1998 - 2004: concerts, installations, exhibitions, cd-releases, lectures, etc.

'CD only' edition of 'Installations'. Published in an exclusive edition of 800 copies.
Released by Gromoga, Austria on December 31st, 2005.

Debut-CD of a duo project by Kai Fagaschinski (clarinet) & Bernhard Gal (phonographies).
Released by Charhizma, Austria in December 2005.

Laptop performance by Bernhard Gal, presenting a new audio-visual work, combining phonographies and photographies.
Part of the 'Images and Music' Festival organized by Skop. Frankfurt, Dec. 2nd, 20.00

Site-specific realization of Bernhard Gal's composition Mount Blanc, for amplified piano and sound projection, as part of the Festival "The New Austrian Sound of Music". Xenia Hu: piano, Bernhard Gal: sound projection. Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Kammermusiksaal, Nov. 7th, 20.00

zhu shui

Sound installation based on the sonic potential of four tea kettles.
Alte Schmiede, November 2nd, 16.00 - 21.00

Live Performance by Bernhard Gal and Book Presentation of Installations, a comprehensive monograph documenting Bernhard Gal's sound and intemedia installations since 1999. Moderation: Ernst Reitermaier. Tonspur, October 9, 17.00

Sound projection based on a modified version of Gal's composition bee bee, originally published on the CD relisten in 2001. Contribution to Yumi Kori's site-specific installation 'B^B' at Swing Space Open Studio 05 in New York City. Oct. 8th + 9th, 12.00-18.00

zhu shui

Acousmatic concert, featuring music by members of Proyecto Itinerante, including Gal's composition zhu shui. Also presenting awarded works from the competition 'Point de Repère 2005'.
Buenos Aires City Conservatory Auditorium. Oct 3rd, 19.30

zhu shui

Acousmatic concert, featuring music by members of Proyecto Itinerante, including Gal's composition zhu shui. Also presenting awarded works from the competition 'Point de Repère 2005'.
UIUC, Sept. 23rd, 19.30

Radio Broadcast of a solo powerbook concert by Gal, based on Hinaus:: In den, Wald. Live recording from the Schweizerische Landesbibliothek in Bern, Switzerland, January 12, 2005.
Cafe Sonore, VPRO, Netherlands July 5, 23.00

Audio-architectural installation in collaboration with Yumi Kori, as part of her exhibition 'Infinitation'. Centre on Contemporary Art, Seattle.
June 17 - July 24, 2005

Comprehensive monograph (book with audio cd) documenting Bernhard Gal's sound and intemedia installations since 1999. Published by Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, in cooperation with DAAD Berlin and Gromoga Records, June 2005.

After the US West Coast Tour '04, this year's North America concert tour leads to the North-East of the continent. Touring with Intransitive mastermind Howard Stelzer, Gal presents live performances primarily based on his cd-releases relisten and 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.. Tour details here.

Sound installation based on Adolf Woelfli's life and oeuvre.
Diapason Gallery for Sound and Intermedia, NYC - May 28th, June 4 & 11; 6-12 pm

Powerbook performance based on Gal's recent cd-release 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.'. Solo set and duo with Marcos Fernandez.
Trummerflora at Voz Alta, San Diego, May 26, 20.30

Powerbook performance / Interview live on KXLU.
Radio Glossolalia hosted by Mitchell Brown.
May 25, 22.00-23.00

Site-specific installation in collaboration with the artist/architect Yumi Kori as part of Yumi's artist-in-residency at ISCP.
May 7-30, 2005. Opening at the 'ISCP Open Studio Weekend', May 7-9

Site-specific audio-architectural installation in collaboration with the artist/architect Yumi Kori. Commissioned by Klangraum Krems / Donaufestival 2005. Supported by Musik aktuell '05. Minoritenkirche, Krems/Stein. April - June, 2005.

Live Performance based on the upcoming catalogue book and audio-cd release Installations, a comprehensive monograph documenting Bernhard Gal's sound and intemedia installations since 1999. Sound projection: Bernhard Gál.
Alte Schmiede, Vienna, March 29th, 19.00

Contribution to the Compilation-CD '90 Sekunden Wirklichkeit', released by DEGEM, German Society for Electroacoustic Music, Cybele Records, February 2005.

