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Karlheinz Essl (born August 15, 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian composer, performer and improviser. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Biography

Karlheinz Essl was born in Vienna in 1960. Studies at the University of Music in Vienna: composition (Friedrich Cerha), electro-acoustic music (Dieter Kaufmann) and double bass. Studies at the University of Vienna: musicology (1989 doctoral thesis on "Das Synthese-Denken bei Anton Webern"). 1990-94 „composer in residence” at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik. 1992-93 work on a commission at IRCAM in Paris. Since 1994 music curator of the Essl Collection in Klosterneuburg/Vienna and teacher for „Computer Aided Composition” at the Studio for Advanced Music & Media Technology of the Bruckner University in Linz. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... University of Vienna Main Building The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) in Austria was founded in 1365 by Rudolph IV and hence named Alma mater Rudolphina. ... Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945) was a composer of classical music and a member of the so called Second Viennese School. ... The IRCAM, Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, was founded in the 1970s by Pierre Boulez. ...

Characterisation

Karlheinz Essl's work with computers (with emphasis on algorithmic composition and generative music) and a prolonged occupation with the poetics of serial music have been a formative influence on his compositional thinking. Besides writing instrumental music, Karlheinz Essl also works in the field of electronic music, interactive realtime compositions and sound installations. Since the early 90's he has developed various software environments for realtime composition (http://www.essl.at/software.html) which he uses himself for his own live performances and also in collaboration with artists from other fields (choreographers, dancers, visual artists and poets). Algorithmic composition is the technique of using algorithms to create music. ... Generative music is developed by the use of mathematical algorithms, or by the interplay of asynchronous music loops. ... Serialism is a rigorous system of composing music in which various elements of the piece are ordered according to a pre-determined ordered set or sets, and variations on them. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ...

Projects

Since the 1990s, Karlheinz Essl carried out a number of projects for the Internet and became increasingly involved with improvisation. In 1997, Karlheinz Essl was featured at the Salzburg Festival with portrait concerts and sound installations. In 2003, he was artist-in-residence of the festival musik aktuell, and in 2004 he was presented with a series of portrait concerts at the Brucknerhaus Linz. Improvisation is the act of making something up as you go along. ... The Salzburg Festival is a prominent music festival in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The festival was founded in 1877 but was discontinued in 1910. ...

Music Software

• fLOW (http://www.essl.at/works/flow/download.html): ambient soundscape generator
• SEELEWASCHEN (http://www.essl.at/works/seelewaschen/download.html): ambient sound environment
• Lexikon-Sonate (http://www.essl.at/works/Lexikon-Sonate.html): algorithmic music generator
• FontanaMixer (http://www.essl.at/works/fontana-mixer/download.html): generative sound environment based on John Cage's "Fontana Mix"

Weblinks

• http://www.essl.at