The European Bridges Ensemble was established for Internet and network performance. Its current members are Kai Niggemann (Münster, Germany), Ádám Siská (Budapest, Hungary), Johannes Kretz (Vienna, Austria), Andrea Szigetvári (Budapest, Hungary), Ivana Ognjanovic (Belgrade, Serbia), Georg Hajdu (Hamburg, Germany), and Stewart Collinson (Lincoln, England), performing with Georg Hajdu’s interactive network performance environment Quintet.net.
In 2009 July the ensemble worked at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg together with four young composers to create new network pieces. The result will be presented at MNW2009.

Music:
Johannes Kretz, Ádám Siska, Andrea Szigetvári

Performed by:
Andrea Ladányi – laserharp
Gábor Vida – laserharp
Andrea Szigetvári – live electronics
Johannes Kretz – live electronics
Ádám Siska – programming
Attila Kalcsú, János Wieser – lasertechnics

Two dancers, two rooms connected with a network, four laserharps. The movements and the sounds created by the dancers will be visualized in form of movements of the laserbeams. The dancers situated in two different rooms will dance with each other’s laseravatars.

Head of ZiMT (“Center for innovative Music Technology” of the University for music and performing arts Vienna)

Born 1968 in Vienna, studies (composition, pedagogy) at the music academy Vienna with F.BURT and M.JARRELL and mathematics at the University Vienna • 1992/93: studies at IRCAM, Paris with Marco Stroppa and Brian Ferneyhough • co-founder of the NewTonEnsemble, of the international composers group PRISMA and of www.ikultur.com • teacher for music theory and composition at the conservatory of Vienna • 1996-2001: teacher for for computer music at the academy in Vienna, since 2001 also music theory, since 2004 also composition, since 2009: habilitation in composition, associate professor (“Privatdozent”) • Since 2008: Head of the ZiMT (“center for innovative music technology”) of the music university Vienna • performances in Austria, Germany, France, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Lithuania, Czechia, Argentina, Mexico, Kanada, China, Taiwan and South Korea • regular broadcasts in Austrian and German radio • commissions of works from Konzerthaus Wien, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble On Line, Vienna Flautists, quartett22, Internationale Lemgoer Orgeltage, Haller Bachtage, Triton Trombone Quartett, Wiener Kammerchor • numerous grants and prizes

http://www.johanneskretz.com/

CONFERENCE – BRIEF ABSTRACT:

Creating audio-extensions for Quintet.net: Sound Avatar, Klangpilot and others