upcoming concerts, installations, exhibitions, publications, lectures, etc.

Audio contribution to the Mandorla Autumn Net-Project. New stereo version of Jukai, derived from the original sound installation.
To be published by Mandorla in November 2010, details tba.

Presentation at the European Conference on "Public space and the challenges of urban transformation in Europe: politics and culture".
SKuOR, Vienna, November 10-11, 2010, details tba.

Fifth edition of shut up and listen!, Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art.
Curated by Bernhard Gal & Ernst Reitermaier.
raum35, Vienna, October 20th-21st, 2010, details tba.

CD presentation event of same difference, Bernhard Gal's eighth full length audio publication. Including a laptop performance / sound installation / artist talk, with special guests: Lin Hui-Kuan (pipa) & Huang Chen-ming (erhu), Taiwan.
Echoraum, Vienna, Oct. 10th, 2010, 20.00

Presentation of textur #4, as well as a 'stromlinien', a new quadrophonic sound installation,
and Beyond Categories, artist talk by Bernhard Gal.
KomponistInnenforum Mittersill, Austria, September 9th-18th, 2010

same difference, Bernhard Gal's eighth full length audio publication is on its way!
To be published by Gromoga Records in late 2010, stay tuned...

Laptop performance, based on Gal's recent audio cd relive & artist talk Beyond Categories, concerning recent intermedia installations.
essential existence gallery, Leipzig, July 8th, 20.00

Laptop performance, based on Gal's recent audio cd relive, as well as audiovisual presentations of textur #4 and textur #5.
LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar, Studio for Electro-Acoustic Music (SeaM).
July 7th, 19.00

Lecture concerning recent intermedia installations.
LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar, Studio for Electro-Acoustic Music (SeaM).
July 6th, 18.00

Excerpts from Gal's audio cd relive are featured in the dance theatre production 'Espectros de Shakespeare - Do outro Lado do Vento', by Cia. Corpos Nômades, Sao Paulo.
O Lugar - Cia. Corpos Nômades, Sao Paulo, June 2010, details here.

Guest Lecture. On invitation by Thomas Grill, in conjunction with the
seminar "Ton, Klang und akustische Gestaltung".
University of Applied Arts, Vienna - Transmedia Art, June 7th, 2010; 15.00

Concert and CD preview event. same difference, Bernhard Gal's next solo cd publication is on the way!
In this preview event, Gal will present some of the included music as a quadrophonic concert installation and talk about the formation of this project.
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, May 14th, 2010; 19.00

Catalogue book about 'singuhr-hoergalerie', sound art gallery located in Berlin, documenting 10 years of sound art exhibitions, including Gal's exhibition RGBuSW.
Published by Kehrer, Heidelberg in April 2010.

Radio feature on hr2-kultur, Germany. Moderation: Stefan Fricke.
Live web stream here. March 30th, 2010; 22.00

Die Spitze des Eisbergs is an electroacoustic composition which was premiered as part of Gal's intermedia installation mil águas in 2009. Published as part of the compilation CD 'Sudamerica Electronica 3', Argentine in March 2010.

Site-specific realization of the intermedia installation RGB.
Part of the group exhibition 'Transformers'.
das weisse haus, Vienna, March 24th - May 11th, 2010

Intermedia installation.
Part of the group exhibition 'Wir leben und arbeiten in Wien – Brighten the Corners'.
Area 53, Vienna, March 5th - May 9th, 2010

Audiovisual concert featuring Vortex, a project consisting of intermedia compositions
by Belma Beslic and Bernhard Gal. Also featuring Annelie Gahl (violin).
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, December 16th, 19.00

Fourth edition of shut up and listen!, Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art.
Curated by Bernhard Gal & Ernst Reitermaier.
raum35, Vienna, December 12th, 2009, 19.00

Audiovisual concert featuring Vortex, a project consisting of intermedia compositions
by Belma Beslic and Bernhard Gal.
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, December 8th, 19.00

Gal's CD relive is featured in the radio show Framework, presented by Patrick McGinley.
Framework, Resonance 104.4 FM, London, October 18th, 22.00

