invitation by "puddles" - japanese / european artist-exchange-program (sept.)

2002 artist in residence at villa aurora in los angeles/california on a grant by the german foreign secretary (mar. - june)

2000 residency at the international artists symposion lindabrunn/austria (aug.)

1998 bernd-alois-zimmermann prize by the city of cologne

1993 residency at the foundation "kammeroper schloss rheinsberg" for the collaborative composition project "rheinsberg - ein bilderbuch fuer verliebte" after a text by kurt tucholsky. (director: siegfried matthus)

1992 residency by the jeunesses musicales for a work on music/architecture/theater in provins/france. (artistic director: paul mefano)
activities

together with bettina wenzel he runs the duo &2 an ongoing series of experiments in dance/voice/music/video

member of the cologne society for contemporary music (kgnm e.v.) (boardmember from 1996 - 2002)

member of the board of the ensemble krahnenbaum company koeln

together with anke eberwein and bernhard koenig foundation of the buero fuer konzertpaedagogik (bureau for concert-pedagogical activities)

organisation of concerts, performances and intermedia-events
giving workshops and trainings for teachers and pupils of every age for contemporary / experimental music and improvisation
he has collaborated with artists like
tomomi adachi, sam ashley, peter behrendsen, jens brand, michael duch, annegret heinl, lasse morhaug, ortrud kegel, thomas lehn, manuel mota, harald muenz, tisha mukarji, joker nies, josef novotny, joscha oetz, marian palla, ben patterson, zdenek plachy, allan purvess, ernesto rodriguez, jan steklík, david subik, chao-ming tung, michael vorfeld, andreas wagner, bettina wenzel, joachim zoepf.
his works have been performed by (a.o.)
trio e-vent, (duo)2 archeopteryx, alter ego ensemble, apartment house, black jackets company, krahnenbaum company koeln, mengano quartett, mutare musiktheater ensemble, beth griffith, lucia mense, seth josel, holger peters.
recordings were made / played by
deutschlandfunk, wdr, radio de la universita cattolica de santiago de chile, kxlu (los angeles), kpfa (berkely).
concerts / performances
a.o. at sklenena louka, brno (cz); rhiz, vienna, experimental intermedia & tonic, new york; mex, dortmund; de overslag, eindhoven; metronom, barcelona; at the festivals audio art, krakow (pl); next wave, prag; festival der ungewoehnlichen musik & kryptonale, berlin; identa 99 & experimentelle musik 99 muenchen; castle of imagination, gdansk (pl), festival of not so good music, nove zamky (sk); spritzenhaus hamburg; instants chavirés, paris; cal-arts, los angeles; koeln...

(sound) installations
a.o. at deutzer bruecke, koeln; moltkerei werkstatt, koeln; galerie rachel haferkamp, koeln; kunstverein baden/wien; studio five beekman, new york; symposion lindabrunn (at); galeria jána koniarka, trnava (sk); maerzmusik, berlin; ccnoa, brussels, niederoesterreichisches kunstzentrum, st. poelten (at)...

publications

on cd / dvd

2007 - "bandoneonbook"
included in the annual dvd of “Computer Music Journal Volume 31:4 "Far and Wide"

- "orfeus@home" on "orpheus 400" a cd published by degem (german society for electroacoustic music" (degem cd 9, CYBELE 960.209)

2006 - "bridgeintenminutespdf"
contribution to the cd crosscut edition, 20 years "edition zeitgenössische musik" des deutschen musikrats at wergo/schott

- "computers & sponges" on "t-u-b-e gebeugt 2005" DVD at wergo/schott

2005 - "nostalgia" ernesto rodriguez (viola), hans w. koch (electronics) ctrl-alt-canc #25

print

2007 - "computers as musical instruments? from computermusic I to bandoneonbook": leonardo-music-journal 17

2005 - remembering the composer leni alexander (1924-2005): musiktexte 107

- märchen von der musik als abwesenheit von klang (fairytale about music made from the absence of sound): kunstmusik 5

2004 - die koelner prometeo-akademie (the prometeo academy in cologne): programbook-text for the triennale-festival, cologne

2003 - response 2003 „musik und macht“ (music and political power) programbook-text for the cologne philharmonic hall

2002 - arbeit / schönheit (labor) (labour / beauty (laboratorium)): programbook-text for the festival "maerzmusik"

- anke eberwein /hans w. koch / bernhard koenig:
"komponistinnen und komponisten als konzertpädagogen" (s. 209-214) and
"fünf thesen zur konzertpädagogik" (s. 255 - 266): stiller, barbara/wimmer constanze/schneider, ernst klaus (hrsg.): spielräume musikvermittlung, regensburg 2002

