listen to a SAMPLE of "Breaking" (2012) (ÖEA)
for amplified ensemble, sampler and live-electronics
performed by PHACE (Simeon Pironkoff, conductor) (live-recording)

Iris ter Schiphorst "Breaking" for amplified ensemble, sampler and live-electronics (excerpt)

listen to a SAMPLE of Bernhard Lang
DW 24 “Loops for Al Jourgensen” (2013/14) (UA)
for Saxophone & ensemble
Commissioned by PHACE & Wiener Konzerthaus
performed by PHACE (Lars Mlekusch, saxophone), Simeon Pironkoff (conductor) - 
part of our first CD "WRESTLING SAMOA"  on our own label PHACE(PHA001) 



01 - Bernhard Lang "DW 24" Loops for Al Jourgensen for Saxophone and small ensemble (excerpt)

listen to a SAMPLE of "Nach-Ruf… ent-gleitend…"  (1999)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and violoncello 

performed by PHACE


Georg Friedrich Haas "Nach-Ruf… ent-gleitend…" (1999) for Sextett (excerpt)

listen to a SAMPLE of Thomas Amann - Fa / Ifa (2014) (UA)
for clarinet, violin, cello, double bass and percussion (commissioned by PHACE & WIEN MODERN)

Thomas Amann "Fa / Ifa" (2014) for five musicians (excerpt)

listen to a SAMPLE of Helmut Lachenmann
"Allegro sostenuto" for cello, clarinet and piano (1987‐88) performed by PHACE (live recording) 

Helmut Lachenmann "Allegro sostenuto" for cello, clarinet and piano (1987‐88) (excerpt)

listen to a SAMPLE of Ricardo Nillni "Concerto liquido" (WP) for saxophone and ensemble (2013)
performed by PHACE, (Lars Mlekusch, saxophone -  Simeon Pironkoff, conductor)

part of our first CD "WRESTLING SAMOA"  on our own label PHACE(PHA001) 

02 -  "Concerto liquido" (WP) for saxophone and ensemble (2013) by Ricardo Nillni (excerpt)

listen to a SAMPLE of Rebecca Saunders "Fury II" (2009) - Concerto for double bass and ensemble performed by PHACE (Alexandra Dienz, double bass - Ernst Kovacic, conductor) (live-recording)

Rebecca Saunders "fury II" (2009) Concerto for double bass and ensemble (excerpt)

listen to a SAMPLE of Wolfram Schurig "Battaglia" for trombone and ensemble 
performed by PHACE (Andrew Digby, trombone - Simeon Pironkoff, conductor) 

Wolfram Schurig "Battaglia" for trombone and ensemble  (excerpt)

listen to a SAMPLE of Johannes Maria Staud "Lagrein" for clarinet, violin, cello and piano 
performed by PHACE 

Johannes Maria Staud "Lagrein" for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (excerpt

listen to a SAMPLE of Bernd Alois Zimmermann "Perspektiven" for 2 pianos (1955) performed by PHACE (Mathilde Hoursiangou & Hsin Huei-Huang, piano)

Bernd Alois Zimmermann "Perspektiven" for 2 pianos (1955) (excerpt)

Tox 1b for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (2017) by Reinhard Fuchs

Reinhard Fuchs, born in 1974, first studied accordion at the Bruckner-Conservatory Linz (1991-1995). After that he completed his studies in composition with Michael Jarrell (1995 - 2002) at the University of Music in Vienna. 1997/98, Fuchs attended studies at the University of Miami in Florida. Courses with B. Ferneyhoug h, M. Stroppa, M. Lindberg, K. Huber were further important stimuli for his work. 

Next to commissions of renowned ensembles and organizers, Reinhard Fuchs can also refer to numerous international prices and distinctions (1st prize at the 7th international composition competition Salzburg, the 2nd prize at "stasis et vita" / Germany, the special prize of the Foundation Royaumont / FRA, 2001 the Anton-Bruckner- Prize, 2003 austrian grant for composers).

In 1997, he founded together with colleges the composers group GEGENKLANG. 

His works were performed by ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, RSO Wien, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Basel Sinfonietta, Les Percussion de Strasbourg, Arditti Quartet, Wiener Klaviertrio, Trio Amos,… & by conductors such as Johannes Kalitzke, Matthias Pintscher, Beat Furrer, Sebastian Gottschick, Fabrice Bollon, Annu Tali, Susanna Mälkki… at Festivals such as Wien Modern, Salzburger Festspiele, Musiktage Donaueschingen, Musikprotokoll at Steirischer Herbst, Hörgänge, Konzerthaus Berlin, Contemporary Music Festival Alicante, Soundings London, Warehouse London, Festival Latinoamericano de Musica (Caracas / Venezuela), New Music Festival Sound Ways (St. Petersburg / Russia), Venezuela Festival Internacional „a tempo“ (Caracas / Venezuela)...

He is regularly teaching masterclasses for composition and is giving lectures on his and other music. 

Since 2009, Reinhard Fuchs is artistic director and general manager of PHACE (www.phace.at).

In 2014, Reinhard Fuchs received the Erste-Bank-Composition-Prize. In 2016 his portrait CD was released at label KAIROS.

Tox 1b for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (2017) by Reinhard Fuchs

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