Solo concert, featuring a laptop performance based on Gal's recent audio cd relive, as well as audiovisual presentations of textur, including the premiere of textur #5.
SESC Avenida Paulista, Sao Paulo, September 26th, 2009, 20.00

Workshop 'Music and Intermedia'.
SESC Avenida Paulista, Sao Paulo, September 26th, 2009, 16.00

Site-specific intermedia installation.
DMAE Art Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brasil, September 17th - October 9th, 2009

Gal's composition Three Whites, originally a contribution to the sound art project 'Rock's Role (After Ryoanji)', is being presented as part of the exhibition 'White Noise'.
James Cohan Gallery, New York City, June 18th - August 14th, 2009

Contribution to the book project 'The Desert Island Records', published by Tuttle Edizione, Italy in spring 2009.

Concert and lecture.
Simultan Festival, Timisoara, May 21-23, 2009

Participation in the project 'stadtklaenge | klangstaetten', presenting a new site-specific
realization of Gal's intermedia installation solo.
Allgemeiner Konsumverein, Braunschweig, Germany; May 8th - June 28th, 2009

Vortex - Balkan concert tour 2009, jointly with composer / pianist Belma Beslic. Including Gal's works textur, 88, and relive. Concerts and lectures in Tuzla, Banja Luka, Beograd, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Ljubljana, etc. April - May 2009, details here and here.

Lecture about Gal's recent sound art projects.
University of Art Braunschweig (HBK), Braunschweig - April 1st, 2009, 15.00

Radio Portrait on Acik Radyo (94.9 FM), Istanbul. Moderation: Halil Turhanli.
Live web stream here. March 30th, 2009, 24.00 -

Solo laptop performance.
Private Residence, Dubai - March 16th, 2009, 21.00

Excerpts from Gal's audio cd relive are featured in the dance theatre production 'Hotel Lautréamont - Os Bruscos Buracos do Silêncio', by Cia. Corpos Nômades, Sao Paulo.
O Lugar - Cia. Corpos Nômades, Sao Paulo, March - October 2009, details here.

Wer hören will, muss fühlen - pt.2: Concert installation.
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, February 27th, 19.00

Sound Art Workshop, part 2.
Bilgi University, Istanbul, February 24-26, 2009

Radio Portrait on Austrian National Radio (Ö1). Moderation: Giselher Smekal
Zeit-Ton, February 13th, 2009, 23.03 - 24.00

Wer hören will, muss fühlen - pt.1: Lecture about recent intermedia installations.
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, February 13th, 19.00

3 concerts and 2 lectures. Details here.
Sofia, Bulgaria, February 6-10, 2009

Concert, lecture, audiovisual collaboration, and other activities.
January 2009, details tba here.

Concerts and lectures in Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre.
Dec 2008 - Jan 2009

Radio portrait about Gal's CD 'Installations' on Nordwestradio, Germany (CD of the day).
'Hörprobe - CD des Tages', December 18th, 23.00 CET. Live stream here.

Presentation of the book 'Architektur transdisziplinär', including Gal's article 'Architektur und Musik'. Published by the Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege, Technical University, Vienna, Dec 4th, 2008

Draft exhibition of the project 'stadtklaenge | klangstaetten', which will be opening in May 2009 in Braunschweig, including a site-specific adaptation of Gal's intermedia installation solo.
Allgemeiner Konsumverein, Braunschweig, Germany; Dec 4th - 14th, 2008

Solo laptop performance. Part of the Interpenetration Festival 2008.
Postgarage, Graz - December 3rd, 2008

Third edition of Shut up and Listen!, Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound art.
Curated by Bernhard Gal & Ernst Reitermaier. raum35, Vienna, November 20-21, 2008

Intermedia concert and intermedia installation. Flute: Erik Drescher, violoncello: Claudius von Wrochem, sound- and light direction: B. Gál. Produced by Campus Musick.
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, November 8th, 2008

