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Séverine Ballon and Myriam García Fidalgo, cello
Fragility of sounds, a project curated by Pia Palme, KUG Kunstuniversität Graz
Schallfeld ensemble, 
Schaumbad, Graz, 30.06.2021

Séverine Ballon forêts intérieures for 2 cellos (2020-2021)

Live performance at SIAL Sound Studios in Melbourne on 26 July 2014 by Speak Percussion (Peter Neville, Matthias Schack-Arnott and Eugene Ughetti) and me, with spatialisation by Lawrence Harvey and Jeffrey Hannam

codex XIV (2014) for 3 percussionists and electronics

beyond the barrens - for mixed sextet [2023]

• Written for Schallfeld Ensemble and Pierre-André Valade. 
Zinajda Kodrič, flutes (concert and bass)
Stephanie Schoiswohl, baritone sax and prepared tube
George Lolas, accordion
Patrick Skrilecz, piano and objects 
Lorenzo Derinni, violin and boxes
Myriam García Fidalgo, cello and boxes 

Pierre-André Valade, conductor

• Premiered at the Klangspuren Schwaz Future Lab 2023.
@ SZentrum Knappensaal, 18 September 2023, Schwaz, Austria.
Recorded by The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation.

• Program Notes:
It is in the pursuit of a resilient catalyst spark,
one that will transcend the unsound cyclic nature of uncertainty,
that the afterlight reveals a retaliating barrenness adorned with thorns.
(responsorial)
Bottomless mudcracks penetrate the viscera of the imagined world. 
Yet, in absence, life treads forwards, whispers rise as unwavering chants.
The beauty of the scorched land lies in the abundance of juxtaposed 
impossibilities.
Still, the soul wanders amidst harsh epiphanies that unfold their coarse
truth.
Fate, for now, is adjourned.

beyond the barrens [2023]

premiered by Schallfeld Ensemble at Klangspuren Schwaz 2023
directed by Pierre-Andre Valade

neon moon, for sextet

performed by Golden Fur (Samuel Dunscombe, clarinets; James Rushford, viola; Judith Hamann, cello) with Milana Zarić (harp) and RB (electronics), at Conduit Arts in Melbourne, recorded by Samuel Dunscombe

codex XII (2013) Melbourne 21 July 2014

The “Iridescent schemes” was written between May to July 2023, inspired by the ways our perception on different things shifts endlessly - under the influence of every new “slant of light” (Emily Dickenson). The title of the piece derives from the phenomenon of goniochromism (from the Greek: gonia, meaning angle and chroma, meaning color) when certain surfaces appear to gradually change color as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes.

The piece was commissioned by Georges Aperghis and is dedicated to him and the Schallfeld ensemble. 

performed by Schallfeld Ensemble 
conductor: Pierre-André Valade
live recording, September 18, 2023, Schwaz, Austria
recorded by ORF Austrian Public Radio

painting:
Hubert Scheibl, "Seeds of Time"

Iridescent Schemes - Schallfeld Ensemble

Klangspuren lab 2023

Performed by Schallfeld Ensemble
Conductor Pierre-André Valade
Recorded by ORF Austrian Public Radio

...u nikudy

lullaby(e) for
Flute (picc. Bass), Clarinet (Bb, Bb Bass), Percussion, Piano, Accordion, Violin, Violoncello, Double Bass and electronics

As the title suggests, this work serves as the final lullaby one hears. The catastrophic aftermath of the recent earthquake in Turkey has profoundly affected even those who were not directly impacted by the disaster. This composition is the product of the thoughts that have occupied my mind since that fateful day.
The tape segment of the piece involves the manipulation of a recorded excerpt from the Turkish lullaby "Dandini Dandini Dasdana."

The piece was commissioned by Schallfeld Ensemble

performed by Schallfeld Ensemble
live electronics: Davide Gagliardi
conductor: Leonhard Garms
concert recording, November 18
ÜBER WEGE SAISON KONZERT IV: WACHSEN
Schaumbad - Freies Atelierhaus Graz, Austria

lullaby(e) - Schallfeld Ensemble

A Weave of Artifacts was composed for Schallfeld Ensemble in conmemoration of their 10th anniversary. 

