selected works
Invitație la Operă (2025)
artistic intervention and opera sketch on the Esplanada area, Bucharest
by Octav Avramescu & Noel Schmidlin / Stația SCAI
with selfmade organ out of reinforcing steel (played by the audience), projections, tapes, motors and found objects. Texts by authors who used to live in the neighbourhood before it got demolished by the Ceaușescu regime to build a huge cultural centre, with opera and concert halls.
Musik fürs Jenseits (2024)
(engl.: music for the hereafter)
interactive sound installation in the former funeral parlour of Burgdorf, objects and motors
open form mid August till end of October 2024
supported by the city of Burgdorf
Klangquarantäne (2023)
sound installation, small motors and objects in a box
RECENT POSTS, Stuttgart 09/23
stören (2022/23)
for ensemble and motion detectors that play a loud tape as soon as the audience does not move in a disturbing way.
commissioned and played by Ensemble Proton Bern
(winner of Protonwerk No. 12 "true participation")
Link to programme introduction (in german)
à la minute (2022)
study of various one minute sound collages with found sounds
sparen (2021)
for fl, vla, hrp und three little loudspeakers
commissioned by Ensemble Tramontana
(winner of the TAP/21 composition competition)
played by Tramontana:
flute - Aurora Pajón Fernández
viola - Alejandra Martín Hernández
harp - Mathilde Bernard
recorded, mixed and mastered by Ramon Bischoff
© 2022 Prefermusic
comprimere (2020)
for cl, vl, vla, vc und perc (ratchet + iPad)
commissioned by dèdalo ensemble, Brescia (Italy)
The piece “comprimere” is about compression on different levels. The music of the ensemble gets recorded by the iPad (percussionist) and therefore compressed. During repetitions the ensemble becomes weaker while the digital recorded version becomes more and more present. The energetic movements of the players to produce music get replaced by a simple click or scroll on the screen. Furthermore, the musical material gets time compressed until only short beats and noise remain at the end.
Rad (2020/21)
artistic sonic and visual study with wheels
TEXT-TONIK (2020)
project at the Musikfestival Bern 2020
Text-Tonik deals with the sound of the individual languages of participants of different ages. Concept and project management with Elina Bächlin, collaboration with participants of different generations and the spoken word artists Guy Krneta and Marco Gurtner.
SELF CHECKOUT (2018/19)
for e-guit and smartphone
played by Giuseppe Mennuti
A piece about movements, repetition, the noise and the sounds of everyday electronic devices.
Leck (2017/18)
for vl, hn and keys (pno/MIDI-keyb.)
violin - Noel Schmidlin
horn - Adrian Städeli
keys - Jérémy Lenoir
video by Lara Wedekind
work list
2024
Musik fürs Jenseits
interactive sound installation in the former funeral parlour of Burgdorf, objects and motors
winner of open competition 2024 for artistic project, Burgdorf
THE BIG ENSEMBLE
several pieces and arrangements for big inclusive orchestra and dance / webpage
2023
Klangquarantäne
sound installation, small motors and objects in a box, exhibition at RECENT POSTS, Stuttgart 09/23
stören
for ensemble and motion detectors that play a loud tape as soon as the audience does not move in a disturbing way.
commissioned and played by Ensemble Proton Bern (winner of Protonwerk No. 12 "true participation")
Tbilisi snippets
seven short pieces for piano and MIDI-keyboard
2022
à la minute
study of various one minute sound collages with found sounds
cut songs
three songs for three tenors and male choir
2021
sparen
for fl, vla, hrp und three little loudspeakers, commissioned by Ensemble Tramontana (winner of the TAP/21 composition competition)
Rad (Ia, Ib, II, III)
artistic sonic and visual study with wheels
2020
comprimere
for cl, vl, vla, vc und perc (ratchet + iPad), commissioned by dèdalo ensemble, Brescia (Italy)
TEXT-TONIK
Interdisciplinary project at the Musikfestival Bern 2020
2019
SELF CHECKOUT
for e-guit and smartphone, played by Giuseppe Mennuti
2018
Leck II
for 3 vl, 3 tb and 3 keyplayer (pno/MIDI-keyb.)
2017
Leck
for vl, hn and keys (pno/MIDI-keyb.)
2016
Milieu X
for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, strings, kb solo), played by Bieler Sinfonieorchester
SPRING_UNDERGROUND II
for acc, eb, kb and film
2015
pour_suivre
for violin and accordeon
SCHWIRIG
for violin solo
Linien und Arabesken
for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tp,2 tb, string trio solo + strings), commissioned by the youth orchestra Arabesque, Thun
Drei Spiegel
for oboe and horn
Im Namen...
for pno, vibraph, vc and fl, ob, cl, hn, vl, vla, played by Ensemble Vertigo
2014
entre noir et blanc
for string orchestra (6, 6, 3, 4, 1)
Avent
for 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 hn, 2 perc, 4 vl
Balance
for clarinet and basoon
drei kurze Stücke
for three violins
2013
drei Miniaturen für Klavier
for piano solo
2012
Tänzerische Skizzen No. 1
orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tp, 2 tb, perc, strings), commissioned by the youth orchestra Arabesque, Thun