Radio portrait especially concerning Bernhard Gal's upcoming audio-architectural installation in Krems, in collaboration with Yumi Kori, and its musical transformation into a composition for six instruments. Presentation: Giselher Smekal, Austrian Radio OE1, 'Zeit-Ton', February 4th, 23.05-24.00

Acousmatic concert, based on works from the 'Itinerant Project'', a travelling concert series'of electro-acoustic compositions. Including Gal's composition zhu shui. Moderation / Sound projection: Bernhard Gál. Feb. 2nd, 19.00

Powerbook performance based on Gal's recent cd-release 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.'.
Organized by TonArt Bern. Broadcast on Swiss Radio DRS, Jan. 19th., 2005
Concert: January 12, 20.00

Radio broadcast of a live performance by Gal's based on 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.'.
Recorded live at Sonarchy - KEXP, Seattle on Sept. 18th, 2004. A web stream of the performance will be made available online for two weeks after the broadcast.
KEXP 90.3 FM, January 1st, 24.00 (Pacific Time Zone)

The German radio station 'Nordwestradio/Radio Bremen' presents music from Gal's first three CD releases bestimmung new york, Defragmentation/blue and relisten, in a two hour -long radio feature. Radio Bremen, "musica nova", Dec. 20th, 20.05-22.00

Lecture by Bernhard Gal about interrelations of music and architecture, with a focus on installation- and sound art.
Institute of Architectural History, Technical University, Vienna. Dec 1st, 11.00

Intermedia concert for children, combining traditional and new music for Chinese instruments, live electronics and light projections. Featuring Tung Chao-Ming (zheng), Wang Ming (pipa), Wu Wei (sheng, erhu) and Bernhard Gal (electronics, light design, concept). 'KIZHIZ', festival for a young audience. ORF Klangtheater, Vienna, Nov 28th, 11.00

Presentation of the 'Itinerant Project', a travelling concert series'of electro-acoustic / acousmatic compositions featuring Gal's composition z.....z. Part of the series 'Elektroakustische-Musik-hören' at the Electronic Studio of the Technical University Berlin. Moderation / Sound projection: Bernhard Gál. Nov. 11, 18.00

DVD-surround mix of 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.', simulating the spatiality of the original sound installation. Published in 'Text and Language', the fourth volume of Aspect, Biannual Magazine for New Media Art.

Participation in the project 'henri chopin remixed', based on the work of sound poet Henri Chopin. Featuring solo performances and a collective improvisation by Juergen Berlakovich, Didi Bruckmayr, Christian Fennesz, Bernhard Gál, Ide Hintze, Joerg Piringer and Erdem Tunakan. Organized by Schule fuer Dichtung. Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Oct 8, 20.00

'klangwuerste' (literal translation: "sound sausages") is an interdisciplinary music project for children, based on the acoustic and visual potential of inflatable pneumatic objects. In collaboration with Austrian architect and pneumo specialist P. Michael Schultes. Part of the Jeunesse Festival 2004. Alban Berg Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Oct 8-10

Lecture about recent sound installations and intermedia art projects.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Oct 5th, ca. 9.30

For this occasion, tunGal (Chao-Ming Tung / Bernhard Gál) team up with Gene Coleman. Also featuring the premiere of UTOO, a composition for chamber ensemble and sound projection,
performed by Ensemble Noamnesia and conducted by Rei Hotoda.
Part of the Sound Field Festival 2004. Renaissance Society, Chicago - Oct 3, 20.00

Live performance at WNUR's weekly radio program 'Airplay'.
WNUR - Airplay 89.3 FM - Oct 2nd, ca. 16.00

Collective improvisations featuring TV Pow; Fred Lonberg-Holm/Axel Doerner/Michael Zerang/Jason Roebke; Gal/Labycz/Vadim Sprikut/Jason Soliday.
Heaven Gallery, Chicago - Oct 1

Gal tours the west coast of the USA. Including live performances of relisten and 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald. and the duo project tunGal, as well as presentations of recent installation art projects. San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Diego. For tour details click here.

Presentation of the 'Itinerant Project'', a travelling concert series'of electro-acoustic / acousmatic works by composers from countries as diverse as Argentina, Austria, Chile, France, Greece, Korea and Venezuela. July 6th, Sala Ruben Dario, Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile, August 21, 20.00

Stereo adaptation of Gal's composition z.....z as part of the 'Itinerant Project'', a travelling concert series'of electro-acoustic / acousmatic works by composers from countries as diverse as Argentina, Austria, Chile, France, Greece, and Korea.
Sala Estación Mapocho - Santiago de Chile, August 8-10

Composition / multi-channel sound projection for Akemi Takeya's solo performance 'ZZ'. Part of ImPulsTanz 04. Odeon, Vienna, July 17

A video excerpt of Gal's intermedia installation Night Pulses will be shown as part of the program "Synaesthesiologists: Global Audiovisuals Now" at the 2004 New York Video Festival. Curated by AudioVisualists David Last and Benton-C Bainbridge. Rothko (116 Suffolk St), July 15, from 21.00

Intermedia installation based on the sonic journey of a suitcase. Sounds were recorded while the bag travelled through an airport, from check-in to take-off. Participation in 'The Luggage Project', a group exhibition of luggage sculptures curated by Max Yawney.
Denver International Airport, July 9 to October 3.

