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

Laptop performance by Bernhard Gal.
Part of Astrid Rieder's Atelierkonzert für Neue Musik at Salzburger Künstlerhaus, February 25th, 2012, 20.00

Another radio feature about last year's edition of the festival shut up and listen!, as part of a special Zeit-Ton edition about new music from the arabic region. Moderation: Irene Suchy.
Austrian National Radio (Ö1) - Zeit-Ton, February 3rd, 2012, 23.03 - 02.00

Symposium about the intricacies of art creation and production, initiated and organized by B. Gal and N. Klement. Talks, dialogues and panel discussions. Focus Area 'Wissenschaft und Kunst', University of Salzburg in cooperation with University Mozarteum Salzburg. January 12th, 2012, 13:30-18:30

Radio report about last year's edition of the festival shut up and listen!,
Moderation: Irene Suchy.
Austrian National Radio (Ö1) - Zeit-Ton, January 11th, 2012, 23.03 - 24.00

Sound Art Exhibition, produced by Deutscher Musikrat. Exhibition in Salzburg initiated and organized by B. Gal, in conjunction with the symposium Wer macht die Kunst? Und warum? at Focus Area 'Wissenschaft und Kunst', Salzburg. Galerie 5020, January 11th, 18.00 (opening). Exhibition: Jan. 11th - Feb. 11th, 2012

Sixth edition of shut up and listen!, Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art.
Curated by Belma Beslic-Gal & Bernhard Gal.
Echoraum, Vienna, December 8th and 10th, 2011.

Portrait concert featuring some old and some brandnew electroacoustic and audiovisual works by Bernhard Gal,
including the premieres of textur #6 and of Lin-jiang Ye-chang.
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, December 7th, 2011, 19.00

Premiere of a composition for bass flute and sound projection, composed in collaboration by Belma Beslic-Gal and Bernhard Gal. Part of the project 'Oud Plus' by Hossam Mahmoud. Flute: Vera Klug. Romanischer Saal, Stift St. Peter, Salzburg, November 13th, 2011, 19.30

Workshop 'Soundscape - Phonography - Field Recordings', resulting in a sound walk through Salzburg.
Part of the course 'Artists talk', Focus Area 'Wissenschaft und Kunst', University of Salzburg. November 10th, 2011, 10-15

Presentation of Sterngucker, an audiovisual explorationof the solar system.
Festival Sláturtíð, Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland, October 2nd, 2011

Audiovisual concert, featuring intermedia compositions by Belma Beslic-Gal and Bernhard Gal.
Festival Sláturtíð, Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland, October 1st, 2011

Lectures by Bernhard Gal (Beyond Categories) and Belma Beslic-Gal (Utopia Planitia).
Festival Sláturtíð, Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland, September 30th, 2011

Contribution to vibrate space, a six-channel composition for public space, presented as part of the festival Coded Cultures at Centralgarden, Vienna. Further participants: Nik Hummer, Electric Indigo, Elisabeth Schimana, Florian Schmeiser, Peter Szely. September 22nd - October 1st, 2011

Restaging of the dance theatre production 'Hotel Lautréamont - Os Bruscos Buracos do Silêncio' from 2009, featuring music from Gal's audio CD relive.
O Lugar - Cia. Corpos Nômades, Sao Paulo, September 10th - October 30th, 2011, details here.

Radio Portrait on Austrian National Radio (Ö1). Moderation: Rainer Elstner.
Zeit-Ton, OE1, August 4th, 2011, 23.03 - 24.00

Presentation of Sterngucker, an audiovisual explorationof the solar system.
Media Art Festival Liquid Music, Judenburg, July 1st-2nd, 2011

Three radio signations on the theme of urbanism & architecture, based on sound materials from Gal's third audio CD relisten from 2001. Sound design for Radio dérive, ORANGE 94.0, Vienna. Broadcasted every first Tuesday of the month, 17-30-18.00, starting in June 2011. Live webstream here.

