1998 - 2007: concerts, exhibitions, installations, lectures, audio releases, publications, etc.

Concerts and presentations in New York City, Princeton, Philadelphia, Richmond, and Washington (DC), December 2007, details here.

Second edition of the Shut up and Listen!, Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art,
produced and curated by Ernst Reitermaier and Bernhard Gal.
raum35, Vienna, December 4th - 6th, 2007

Gal's composition 57A has been featured in the audio section of Alan Licht's book 'Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Media.'.
Published by Rizzoli, New York City, November 2007

'solo', intermedia installation consisting of four remodeled phone booths, has been moved only a few 100 meters, and will be presented as a permanent light installation throughout the dark time of the year. Gutenbrunn (next to Buehnenwirtshaus Juster), Austria. November 2007 - spring 2008

Quadrophonic sound installation at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
Part of the Festival Musicacoustica 2007. October 27th, 2007, 10.00 - 18.00

Concert tour jointly with sound artist Christof Cargnelli. Concerts and lectures in Beijing, Shanghai, Foshan, Guangzhou, Hongkong, and Taipei.
Oct. 26th - Nov. 30th, 2007

New site-specific intermedia installation.
Commissioned by the Festival Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007.
River Brigach, Donaueschingen, Oct 19th-21st, 2007

Lecture about Gal's art projects in between the categories.
Forum Akustische Medien, Fachhochschule St. Poelten (Austria), October 11th, 14.00 - 17.00

Concert and artist talk about Bernhard Gal's current sound installation projects,
including solo, JUKAI, shinkai, and Klangbojen (Donaueschingen).
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, October 10th, 19.00

Concert at the Festival SonoAustria '07, featuring behape, a composition for the clarinet duo stump-linshalm, and a solo laptop performance by Bernhard Gal.
Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, October 9th, 2007, 20.00

Hyohaku-no-Hakobune
(Wandering ark)

Architectural installation by Yumi Kori, sound installation by Bernhard Gal.
Kobe Biennale 2007, Japan, Oct. 6th - Nov. 25th, 2007

Concert / quadrophonic sound projection of Defragmentation/blue, as part of the IGNM Musikfest 2007. Konzerthaus Vienna - Mozartsaal, October 6th, 14.30

Architectural installation by Yumi Kori, sound installation by Bernhard Gal.
Part of the exhibition 'Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York'. Japan Society, New York City, Oct. 5th, 2007 - Jan. 13th, 2008

Site-specific sound installation presented at the public toilets of the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlin.
Part of the Festival Interface 2007, September 14th-30th, 2007

Concert.
t-u-b-e galerie, Munich, September 13th, 2007, 20.00

Architectural installation by Yumi Kori, sound installation by Bernhard Gal.
The David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence
Sept 8 – Oct 21, 2007

Presentation as part of the project Schauwerk, on view at the group exhibition "Blackbox Tonkunst". Theaterhaus Gessnergasse Zuerich, July 10th-15th, 2007

Intermedia installation, featuring four sound and light experience stations in public space.
In cooperation with Kulturinitiative Weinsbergerwald. Supported by Musik aktuell 2007.
June 30th - September 30th, 2007

Intermedia installation, featuring four sound and light experience stations in public space.
In cooperation with Musikfabrik Tulln. Supported by Musik aktuell 2007.
Rathausplatz, Tulln, June 15th - 29th, 2007.

Concert focusing on Bernhard Gal's language and voice-based compositions, e.g. bestimmung new york, bestimmung darmstadt, Hinaus:: In den, Wald., Green Voice and Made in Austria. Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, May 21st, 19.00

Intermedia concert for children, combining traditional and new music for Chinese instruments, live electronics and light projections. Featuring Tung Chao-Ming (guzheng), Wang Ming (pipa) and Wu Wei (sheng, erhu). Koelner Philharmonie - PhilharmonieVeedel, Cologne, May 7-10

Quadrophonic sound installation based on Adolf Woelfli's life and oeuvre.
Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo. April 28th - May 26th, 2007.

Concerts and presentations in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
April 2007, details here.

