electronic music & ars acustica

over the years, i have had the privilege of producing numerous long-form works for various ard stations, particularly hr2-kultur: six evening-length commissions since 2020. further broadcasts by wdr 3, deutschlandfunk kultur, sr 2, swr, and bbc radio 3.

as you cannot see its source, all art genuinely conceived for radio is, in essence, acousmatic art taken to the extreme. anything that makes a sound can become part of a composition, as paul pörtner put it: 'the radio play as a sound play'.

to me, radio art represents ultimate freedom.
from a young age, i enjoyed experimenting with tape recorders, and i'm still an avid radio listener today. on the radio, there is no physical presence, space or tangible object, only time & attention.
i am equally fascinated by the inner soundscapes created by electronic music, which only come to life during the act of listening.

electronic & radiophonic works

• 2025in my maze, acousmatic studio composition, stereo, 9′56. premiere: carte blanche, kölner gesellschaft für neue musik, december 2025; finalist, weimarer frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische musik 2026.
• 2025golöse galakteën, electronic music in three parts.
• 2024/25¿cuba libre? sobre los techos de habana, radiophonic composition with sounds and texts from the caribbean island and by the author, 48′10. commissioned by hr2-kultur, first broadcast 13.6.2026.
• 2024tüplerin içinde – im röhricht, acousmatic composition, 7′30. released on degem cd 24 „hören – in dieser zeit“.
• 2024The sagging chAIr of a water glass reading, radiophonic composition, 7′03.
• 2023/24yollar – diller, radiophonic composition of sounds and poeTexts, 52′13. commissioned by hr2-kultur, first broadcast 7.12.2024. created at atelier galata istanbul (kunststiftung nrw).
• 2022/23sounzrodriguAIx. maitekkno en cinq parties, radiophonic composition, 50′08. commissioned by hr2-kultur, first broadcast 23.12.2023.
• 2021… meanwhile, in another life …, radiophonic composition, text by the composer, 51′30. commissioned by hr2-kultur, first broadcast 19.2.2022.
• 2020Appendix zum Sprechbuch des neuen Unmenschen, radiophonic composition, 48′58. commissioned by hr2-kultur, voices: sprechbohrer. first broadcast 15.2.2020.
• 2018Oiseaux d’artifice – une nature morte, radiophonic composition, 27′10. commissioned by wdr 3, first broadcast 22.9.2018, wdr 3 open sounds.
• 2018Duck well, alles gut, radiophonic composition, text by the composer, 40′30. commissioned by hr2-kultur, first broadcast 10.2.2018.
• 2015zwiegefühle, radiophonic composition for helmut lachenmann (80), 8′15. commissioned by hessischer rundfunk and ensemble modern, first broadcast 17.10.2015; cd ensemble modern medien emcd-031.
• 2015Ceci n’est pas un homme riant, radiophonic speech soundscape for helmut lachenmann, 21′47. commissioned by hr2-kultur.
• 2011durch die vögel, a speech soundscape for john cage, text: florian neuner, stereo and quadraphonic. commissioned by hr2-kultur.
• 2009Elektrophonet, radiophonic self-portrait. commissioned by hr2-kultur.
• 2008Orèlob 80, cd noise of cologne 1, kulturamt köln and mark e.v.
• 2007[KLIKTRAEK DE:?ES], commissioned by swr for the donaueschinger musiktage, premiere 19.–21.10.2007 in the sound art project audioguide ds.
• 2007Still Life with Orphean Shepherd, degem cd 9, cybele 960.209.
• 2006Ipecacuanha, cd crosscut, wergo wer 6599 2.
• 2003fugaCittà, eight-channel speech-sound composition. commissioned by romanischer sommer köln, brückenmusik in the deutz rhine bridge, 24.6.–4.7.2003.
• 2003Žejanski Kntaduri, tape composition from SprachProben. commissioned by hr2-kultur.
• 2002bikofynoipo, commissioned by westdeutscher rundfunk.
• 2002SILENtplaCES, commissioned by radio bremen.
• 2002dreimal neunzig sekunden wirklichkeit, degem cd 8, cybele 960.208.
• 2000/01schweigenderest, tape composition, stereo and quadraphonic. broadcast by bbc radio 3, 23.6.2001.
• 2000BeethovEnBloc, tape composition on the 37 movements of beethoven’s nine symphonies. first broadcast deutschlandradio berlin; cd müzik hayvanı istanbul 2012, lp 2020; live at festival caminocontrocorrente 2024. followed in 2001 by BrahmsBloc.
• 1995/96deSperanto, tape composition in eight languages, stereo and quadraphonic.