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International symposium featuring the artistic research FWF-PEEK project AUDIO GHOSTS. University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, November 2025. ​

20th edition of shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art. October 2025, details tba soon.

Premiere of a site-specific sound installation, in conjunction with blurred edges - Festival für aktuelle Musik Hamburg. June 2025.

Presentation of the artistic research FWF-PEEK project AUDIO GHOSTS. Tag Gegen Lärm, Acoustics Research Institute (ARI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, April 30, 2025. ​

Workshop | Presentation of the artistic research FWF-PEEK project AUDIO GHOSTS. LCC, University of the Arts London, April 16, 2025.

Premiere of a sound installation by guest artist Christine Schörkhuber, in conjunction with the artistic research FWF-PEEK project AUDIO GHOSTS. Presentation @ SP·CE, Vienna, October 14-20, 2024.

19th edition of shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art. Artistic direction: Bernhard Gál. October 10-14, 2024, echoraum, Vienna | SP·CE, Vienna.

Workshop, concerts and presentations of the artistic research FWF-PEEK project AUDIO GHOSTS (FWF-PEEK AR 774-G). In conjunction with AiR Zvjezdane Staze, Mijakovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina. August 2024.

Premiere of a site-specific multi-channel sound architecture / electroacoustic composition. In conjunction with the Festival SLOVO GORČINA. Radimlja Necropolis, Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 26, 2024.

Inaugural presentation @ SP·CE. Artistic research project AUDIO GHOSTS (FWF-PEEK AR 774-G) @ SP·CE, Vienna. June 25, 2024, 6 pm.

Premiere of an intermedia composition for flute, french horn and multi-channel sound and light environment. In conjunction with the festival MUSIC AFTER NATURE, curated by Pia Palme. Featuring Doris Nicoletti (flute), Christoph Walder (french horn), Bernhard Gál (electroacoustics) et al. SOHO STUDIOS Ottakring, Vienna, June 6, 2024, 8 pm.

Sneak preview presentation of the artistic research FWF-PEEK project AUDIO GHOSTS. Presentation in conjunction with the artistic doctorate program of the mdw, Vienna. Klangtheater (Sound Theatre), University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, November 17, 2023, 9:00-12:00.

Participation in the panel discussion Curating Sound, in conjunction with the kick-off event for the research and infrastructure project ÆSR Lab - Applied/Experimental Sound Research Laboratory of the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Center Research Focus). Ehemalige Kassenhalle der Otto-Wagner Postsparkasse, 1010 Wien, November 14, 2023.

Ultra-rare solo performance, revisiting the sonic ideas of relisten, his third solo CD released in 2001. In conjunction with the Festival re_composed. Live @ echoraum, Vienna, October 27, 2023, 7 pm.

18th edition of shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art. Artistic directtion: Bernhard Gál. October 12-14, 2023. Hybrid-Festival: Live @ echoraum (1150 Vienna), Online Streaming starting 8 pm CET.

Performance of flut, for bass flute and sound projection, by Belma Beslic-Gal and Bernhard Gál. Presentation in conjunction with the Austrian Composers Week 2023. Featuring Doris Nicoletti, bass flute. Curated by Andreas Weixler. CMS – Computer Music Studio, Anton Bruckner Private University, Linz, June 19, 2023.

Lecture about Hörorte | Klangräume (Listening Places | Sound Spaces) at the music theory doctoral programme, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, April 28, 2023, 19:30-21:00.

Radio Portrait #8 on Austrian National Radio (Ö1), featuring an overview of compositions, sound art projects and researcrh activities from the last decade, as well as a preview of things to come. Host: Marie-Therese Rudolph. April 7th, 2023, 23:03-24:00.

Presentation of a new electroacoustic multi-channel composition, in conjunction with the Festival Acousmonium 2023 @ echoraum, Vienna. March 9, 2023, 7 pm.

In conversation with Marie-Therese Rudolph, Gál's talks about his recent book publication Klangräume | Hörorte (Listening Places | Sound Spaces) as well as general aspects of installative sound art. Read online here (German only). mica - music austria, February 16, 2023.

Book presentation, featuring Hörorte | Klangräume (Listening Places | Sound Spaces) by Bernhard Gál, and Exhibiting SoundArt, ed. by Peter Kiefer & Michael Zwenzner. Both books published by wolke in 2022. Including public talks by B. Gál and P. Kiefer @ Barocke Suite C - MQ Direktion. Buchhandlung Walther König, MQ Wien / tonspur, Vienna, February 15, 2023. Moderation: Barbara Barthelmes.

Presentation of the artistic research pilot project Sonic Ghosts, partly in preparation for the FWF-PEEK project AUDIO GHOSTS. Project presentation and listening room in cooperation with Veronika Mayer @ Klangtheater of the Future Art Lab, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, January 21, 2023.

Gál's monograph Hörorte | Klangräume (Listening Places | Sound Spaces) is available as an open access publication since January 16, 2023. Download for free here. Published by wolke, Germany.

Book presentation of Hörorte | Klangräume (Listening Places | Sound Spaces), four evenings with alternating guests (Stefan Fricke Nov. 22, Georg Weckwerth Nov. 24, Marie-Therese Rudolph Nov. 25, and Barbara Barthelmes Nov. 27. Presented by sirene Operntheater, in conjunction with Wien Modern 2022. Jugendstiltheater Wien, November 22 / 24 / 25 / 27, 2022, ca. 22:00.

Gál's book Hörorte | Klangräume (Listening Places | Sound Spaces) will be presented by wolke, alongside other new publications at the festival Donaueschinger Musiktage 2022, October 13-16, 2022.

Bernhard Gál's PhD dissertation Hörorte | Klangräume (Listening Places | Sound Spaces) is now available in printed form (and the open access publication coming in early 2023!) .
Klangräume | Hörorte, Published by wolke, Germany (sinefonia DIGITAL #3), October 12, 2022.

Presentation of selected music chosen by Gal. Listening room @ shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art. echoraum, Vienna, September 24, 2022, 15:00.

17th edition of shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art. Artistic directtion: Bernhard Gal. echoraum, Vienna, September 22-24, 2022. Hybrid-Festival: Live @ echoraum (1150 Vienna) plus Online Streaming (starting 7 pm CET, respectively)

Audioarchitectural installation by Yumi Kori and Bernhard Gal.
Fuji Textile Week, Fujiyoshida, Japan, December 10, 2021 - January 9, 2022.

16th edition of shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art. Artistic directtion: Bernhard Gal. echoraum, Vienna, December 8-12, 2021.

Lecture by Bernhard Gál @ shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art. echoraum, Vienna, June 5, 2021.

Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville: Phonautography 1853-1860. Lecture by Bernhard Gál @ shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art. echoraum, Vienna, June 4, 2021.

15th edition of shut up and listen!, Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art (postponed to June 2021 due to C-19 Pandemic). Artistic directtion: Bernhard Gal. echoraum, Vienna, June 2-6, 2021.

Sound intervention in conjunction with the project Kaffeenistik, curated by the institute for transacoustic research (iftaf). Cafe Ritter, 1160 Vienna, November 5, 2020.

Contribution to the group exhibition AUDIOSPHERE: Sound Experimentation 1980-2020, curated by Francisco Lopez. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, October 14, 2020 - January 11, 2021.

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