Klangforum Wien traverses archipelagic soundscapes in which divergent thought and listening transcend the strict boundaries between instrumental and electronic music.

With works by Laure M. Hiendl, Gerhard Stäbler, Luxa Mart*in Schüttler, followed by a talk

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Approximately 20 musicians stand together, most of them with their instrument, in a spaciuos white hall. — Klangforum Wien
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What happens when memories and thoughts, poetry and installation are inscribed into musical structures – and form unexpected, hybrid connections there?

Programme and Cast

Gerhard Stäbler: Den Müllfahrern von San Francisco. Ein Akronym aus akustischen Erinnerungen an eine Reise (1988/1990)
For ensemble

Gerhard Stäbler's acoustic travel memories echo between the hydraulic sounds and ‘frighteningly pure thirds’ of a garbage truck that once woke him from his sleep in San Francisco. Mixed with the linguistic rhythms of beat poet Allen Ginsberg, these sounds inspired the intermedia composer to write a piece full of wit and drama, dedicated to none other than the garbage collectors of San Francisco.

Laure M. Hiendl: Chronochromatic Variations IV (2026)
For ensemble, world premiere
Commissioned by MaerzMusik

In Laure M. Hiendl's new work, the subtle changes of a musical core hover between the polarity of stillness and movement. Fascinated by the way sculpture, installation, and music resonate with one another, the Vienna-based composer and curator creates spatial impressions solely through sonic structures, while at the same time blurring the boundaries between digital and physical spaces and techniques. Like a sound sculpture, the work welcomes different perspectives, inviting the listener to view it from the outside or to be moved by the changes in its texture.

Luxa Mart*in Schüttler: i wd leave leaf & dance (2022/2026)
For ensemble and live electronics, world premiere of the ensemble version

Luxa M. Schüttler expands the archipelagic thinking of the Martinican philosopher and writer Édouard Glissant to moments of alienation from oneself. Hybrid sound networks branch out, moving between electronic and pop music elements and acoustic instrumental sounds that give rise to delicate structures, unexpected rhythms, and atmospheric gestures. Schüttler combines sonic particles from a wide variety of musical genres with poems by Kamau Brathwaite from Barbados, from whom the title of the composition, i wd leave leaf & dance, is also borrowed.

Conductor: Vimbayi Kaziboni

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Vera Fischer, flutes
Gregory Chalier, flutes
Markus Deuter, oboe and English horn
Bernhard Zachhuber, clarinets
Hugo Queiròs, clarinets
Álvaro Collao Leon, saxophone
Christian Walcher, bassoon and contraforte
Christoph Walder, horn
Anders Nyqvist, trumpet
Mikael Rudolfsson, trombone
Florian Juncker, trombone
Jack Adler-Mckean, tuba
Alex Lipowski, percussion
Lukas Schiske, percussion
Aya Masui, percussion
Florian Müller, piano
Johannes Piirto, piano
Krassimir Sterev, accordion
Miriam Overlach, harp
Gunde Jäch-Micko, violin
Annette Bik, violin
Judith Fliedl, violin
Dimitrios Polisoidis, viola
Paul Beckett, viola
Benedikt Leitner, cello
Andreas Lindenbaum, cello
Michael Seifried, double bass

Florian Bogner, Markus Wallner – sound design

In cooperation with

MaerzMusikKlangforum Wien: Archipelagic Sounds3/22/2026, 12 PM

KLANGFORUM WIEN

MaerzMusik
Klangforum Wien: Archipelagic Sounds
3/22/2026, 12 PM