HELMUT OEHRING
NOW ON NETFLIX
LULLABY
directors: Johann Feindt + Tamara Trampe
camera: Johann Feindt + Jule Cramer
editor: Stephan Krumbiegel
with: Helmut Oehring + Detlef Jablonski
+ Apti Bisultanov et. al.
2010 zero one film
a coproduction with ZDF and ARTE
CD RELEASE
AURORA (AUS: NACHTSCHATTEN)
for saxophone quartet + theremin
Adumá saxophone quartet + Grégoire Blanc
edition zeitklang
Hagen Klennert Self-Liberator Grafic 1994
9 September 2022 8 pm project space / Old Fire Station, Berlin
Liberation Tribute
8eight compositions by Helmut Oehring
as part of the 9th Week of the Arts of Communal Galeries and the exhibition
Hagen Klennert SELF-LIBERATOR II ATTEMPT AT A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW
PHILIPP version for oboe
ZUNGE for oboe
gestopfte LEERE for accordion
Melencolia I version for bass oboe / voc + accordion / voc
Leuchter (aus: kurz im Müll gestochert) version for bass oboe + accordion + guitar
Come not near version for bass oboe / voc + accordion / voc
Der Vogel weiß version for bass oboe + accordion + guitar
Die Stille stürzt version for bass oboe + accordion + guitar
bass oboe + voice: Antje Thierbach
accordion + voice: Felix Kroll
22 September 2022 Elisabeth Schneider Foundation, Freiburg
28 September 2022 Luis Angel Arango Recital Hall, Bogotá
Angelus Novus I
new version for oboe + clarinet + bassoon + violin + viola + violoncello + drums + piano + e-guitar
(world premiere)
Ensemble Aventure
Paul Klee Angelus Novus Zeichnung 1920
Angelus Novus II Trailer
2 Oktober 2022 12 am mumok / MQ, Museumsplatz 1, Wien
CHAMBER MUSIC & ELECTRONICS taming and framing
LOCKED-IN version for guitar + violin + viola + violoncello
Ensemble PHACE
23 October 2022 Parish Church Muencheberg
The Bird knows (With different Eyes) Concert+Reading
Melencolia I version for bass oboe/voc + accordion/voc
Prelude for bass oboe solo
AGOTA? Die Analphabetin (Gestern/Irgendwo) Songs for guitar/voc + bass oboe/voc + accordion/voc
Leuchter (aus: kurz im Müll gestochert) version for guitar + bass oboe + accordion
Der Vogel weiß Version for guitar/voc + bass oboe + accordion
Die Stille stürzt version for bass oboe + accordion + guitar
gestopfte Leere for accordion
Angelus Novus II Sonnet from the music theatre in arrangements for guitar/voc + bass oboe + accordion
Come not near Version for bass oboe/voc + accordion/voc
Alex (from: The Deaf Giant) for bass oboe + accordion + guitar
bass oboe + voice: Antje Thierbach
accordion + voice: Felix Kroll
30 October 2022 8 p.m. Villa Wigman / Großer Saal, Dresden
still . schweigen composition + poetic sign choreography
choreography + dance: Katja Erfurth
as part of SOLO2
excerpts from [iɱˈfɛrno] (aus: MAPPA) collective lovemusic 25 November 2022 Arsenal de Metz
4 November 2022 Klangwerkstatt Berlin
22 November 2022 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
25 November 2022 Arsenal de Metz
[iɱˈfɛrno] (from: MAPPA)
Contrapasso I – V (to: Wladimir Putin / Sergej Lawrow)
based on Dante Alighieri / Sandro Botticelli
for bass flute + bass clarinet + violoncello + electric guitar + audioplay + SignMimoChoreography
(world premiere)
idea + composition + choreography: Helmut Oehring
audioplay-production: GOGH s.m.p.