Radio broadcast featuring soundscape compositions by Murray Schafer, Douglas Quin and "68th Street" by Bernhard Gal. Moderation: Volker Straebel. Deutschlandradio Kultur, April 3rd, 0.05-1.00

Laptop concert as part of the 'nonvisualobjects' label presentation at Tonspur, featuring perfomances by Peter Kutin, Bernhard Gal, Daniel Lercher and Heribert Friedl.
Tonspur, Vienna, April 1st, 17.00-20.00

Sound projection as part of the concert series "EAR-drum".
Project Arts Centre, Dublin, March 29th

Sound installation and presentation of Gal's new DVD "Installations" (v.1.0).
Werkzeug H, Vienna, March 13th, 18.00-23.00

Laptop concert based on untreated field recordings.
Part of "das kleine field recordings festival".
Wendel, Berlin, Feb. 4th, 21.30

Release of the DVD "Installations", documenting 26 of Gal's intermedia works
and sound installations created between 1999 and 2006.
Published by Gromoga Records, Austria in January 2007

DVD installation by Bernhard Gal. Third installment of the international art project 'Hermes EAR'. Magyar Muehely Galéria, Budapest. January 10th, 2007

Lecture about recent sound installations and intermedia art projects.
Conservatorio di Roma, Dec 20th, 11.00

Concert featuring music by Bernhard Lang and Bernhard Gal's composition beshadowed, for Flute, Violoncello, Sound- and Light projection. Performed by Ensemble Alter Ego.
Festival Nuova Consonanza - Teatro Palladium, Rome, December 15th, 21.00

Quadrophonic sound installation & preview presentation of Gal's upcoming DVD "Installations".
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, December 6th, 19.00

Architectural installation by Yumi Kori, sound installation by Bernhard Gal.
ISE Foundation, New York City. Nov 7th - Dec 30th, 2006

Contribution to the 'henri chopin remixed' project, curated by Juergen Berlakovich.
Audio CD published by Schule fuer Dichtung / Extraplatte, Austria, November 2006

Contribution to the triMIX project - Tribryd Installation Soundtracks Deconstructed.
Curated by TJ Norris.
Audio CD published by Innova Records, USA, November 2006

Concerts, lectures and workshops, a.o. organized by Proyecto Itinerante. Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro; Santiago de Chile, Viña del Mar; Valparaiso, San Juan, Mendoza, Buenos Aires; Montevideo. September-November 2006, tour details here

Audio-architectural installation by Yumi Kori and Bernhard Gal, as part of the group exhibition 'Luz da luz - The light of light', curated by Anna Barros.
SESC Pinheiros, Sao Paulo. September 28th, 2006 - January 14th, 2007

Radio broadcast of a duo performance by Bernhard Gal and i8u, recorded live at WFMU on August 27th, 2006. Also including tracks from recent CDs and an interview with host Bethany Ryker. WFMU - Stochastic Hit Parade, September 24th, from 22.00.

Bernhard Gal guest-produces a radio show of field recordings-related work, including dub/ber/vie by Gal and Jennifer Walshe.
Framework, Resonance FM, London, August 23rd, 13.00-14.00

This year's North America tour leads again to the North-East of the continent. Gal will perform solo concerts based on his cd-releases relisten and 'Installations, and together with Montreal based musician i8u. Tour details here

Intermedia concert as part of the Festival Sound Travels, organized by New Adventures in Sound Art.
St. Andrew-by-the-Lake Church, Toronto Island, August 11th

Multi-channel sound installation at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound, Ontario, in conjunction with Electric Eclectics, festival of experimental music, sound art and media. July 14th - August 7th

'Die Gruene Hölle' (Green Hell) is an intermedia installation commenting on the Football Championship 2006. In conjunction with the Festival Sonambiente Berlin 2006.
Gallery of the Austrian Embassy, Berlin. June 9th - August 18th, 2006

Concert performance of two audio-visual works by Bernhard Gal.
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, May 23rd, 19.00

Lecture about recent sound installations and intermedia art projects.
Institute for Composition and Electroacoustics, University of Music, Vienna, May 22nd 16.45-18.45

Multichannel concert performance in collaboration with the Irish composer / voice performer Jennifer Walshe. Part of the Festival Stimme+, ZKM, Karlsruhe, May 18th, 20.00

Studio presentation of a new audio-architectural installation by Yumi Kori and Bernhard Gal, as part of Yumi Kori's artist residency at Werkraum Warteck, Basel. Open studio: May 16th, from 18.00

Presentation of recent sound installations and electroacoustic compositions. Electronic Studio of the Academy of Music, Basel, May 12th, 13.00-14.00

Site-specific sound installation for the entrance area of the Music Instruments Museum Berlin.
May 2006 - undetermined.

