October 2013  

new multi-channel work for loudspeakers
presented by the electroacoustic project
dtba

new work cello & electronics
presented by 'cercle - konzertreihe für neue musik'
dtba

september 2013  

Mein Instrument in seiner Stadt
Workshop für Kinder im Alter von 9 - 12 Jahren
in zusammenarbeit mit den wiener Musikschulen und dem
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
September 13 - 14, ORF Funkhaus Wien

August 2013  

Mexico - tour
performing with Weiping Lin
August 16 @ CMMAS, Morelia
august 20 @ Habitación del ruido
August 22 @ MUAC, Mexico City
August 23 @ unam , Lecture performance

june 2013  

Nahen - Weiten
@ festival of Audio Visual Arts and Electroacoustic Music
weiping lin - piano
june 27th / Ionian University / Corfu / Greece

Tondenkmäler der Tiefbaukunst in österreich
ein Beitrag zur Klangtopografie der Heimat
sonic monuments to Austrian civil engineering's beauties
a Contribution to Homeland Sound Topography.

installation @ Stift Melk / kleiner Barockkeller
june 14th 2013- january 6th 2014

March 2013  

Das Phantom der Erinnerung
Friedemann Derschmidts' Film with a score by Volkmar Klien to be screened at the Diagonale Film Festival in Graz
March 13 / 13:30 @ A5 & March 14 / 18:30 / @ S2

february 2013  

Book-Presentation 'On Listening' ed. by Angus Carlyle and Cathy Lane
containing the chapter
'The artist and the Listening machine' by Volkmar klien
part of:

In the Field - Exploring the art and craft of field recording
Feb 15-16 / British Library Conference Centre / London / uk

december 2012  

Má vlast / mein Vaterand
eine symphonische Heimatdichtung in Form eines radiophonen roadmovies.
broadcast on Ö1 Kunstradio. December 2nd, 2012, 23:05 - 23:45, ö1 (ORF)

october 2012  

'Music - Sound Art: Historical Continuum and Mimetic Fissures'
participating in the colloquium at the London College of Communication
oct 10th 2012 / details tba.

Kristallgatsch / Strahlung
at the Temporeale Festival in florence
oct 9th 2012 / 20:30 / Limonaia di Villa Strozzi

Zum Grossen Ganzen
composition for multi-channel electronics commissioned by the electroacoustic project
premiere: October 8th 2012 / Semperdepot / Vienna

september 2012  

Mein Instrument in seiner Stadt
Workshop für Kinder im Alter von 9 - 12 Jahren
in zusammenarbeit mit den wiener Musikschulen und dem ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
September 14 - 15, ORF Funkhaus Wien

august 2012  

Denn Leistung muss sich wieder lohnen
reheat festival
kleylehof 13 / August 18th 2012

february 2012  

whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir
by eve sussman & the rufuscorporation
includes music by Volkmar klien
@ Berlinale – Forum Expanded
Arsenal 2, Potsdammer Strasse 2, Berlin
February 10 – 19 / 16:00 – 18:00 daily
except February 15 / 16:00 – 17:00
@ SITE Santa Fe – Time Lapse
February 18th - May 20th
Santa Fe / New Mexico

Durchsichtige Musik / see-through music
part of paraflows 2012, 'Listening Comprehension'
weisses haus /Geigergasse 5–9, 2 / 1050 Wien
january 31st - february 7th

January 2012  

Durchsichtige Musik / see-through music
part of paraflows 2012, 'Listening Comprehension'
weisses haus /Geigergasse 5–9, 2 / 1050 Wien
january 31st - february 7th

Herbert Brün: a composer is that without which something would not
have happened

participating in a performance project by wang hong-kai
weisses haus /Geigergasse 5–9, 2 / 1050 Wien
January 31st / 6pm

whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir
by eve sussman & the rufuscorporation
includes music by Volkmar klien
Sundance Film Festival
January 22nd, 24th & 25th / All screenings 9:30pm
Yarrow Hotel Theater / Park City