collective lovemusic Strasbourg
bassflute: Emiliano Gavito
bassclarinet: Adam Starkie
violoncello: Lola Malique
e-guitar: Christian Lozano Sedano
commissioned by Klangwerkstatt – festival for new music Berlin and LVMSC lovemusic Strasbourg
5 November 2022 Villa Aurora, Los Angeles
Tuesdays @ Monk Space presents
Eclectic Salon: The music of Helmut Oehring
Melencolia I for trumpet/voc + prepared piano/voc
PHILIPP version for contrabassclarinet
Sexton A version for violoncello
Leuchter (aus: kurz im Müll gestochert) version for bassclarinet + violoncello + piano
Die Stille stürzt Song for soprano from the musictheater AGOTA? Die Analphabetin (Gestern/Irgendwo)
LIVE (aus: Androgyn) 18 songs for soprano + violin + violoncello + piano/keyboard
Come not near version for bassclarinet/voc + prepared piano/voc
voice: Stacey Fraser
contra/bassklarinette: Brian Walsh
trumpet: Dan Flores
violin: Adrienne Pope
violoncello: Mia Barcia-Colombo
piano: Nic Gerpe
curator: Aron Kallay / Brightwork newmusic
https://brightworknewmusic.com/event/eclectic-salon-the-music-of-helmut-oehring-at-villa-aurora
zwischenORT A FilmEssay
4 December 2022 3 pm dance museum Cologne
zwischenORT A FilmEssay
About the no more existing Albert-Theatre
composition + camera + film direction: Helmut Oehring
audio/video production: Torsten Ottersberg / GOGH s.m.p
artistic direction + choreography + dance: Katja Erfurth
violin: Florian Mayer
archiving advise: Thomas Thorausch
2 February 2023 5 pm Kunstquatier Bethanien, Berlin
zwischenORT A FilmEssay
About the no more existing Albert-Theatre
composition + camera + film direction: Helmut Oehring
audio/video production: Torsten Ottersberg / GOGH s.m.p
artistic direction + choreography + dance: Katja Erfurth
violin: Florian Mayer
archiving advise: Thomas Thorausch
Alwynne Pritchard in
DOG / GOD (LostDOG)
Bergen International Festival 2015
28 February 2022 9 pm BKA-Theater, Berlin
Unheard Music
LostDOG for a performer + preproduced audioplay
audioconception + -production: Torsten Ottersberg/GOGH s.m.p.
Alwynne Pritchard
30 March 2023 Vineyard Zimmerling, Dresden
Sculptures by Malgorzata Chodakowska
κάθαρσι / KATHARSIS III for violin + multichanell audioplay + dance choroegraphy
Florian Mayer + Katja Erfurth
4 February 2023 23:03 SWR 2 OHNE LIMIT
welcher Gott! (Hundesohn)
audioplay on texts from Ludwig van Beethoven's letters and from interviews
composition + direction: Helmut Oehring
textbook + dramaturgy: Stefanie Wördemann
soundrealisation + sounddirection + compositorial collaboration: Torsten Ottersberg / GOGH s.m.p.
author production for SWR
editor: Manfred Hess
with: Gregor Wiest and music by Helmut Oehring + Ludwig van Beethoven + BUG ROZER
https://www.swr.de/swr2/hoerspiel/swr2-hoerspiel-studio-2020-03-05-100.html
30 March 2023 Elisabeth SchneiderStiftung, Freiburg
31 March 2023 Le Cap, French Church, Bern
KLEEmusik for bassclarinet
Andrea Nagy
EURYDIKE? volume 1 Trailer
15 April 2023 Hof Quillo Falkenhagen
16 April 2023 Rofinpark Eberswalde
SEE THE WORLD WITH DIFFERENT EARS
ConcertSignDanceFilmPerformance in four parts
EURYDIKE vol.1 film + live performance for dancer/performer + violinist/performer
FALSE for dancer/performerin + violinist/performer + septet (world premiere)
κάθαρσι / KATHARSIS III for violin + dancer/SignMimoChoreography
concert+reading with compositions for solo, duo to quintet
BEETHOVEN? The redemptive fault DanceMusicFilmDrama
AUGE for SignMimoChoreography
ZUNGE new version for bass flute (world premiere)
Panel discussion
Ensemble Quillo
celesta + musical direction: Max Renne
bass flute: Ursula Weiler
percussion: Dominic Oelze
e-guitar: Daniel Göritz
violoncello: Luise Rau
accordion: Felix Kroll
violin + performance: Julia Yoo Soon Gröning
dance + performance: Mia Carla Oehring
choreography + direction: Helmut Oehring
dramaturgy + co-direction: Stefanie Wördemann
audio+ video production + sound direction: Torsten Ottersberg / GOGH s.m.p.