Premiere of a new collaborative work by Kai Fagaschinski and Bernhard Gal.
Part of the Festival Shut up and Listen!, Vienna.
dietheater Konzerthaus, May 7th, 20.00

Group exhibition "DISPOSITION", presenting a.o. Gal's limited edition audio cd release 'Jon's a.m. revisited', and the art magazine 'VERSION NR. 0", with texts by Gal.
Galerie Lukas Feichtner, Vienna, May 5th - June 4th, 2006

New site-specific realization of the intermedia installation RGB, exploring interactions of light, sound and space.
Klangturm St. Poelten, April 26th - November 1st, 2006

DVD installation by Bernhard Gal. Second installment of the international art project 'Hermes EAR'. Nitrianska galéria, Nitra. April 21st - May 21st, 2006

Guest on Framework, hosted by Patrick McGinley.
Framework, Resonance FM, April 14th, 20.00-21.00
Resonance FM Live Web Stream.

Premiere of a composition for two clarinets and sound projection.
Performed by the clarinet duo stump-linshalm.
Echoraum, Vienna, March 31st, 20.00

Radio portrait.
Swiss Radio DRS2, 'Musik unserer Zeit', February 1st, 21.00-22.00

Radio portrait concerning Gal's catalogue & audio CD Installations, as well as the new CD going round in serpentines. Presentation: Susanna Niedermayr
Austrian Public Radio OE1, 'Zeit-Ton', January 30th, 23.05-24.00

Presentation of Gal's electroacoustic composition 'It's like' at the San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2006. ODC Theater, San Francisco, Jan 28, 20.00

DVD installation by Bernhard Gal, combining phonographies and photographies.
First installment of the international art project 'Hermes EAR'. Jan. 25th, Domu umení, Opava

Workshop with children, based on the sonic and visual qualties of pneumatic sound objects created by the Austrian architect and pneumo specialist P. Michael Schultes. Organized by Jeunesse. Kunsthaus Graz / Landesmusikschule Ried, January 16-20, 2006

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

Audio CD presenting 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. Concert: January 12, 20.00; radio broadcast on Swiss Radio DRS, January 19th, 2005

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.

Concert featuring new compositions for piano / piano & electronics. Xenia Hu: Piano, Bernhard Gal: electronics. March 6th, 19.00

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Powerbook performance featuring compositions from gal's last CD relisten and other recent work. Huashan Arts District, Dec. 1st, 3-5 pm

Lecture concerning recent intermedia art projects and sound installations by Bernhard Gál. Chung Yuan Christian University, November 28th, 10.30 am

Intermedia installation at the Sound Off-Festival 2002.
Galéria umenia, Nov. 28 - Dec. 13

Lecture by Bernhard Gál concerning recent electro-acoustic compositions and sound installation projects. National University of the Arts, November 25th, 1-3 pm

Lecture on the history of sound installation art and recent sound installation projects by Bernhard Gál. Nagoya City University, School of Design and Architecture, Nov. 15th, 10 am - 3 pm

Site-specific sound installation as part of the public art project Green Library. Presented at the Old Public Library of Musashino City (Tokyo). In conjunction with a light installation by Yumi Kori. Nov. 9-18

Solo concert by gal performing recent electro-acoustic work on powerbook computer. October 25, 19.00

A conceptual re-interpretation of Alvin Lucier's classic work on spatial resonances. Site-specific sound installation for the public toilets of the Konzerthaus, Vienna. Part of the Durian-Festival 2002, October 15-16

Juxtaposition of Defragmentation/blue, an electro-acoustic composition / sound projection and Defragmentation - For Six Instruments, a new instrumental composition for Chamber Ensemble. Double portrait concert of Bernhard Gál and the Taiwanese composer Tung Chao-Ming. Performed by the NewTon-Ensemble, October 11th, Porgy & Bess, Vienna.

Contribution to lowercase sound 2002, a 2 CD-compilation, released by Bremsstrahlung Recordings in October 2002.

Participation in Chris Cutler's radio project Out of the Blue Radio, featuring daily broadcasts of sound recordings from around the world. In his contribution, Gal’s playing Carambole Billiards at a Viennese Café, wearing binaural microphones. Radio broadcast on September 19, 23.30 - 0.00, Resonance FM. 104.4 FM.

In the end of August, Gal spent some time at 'Hotel Pupik', one of Austria's most remote artists residencies, working on new compositions. Also including a concert performance on August 31st.

Gal's recent soundscape compositions are part of Orelediveri, a sound art symposium curated by Renato Rinaldi. August 7th, 22-24, further presentations on August 9th and 10th.

Concert performance in conjunction with the exhibition 'Der Blick auf Wien. Topographie und Wahrnehmung', featuring excerpts from Gal's last CD relisten and other recent work. July 9th, 19.00

Concert performance based on sound materials from relisten . Artists at Large, June 21st, 20.00

Sound installation accompanying the exhibition 'Persecuting grandfathers, interviewing grandsons?'. In conjunction with a video projection by Werner Hanak. June 5 - October 13.

