Wolfgang Schliemann
percussionist. improvisor. performer. composer.
Wolfgang Schliemann
Born 1956, working since 1978 as free-lancing percussionst on improvised / composed New Music, sound art and performance. Activities in Germany and abroad.
Constant development of individual musical idioms focusing sound besides rhythm, especially the extension of techniques and instrumentation.
Solo / duo / ensemble / orchestral work; participation in projects based on intermediary concepts (dance / theatre / fine arts etc ), increasingly refering to space; emphasis of synaesthetical impacts.
Co-founder of the Wiesbaden musicians´ cooperative new jazz (1979), ARTist collective (1983), HumaNoise congress - days of contemporary Improvised Music (1987).
Current working and / or available projects are:
* WIE?! - Wiesbadener Improvisations Ensemble ( trio with Ulrich Phillipp, doublebass, electronics, Dirk Marwedel, saxophones )
* Ensemble 2 INCQ.
( chamber ensemble with Marianne Schuppe, singing, Ulrich Böttcher, electronics, Joachim Zoepf, Dirk Marwedel, reeds, Christoph Korn, Hans Tammen, guitars, electronics, Georg Wolf, Ulrich Phillipp, doublebasses, ( electronics ), Michael Vorfeld, percussions )
* Endorfine
( duo with Fine Kwiatkowski, dance )
* A.Q.T R.Z.
( trio with Joachim Zoepf, saxophones, bassclarinet, Christoph Korn, guitar, electronics )
* percussion etcetera
( duo with Michael Vorfeld, percussion )
* Akustisches / Materialklang
( performance ensemble with Franz Erhard Walther, Jens P. Carstensen, Jan P.E.R. Sonntag )
Performances on festivals at Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Copenhagen, Darmstadt, Den Haag, Dresden, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Linz, Ljubljana, Munich, Münster, Nancy ( among others ).
Also worked with many players of the european improvisation scene in numerous ad hoc projects.
Publications:
CD >1991< WIE?! - Wiesbadener Improvisations Ensemble ( U. Phillipp / D. Marwedel )
hybrid music productions 002 1991
CD >lanks< Lunx ( J. Zoepf / U. Oberg / J. Mühlhaus )
concept # 5056-2 1992
CD >congress< HumaNoise congress # 4
hybrid music productions 004 1993
CD >soll´n nach zwölfe laufen< X-CODE-X
( J.P. Carstensen / E. Grimm / M. Verborg / U. Phillipp )
Q-Tip-Musik Q 93002 1993
CD / MULTIPLE >Akustisches<
F.E. Walther / Jens P. Carstensen / J.P. Sonntag / H. Kügler
Edition HORCH / Q-Tip-Musik 1994
CD >Exploration< Jens P. Carstensen
( W. Dix / U. Oberg / M. Horstmann / H. Kügler / J.P. Carstensen )
Q-Tip-Musik Q 94002 1994
CD >BACH 4/7< Ferdinand Försch ( F. Försch / M. Horstmann / J.P. Carstensen / A. Fries / K. Hosoda / M. Vorfeld )
Q-Tip-Musik Q 96001 1996
CD / brochure ># 7 / # 8 / # 9< HumaNoise congresses # 7 - 9
ARTist compilation 1998
CD >A.Q.T R.Z.< ( Ch. Korn / J. Zoepf )
Improvisers´ Series
NUR/NICHT/NUR / Berslton 199 01 05 1999
CD >tre pezzi per percussione spesso usate in maniera non convenzionale<
Improvisers´ Series
NUR/NICHT/NUR / Berslton 100 06 13 2000
Selected projects:
>Phänomenaler Bezirk<
Solo-percussion within the multi mediaperformance ( 1987 )
>Innenklang des Außenraums - Außenklang des Innenraums<
Performance of piece by Willi Kellers for 4 percussionists ( 1988 )
>Stadtoper<
Percussionist of multimedia event during >Wiesbaden Summer< -
one month of art in public space ( 1989 )
>Stadtraumbespielungen<
8 concerts in public spaces with Wiesbaden Improvisations Ensemble ( 1989 )
>27´10.554 for a percussionist<
Performance of piece by John Cage within >45 minutes for a speaker< ( 1990 )
>(con)sequences / mo(ve)ments<
Premier of dance/music-performance with Petra Lehr (1991 )
>Longstrings and percussion<
Project by Jens P. Carstensen, >Unerhört< Bremerhaven ( 1992 )
>Akustisches / Materialklang<
First sound-performance-work with Franz Erhard Walther, J.P. Carstensen,
Jan P.E.R. Sonntag ( 1992 )
