Reinhard Karger, composer and director

born 5-3-1953 in Tübingen (Germany)

Studies in composition, electronic music and theatre with
Erhard Karkoschka (Musikhochschule Stuttgart), 
Gottfried Michael Koenig(Instituut voor Sonologie Utrecht),
Morton Subotnick (California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles)
and Brian Ferneyhough (Musikhochschule Freiburg)

Main fields of activity: 
Compositions for chamber ensembles and all kinds of vocal settings,
multimedia concert and theatre projects in the field of language - voice - scenical display.


From 2005 to 2008 professor for contemporary music and music theatre at the University in Kassel (Germany),
since 2008 professor for composition with emphasis on new media at the
University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, from 2011 to 2013 head of the 
Institute of Composition and Electroacoustics. 


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Tonsson ist ein Projekt des Bassisten und Soundbastlers Christoph Niermann, des Gitarristen Uli Müller-Romeike und des Schlagzeugers Armin Beck. Die Musik passt in keine Schublade und speist sich aus den unterschiedlichsten Quellen und Einflüssen, denen die drei Musiker ausgesetzt waren und sind. Passende Suchbegriffe wären wohl: Atmosphäre, Sounds, viele Saiten, Beats, Loops, Naked Songs, „Fully dressed songs“.

Tonsson is a project by bassist and sound tinkerer Christoph Niermann, guitarist Uli Müller-Romeike and drummer Armin Beck. The music cannot be pigeonholed and draws on a wide variety of sources and influences to which the three musicians have been exposed. Suitable search terms would probably be: atmosphere, sounds, many strings, beats, loops, naked songs, "fully dressed songs".

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