December 2010  

Concert at Ausland
December 2nd / Ausland / Berlin
details tba

November 2010  

Concert at 'the electroacoustic project'
Kuppelsaal der TU Wien
November 28th / TU Wien / Karlsplatz
further details tba

choreography for Blackboards
daghdha dance company
26 - 28 november 2010 / hayward gallery / London / uk

October 2010  

STANDING IN INK
daghdha dance company
Merseyside Dance Initiative /LIVERPOOL / uk
18-19 OCTOBER 2010

concert at IEM's cube
OCtober 12th / IEM / Graz / Austria
details tba

relative realities
relative realities will be installed at the Filament Festival
September 30th to October 3rd / Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) / Troy (ny) /usa

kristallgatsch / strahlung
a filament premiere
Commissioned By EMPAC
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Troy / NY
Oct 1 (7:00pm), oct 2 (9:00 pm) & oct 3 (12:00 pm)/ Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) / Troy (ny) /usa

September 2010  

residency at empac (troy/usa)
during a residency at empac 'Kristallgatsch / strahlung' will be adjusted to radiate from an ambisonics dome of speakers.
september 20th - october 3rd 2010 / Troy (ny) /usa

August 2010  

STANDING IN INK
daghdha dance company
edinburgh fringe festival
9-20 august / dancebase / edinburgh / uk

july 2010  

residency at the iem (graz/austria)
spending a week working in the wonderful cube on ambisonic sound compositions.
12 - 16 July/ iem / Graz / austria

june 2010  

Several tracks of 'variations in Air Pressure'
featured in Eve Sussman's 'White on White: a random thriller [alpha version]'
June 6th, 2010 5:30pm / MoMA T2 / NYC

presentations at the icmc2010 (nyc) and ems10 (shanghai)
presenting research papers entitled 'Because We Are All Falling Down. Physics, Gestures and Relative Realities' at the international Computer Music Conference in New York City and 'Towards Automating Annotation of Electroacoustic Music' at the electronic Music Study Group Conference in Shanghai (China)

february 2010  

variations in air pressure
cd released on aufstieg av
weiping lin - violin
volkmar klien - electronics

start-ziel-siege
UNC CHAT – Digital Arts Festival
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (nc/usa)
part of the open exhibition february 16 -19

january 2010  

STANDING IN INK
daghdha dance company
9–10 JANUARY 2010 / 11–12 AM / APAP CONFERENCE NYC 2010
BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTRE
NEW YORK city / usa

october 2009  

Kristallgatsch / strahlung
new multichannel work at EMPAC / Studio 1 - Goodman
an event shared with Daniel Teige (video to daniel's piece by eve sussman & simon Lee)
Friday /oct 16 / 8:00 pm
saturday /oct 17 / 6:30 & 8:00 PM

talk at transitio_mx/ personal perspective
october 5 / 19:00 / Fonoteca Nacional / Sala "Thomas Stanford"
Francisco Sosa 383, Barrio Santa Catarina, Coyoacán, C.P. 04010. México D.F.

contributions to homeland sound topography 01 - The Right Sides of the Road
media installation
Transitio_MX 2009 / october 2 - 10, 2009 / Fonoteca Nacional /
Francisco Sosa 383 col. Barrio de Santa Catarina, Coyoacán / mexico city

september 2009  

artist in residence at empac
september 22 - october 18
empac, rensellear polytechnic institute
Troy, NY, usa

relative realities
september 9 -12
at 'habitación del ruido' in mexico city
Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana
Izazaga 92, Centro Historico

relative realities
september 3 - 8
documentation video of the installation will be presented
at ars electronica 2009 in Linz, Austria

july 2009  

start-ziel-siege
premiere of start-ziel-Siege's live version
performed together with Thomas Grill
July 24 / 23:30 / 'Passos Manuel'/'smc2009 / Porto / Portugal

may 2009  

zeitton komponistenportrait
on oe1, orf (austrian national radio)
an hour long special on 'start-Ziel-Siege' and 'variations in air pressure'
interview by Giselher Smekal
22 may / 23:05 / radio oe1