Premiere of a 30 minutes-long radio version of Machina temporis, commissioned by RBB. Based on the original sound sources from the audio-architectural installation Machina temporis by Yumi Kori and Bernhard Gal. Part of the 'Festival of International Radio Art', curated by Andreas Hagelueken. RBB-Kulturradio, July 7, 21.05 - 22.00

Stereo adaptation of Gal's composition z.....z as part of the 'Itinerant Project'', a travelling concert series'of electro-acoustic / acousmatic works by composers from countries as diverse as Argentina, Austria, Chile, France, Greece, Korea and Venezuela. July 6th, Auditorio El Aleph - Centro Cultural Recoleta, July 6, 20.00

Premiere of a composition for chamber ensemble and light projection, performed by 'KNM Berlin'. Commissioned by Inventionen 2004 / Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme of the DAAD. Sophiensäle, Berlin. June 24, 19.00

Intermedia installation being part of the group exhibition 'RESERVOIR VIII'.
Water Reservoir - Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Jun 19 - Aug 1. Opening: June 18, 19.00

Guest lecture about recent compositions and sound art projects. Hanns Eisler Musikhochschule, June 17, 5 pm

Contribution to the 2CD-compilation 'Intransitive Twenty-Three', released by Intransitive Recordings in June 2004.

Presentation of two sound art projects which make use of pneumatic objects created by the Austrian architect and pneumo specialist P. Michael Schultes. Informal guest lecture by Bernhard Gál and P. Michael Schultes. Textile Roofs Workshop 2004, TU Berlin - Ernst Reuter Haus, June 10th, 7pm

Powerbook performance based on Gal's new cd-release 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.'. Part of the bhagfedc concert series. May 27, 21.00

Radio broadcast of a powerbook perfomance by Bernhard Gal based on Gal's new cd-release 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.'. Live set recorded at WFMU on April 18th. Also including tracks from recent CDs and an interview with host Bethany Ryker. Listen to the archived broadcast here. WFMU - Stochastic Hit Parade, May 23, 10-11pm

Gal's composition zhu shui will be presented as part of the 'Itinerant Project'', a travelling concert series'of electro-acoustic / acousmatic works by composers from countries as diverse as Argentina, Austria, Chile, France, Greece, Korea and Venezuela. French Culture Center of Moron, Buenos Aires, May 15.

Gal's composition zhu shui will be presented as part of the 'Itinerant Project'', a travelling concert series'of electro-acoustic / acousmatic works by composers from countries as diverse as Argentina, Austria, Chile, France, Greece, Korea and Venezuela. May 13th, 10pm

Powerbook performance / Multichannel sound projection in conjunction with Fluctuated Rooms. Austrian cd-release party of gal's fourth solo-cd 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.', released by Klanggalerie, Austria. April 29, from 20.00

Live in-studio performance at the weekly radio program 'Live Constructions'. Also including tracks from recent CDs and an interview with host Jacob Danziger. Listen to the live set here. WKCR 89.9 FM, April 23, 21.00 - 22.00

WKCR, NYC

Improvisations from sound installationist Bernhard Gal, guitar conceptualist Alan Licht, and tape whiz Aki Onda. Tonic, April 20, 22.00

Tonic, NYC

Duo concert in collaboration with Berlin-based clarinetist/composer Kai Fagaschinski.
April 8, 19.00

Duo concert featuring compositions by Taiwanese composer Chao-Ming Tung (guzheng, live electronics) and Bernhard Gal (powerbook, live electronics), as well as duo performances. April 3, 16.00

Alte Schmiede, Vienna

gal's fourth solo CD-release based on texts by Adolf Woelfli.
Released by Klanggalerie in March '04.

Solo performances by Bernhard Gál (computer) and Manuel Mota (guitar), as well as duo improvisations. Raumschiff Zitrone, March 19, 22:00

Raumschiff Zitrone, Berlin

Premiere of gal's collaborational project with Berlin-based clarinetist/composer Kai Fagaschinski. Ausland, Berlin, Feb. 14, 21.30

Presentation of recent sound art projects at the monthly 'Jour Fixe' of BGNM. Location: filesharing (Raumerstr. 40, Prenzlauer Berg); Feb. 2, 19.00

Composition for Zheng, Sheng and Live Electronics being part of the project 'Singing Dragons'. Organized by Ensemble On Line in conjunction with AsianCultureLink and generator / Konzerthaus Vienna. Yeh Jiuan-Reng: Zheng, Wu Wei: Sheng, Bernhard Gál: Powerbook. Jan. 24, 19.30

Composition / multi-channel sound projection for Akemi Takeya's solo performance 'ZZ'.
Also featuring sound work by Arnold Haberl.
Premiere: Dec. 17, 20.00, further performances Dec. 18-21.