Gatschhammer
A performance by Volkmar klien
part of Kunstradio's celebration of Art's birthday
January 17th / partystarts 20:00 / broadcast starts 23:03
Austrian national radio / ORF Ö1/ FM 92.00
Funkhaus / Argentinierstr. 30a / 1040 vienna

choreography for Blackboards
Choreography: Michael Kliën
Dramaturgy: Steve Valk
Music: Volkmar Klien
presented by PS122 at the Invisible Dog arts centre
51 Bergen St., Brooklyn, NY, 11 201
january 8 - 11, 2012/ 8pm

December 2011  

Standing in Ink & Einem
Choreography: Michael Kliën
Music: Volkmar Klien
i-dance festival / HongKong
dec 2nd & 3rd / 8pm

November 2011  

Kristallgatsch / Strahlung
a 9 minute excerpt will be presented during the presentation of the 'raumklanginstrument', the new wavefield and ambisonics diffusion system of the institute for composition and electroacoustics at the university of music and performing arts in vienna.
nov 12/ 20h / schlosstheater schönbrunn

.. friget venus
premiere of a new piece for electronics and piano
Weiping Lin - Piano
volkmar klien - electronics
nov 11 / 20:30 / Echoraum (Vienna)

October 2011  

Variations in Air Pressure
Weiping Lin / violin
performance of variations in air pressure at the
Alfred Kubin-Haus / Wernstein am Inn / Zwickledt 7
oct 23

September 2011  

Kristallgatsch / Strahlung
an 8 channel version of Kristallgatsch/strahlung will be part of the 'Sonorous-Horreum' exhibition of multichannel sound
sept 2nd - sept 5th / 15h - 20h
Kapu Linz / Kapuzinerstrasse 36 / Linz / austria

whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir
by eve sussman & the rufuscorporation
includes music by Volkmar klien
September 15 – October 22 / Cristin Tierney Gallery, 546 W. 29th St. /New York City

whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir
by eve sussman & the rufuscorporation
includes music by Volkmar klien
Toronto International Film Festival
September 9, 10, 11 / Future Projections
NFB Mediatheque /150 John Street / Toronto /Canada

August 2011  

Start-Ziel-Siege 1
at ' Núcleo Música Nueva'
August 3 / 8:30pm / Sala Zavala Muniz / Teatro Solís / Montevideo / Uruguay

july 2011  

Standing in Ink
choreography by Michael Klien / music by volkmar Klien
July 15 - 18 / Crawford Gallery / Cork / Ireland

may 2011  

artist talk at Galerie SKUC
may 10, 21:00 / Stari trg 21 / lublijana / slovenia

April 2011  

whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir (and other works from the expedition)
by eve sussman & the rufuscorporation
includes music by Volkmar klien
April 15 - May 21 /haunch of venison London
curated by nina miall

contributions to homeland sound topography 01 - The Right Sides of the Road
media installation
presented at pushfestival / april 07 - 09 / Gävle / sweden

march 2011  

choreography for Blackboards
daghdha dance company
performance on march 25 2011 / installation until may 1st.
Siamsa Tire/national folk theatre of ireland/ tralee / ireland

contributions to homeland sound topography 01 - The Right Sides of the Road
media installation
presented at MANT15 / march 05 & 06 / mantisfestival /
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama / University of Manchester / uk

December 2010  

'Variations in Air Pressure' at Ausland
weiping lin - violin
volkmar klien - electronics
December 2nd / 21:00 / Ausland / Berlin
details here

November 2010  

Concert at 'the electroacoustic project'
Kuppelsaal der TU Wien
November 28th /21:00 / TU Wien / Karlsplatz
further details here

choreography for Blackboards
daghdha dance company
26 - 27 november 2010 / 16:00 / hayward gallery / London / uk