>Endorfine<
Initiation of improvised performance-work with dancer Fine Kwiatkowski ( 1993 )
>Ensemble H "en silence"<
Member of ten-piece-ensemble by Jörn Schipper ( 1993/94 )
>Über: Schatten, Springen<
DanceMusicTheatre produced and performed with Fine Kwiatkowski ( 1994 )
>Ensemble H "2 INCQ."<
Initiation of ten-piece-ensemble for Improvised Music ( 1995 )
>Helmeneutik 1-3<
Sound/movement-performances solo and with Fine Kwiatkowski and
Harald Lubasch ( 1995 / 98 )
>Der Verletzlichkeit Raum geben<
Live-art-performances with artist Schang Hutter, Fine Kwiatkowski and
Wiesbaden Improvisations Ensemble ( 1995/96 )
>Penthaus 356<
Premier of sound/light/dance-performance with Michael Vorfeld and Fine Kwiatkowski ( 1995 )
>B-A-C-H 4 / 7<
Project on the work of John Cage by Ferdinand Försch for 4 percussionists
and 3 performers ( 1995 )
>nomadisch-sesshaft / sesshaft-nomadisch<
>klimatisch<
Performance-works with Fine Kwiatkowski ( 1995 )
>Arche eo chordata<
Sound-installation / performance for percussion, longstring
and dance with Jens P. Carstensen and Fine Kwiatkowski ( 1996 )
>Swimmingpool study for sound and light<
Light-/sound-performance with Michael Vorfeld ( 1996 )
>Impromptu á trois / Tripelfuge<
Performance-work with Marianne Schuppe ( vocal ) and Fine Kwiatkowski ( 1997 )
>ohne Titel 1 : Vorspiel<
>ohne Titel 2 : Nachspiel<
>ohne Titel 3 : Hörspiel<
Performance-trilogy produced and performed with Fine Kwiatkowski
( Rhizom DancePerformanceTheatre ) ( 1997 )
>TanzKlangFarbe<
Intermediary work in progress with artist Heike Krebs-Bechtel and
Fine Kwiatkowski ( 1997 )
>Auslegungssache - 4/4 in Grautönen<
Performance of soundimage-composition for percussion and bassclarinets
with Phillipe Micol and Joachim Zoepf ( 1998 )
>Animorfine<
Performance-work with Gustav Gisiger ( lightsculpture / projections) and
Adriana Kocijan ( dance ) ( 1998 )
>Böttcher / Kaczynski / Schliemann / Vorfeld<
Percussion quartet with Ulrich Böttcher, Raymond Kaczynski and Michael Vorfeld
( 1998 )
>tamutual<
Project for Improvised music and dance with Günter Christmann, Erhard Hirt,
Ulrich Phillipp, Tadashi Endo, Adriana Kocijan, Gernot Frischling and
Fine Kwiatkowski ( 1999 )
>Hör-Feld-Forschung I-III<
Soundscape-project ( installation / performance / concert ) with Ulrich Böttcher,
Dirk Marwedel, Ulrich Phillipp
>Musik für einen Kurpark<
Solo-percussion in performances of an adaption of "Fontana-Mix" by John cage,
realised for 6 orchestras and 4 soloists by Wilfried Weber ( 1999 )
>Divergent<
Intermediary work with Fine Kwiatkowski for and within steel sculptures
of artist Robert Schad; performances in Budapest, Ravensburg, Lodz ( 1999 )
>Stadtflucht<
Musical director and performer of multimedia performance with choreographers
Tadashi Endo, Johannes Bönig, Fine Kwiatkowski and artist Pfelder ( 1999 )
>Supercollider<
Audio-art-performance by / with Rupert Huber, Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) and
Böttcher / Marwedel / Phillipp ( 1999 )
>Vario 36<
Project of Improvised Music with Günter Christmann, Peter van Bergen,
Axel Dörner, Alexander Frangenheim, Thomas Lehn ( 1999 )
>Zeichen<
Performance-work with Fine Kwiatkowski ( 2000 )
>Men at work<
Intermediary project with Oliver Augst (live-electronics) and Udo Zickwolf (dance)
( 2000 )
>OB:ACHT<
Synaesthetical performance project for sound, speech, video-/ slide-projection
and cooking with Lubasch, Böttcher, Marwedel, Phillipp, Erika Enders,
Jürgen Waldmann, Gerhard Westerath ( 2000 )
>Metamorphosen<
Premier of solo-/duo-project with Fine Kwiatkowski ( 2000 )
>klangFELD / PLAYGROUND / JARDIN des objets trouvés<
Sound-installation/performance/concert for sound-objects,video-projection
and live-percussion ( 2000 )
>time: structured<
Performance of pieces for Improvisors by Hainer Wörmann, Ulrich Sobotta ( 2000 )