Schallfeld

Composition commission by Wien Modern and Schallfeld Ensemble supported by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
Premiered in Wien Modern on the 3.11.19

Hannes Kerschbaumer - Tektono (live recording)

Pierluigi Billone (*1960): Δίκη Wall, 
for percussion solo, bass flute,  bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano (2012) 

Live Recording 
17.02.2015, Mumuth, Graz.

Schallfeld Ensemble
Elisa Azzarà flute  
Szilárd Benes clarinet 
Maria Flavia Cerrato piano 
Lorenzo Derinni violin  
Sophia Goidinger-Koch viola  
John Popham cello 

Simone Beneventi percussion solo 
Leonhard Garms conductor 






Pierluigi Billone - Δίκη Wall

Fausto Romitelli
Amok Koma for ensemble and live electronics (2001) 

Live Recording: prattica-E, 05.06.2015, Minoriten Saal, Graz.

Schallfeld Ensemble

Live Recording: prattica-E, 05.06.2015, Minoriten Saal, Graz.

Schallfeld Ensemble

Elisa Azzarà flute
Szilárd Benes clarinet 
Johannes Feuchter clarinet
Patrick Skrilecz piano
Flavia Cerrato keyboard 
Christian Pollheimer percussion
Lorenzo Derinni violin 
Julia Purgina viola
Myriam García Fidalgo cello

Peter Venus and Andrés Gutiérrez electronics
Leonhard Garms conductor




Fausto Romitelli - Amok Koma

Schallfeld Ensemble (Myriam Garcia Fidalgo, vlc solo; Elisa Azzara, fl; Matej Bunderla, sax; Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, cb)

Frederik Neyrinck - Transforming Construction II [Kandinsky-Etüde 6]

Piece commisioned by Text im Klang #2 
premiered on April 22nd 2016 in Minoritensaal, Graz, Austria
Performed by members of Schallfeld Ensemble. 

Violin: Lorenzo Derinni
Violoncello: Myriam Garcia
Double Bass: Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka

Recording engineer and Producer: Peter Venus

Draht - For String Trio (2016)

The excerpt of my piece Sijo_171116 [Das Gesicht des anderen] (2017)

The date of performance:
12 of June, 2017 in Graz (Minorietensaal)

by the Schallfeld Enselmble:
Zinajda Kodrič, Flute
Renata Rakova, Clarinet
Matej Bunderla, Saxophone
Maria Flavia Cerrato, Piano
Lorenzo Derinni, Violin
Myriam Garcia Fidalgo, Violoncello
Nikolaus Feinig, Double bass
Leonhard Gamrs, Conductor

Sijo_171116 [The face of another] for 7 instruments (2017, excerpt)

"La fine è senza fine" for quintet [2017]
Performed by Schallfeld ensemble:
Flute: Zinajda Kodric
Clarinet: Szilard Benes
Violin: Lorenzo Derinni
Cello: Myriam Garcia Fidalgo
Piano: Maria Flavia Cerrato

Recording by the Estonian Radio.

Lorenzo Troiani_La fine è senza fine_for quintet

Lorenzo Romano

Furore (2016)
for 6 instruments and live electronics

Live recording: 30.10.2017 Afekt Festival, Tallin, Estonia

Schallfeld Ensemble
Zinajda Kodrič Flute
Szilárd Benes Clarinet
Manuel Alcaraz Clement Percussion
Flavia Cerrato Piano
Lorenzo Derinni Violin
Myriam García Fidalgo Cello
Davide Gagliardi Live Electronics and Sound Direction

Leonhard Garms Conductor

Furòre (from Latin “furor -oris” (be mad, flare up):
1.a) State of mental turmoil and great commotion provoked by anger or another violent passion. 1.b) Fierce violence, power. 
2.a) Unrestrained desire. 2.b) Far furore: to arouse great enthusiasm.
My vision of “furore” is a net, which binds together:
deformations and deconstructions of pre-existing music material, obsessive rhythmical structures speeded up and slowed down, different states of sound qualities, violent percussive hits coming from junkyard metals, scratches (as heard in hip hop music), pre-recorded voices and sounds taken from action movies.

Furore

Live recording in Tallin,  Afekt Festival on the 30.10.2017

Richard Barrett - Codex1. Version 2

Premiered by Schallfeld Ensemble during Elevate Festival, Graz, Austria in March 2018 with Leonhard Garms as conductor.

