Christof Ressi’s compositions combine internet culture and computer games with contemporary and electronic music and jazz. He was awarded the prestigious Erste Bank Composition Prize, and Jeunesse is devoting an entire concert to his works on November 4th – featuring, appropriately, the … read more »
Christof Ressi
CROSSWAYS: Visualization in contemporary music
The border between sound and image has always been blurred, if not obsolete. In fact, the two fields are, in many ways, inherently enmeshed. The question is just how much one re-veals or exposes it, and from what lens or angle one … read more »
musikprotokoll 2022: “Whodentity”
“Whodentity” is an artificial word with which musikprotokoll 2022 wants to shed light on currently pressing questions about identities. The festival will once again take place in Graz, from the 6th – 9th October, 2022. For more information about this year’s theme … read more »
“IT’S A HELL OF A JOB” – CHRISTOF RESSI
“The first months were tough, she screamed a lot. But in the meantime it’s great”, says CHRISTOF RESSI. The composer, computer musician and young father is grinning into his laptop camera. His daughter was born a year ago. Since then, a lot … read more »
Ressi/Benes
RESSI/BENES – Christof Ressi and Szilard Benes pursue the idea of confrontation of extreme psychological states by the means of music and media art. The instrumental sound of the bass clarinet dynamically interacts with electronics, video and body movement and lets the … read more »