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X-WR-CALNAME:Composers Forum: Ute Wassermann\, "Expanding the Voice"
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DESCRIPTION:Ute Wassermann is one of the most outstanding contemporary voca
 l phenomena. She combines composition\, improvisation and performance art 
 to create her own form of Gesamtkunst\, in which environmentally relevant 
 themes play an essential role. For many years she has toured the world as 
 an improviser and performer of contemporary music. In the last decade she 
 has been increasingly realising audiovisual voice performances / installat
 ions and compositions for soloists and ensembles. She has received commiss
 ions by Ryogoku Art Festival Japan\, WDR\, University of Amsterdam\, Poeti
 ca Sonora Mexico City\, Casa de Lago UNAM Mexico City\, Transart Festival 
 Bolzano\, maulwerker\, Distractfold Ensemble\, Ruhrtriennale\, and MaerzMu
 sik.\n\nUte has premiered pieces\, most of them written especially for her
  voice by Richard Barrett\, Henning Christiansen\, Chaya Czernowin\, Hespo
 s\, Matthias Kaul\, Karen Power\, Alejandro Romero Anaya\, Raed Yassin\, S
 am Salem\, Salvadore Sciarrino\, John Cage\, Luciano Berio\, Simon Steen-A
 ndersen\, and Cathy van Eck among others. \n\nExpanding the voice\n\nUte W
 assermann presents her diverse artistic practice in the context of experim
 ental music\, which combines improvisation\, composition and performance a
 rt. She shows examples of how ensemble compositions emerge from solo works
  or how compositions are created from improvisation and sound experimentat
 ion.\n\nAt the core of her research is an ongoing and uncompromised explor
 ation of her voice. Ute Wassermann´s singing transcends the human voice r
 esulting in multidimensional sculptural sounds oscillating between electro
 nic\, animalistic\, inorganic and human qualities. Furthermore she extends
  and alienates the voice including the use of bird whistles\, resonators\,
  field recordings\, every day objects\,  various microphones and multi-cha
 nnel-spatialisation. With her performances she creates imaginary acoustic 
 habitats in which her chameleon-like voice collaborates with the voices of
  other-than-humans sounding from objects and matter.\n\nWebsite: https://u
 tewassermann.com/
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SUMMARY:Composers Forum: Ute Wassermann\, "Expanding the Voice"
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 nn-expanding-the-voice
CATEGORIES:Lecture
CATEGORIES:Music
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