Grain - for Mixed Ensemble and Live-Electronics (2017-2018)

noli turbare circulos meos iii is part of the concert installation Namphaise.

Concept and music direction by Leonhard Garms.
Visuals and lights by Patrik Lechner
Sound by Davide Gagliardi

Performed by Schallfeld ensemble 
Dom im Berg, Graz, Austria

read more: https://www.schallfeldensemble.com/namphaise/

noli turbare circulos meos iii (2018)

Fondali (for 8 instruments with electronics, 2019 - Casa Ricordi)
19.03.2019 @ Freies Atelier Schaumbad, Graz
Schallfeld Ensemble, Leonhard Garms (cond.) - WP
Live recording / Sound director: Davide Gagliardi
Mix & master: Francesco Ambrosini

commissioned by Schallfeld Ensemble
with the financial support of Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung

Fondali (2019)

for flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello, double bass, piano and electronics

Alexander Khubeev - Memory scars (Schallfeld Ensemble)[2019]

"Chronicles of the after bomb" is part of a cycle that works on the ruins, the remains of the instruments, as after a detonation.

Instrumentation: Double trio, electronics and lights:

Voice: Elina Viluma
Performer 1: Lorenzo Derinni
Performer 2: Manuel Alcaraz Clemente
Clarinet: Szilard Benez
Cello: Myriam Garcia Fidalgo
Piano: Patrik Skrilecz
Regie: Davide Gagliardi

Performance:
Elina Viluma and Schallfeld ensemble, October 2019, Theater am Lend

Lorenzo Troiani_Chronicles of the afterbomb

Performed and Recorded at the Conrad Prebys Music Hall in La Jolla in the context of Schallfeld Ensemble Residency at UCSD in February 2020

Bass Clarient: Chiara Percivati
Double Bass: Margarethe Maierhofer-LIscka
Piano: Patrik Skrilecz

Monolito B for Bass Clarinet, Double Bass, and Piano (2017-2019)

Schnur - For Violin, Violoncello, Double Bass and Live-Electronics 

Premiered by Schallfeld Ensemble - May 2019 - Berlin, Germany
Lorenzo Derini - Violin
Myriam Garcia - Cello
Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka - Double bass
Davide Gagliardi - Live-electronics

Schnur for Violin, Cello, Double Bass and Live-Electronics (2019) (Binaural-Version)

"Thin Film Interference", for Fl. (Picc., B. Fl.), Cl. (B. Cl.), Sax. (Sop., Bar.), Pno. (Kbrd.), Percussion, Electric Guitar, Vl., Vc. and D.B. with Live electronics in 8 Channel (Max/MSP, Ableton Live)

Geschrieben für das Ensemble Schallfeld mit Unterstützung der SKE Kompositionsförderung

Live recording, premiere concert 20/10/2020
Theater Im Palais — Graz, Österreich.

Conductor: Leonhard Garms

Flute(s): Elisa Azzarà
Clarinet(s): Szilárd Benes
Saxophone(s): Diego García-Pliego García-Muñoz
Piano and Keyboard: Maria Flavia Cerrato
Percussion: Manuel Alcaraz Clemente
Electric Guitar: Alejandro Tentor Viñas
Violin: Lorenzo Derinni
Violoncello: Myriam García Fidalgo
Double Bass: Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka

Program notes: The optical phenomenon known as Thin Film Interference describes the refractory behavior of light on overlapped thin layers of material. Visual phenomena such as the iridescence of oil on water, nacre from the inside of an oyster, the scales on the wings of moths and butterflies, etc. are explained in this way. This metaphoric artifact works as a model for almost the totality of the dimensions of the piece: construction of harmonic processes, transformation and evolution of timbre, textural operations on density and polyphony, rhythmical structures, to name a few. A second key aspect of the project is the use of real-time electronics (processed with MAX/MSP on a 8 channel circular display around the audience). The system works as a polyphonic granular synthesizer that samples the instruments in real time and processes the sound through complex granulation patterns, generating a shifting, warped perception of the physical space through spatial encoding. Thin film interference is my last attempt to articulate a musical discourse based on relationships o hybridization, both as source of material and as a backbone element of the writing.

"[...] If cosmic horror should have a sound, that one should be [...] It's like a glowing, melting scream" — Claudio Panariello about this piece

Video by nbewegtbild: https://youtu.be/3TxmW7aKhJs

Thin Film Interference

Thin film interference — Schallfeld Ensemble

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.