Artist's talk at LCC
guest lecture at the sound arts department, London College of communication
24 november 2010 / 14:00 / lcc / London / uk

October 2010  

STANDING IN INK
daghdha dance company
Merseyside Dance Initiative /LIVERPOOL / uk
18-19 OCTOBER 2010

concert at IEM's cube
OCtober 12th / IEM / Graz / Austria
details tba

relative realities
relative realities will be installed at the Filament Festival
September 30th to October 3rd / Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) / Troy (ny) /usa

kristallgatsch / strahlung
a filament premiere
Commissioned By EMPAC
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Troy / NY
Oct 1 (7:00pm), oct 2 (9:00 pm) & oct 3 (12:00 pm)/ Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) / Troy (ny) /usa

September 2010  

residency at empac (troy/usa)
during a residency at empac 'Kristallgatsch / strahlung' will be adjusted to radiate from an ambisonics dome of speakers.
september 20th - october 3rd 2010 / Troy (ny) /usa

August 2010  

STANDING IN INK
daghdha dance company
edinburgh fringe festival
9-20 august / dancebase / edinburgh / uk

july 2010  

residency at the iem (graz/austria)
spending a week working in the wonderful cube on ambisonic sound compositions.
12 - 16 July/ iem / Graz / austria

june 2010  

Several tracks of 'variations in Air Pressure'
featured in Eve Sussman's 'White on White: a random thriller [alpha version]'
June 6th, 2010 5:30pm / MoMA T2 / NYC

presentations at the icmc2010 (nyc) and ems10 (shanghai)
presenting research papers entitled 'Because We Are All Falling Down. Physics, Gestures and Relative Realities' at the international Computer Music Conference in New York City and 'Towards Automating Annotation of Electroacoustic Music' at the electronic Music Study Group Conference in Shanghai (China)

february 2010  

variations in air pressure
cd released on aufstieg av
weiping lin - violin
volkmar klien - electronics

start-ziel-siege
UNC CHAT – Digital Arts Festival
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (nc/usa)
part of the open exhibition february 16 -19

january 2010  

STANDING IN INK
daghdha dance company
9–10 JANUARY 2010 / 11–12 AM / APAP CONFERENCE NYC 2010
BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTRE
NEW YORK city / usa

october 2009  

Kristallgatsch / strahlung
new multichannel work at EMPAC / Studio 1 - Goodman
an event shared with Daniel Teige (video to daniel's piece by eve sussman & simon Lee)
Friday /oct 16 / 8:00 pm
saturday /oct 17 / 6:30 & 8:00 PM

talk at transitio_mx/ personal perspective
october 5 / 19:00 / Fonoteca Nacional / Sala "Thomas Stanford"
Francisco Sosa 383, Barrio Santa Catarina, Coyoacán, C.P. 04010. México D.F.

contributions to homeland sound topography 01 - The Right Sides of the Road
media installation
Transitio_MX 2009 / october 2 - 10, 2009 / Fonoteca Nacional /
Francisco Sosa 383 col. Barrio de Santa Catarina, Coyoacán / mexico city

september 2009  

artist in residence at empac
september 22 - october 18
empac, rensellear polytechnic institute
Troy, NY, usa

relative realities
september 9 -12
at 'habitación del ruido' in mexico city
Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana
Izazaga 92, Centro Historico

relative realities
september 3 - 8
documentation video of the installation will be presented
at ars electronica 2009 in Linz, Austria

july 2009  

start-ziel-siege
premiere of start-ziel-Siege's live version
performed together with Thomas Grill
July 24 / 23:30 / 'Passos Manuel'/'smc2009 / Porto / Portugal

may 2009  

zeitton komponistenportrait
on oe1, orf (austrian national radio)
an hour long special on 'start-Ziel-Siege' and 'variations in air pressure'
interview by Giselher Smekal
22 may / 23:05 / radio oe1