Standing in ink – WORLD PREMIERE
18–19 MAY 2009, 7 PM
daghdha dance company
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL, DUBLIN, ireland
CHOREOGRAPHY: MICHAEL KLIEN
MUSIC: VOLKMAR KLIEN
DANCE: MARK CARBERRY, LAURA DANNEQUIN

april 2009  

Choreography for blackboards
april 24 & 25 / Irish Museum of modern art / dublin
Choreography: Michael Klien
music: volkmar klien
Dramaturgy: Steve Valk

start - Ziel - Siege
release of cd 'start - ziel - siege' on aufstieg av
more information here

march 2009  

unsafe sounds
broadcast on orf / oe1 kunstradio
march 9th, 23:05 - 23:50

february 2009  

Choreography for blackboards
february 6 & 7, zodiak, helsinki
Choreography: Michael Klien
music: volkmar klien
Dramaturgy: Steve Valk

january 2009  

talk at london college of communication (lcc)
Sound Arts and Design
january 21st, 2pm

Kunstradio's ART’S BIRTHDAY party 2009
live performance of 'Start - Ziel - Siege'
17. January, 20h, Kulturfabrik Hainburg

Further info: Kunstradio.at

september 2008  

laut fahrplan
an enhancement of reality in real time
in co-operation with thomas grill
intervention - concert / september 20 / vkk eichgraben

Má vlast
eine symphonische Heimatdichtung in Form eines radiophonen roadmovies.

Auf einer Reise per Autostopp durch Österreich werden im Gespräch mit den Reisegefähren jene Orte erfragt, bereist und aufgenommen, an denen es in Österreich am Schönsten klingt.
Auf der Fahrt wird darüberhinaus der Nutzen solcher Unternehmungen besprochen.
Ö1 Kunstradio. Sendedatum: 9. September 2008, 23:05 - 23:45, ö1 (ORF)

june 2008  

sense & meaning / im fett / standing in ink / einem
daghdha dance company performing in paris to music by volkmar klien
part of junevents / june 19, 7:30 pm/ Atelier Carolyn Carelson / paris

may 2008  

premiere of 'to build a hall'
daghdha's dance piece to 'rauschkinder'
choreography: michael klien
may 19 & 20 / Daghdha Space / Limerick (ireland)

'sense and meaning'
choreography: Michael klien
music: volkmar klien
may 23 & 24 / daghdha space / limerick (ireland)

relative realitäten
media installation / klangraum krems / may 10 - june 8 2008
details

january 2008  

art's birthday
january 17th, oe1 kunstradio's celebration of art's (i believe) 10000045th birthday.
details tba.

december 2007  

performance of 'Einem'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Links - rechts. mitte. weit' ( info / mp3 / cd )
choreography: Michael klien
part of 'gravity and grace'
december 15th, Daghdha Space, Limerick, ireland

premiere of 'sense and meaning'
choreography: Michael klien
music: volkmar klien
december 13th, daghdha space, limerick, ireland

november 2007  

premiere of 'field studies 10'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Start-Ziel-siege'
choreography: michael klien
november 30th, Mamuska Night, Daghdha Space, Limerick, ireland

relative realitäten
november 14th - 23rd, semper - depot, vienna
part of the wien modern festival.

premiere of 'field studies 9'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Start-Ziel-siege'
choreography: michael klien
november 15th, part of 'framemakers', Daghdha Space, Limerick, ireland

rauschkinder
premiere of an evening for violin & electronics
november 16th, ruprechts-kirche, vienna
commissioned by neue-musik.at
violin: weiping lin
electronics: volkmar klien
part of the wien modern festival.

sept./oct. 2007  

sport & trauma
synchronisation sequences
media installation /october 18 - 20 2007 at the nweamo festival / morelia / mexico

composer's talk at cmmas
'Musical composition & sonic installation, Different things - similar intentions'
Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS) / morelia / mexico