BEETHOVEN? The redemptive fault Trailer
24 April 2023 7:30 pm VIDA! science centrum Brno
POLAROIDS melodrama for deafmute sign soloist + contratenor + 12 instruments + live electronics
Brno Contemporary Orchestra
5 May 2023 Clarinet-Festival Netzeband
[iɱˈfɛrno] (from: MAPPA) II
Contrapasso VI – VIII (to: Sergej Schoigu / Sergej Naryschkin)
on Dante Alighieri / Sandro Botticelli
for 3 bassclarinets + SignMimoChoreografie + obligatory audioplay (world premiere)
Sabina Matthus-Bébié + Petra Stump-Linshalm + Heinz-Peter Linshalm
13 May 2023 3 pm John Heartfield House Waldsieversdorf
DanceConzertFilmLecture
Tanz: Katja Erfurth
Violine: Florian Mayer
Lecture: Helmut Oehring
zwischenORT A FilmEssay
About the no more existing Albert-Theatre
composition + camera + film direction: Helmut Oehring
audio/video production: Torsten Ottersberg / GOGH s.m.p
artistic direction + choreography + dance: Katja Erfurth
violin: Florian Mayer
archiving advise: Thomas Thorausch
An event of the John Heartfield friendship circle in cooperation with the Academy of The Arts Berlin
18 + 19 + 20 + 21 May 2023 6 pm Societhaetstheater Dresden
... DA / SEIN ...
CITY.HISTORY.DANCE
Brücke (aus: Stille / Tage) for dancer + voice + violin
composition: Helmut Oehring
artistic direction + choreography + dance: Katja Erfurth
voice: Julia Böhme
violin: Florian Mayer
25 – 27 May 2023 European Centre of The Arts HELLERAU Dresden
zwischenORT A FilmEssay
About the no more existing Albert-Theatre
composition + camera + film direction: Helmut Oehring
audio/video production: Torsten Ottersberg / GOGH s.m.p
artistic direction + choreography + dance: Katja Erfurth
violin: Florian Mayer
archiving advise: Thomas Thorausch
11 June 2023 5 pm St. Jakobus Church Pesterwitz
as well as
DanceConcertReading
with music by Johann Sebastian Bach + Niccòlo Paganini + Erwin Schulhoff + Florian Mayer et al.
and compositions + texts by Helmut Oehring
Reading: Helmut Oehring
Dance: Katja Erfurth
violin: Florian Mayer
25 June 2023 3 pm John Heartfield House Waldsieversdorf
Join Dada ! 20 years Heartfield in Waldsieversdorf
FilmConcertReading
music on the FilmCollage The Bankruptcy-Jazz (2009 Herrebout / van Maaren)
Klaus Staeck + Bob Sondermeijer
Helmut Oehring + Ensemble Quillo
An event of the Academy of The Arts Berlin and the John Heartfield friendship circle
2 July 2023 Theater am Rand, Oderaue
ConcertReading with compositions for solo, duo to quintet
Helmut Oehring + Ensemble Quillo
22 August 2023 12:05 am Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Sharp with knowledge and bitter with longing The composer Helmut Oehring
a portrait feature by Gisela Nauck
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/der-komponist-helmut-oehring-dlf-kultur-093afb66-100.html
excerpts from [iɱˈfɛrno] (aus: MAPPA) collective lovemusic 25 November 2022 Arsenal de Metz
16 September 2023 Festival Musica Strasbourg
[iɱˈfɛrno] (from: MAPPA)
Contrapasso I – V (to: Wladimir Putin / Sergej Lawrow)
based on Dante Alighieri / Sandro Botticelli
for bass flute + bass clarinet + violoncello + electric guitar + audioplay + SignMimoChoreography
idea + composition + choreography: Helmut Oehring
audioplay-production: GOGH s.m.p.