Presentation of a composition developped with and performed by 24 kids from an elementary school in Pinkafeld, Austria. A collaborative project with pianist Xenia Hu. May 31

musik.sprache (music.language) is the subject of a workshop at the University of Arts Berlin, in cooperation with the Studio for Electro-acoustic Music. May 23 - 25

Audio-architectural installation, in collaboration with Yumi Kori.
April 20 - May 24

Composer's talk at Alte Schmiede, Vienna

Presentation of two recent instrumental compositions, Of Sound and Time and beshadowed. Excerpts from both compositions will be presented and discussed by Bernhard Gál. Moderation: Christian Utz, April 2nd, 19.00

Porgy & Bess, Vienna

Of Sound and Time

The Taiwanese Ensemble China Found Music Workshop has been invited to the MaerzMusik - Festival of Contemporary Music, performing a.o. Gal's composition Of Sound and Time. Concert hall of UdK at Bundesallee, March 8th.

MaerzMusik, Berlin

Austrian Radio (OE1)

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Of Sound and Time

Two radio broadcasts featuring contemporary music performed by the Taiwanese Ensemble China Found Music Workshop music including Bernhard Gal's composition Of sound and time. Deutschlandfunk Cologne: August 05th, 21.05 - 23.00; Austrian radio (OE1), Vienna: August 13th, 23.00 - 24.00

Deutschlandfunk, Cologne & Austrian Radio (OE1), Vienna

04

Soundscapes and voice sculptures

A concert projection featuring recent electro-acoustic pieces and voice explorations. Live visuals by undoder. April 18th

Alte Schmiede, Vienna

04

Of Sound and Time

The Taiwanese Ensemble China Found Music Workshop is visiting Europe again, performing contemporary music including Bernhard Gal's composition Of sound and time. Cologne: April 12th, 20.00; Vienna: April 15th, 19.30

Deutschlandfunk, Cologne & Porgy & Bess, Vienna

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zhu shui

Schloss Esterhazy, Eisenstadt (Austria)

Vienna traffic

Electroacoustic composition / sound installation for the exhibition nichts tun. From June 8th to November 5th

Museum of Ethnology, Vienna

05-06

Dissociated Voices

An interactive sound installation. In conjunction with the artist-in-residency program of the Werkstadt Graz, also in cooperation with the V:NM-Festival 2000. From May 31st till June 25th

Werkstadt Graz, Graz

04

destination: nyc

A subjective exploration of New York City's sonic environment. A radio piece consisting of edited, juxtaposed and recombined NY-related pieces. (bestimmung new york, 68th Street). Radio & Web Broadcast: April 30th

Kunstradio, Austria

04

Of Sound and Time

Composition for traditional Chinese instruments, commissioned by the Taiwanese Ensemble China Found Music Workshop and AsianCultureLink, premiered at Hoergaenge, Austrian Festival for Contemporary Music, April 5th.

Konzerthaus, Vienna

01

Arts Birthday Party 2000

Celebrating the 1.000.037th birthday of art (as announced for the first time in 1963 by Robert Filliou). Kunstradio live broadcast: Rupert Huber, Bernhard Loibner, Andrea Sodomka and gal

Kunstradio, Austria

01

..or send a fax

Composition and sound design for a contemporary dance theatre piece by Christian Aichinger, the first performance series takes place at the szene bunte wähne - Dance Festival

WUK, Vienna

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Dissociated voices

Interactive sound installation. Austrian CD-Presentation of bestimmung new york.

Gromoga Art Space, Vienna

09

Defragmentation/blue

An audio-architectural installation in collaboration with the artist/architect Yumi Kori.

Studio Five Beekman, NYC

08

Dissociated bodies

Audio-textile installation. In collaboration with the Austrian painter G.S. Sedlak.

Art space 'Die Halle', Salzburg

07

Tong-hua yie-shi

Audiovisual web installation. A sound walk through a Taiwanese night market. Contribution to the internet art project SoundCalendar by fuchs-eckermann.

WorldWideWeb (SoundCalendar)

05

Herren

Composition and sound design for the film Herren by the Austrian filmmaker Emre Tuncer.

01

House for a blind man

Sound installation. Conceptual collaboration/text: Margit Bruenner

University of Applied Arts, Vienna

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Radio

Mixed-media installation. In collaboration with visual artist John Roach.

Private studio, NYC

08

bestimmung new york

Sound installation

Studio Five Beekman, NYC

05-06

NYC Subway

Sound installation at the annual group exhibition Art Discoveries.

Jonathan Shorr Gallery, NYC

04

68th Street

Electro-acoustic composition based on a subway station in NYC.

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