1999 - g. scelsi "pranam II" for 9 instruments: musiktexte 81/82

- zwischen lustgewinn und lerneffekt (between lust and learning) bernhard koenig/hans w.koch: positionen 39, 1999

1993 - notation and emotion (on the composition techniques in jani christous anaparastasis I): im dunkeln singen, papers of the jani christou-symposium, hamburg 1993 (ed. wolke, hofheim 93)
on air

2007 - "selbsthoerbild mit computerleichnam", an hour long radiophonic autoportrait, commissioned by hr2 kultur, frankfurt

- "my europe - landscape with europa" commission by "wdr 3 studio akustische kunst", cologne for the day of the european broadcast union 2007

- "voyohr" (stereo-version) broadcasted by wdr 3, cologne

- studioguest @ kxlu, los angeles in bonnie barnetts "trilogy" series

2005 - "computermusic I "exploded view" in a feature by hubert steins about the sound-aesthetic of circuit bending
containing interviews with joker nies and hans w. koch, works by j. nies, r. ghazala, dna-bent, derek sjabel, october71, hans w. koch, realtime research
deutschland radio kultur / redaktion neue musik

- "alte liebe" wdr3 konzert: ...musica su due dimensioni...
recordings from two concerts of the ensemble alter ego, rome at the italian cultural institute, cologne / nov 2004
works by: bruno maderna, hans w. koch, andrea agostini, chao-ming tung, fausto romitelli, riccardo vaglini, emanuele casale, harald muenz, nicola sani, salvatore sciarrino, valerio sannicandro

2004 - music for the radioplay "1-800-701-BOMB - the second life of theodore j. kaczynski" by hermann-christoph mueller
wdr3open

2003 - "spongeworks" & "auszeiten" in: "ein topfkratzer ist ein topfkratzer..." (a scourer is a scourer...)
feature by rilo chmielortz about the scourer as a musical instrument. works by and interviews with: rilo chmielortz, hans w. koch, thomas witzmann
deutschland radio kultur / redaktion neue musik

- "electronic four" - concert recording of peter behrendsen, erhard hirt, hans w.koch & joker nies at the nozart-festival, cologne
wdr3open

2002 - "introduction to the radio as a musical instrument" radio-feature about the composer john cage for children
wdr3 papageno

recordings of his works were played as well by deutschlandfunk, radio de la universita cattolica de santiago de chile, kxlu (los angeles), kpfa (berkely), czech tv2 (and probably some others too)
teaching

university level

2007 - (springterm) visiting composer at the california institute of the arts, valencia: composition lessons and independent studies in one-on-one sessions, experimental music workshop (praxis oriented module), sound / silence 2 (module about experimental live-electronic music)

2003/4 - (winterterm) music college of cologne: course about the realisation of scores of experimental music (lucier, spahlinger, shim et alii) and the preparation of a concert for an audience of schoolchildren.

2001/2 - (winterterm) music college of cologne: course about the realisation of graphical scores (brown logothetis...) in the context of a response-project.

workshop level

as co-founder and member of buero fuer konzertpaedagogik (bureau for paedagogical activities related to concerts of contemporay music - www.konzertpaedagogik.de) since 1997 numerous workshops for students, teachers and other persons of all ages about various subjects of contemporary/experimental music. recent activities include:

2005 - workshop for highschool-teachers about minimal music and moondog
(comissioned by ensemble musikfabrik nrw)

2004 - preparation and realisation of an interdiscipliary students academy around a performance of l. nono´s prometeo. 5 high-school-classes involved.
(commisioned by musik triennale koeln/philharmony)

- 10 days performance-workshop together with bettina wenzel for music- students at the festival "vielsaitig" in fuessen. at the end a guided soundwalk through the landscape with performances at different spots was presented to the public.

2003 - preparation and realisation of a concert-installation project about music and political power. realisation took place in the former gestapo-headquartes of cologne, now a memorial place. 4 high-school-classes involved.
(commisioned by cologne philharmony)

2002 - sequence of workshops for highschool teachers about music and theatre in several citys of the province of north-rhine-westfalia
(commisioned by kultursekretariat nrw / festival traumzeit)

2001 - 1-week practical workshop for high-school students about basics of electroacoustic music, the use of computers in music (max/msp) and performance aspects. at the end the studentspresnted a performance created during the workshop
(commisioned by jeunesses musicales, weikersheim)

other commissions for workshops include the donaueschinger musiktage (1998), atlantic academy of the province of rheinland-pfalz (2000), festival vielsaitig, fuessen (2004).


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