collective lovemusic Strasbourg
bassflute: Emiliano Gavito
bassclarinet: Adam Starkie
violoncello: Lola Malique
e-guitar: Christian Lozano Sedano
commissioned by Klangwerkstatt – festival for new music Berlin and LVMSC lovemusic Strasbourg
12 October 2023 Zeitgenuss Festival Karlsruhe
CHOROS II for four guitarists + signchoreography (world premiere)
Dedicated to Aleph Guitar Quartet on the occasion of their 30th birthday in 2023
Aleph Guitar Quartet
14 October 2023 ZeitGenuss Festival Karlsruhe
(fāld) nicht ERSTARREN for e-guitar + keyboard + e-drum set (world premiere)
Pony Says
9 – 12 Novembre 2023 HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts Dresden, Great Hall
EURYDIKE? volume 2
DanceMusicFilmInstallation for three dancers + violin + accordion trio + multi-channel video + 8.1-channel audio (World Premiere)
idea + composition + choreography + direction + camera + film editing: Helmut Oehring
text book + dramaturgy + photography + codirection: Stefanie Wördemann
audio+video production + film editing: Torsten Ottersberg / GOGH smp
dance: Kassandra Wedel + Katja Erfurth + Mia Carla Oehring
violin: Florian Mayer
accordion trio: Felix Kroll + Susanne Stock + Silke Lange
choir: inmates of the JVA Dresden
Commissioned by HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts Dresden
Financed by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation
15 November 2023 Gare du Nord Basel
[iɱˈfɛrno] (from: MAPPA)
Contrapasso I – V (to: Wladimir Putin / Sergej Lawrow)
based on Dante Alighieri / Sandro Botticelli
for bass flute + bass clarinet + violoncello + electric guitar + audioplay + SignMimoChoreography
idea + composition + choreography: Helmut Oehring
audioplay-production: GOGH s.m.p.
collective lovemusic Strasbourg
bassflute: Emiliano Gavito
bassclarinet: Adam Starkie
violoncello: Lola Malique
e-guitar: Christian Lozano Sedano
commissioned by Klangwerkstatt – festival for new music Berlin and LVMSC lovemusic Strasbourg
November 2023 SWR 2 ORIGINAL BROADCAST
The Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell (No drama)
on texts by Aldous Huxley and Laura Archeri-Huxley
with musical quotes of The Doors and Igor Strawinsky
dedicated Aldous Huxley on the occasion of his 60th day of death
composition + direction: Helmut Oehring
textbook + dramaturgy: Stefanie Wördemann
soundrealisation + sounddirection + compositorial collaboration: Torsten Ottersberg / GOGH s.m.p.
author production for SWR
editor: Manfred Hess
κάθαρσις / KATHARSIS Trailer
1 + 2 December 2023 Societaetstheater Dresden
Woman with no limit
κάθαρσι / KATHARSIS for violin + multichannelaudioplay + dancechoreography
Mit: Florian Mayer + Katja Erfurth
15 + 16 + 17 December 2023 HELLERAU – European Centre of the Arts Dresden
WANDELN
new work for dancer + violin + preproduced audioplay
composition: Helmut Oehring
artistic direction + choreography + dance: Katja Erfurth
violin: Florian Mayer
27 April 2024 Le Lieu Unique Nantes
[iɱˈfɛrno] (from: MAPPA)
Contrapasso I – V (to: Wladimir Putin / Sergej Lawrow)
based on Dante Alighieri / Sandro Botticelli
for bass flute + bass clarinet + violoncello + electric guitar + audioplay + SignMimoChoreography
idea + composition + choreography: Helmut Oehring
audioplay-production: GOGH s.m.p.
collective lovemusic Strasbourg
bassflute: Emiliano Gavito
bassclarinet: Adam Starkie
violoncello: Lola Malique
e-guitar: Christian Lozano Sedano
commissioned by Klangwerkstatt – festival for new music Berlin and LVMSC lovemusic Strasbourg
PLANNED / WORK IN PROGRESS
KAVALA (to: Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an Istanbuler Criminal Court)
Ode to Osman Kavala and the Gezi-Park-Protests
for 100voiced mixed choir + 27 female percussionists
Brzezinka/Oświęcim (village in Poland)
multichannel composition for mixed choir and electronics
based on Gerhard Richter's cycle of paintings Birkenau
naked lunch / BACH
music theatre on texts by William S. Borroughs
Τρωγοδύται – nicht ERSTARREN
musik theatre
A portrait black/green
for Anton Lukoszevieze / violoncello + audioplay