'solo', intermedia installation consisting of four modified phone booths. New site-specific
adaptation for the Lakeside Science & Technology Park Klagenfurt. Produced by UNIKUM.
Nov 7th, 2008, 18.00 (opening), until February 28th, 2009

Sound Art Workshop, part 1.
Bilgi University, Istanbul - October 21-24, 2008

Concerts and lectures in New York City; Boston; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; et al.
September 20th - October 4th, 2008

Laptop performance / CD presentation.
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, September 17th, 19.00

Release of relive, solo audio cd #6 by Bernhard Gal.
Published by Gromoga Records, Austria, September 2008

Laptop performance as part of the concert series P-Lugar.
O Lugar, Sao Paulo, August 27th, 21.00

Quadrophonic sound installation.
O Lugar, Sao Paulo, August 12th-27th, 2008

Laptop live performance.
Hypersonica Festival at FILE SP 2008, Sao Paulo, August 5th, 21.00

Laptop concert - solo and duo with Mia Zabelka.
'wein.klang Sommer', klang.haus, Austria, July 19th, 19.00

Two audio contributions (sound excerpts from Defragmentation/blue and lv, nv) to Vivian Caccuri's installation project 'Submersed Songs'.
Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, July 17th, 19.00-21.00

'Die Grüne Hölle' (Green Hell) is an intermedia installation commenting on the mass phenomenon of soccer. Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna - June 26th, 19.00

Laptop live performance.
Deform, Istanbul, June 7th, 20.00

Radio broadcast of a live solo laptop performance by Gal, along with tracks from his first five solo cd releases. OIDARADIO, Sao Paulo, May 19th, 14.00-18.00

Concerts and presentations in Porto Alegre, Florianopolis, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
April/May 2008

Radio broadcast of an audio excerpt from shinkai, as part of 'Continental In[di]visibility', curated by TJ Norris. Framework, Resonance FM, London; April 27th, 22.00
Resonance FM Live Web Stream.

Architectural installation by Yumi Kori featuring sound by Bernhard Gal.
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, March 28th - April 20th, 2008

Concert celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Gal's first 'electro-acoustic' composition 68th Street. Featuring 68th Street and some sonic rarities from Gal's archives...
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, March 27th, 19.00

Concert installation featuring the premiere of becuadro, a composition for brass quartet and light projection, and a quadrophonic realization of Reinstallation.
MAK NITE, Vienna, March 25th, 2008, 20.00

Artist Talk about Gal's art projects in between the categories.
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, March 19th, 19.00

Duo concert by Kai Fagaschinski & Bernhard Gal.
Mousonturm, Frankfurt, March 18th, 2008, 21.00

Duo concert by Kai Fagaschinski & Bernhard Gal.
Electronic Church, Berlin, March 14th, 2008, 21.00

Featuring works for piano (and sound projection) by Bernhard Gal. Xenia Hu: piano. Bernhard Gal: sound+space. Produced by the Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin, in conjunction with the Music Instruments Museum Berlin, March 6th, 2008, 19.00

Laptop concert at audio unit. Gal's Hamburg premiere.
Solo and Duo with Nina Polaschegg (Db).
audiounit, Hamburg, February 28th, 20.00

Gal live at ELAK Gala. Further performances by Bruzek / Schwab (v´elak), Greg Haines, Heribert Friedl and i8u.
dietheater Konzerthaus, Vienna, February 19th, 21.00

Gal's compositions 88 and Mount Blanc will be part of the annual piano festival 'Wiener Tage der zeitgenössischen Klaviermusik', Vienna. Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna, February 4-8. Panel discussion a.o. with Gal on Feb. 6th, 15.00-16.00

Radio portrait at "Ars Sonora", RNE Radio Clasica (Radio Nacional de España).
February 3rd, 2008, 23.00. Live web stream here.

Listening station as part of the exhibition 'Adolf Woelfli Universum. Eine Retrospektive.', featuring an audio excerpt from Gal's CD Hinaus:: In den, Wald., a composition based on Adolf Woelfli's life and oeuvre. Kunstmuseum Bern, Februar 1st - Mai 18th, 2008

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

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