There is a lot going on in the field of contemporary music in Austria. Partly responsible for development is a new generation of composers, who expand the spectrum of contemporary music in this country with exciting new facets. One of these promising composers is Veronika Simor, portrayed in the new mica series “Austria’s Young Composers” by Doris Weberberger.
Simor Veronika tailors her compositions according to specific situations and premises. For sole tape recordings or in combination with live electronics or instruments, she creates compositions that are especially designed for certain occasions. She extracts the formal structure of each piece from the musical source material, which consists of concrete and/or instrumental sounds. The combination of tape recordings and instruments form the foundation of recorded instrumental sounds, which are already set in the electroacoustic thinking, because of the complex, noisy sounds – Simor calls the result “carpet” material.
In addition, these recordings are electronically altered beyond recognition, but then again recorded and connected with live instruments. The tension is raised by the common sounding of recorded and live performed parts and by switching between the fusing of recordings and instruments or their lifting from each other. According to Morton Feldman’s understanding, this lets time and space become one.
Important Compositions
“so …” for tape recording and live electronics
– A sacred encounter with dark sounds
“some sound” for 2 recorders, 2 basses, percussion, tape and live electronics
– Where does the sound of an instrument start and where does it end? Merging sounds with instruments and tape recordings
“out of vision” for video, tape recording and live electronics
a video projection of dreams, fears, unknowable and non-existent with live electronics
http://www.myspace.com/veronikasimor