Portrait of the legendary Experimentalstudio of the SWR (2012)
Synopsis
On the occasion of the academy "Matrix 12 on tour" the Experimentalstudio of the SWR was invited to participate at the Atlas Festival Ensembles 2012 in Amsterdam and at the Warschauer Herbst. Most of the images for this film were shot here and in Amsterdam we worked together with the Dutch filmmaker Frank Scheffer. We also made recordings in the Studios of the SWR in Freiburg in June 2013 and watched Mark Andre on his quest for sounds for his Opera "Wunderzaichen", that will premiere in 2014 in Stuttgart.
Next to established composers, like Mark Andre and Chaya Czernowin, younger composers like Heather Frasch and Louis d'Heudières will be heard, and they all have the same passion: their love for miraculous, mysterious, unexpected, stupendous and seductive sounds that can be conjured up with the "instrument" Experimentalstudio of the SWR.
It is for that reason that the film closely observes the sound director of the SWR - and not just the musicians of the Ensemble Experimental or the Atlas Ensembles - and has the sound engineers talk about their experience with the different composers.
The technical equipment, used by electroacoustic music, is not the main focus in this film but rather the human interaction between sound directors, composers and instrumentalists.
The newest generation cameras were used throughout most of this film.
with Chaya Czernowin, Luigi Nono, Mark Andre, Louis d'Heudières, James Tenney, Jamilla Jazylbekova, Heather Frasch
ENSEMBLE EXPERIMENTAL FREIBURG
Noa Frenkel, Alt Susanne Otto, Alt Roberto Fabbriciani, flute Ernesto Molinari, clarinet Klara Tomljanovic, guitar Klaus Burger, tuba Jessica Rona, viola Michael Kasper, violoncello Hsin Lee, percussion Sven Kestel, contrabass
EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR Michael Acker, Garry Berger, Reinhold Braig, Joachim Haas, Thomas Hummel, Simon Spillner Sound direction
Detlef Heusinger Art direction
ATLAS ENSEMBLE AMSTERDAM Harrie Starreveld, Shakuhachi, Gevorg Dabaghian, Duduk Raphaela Danksagmüller, Duduk Anna voor de Wind, clarinet ? Ernest Rombout, hobos Wu Wei, Sheng Naomi Sato, Sho Elchin Nagijev, Tar Charbel Rouhana, Ud Lan Weiwei, Pipa Kiya Wesseling, mandolin Bassem Alkhouri, Qanun Ding Xueer, Zheng Makiko Goto, Koto Kourosh Matin, Santur Ernestine Stoop, harp Druba Ghosh, Sarangi Elshan Mansurov, Kamacha Xang Xue, Erhu Angel Gimeno, viola Neva Özgen, Kemence Max Knigge, viola alta Antonia Pratsinakis, violoncello ?Dario Calderone, contrabass Niti Ranjan Biswas, Tabla Ryoko Imai, Mervyn Groot, percussion
Caio Amon, Zbyscek Kotarba, Withold Oklek, Sophie Schricker, Frank Scheffer, Lucas van Woerkum camera
Menno Euwe, Konrad Fochman sound
Jia Zhao, Gösta Courkamp production managment
Uli Aumüller editing & direction
Concert hall of the Polish Radio "Witold Lutoslawski" Warschauer Herbst 2012
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