Friday, November 28th, 2014, 21.30
DUO SOUFFLÉ
(Theresia Schmidinger, Clarinet I Doris Nicoletti, Flute)
Peter Jakober: weit beisammen
DUO SOUFFLÉ
The Duo Soufflé was formed by Doris Nicoletti (flutes) and Theresia Schmidinger (clarinets) in 2005. The
two musicians have commissioned numerous compositions and work in close cooperation with composers
to expand the repertoire for the duo flute and clarinet. Contemporary music offers a wide field to
explore the sounds of these two families of instruments. The rich colours and expressiveness of flute
and clarinet, in both sound and noise, are the foundations which allow the creation of differing shades
of blending, fusion and contrast. The duo sees a logical continuation between instrumental music and
voice, and the artistic use of breath and air when playing a wind instrument. The duo have performed
several theatrical pieces for speaking, singing and acting musicians and have also worked with writers,
actors and dancers.
http://www.duosouffle.com/
Peter Jakober: weit beisammen (2010)
[for flute, clarinet and live-electronics]
Patterns of pulsations, bisbigliandos, quarter-tone trills and tonal scales are
interwoven into dense, vibrant acoustic spaces. The live played sounds are
simultaneously recorded and played back with a delay at minimal - faster or slower -
factors. The velocity variations are generating temporal and harmonic microtonal
textures, constructing a floating overall sound. The increasing density of the sound
blurs the perception of the single sounds and their sources. After a peak in the middle
of the piece, soft multi-phonics are remaining, whose characteristic beats undergo
duplication, extension and opening. The accelerated playback of the live sound
provokes a reflection of the phenomenon on the overall sound. The final soundscape of
the piece is developed and shaped within this relationship.
[Peter Jakober]
Peter Jakober
Peter Jakober is adept at a range of instrumentations, from pieces for mixed choir to various chamber
combinations, and like most composers in his generation, is completely at home both with live
electronics and notated scores. He grew up in southern Styria, learning accordion and piano and began
his studies at the University of Graz in technical mathematics, musicology and philosophy before
beginning to study composition with Georg Friedrich Haas and Gerd Kühr at the University for Music and
the Performing Arts (Graz). He graduated in 2006 with distinction, receiving a promotional award for
music from the city of Graz and in 2007 a state scholarship for composition from the Austrian
government, as well as a scholarship for a four month stay in Rotterdam from Styria. He won first prize
for 'Puls 3', a piece for an automated piano competition, 'Ghost Note Competition'. He has had numerous
performances and commissions with major new music ensembles in Austria and Europe, including the
Ensemble Recherche, the Klangforum Wien, for festivals including Wien Modern, Musikprotokoll Graz,
Paul Hofhaymer Music Festival, Klangspuren Schwaz and with the festival Sacra!. From 2003-2008 he
organised a platform for young composers, Hörfest Graz, which he founded with Erich Ranegger. After
stays abroad in Rotterdam and Cologne he currently lives in Vienna. (Text Tamara Friebel)
http://www.peterjakober.com