Standing in ink – WORLD PREMIERE
18–19 MAY 2009, 7 PM
daghdha dance company
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL, DUBLIN, ireland
CHOREOGRAPHY: MICHAEL KLIEN
MUSIC: VOLKMAR KLIEN
DANCE: MARK CARBERRY, LAURA DANNEQUIN

april 2009  

Choreography for blackboards
april 24 & 25 / Irish Museum of modern art / dublin
Choreography: Michael Klien
music: volkmar klien
Dramaturgy: Steve Valk

start - Ziel - Siege
release of cd 'start - ziel - siege' on aufstieg av
more information here

march 2009  

unsafe sounds
broadcast on orf / oe1 kunstradio
march 9th, 23:05 - 23:50

february 2009  

Choreography for blackboards
february 6 & 7, zodiak, helsinki
Choreography: Michael Klien
music: volkmar klien
Dramaturgy: Steve Valk

january 2009  

talk at london college of communication (lcc)
Sound Arts and Design
january 21st, 2pm

Kunstradio's ART’S BIRTHDAY party 2009
live performance of 'Start - Ziel - Siege'
17. January, 20h, Kulturfabrik Hainburg

Further info: Kunstradio.at

september 2008  

laut fahrplan
an enhancement of reality in real time
in co-operation with thomas grill
intervention - concert / september 20 / vkk eichgraben

Má vlast
eine symphonische Heimatdichtung in Form eines radiophonen roadmovies.

Auf einer Reise per Autostopp durch Österreich werden im Gespräch mit den Reisegefähren jene Orte erfragt, bereist und aufgenommen, an denen es in Österreich am Schönsten klingt.
Auf der Fahrt wird darüberhinaus der Nutzen solcher Unternehmungen besprochen.
Ö1 Kunstradio. Sendedatum: 9. September 2008, 23:05 - 23:45, ö1 (ORF)

june 2008  

sense & meaning / im fett / standing in ink / einem
daghdha dance company performing in paris to music by volkmar klien
part of junevents / june 19, 7:30 pm/ Atelier Carolyn Carelson / paris

may 2008  

premiere of 'to build a hall'
daghdha's dance piece to 'rauschkinder'
choreography: michael klien
may 19 & 20 / Daghdha Space / Limerick (ireland)

'sense and meaning'
choreography: Michael klien
music: volkmar klien
may 23 & 24 / daghdha space / limerick (ireland)

relative realitäten
media installation / klangraum krems / may 10 - june 8 2008
details

january 2008  

art's birthday
january 17th, oe1 kunstradio's celebration of art's (i believe) 10000045th birthday.
details tba.

december 2007  

performance of 'Einem'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Links - rechts. mitte. weit' ( info / mp3 / cd )
choreography: Michael klien
part of 'gravity and grace'
december 15th, Daghdha Space, Limerick, ireland

premiere of 'sense and meaning'
choreography: Michael klien
music: volkmar klien
december 13th, daghdha space, limerick, ireland

november 2007  

premiere of 'field studies 10'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Start-Ziel-siege'
choreography: michael klien
november 30th, Mamuska Night, Daghdha Space, Limerick, ireland

relative realitäten
november 14th - 23rd, semper - depot, vienna
part of the wien modern festival.

premiere of 'field studies 9'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Start-Ziel-siege'
choreography: michael klien
november 15th, part of 'framemakers', Daghdha Space, Limerick, ireland

rauschkinder
premiere of an evening for violin & electronics
november 16th, ruprechts-kirche, vienna
commissioned by neue-musik.at
violin: weiping lin
electronics: volkmar klien
part of the wien modern festival.

sept./oct. 2007  

sport & trauma
synchronisation sequences
media installation /october 18 - 20 2007 at the nweamo festival / morelia / mexico

composer's talk at cmmas
'Musical composition & sonic installation, Different things - similar intentions'
Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS) / morelia / mexico