Composer's portrait of Bernhard Gal, hosted by Stefan Fricke. Hosted by the Berlin Artists-in-Residence programme of the DAAD. Accompanied by sound diffusions of recent compositions and installation projects, and a powerbook performance by gal. Dec. 10, 7 19.00

Presentation and discussion of recent electro-acoustic compositions. Part of the series 'Elektroakustische-Musik-hören' at the Electronic Studio the Technical University of Berlin.
Dec. 4, 18.00

Music theatre project with Viennese children, in collaboration with Xenia Hu. Mobile phones are used as musical instruments, mobile speaker units and means of communication in a performative context. Nov. 26, 20.00

zhu shui / tunGal

Participation in a panel discussion at the "Symposion Sound Studies". Other participants: Hans-Peter Kuhn, Bernhard Guenter, Martin Supper (chair). UdK, Oct. 31, 19.00

Multi-channel sound projection as part of a mixed-media performance by international artists who live in Berlin, directed by Dietmar Lenz and Fred Plassmann. 10 year anniversary of Werkstatt der Kulturen, Oct. 23 and 25, 20.00

Premiere of a live-generated concert adapation of Gal's installation Hinaus:: In  den, Wald. October 22, 19.00

Site-specific intermedia installation at an old sidearm of the Danube in Tulln. Supported by Musik aktuell, August 23-31. 

Solo exhibition featuring three sound installations by Bernhard Gal ('Dreiband', 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.', 'RGB'), in cooperation with the Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme of the DAAD.
July 31 - Sept 7; Opening: July 30th, 6 pm

The video-audio installation 'Babel-On' by Katherine Liberovskaya and Phill Niblock and a powerbook concert by Bernhard Gal based on various voice sculptures. Part of the 'hearing'-series at the Institut for Transacoustic Research (Iftaf), Vienna. July 15, 6-12 pm

Site-specific intermedia installation created for the Hanslteich, a fishing pond in Gutenbrunn, Lower Austria. Supported by Musik aktuell and Kulturinitiative Weinsbergerwald. July 11-20.

Series of concerts, featuring solo performances by Taiwanese composer Chao-Ming Tung (guzheng, live electronics) and Bernhard Gal (powerbook, live electronics), as well as duo improvisations. June 13-15, for details click here.

UNICEF Benefit, cbs, Cologne
MeX, Dortmund
cuba, Münster
Kulturbunker Mülheim, Cologne

Powerbook performance by gal being part of Klanggalerie's 10-year anniversary. Other performers: monohm (A), delayer (UK), fuchs/bruckmayr (A). Release party of 'Danza De La Muerte / R.I.P. Syntactic', 2CD set by Klanggalerie. Rhiz, Vienna, May 23, from 9pm

Music workshop with Viennese children aged 7-12, in collaboration with Xenia Hu. Mobile phones are used as musical instruments, the results of the workshop presented as a 'cellphone concert' at Praterstrasse, Vienna.
Part of the Art Project Taste 0-20. May 17/18, Concert: May 18, 5pm

Concert installation / powerbook improvisation based on modified recordings of bird songs. In conjunction with the Art Project Taste 0-20. Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Praterstrasse No. 13, Vienna. May 16, 7pm

Powerbook performance by gal based on sounds from relisten and other recent work. Part of phOnOmena at subTonic, May 8th, ca. 11pm.

zhu shui

Solo performances and duo improvisation by Tom Ritchford and Bernhard Gal, May 5th, 8pm

Powerbook performance by gal based on live sounds from four tea kettles. Part of the x-tract-Festival at Podewil, April 12th, ca. 8pm

Composition for trumpet, guitar, guzheng and sheng / xun. Contribution to 'For FOUR', a pool of compositions and improvisational concepts by several composers, performed by Franz Hautzinger, Burkhard Stangl, Wu Wei, and Xu Fengxia. Porgy & Bess, Vienna, April 1st, 7pm

Series of powerbook concerts by gal based on sounds from his last CD relisten and other recent work. Solo performances and improvisations with koura (Brian Labycz), Mukai Chie, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, attic plan, a.o.
March 14-21, for tour details click here.