Wen-Tsien Hong, piano
Chai Found Music Workshop
Christian Utz, conductor

live-recording, Deutschlandfunk Cologne, April 12, 2001

I. 0:00 - II. 4:09 - III. 5:55

Interference (2001) for piano, seven Chinese instruments and percussion

together//apart    함께 // 떨어져ㅐ

Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea
Yi Ji-young, kayagŭm
Kim Jeong-seung, taegŭm
Lee Hyang-hee, saenghwang
Park Jeung-min, Violoncello

Emma Sayers, piano
Hamish McKeich, conductor

Live-Recording(Radio New Zealand, Wellington, February 10, 2007)

recording of the world premiere, Wellington / New Zealand
Asia Pacific Festival, St. Andrews on the Terrace, Feb. 10, 2007
recording supervisor: Roger Smith 
mixing, cut, editing: Christian Utz
CD-Mastering: Stephen Ferguson; Spektral

together//apart (2001) for kayagŭm, taegŭm, saenghwang, vc., piano and live-electronics

Wu Wei, sheng
Yeh Jiuan-Reng, zheng

ensemble on_line vienna (now: PHACE | Contemporary Music)
Ivana Pristasova, violin
Melissa Coleman, violoncello 
Petra Stump, clarinet
Nada Sladonja, accordion

Simeon Pironkoff, conductor

studio recording(Vienna, Amplify-Studios, January 25, 2004)

Recording: Stephen Ferguson
Mixing, Cut, Editing: Christian Utz
CD-Mastering: Stephen Ferguson; Spektral

the wasteland of minds (2003/2004) for zheng, sheng/xun, 4 European instruments and live-electronics

SIN-3
Burkhard Beins -percussion
Thomas Lehn -EMS analogue sythesizer
Georg Wissel -alto saxophone + preparations

excerpts from concert at sowieso, Berlin 2022

SIN - 3 Sowieso 220609 Excerpt A1 E

Concert recording from Jan.27th 2024 @ WERK, Klybeckareal, Basel.
1. Set: Modular Synth Solo
2. Set: Duo with Benjamin Brodbeck on drums & objects

WERK - Konzert - 1.Set

ZYKLUS MATERIALITÄT (2023/24) 
für 2-Kanal-Zuspielung, Analogsynthesizer & Live-Elektronik

(00:00) Materialität 1 "Metall" - (08:25) Materialität 2 "Holz" - (14:23) Materialität 3 "Kunststoff" - (19:40) Materialität 4 "Stein/Keramik" - (22:55) Materialität 5 "Wasser" - (28:13) Materialität 6 "Luft" - (32:15) Materialität 7 "Mensch & Tier" - (37:27) Materialität 8 "Mixtur" (T.T. 43:00)

All music by Eric Ruffing. Live recorded March 1th, 2024 at WIM Bern (Switzerland), mixed and mastered by Eric Ruffing. Photo by Eric Ruffing.

https://ericruffing.ch/Projekte/Website_Solo_Zyklus%20Materialit%C3%A4t.pdf

Zyklus Materialität (Bern 2024)

"Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Land" basiert auf einer historischen Landkarte aus Christoph Schiller's 'Die Schachtel' (2013). Elektronische Partitur und Realisation mit dem modularen EMS Synthi A auf Speicher-Medium: Eric Ruffing. Vokalpartitur und Realisation mit Stimmen des Ensembles Millefleurs auf Speicher-Medium: Christoph Schiller.
All music by Eric Ruffing & Christoph Schiller, 2015

Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Land (Studio-Version)

TRIO NICOLAI/RUFFING/TATAROGLOU

Tassos Genpō 玄峰 Tataroglou - shakuhachi
Giancarlo Nicolai - electric ukulele, objects, effects
Eric Ruffing - analogue synthesizer, tape, concept & graphic score

All music by Nicola-Ruffing-Tataroglou.
Live at Polychoros KET in Athen/Greece on February 20, 2024.
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Eric Ruffing. Photo by Eric Ruffing.


三曲 SANKYOKU for shakuhachi, electric ukulele & electronics:
The term Sankyoku refers to a traditional form of Japanese chamber music  for shakuhachi or kokjū, shamisen and koto with and without vocals, since the late 17th century and means something like “music for three”. The bamboo flute Shakuhachi, with its (far eastern) idiomatic gesture, fuses with (western) contemporary-experimental sounds or is contrasted with them. Sound fragments from the honkyoku tradition and improvised shakuhachi sequences meet an improvisational electric ukulele and an electronically abstract sound world, which also contains playbacks of pre-produced shakuhachi sound recordings and concrete sounds. The form, time scale and expressive density of the joint improvisation are structured by a central principle of Japanese traditional music and general arts, the jo-ha-kyū, which is also reflected in the flower and tea ceremony.

Sankyoku (Music for three) - Live in Athen

Décision1

Martin Götte - selected drums & percussion
Harald Kimmig - violin
Eric Ruffing - analogue synthesizer

All music by Götte-Kimmig-Ruffing.
Stereo recording at Kammertheater im E-Werk in Freiburg im Breisgau/Germany on June 15, 2015 and edited on November, 2025 by Eric Ruffing.

Photo by Urs Schmid.

Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Land (Studio-Version)

Eric Ruffing

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