Performer: Sebastian Berweck (piano and analogue electronics)
Compositions by James Saunders, Benjamin Lang, Michael Maierhof, Thomas Wenk, Johannes Kreidler
Text by Michael Rebhahn ‘Leaving the comfort zone: Sebastian Berweck’s revision of the piano’ (translation into English by Philipp Blume; booklet in English and German)
Research area: experimental piano music and contemporary performance practice
The CD can be ordered through the University of Huddersfield Online Store and through Amazon.co.uk
This collection of works extends the arena of action for both the piano as an instrument and the pianist as performer. Using simple analogue electronics and preparations, these compositions reveal ‘shadow aspects’ of ‘pianism’ by transposing the way the pianist performs beyond the keyboard.
Sebastian Berweck is one of the most sought-after pianists in the field of experimental contemporary music. He has commissioned and premiered over 100 works and appeared as a soloist at the Salzburger Festspiele, ISCM Wolrd Music days (Switzerland, Stuttgart, Vilnius), Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Spring in Heidelberg, Nous Sons Festival Barcelona and the Damstadt Summer Courses. He is the co-founder of stock11.de, a collective of composers and performers and is researching performance practice issues surrounding music with live electronics at CeReNeM, University of Huddersfield.
Huddersfield Contemporary Records is a CD and DVD label formed as a partnership between Huddersfield University Press and the Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) in association with the Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music, UK.
Forthcoming publications from HCR include CDs from the ELISION Ensemble (Cassidy, Harrison, Bellamy, Lim, Ferneyhough, Dillon, McCormack) and a DVD of electroacoustic music and film work by Geoffrey Cox and Keith Marley)
Further enquiries: Prof Liza Lim, l.lim@hud.ac.uk