'freundlich, ein wenig unbestimmt'
klarinettenduo stump linshalm play at the galerie maerz in linz
oct 20th / 20:00

'Einem' on tour in china
daghdha's dance piece to 'Links - rechts. mitte. weit' ( info / mp3 / cd )
choreography: Michael klien
5-week tour through 6 chinese cities
Beijing / 9 Oct / 798 Art district
Hong Kong / 14 Oct – 19 Oct / Cattle depot
Macao / 19 Oct – 23 Oct / Ox warehouse
Shanghai / 23 Oct – 27 Oct / Fei Art space
Hangzhou / 27 Oct – 1 Nov / The Culture And Industry Society Of Zhejiang Province Culture Exchange Centre
Xiamen / 1 Nov – 4 Nov / VIS-À-VIS art lab

premiere of 'field studies 8'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Start-Ziel-siege'
choreography: michael klien
October 5th, Mamuska Night, Daghdha Space, Limerick, ireland

performance of 'Einem'
daghdha's dance piece to 'Links - rechts. mitte. weit' ( info / mp3 / cd )
choreography: Michael klien
part of 'Mediated Bodies'
September 15th, Dance House, Dublin, ireland

may 2007  

concert & talk
may 25th, 19:00 at the Alte schmiede
part of the 'Elektronischer Frühling' series.

january 2007  

art's birthday
january 17th, 20:00 - open end.
kunstradio's art's birthday party.
online, onsite (radio cafe, argentinierstr 30A, wien) on air (oe1.orf.at)
more informationavailable here.

wiencouver 1906
january 14th, 23:00 - 23:00
a kunstradio Wiencouver project in collaboration with Anna Friz, Glenn
Gear and Absolute Value of Noise.
broadcast on Austrian national radio, oe1 & online at oe1.orf.at.

sediments of an ordinary mind
daghdha dance company
Choreography: Michael Klien
Music: Volkmar Klien
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november 2006  

lockerungen
25 november, 20:00, maerz galerie, linz
aufstieg sq performing 'lockerungen' live for the very first time.

performance of einem …
as part of daghdha dance company’s framemakers
03.07.2006, 8p/ Daghdha Space, St. John’s Church, Limerick/ireland

september 2006  

premiere of 'rauschgold' (electronics)
visiones sonoras 2006
international festival and composers meeting
20 september, 20:30, sala carlos chávez, unam, mexico d.f.

Sediments of an ordinary mind
Choreography: Michael Klien
Music: Volkmar Klien
/13/14/15 December, 8 pm: Daghdha Space, St.John's Church, Limerick, ireland
11-14 January: The Project Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin, ireland

Nachtbilder - Poesie und Musik
'harzblut stark riechend.'
lyrische porträts von Walter Pucher
musik: volkmar klien ('lockerungen')
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 00:08 - 01:00, 92.00 FM or online under oe1.orf.at

Music to Daghda's 'Choreography for Blackboards' (Premiere)
8/9 September 8 pm; Daghdha Space, St.John's Church, Limerick, ireland
Choreography for Blackboards
Choreography: Michael Klien
Dramaturgy: Steve Valk

august 2006  

Zeit-Ton
one hour radio portrait on austrian national radio.
august 18th, 23:05 - 24:00, 92.00 FM or online under oe1.orf.at

july 2006   performance of einem …
daghdha dance company’s piece to links – rechts. mitte. weit / 01–03.07.2006, blurred borders festival (san diego/usa)
june 2006   release of the cd lockerungen
aufstieg av / aav 0601
april 2006   release of the cd strom
aufstieg av / aav 0502
march 2006   premiere of freundlich, ein wenig unbestimmt
for two (bass-)clarinets commissioned by the duo stump-linshalm (vienna/a) / 31.03.2006, echoraum (vienna/a)

release of the cd vlclel
aufstieg av / aav 0501
january 2006   performance of limerick trilogy
by daghdha dance company / 27–28.01.2006, daghdha space (limerick/irl)
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