Katharina Klement
Katharina Klement (born December 1, 1963 in Graz), is an Austrian composer and performer, currently residing in Vienna, Austria. She studied piano, electroacoustic music and composition, with Dieter Kaufmann at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Her work is connecting the fields of notated and improvised, instrumental and electronic music. Particular interest lays on the piano and its extended playing techniques. She also does sound installations and is the founder and member of numerous ensembles for improvised music: subshrubs (Angélica Castelló, Maja Osojnik, Tamara Wilhelm, Katharina Klement), Klement-Siewert (duo with Martin Siewert), deepseafish-K (juun, Manon Liu Winter, Katharina Klement), REDOX (Annette Giesriegl, Kaja Farszky, Katharina Klement), LEFT (Isabelle Duthoit, Matija Schellander, Katharina Klement), Ernst-Klement-Stangl (Katharina Ernst, Burkhard Stangl, Katharina Klement), t(w)o wanderers (duo with Lynn Book).
Her pieces were performed at festivals and venues like Wien Modern, Vienna, Austria; Musikprotokoll Graz, Austria; Midi-alternativa Moscow, Russia; Klangspuren Schwaz, Austria; Zacherlfabrik Wien, Austria; Musikforum Viktring, Austria; Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, Switzerland; Musiques et recherches Brussels, Belgium; Inventionen Berlin, Germany; Futura Crest, France; BIMESP Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sexing sounds Chicago, United States; VNM Graz, Austria, Artacts St. Johann, Austria, Roulette New York City, USA, SECCA North Carolina, USA, Unlimited Wels, Austria, Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf, Austria, Offenes Kulturhaus Linz, Austria, Florida contemporary music festival, USA and many others.
Burkhard Stangl has analyzed her work: „ Over years she probed the triumvirate of composition, improvisation, electronics in painstaking detail, working to loosen the strict parameters of classification (in relation to form, material and content), until they became one - forming her personal constellation.“ (the booklet of the CD portrait Katharina Klement, Edition Zeitton ORF 2008).
Katharina Klement teaches currently at ELAK, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Wien, Austria.
Works (selection)
INSTRUMENTS and electronics: vessel 1.2 (2016) for piano and electronics; Drift (2015) for organ and electronics; In dem HIMMEL benannten Darüber (2015) for two ensembles (subshrubs and PHACE) with electronics; Wie Tag und Nacht (2014) for Zithertrio and electronics; Blanks (2013) for clarinet, piano, percussion, electronics, video (by Doris Schmid).
Fixed media/sound installations: Peripheries (2014–16), sound portrait of Belgrade 8-channel; Einen Moment bitte, part II (2012), soundinstallation 8-channel; Summer (2008), soundinstallation 8-channel; Beton (2000/01), soundinstallation 10-channel; Brandung I (1992), Brandung II (1995), Brandung III (2011), fixed media stereo.
Instrumental music: Lichte Sicht (2014) for 18 string instruments; Einen Moment bitte, part I (2012) for 8 instruments; Cows caused chaos (2009) for 15 instruments; None pareil (2006) for two bassclarinets.
Conceptual pieces, open form: Lokus fokus (2016) for any sound producing media; Fix five (2014) for any quartet ad lib plus electronics; Chaotic bands in canonical form (2008) for 4 players; Ein Baum. Der Regen. Draussen. Die Erinnerung. (2006) for any numbers of performers.
Discography (selection)
CD Peripheries (Gruenrekorder, 2017); CD Orbitals together with Annette Giesriegl and Kaja Farszky, (Creative sources, 2017); CD Hoverload together with Martin Siewert, (Chmafu nocords, 2016); LP Offshore Zone together with juun and Manon Liu Winter, (Chmafu nocords, 2015); CD Jalousie (chmafu nocords, 2012); DVD Granular together with Thomas Grill, Wolfgang Reisinger, Billy Roisz, (KalK, 2009); CD Katharina Klement portrait, (Edition Zeitton ORF, 2008).