V O I D - a sonic exploration of space is a collaborational music project, presenting compositions by Bernhard Gal and Belma Beslic-Gal. Featuring premieres of 'Plains of Triton' (B. Beslic-Gal), ad lib, for tingsha and a quiet room (B. Gal), and Void, electroacousic composition (B. Gal). neue-musik st. ruprecht, Vienna, June 5th, 2011, 20.00

Premiere of a quadrophonic sound installation, in conjunction with the opening of KunstQuartier, Salzburg. KunstQuartier, Salzburg, May 20-21, 2011

First radio broadcast of a legendary duo concert by Kai Fagaschinski & Bernhard Gal,
performed at Mousonturm, Frankfurt in March 2008. Moderation: Stefan Fricke.
Hessischer Rundfunk - hr2 kultur, May 14th, 2011, 23.05-00.00

Premiere of Sterngucker, an audiovisual exploration of the solar system.
sternenturm (Planetarium Judenburg), Austria, May 2nd, 2011, 19.30

Interview with Bernhard Gal, about his latest CD same difference, and other current activities.
Published by the music information center Austria (mica), conducted by Markus Deisenberger.
mica, Austria, April 2011.

Lectures by Bernhard Gal (A brief history of sound installation art) and Belma Beslic-Gal (Utopia Planitia).
University of Malta, Mediterranean Institute - Music Division, February 17th, 2011, 14.00-16.00

Lecture and laptop performance by Bernhard Gal. Presented by Pinkpube.
St.James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta, February 16th, 2011, 19.00-21.00

Radio feature about last year's edition of the festival shut up and listen!,
Moderation: Nina Polaschegg. Austrian National Radio (Ö1) - Zeit-Ton,
January 18th, 2011, 23.03 - 24.00

With the audiovisual lecture 'Gesucht: Ohrenlider?' (i.e. Wanted: Earlids?), Bernhard Gal presents
sound installations in public space by selected sound artists and the artist himself.
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, December 17th, 2010, 19.00

Participation in a panel discussion on the topic of 'cultural bulimia'. Further participants: Christian Allesch, Pia Palme, Sabine Reiter. Moderation: Hannes Raffaseder and Wolfgang Seierl.
Galerie 5020, Salzburg, December 10th, 2010, 19.00

Laptop performance, based on Gal's recent CD same difference. In conjunction with the research project 'Quo vadis, Teufelsgeiger?'. Book presentation by M. Bork and R. Gagel. Further performances by Maria Gstättner and Burkhard Stangl. University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, December 2nd, 2010, 18.30

Audio contribution to the Mandorla Autumn Net-Project. Based on the sound installation Jukai, which was presented in collaboration with Yumi Kori in Providence, USA in 2007.
Published by Mandorla Records in November 2010.

Sound installation, presented at the Conference on "Public space and the challenges of urban transformation in Europe: politics and culture". Organized by SKuOR. In conjunction with Another Festival. Palais Kabelwerk, Vienna, November 10th-14th, 2010.

Participation in the European Conference on "Public space and the challenges of urban transformation in Europe: politics and culture", incl. a poster presentation, audio excerpts and a video screening. Organized by SKuOR.
Palais Kabelwerk, Vienna, November 10th-11th, 2010

Solo laptop performance, presenting same difference and textur #4.
On invitation by the Tunis University - Higher Institute of Music.
Majesty Golf Hotel, Hammamet, Tunisia, Oct. 30th, 2010, 21.00

Lecture at the conference "New technology and culture: mobiquity, new experiences, new relationships". On invitation by the Tunis University - Higher Institute of Music.
Amphi Catharge, Manouba 10, Manouba University, October 30th, 2010, 13.00

Workshop about electroacoustic compositions and sound installations by Bernhard Gal.
Sousse University - Higher Institute of Music, Tunisia, October 29th, 2010, 14.30

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

CD presentation event of same difference, Bernhard Gal's eighth full length audio publication, to be released on Gromoga Records in October 2010. 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

Presentations of textur #4, and stromlinien, a new audiovisual installation,
as well as Beyond Categories, artist talk by Bernhard Gal.
KomponistInnenforum Mittersill, Austria, September 10th-18th, 2010

same difference, Bernhard Gal's eighth full length audio publication.
Published by Gromoga Records, Austria, October 2010

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 in the making! 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 (German for ‘the tip of the iceberg’) is an electroacoustic composition which is based on sound recordings of melting ice cubes. 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.
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.
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. In cooperation with Hessischer Rundfunk - hr2 kultur. 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

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