'freundlich, ein wenig unbestimmt'
klarinettenduo stump linshalm play at the galerie maerz in linz
oct 20th / 20:00

'Einem' on tour in china
daghdha's dance piece to 'Links - rechts. mitte. weit' ( info / mp3 / cd )
choreography: Michael klien
5-week tour through 6 chinese cities
Beijing / 9 Oct / 798 Art district
Hong Kong / 14 Oct – 19 Oct / Cattle depot
Macao / 19 Oct – 23 Oct / Ox warehouse
Shanghai / 23 Oct – 27 Oct / Fei Art space
Hangzhou / 27 Oct – 1 Nov / The Culture And Industry Society Of Zhejiang Province Culture Exchange Centre
Xiamen / 1 Nov – 4 Nov / VIS-À-VIS art lab

premiere of 'field studies 8'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Start-Ziel-siege'
choreography: michael klien
October 5th, Mamuska Night, Daghdha Space, Limerick, ireland

performance of 'Einem'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Links - rechts. mitte. weit' ( info / mp3 / cd )
choreography: Michael klien
part of 'Mediated Bodies'
September 15th, Dance House, Dublin, ireland

may 2007  

concert & talk
may 25th, 19:00 at the Alte schmiede
part of the 'Elektronischer Frühling' series.

january 2007  

art's birthday
january 17th, 20:00 - open end.
kunstradio's art's birthday party.
online, onsite (radio cafe, argentinierstr 30A, wien) on air (oe1.orf.at)
more informationavailable here.

wiencouver 1906
january 14th, 23:00 - 23:00
a kunstradio Wiencouver project in collaboration with Anna Friz, Glenn
Gear and Absolute Value of Noise.
broadcast on Austrian national radio, oe1 & online at oe1.orf.at.

sediments of an ordinary mind
daghdha dance company
Choreography: Michael Klien
Music: Volkmar Klien
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november 2006  

lockerungen
25 november, 20:00, maerz galerie, linz
aufstieg sq performing 'lockerungen' live for the very first time.

performance of einem …
as part of daghdha dance company’s framemakers
03.07.2006, 8p/ Daghdha Space, St. John’s Church, Limerick/ireland

september 2006  

premiere of 'rauschgold' (electronics)
visiones sonoras 2006
international festival and composers meeting
20 september, 20:30, sala carlos chávez, unam, mexico d.f.

Sediments of an ordinary mind
Choreography: Michael Klien
Music: Volkmar Klien
/13/14/15 December, 8 pm: Daghdha Space, St.John's Church, Limerick, ireland
11-14 January: The Project Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin, ireland

Nachtbilder - Poesie und Musik
'harzblut stark riechend.'
lyrische porträts von Walter Pucher
musik: volkmar klien ('lockerungen')
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 00:08 - 01:00, 92.00 FM or online under oe1.orf.at

Music to Daghda's 'Choreography for Blackboards' (Premiere)
8/9 September 8 pm; Daghdha Space, St.John's Church, Limerick, ireland
Choreography for Blackboards
Choreography: Michael Klien
Dramaturgy: Steve Valk

august 2006  

Zeit-Ton
one hour radio portrait on austrian national radio.
august 18th, 23:05 - 24:00, 92.00 FM or online under oe1.orf.at

july 2006   performance of einem …
daghdha dance company’s piece to links – rechts. mitte. weit / 01–03.07.2006, blurred borders festival (san diego/usa)
june 2006   release of the cd lockerungen
aufstieg av / aav 0601
april 2006   release of the cd strom
aufstieg av / aav 0502
march 2006   premiere of freundlich, ein wenig unbestimmt
for two (bass-)clarinets commissioned by the duo stump-linshalm (vienna/a) / 31.03.2006, echoraum (vienna/a)

release of the cd vlclel
aufstieg av / aav 0501
january 2006   performance of limerick trilogy
by daghdha dance company / 27–28.01.2006, daghdha space (limerick/irl)
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