Premiered by Schallfeld on November 18, 2023 in Atelier Schaumbad in Graz, Austria. 

Bass Clarinet: Szilárd Benes
Violin: Lorenzo Derinni
Cello: Myriam García Fidalgo
Doublebass: Philipp Kienberger
Accordeon: Mirko Jevtovic
Piano: Flavia Cerrato
Percussion: Manuel Alcaraz

Conductor: Leonhard Garms

Sound Engineering: Davide Gagliardi
Recording: Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez

A Weave of Artifacts for Bass Clarinet and Ensemble (2023).

firn (2019) for stringtrio - Ensemble Schallfeld - live recording

Codex I - Richard Barrett

codex XII (2013) Belgrade 7 December 2014

DUNE • 2023 • for nine performers and live electronics 
Schallfeld Ensemble conducted by Leonhard Garms.

fl: Zinajda Kodrič
cl: Chiara Percivati
sax: Matej Bunderla

perc: Lorenzo Orsenigo 
pno: Patrick Skrillecz

vln: Lorenzo Derinni
 vla: Francesca Piccioni
 vc: Miriam Garcia Fidalgo
 cb: Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka

Sound direction and live electronics: Davide Gagliardi
Electronics reviewer: Mattia Parisse

Live recording and mix: ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk on 6 October 2023 at musikprotokoll at Helmut Liste Halle in Graz by ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk Master: Luca Guidarini

Dedicated to Schallfeld Ensemble

DUNE • Schallfeld Ensemble

As it feeds, it thrives, it rots – for ensemble and electronics (2025)

Schallfeld Ensemble
https://www.schallfeldensemble.com

Conductor: Leonhard Garms
Sound direction and live electronics: Davide Gagliardi

fl: Zinajda Kodrič
cl: Chiara Percivati
perc: Manuel Alcaraz Clemente
pno: Patrick Skrillecz
vln: Lorenzo Derinni
vla: Irem Bagarkasi
vc: Maiken Beer
cb: Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka

Live recording, 24 May 2025, as part of Schallfeld’s 2025 concert season “KORPUS III: SKIN”. Minoritensaal, Graz.

As it feeds, it thrives, it rots was commissioned by and is dedicated to Schallfeld Ensemble, with the support of the StAiR (Styria Artist in Residence) Fellowship 2025.

As it feeds, it thrives, it rots

First performance, 28 April 2013 in Belgrade, by Ensemble Studio 6 (and me)

codex XII (2013) for 5 or more improvising musicians

codex XI (2010) for 7 players

Schallfeld is an international ensemble for contemporary music based in Graz. The group sparks the interest of its audience by its vivid virtuosity and refined chamber music sound, paired with interpretations that pay special attention to concert format, creating events that adapt to the specific venue while aiming for a new dimension of listening.
The ensemble was founded in 2013 by alumni of Klangforum Wien and composition students of Kunstuniversität Graz. It currently consists of musicians from 8 nationalities and reflects the diversity and different interests of its members in its artistic direction. In the last few years, Schallfeld has been able to establish itself on international stages through exciting programming with a focus on young composers, innovative concert-stagings as well as through the quality of its collective improvisations and innovative use of live-electronics. 
Schallfeld sees its mission in bringing music of international young composers to Austria and acting as an ambassador for new music production abroad. Besides its own concert cycle in Graz, Schallfeld is regularly guest in festivals in Austria and abroad, such as Wien Modern, Impuls Graz, Klangspuren Schwaz, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Afekt (Estonia), Poznan Musical Spring (Poland), EMA (Spain), Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival (South Korea). In 2016 and 2017 Schallfeld has been selected by the Ministry of Foreign/cultural Affairs as rappresentative of NASOM (New Austrian Sound of Music), a program designed to promote young Austrian artists internationally.
The ensemble is also involved in pedagogical activities and collaborative theater projects for children and adults. Schallfeld is funded by the municipality of Graz, the federal state of Styria, the Austrian federal Government and receives generous support from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and the iem (Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics) Graz. Past projects by Schallfeld have also received grants by the EU (Youth in Action), Music Austria (MICA) and KulturKontakt Austria.

Codex I - Richard Barrett

Schallfeld Ensemble

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