Maria Gstättner (AT)

Maria Gstättner

Improviser*Composer-Performer

With bassoon and voice as an international soloist in various ensembles (e.g. Klangforum Wien) and orchestras (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), also active in free jazz (e.g. sonic fiction orchestra), free improvisation and world music. Numerous world premieres (e.g. Bassoon Sonata F. Cerha) and participation in recordings and own productions. As a composer, she has been continuously commissioned (e.g. Wien Modern) and awarded scholarships (e.g. state scholarship for composition), as well as theater productions (e.g. Burgtheater Vienna) and interdisciplinary works (e.g. cultural museum Chicago).

Senior lecturer at the mdw and artistic researcher (Dr. artium), coordinator of the CAP (Contemporary Arts Practice) master’s program at the mdw.

“Sound as a Medium”
In this lecture performance, Maria Gstättner talks about her experience of how sound becomes a medium in free improvisation – a fleeting mediator between body and space, an impulse for transformation. It is about those moments in which the inexpressible takes shape and condenses into sound, breath and silence.

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OBERDECK #22: Mirjam Schrei (AT)

Moments. An undefined unit of time – fleeting and yet sometimes eternal.
In her series of paintings entitled “Atmosphere of the Moment”, Mirjam Schrei explores the connection between photography and painting and examines the process of remembering. The works
are based on photographs from her archive and capture the fleeting character of personal experiences.

Alica Minar (CZE) + Tim Winter (DE)

If we openly share our desires, what will happen? And what will happen if we start to fulfill them, on stage, in the audience? How would their confession change the very moment and the social setting we’re part of NOW, among friends, strangers, comrades?

Julia & Michael Walk (AT) + Gabriel Huth (AT)

This dinner performance explores the tension between rules and improvisation in the cooking process and invites guests to become active participants in the creative transformation of ingredients and recipes. The structure of the evening is not determined in advance , but develops in real time through the dynamics between the chefs, guests, space and ingredients.

Andrea Gava (ITA) + Grazer Impro Klub

The GIK – Grazer Impro Klub sees itself as a platform for the preservation, consolidation and cultivation of the musical practice of improvisation and genre-free musical experimentation.

Jugend am Werk – Work in progress

Schaumbad is actively involved in this process by including artists with disabilities in its programs – with the GIF as the leading series in terms of inclusion.

Susa Kern (AT)

Individual frames are designed and made from used spectacle parts.
The focus is on improvisation and creative design.

George Cremaschi (USA/CZE)

…works with a variety of approaches and strategies in the areas overlapping music, sound art and noise.

B the Beat (AT)

Dance battle with impro flow!
dancers will perform to live improvised music. The focus is on the exchange with the musicians as well as the possibility of a “connection” with each other.
The “audience” and all the people in the room ultimately become active performers and are invited to get involved in this musical journey and create new movements!

Corinna Eikmeier (DE)

What are the interactions between the quality of movement in music-making and the quality of improvisation? Aspects relevant to improvisation from two research projects will be presented.

The Kumberg Gatherers

The core is expressing itself at the moment without structures or concepts. In terms of content, this evening is open and can develop in any direction, depending on which influences are currently present and determine the path…

Maria Gstättner (AT)

In this lecture performance, Maria Gstättner talks about her experience of how sound becomes a medium in free improvisation – a fleeting mediator between body and space, an impulse for transformation. It is about those moments in which the inexplicable takes shape and condenses into sound, breath and silence.

Stefan Heckel (AT) + Meet4Music

As a Jazz pianist, improviser and educator he is the Founder of the interdisziplinary improvisation group at the KUG Graz, and coordinator of the music community Meet4Music.

Jugend am Werk – Results of the week

Schaumbad is actively involved in this process by including artists with disabilities in its programs – with the GIF as the leading series in terms of inclusion.

Anna Sophia Defant (AT) + Petra Fraißl (AT)

Debut Duo

Mina Zakić (RS) + Michele Bernabei (FR) + Zlata (RUS)

Debut Trio

mozo mozo (INT)

Noise-Impro-Jazz-Electronics. The Viennese formation mixes volcanic energy with radical playfulness..

STIO feat. Yuval Avital (IL)

The Styrian Improvisers Orchestra (STIO) is a dynamic ensemble based in Graz, Austria, dedicated to exploring the boundaries of free and conducted improvisation.

Rixard Tattoo (ESP)

Rixard Tattoo merges tattooing and performance, exploring the concept of the abject and the interplay between attraction and repulsion.

Mahtab Miandehi (IR) + Peter Hutter (AT)

Debut Duo + Audio Visual + Open Air + Late Night…

Artbrunch extended – Actionism on Water

in graz, people now go on rafts.
on the mur. just like back then. an experience. for young and old. still a city, but different. a new view. an arrival. on the water.

Franz Schmuck (AT) + Mariam Gosibat (DE)

Scrap Instruments making Workshop supported by Schrottwolf and Ortweinschule Graz Ceramic Artcrafts Masterclass…

Julia & Michael Walk (AT) + Gabriel Huth (AT)

This is the end

Final improv session with surprises –
Reflection, conclusion & sound leftovers
Come as you are, bring what’s left. YOU DO YOU!

Maria Gstättner (AT)

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