Mechanic Symphonies: Cycles und Automates ELECTRONIC MUSIC

19:00Jan Brocza, Kasho Chualan, Ilja Markus Danzinger, Valentin Gruber, Miriam Jochmann, Nina Jukić, Phillipp Kleinwort, Ellen Preuss, Amar Priganica, Stefan Raschbacher, Finnian Treherne

"In this acousmatic concert, we present electro-acoustic compositions inspired by these landscape forms and stage them in the courtyard of the imperial stables via 20 loudspeakers. The pieces utilise field recordings, i.e. original recordings made at various locations in the region. Synthetic soundscapes are added, reflecting the textures and shapes of the terrain.

Compositions by: Kasho Chualan, Thomas Grill, Jonas Hammerer, Wolfgang Musil, Markus Sepperer, Finnian Treherne

In co-operation with the course for electroacoustic and experimental music (ELAK) and the ÆSR research project"

Water Sound Flows

Thomas Grill and his team connect the places in the region by presenting the sounds of water in various forms and using different artistic strategies.

More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at

The project was organised by the Medienfrische, a festival offering residences to artists from various backrounds to explore new media and experimental art. As part of this project I composed "Silent Contemplations" and performed it as 16 channel on the new IKO loud spearks by Sonible.

“Ö1 Worte wie Musik” radio programme on how language is deeply connected to music and the musical characteristics of languages. As part of a lecture at my university called “Radio Production” together with a colleague I wrote, edited and moderated this programme.“Every language has its own melodies and its own rhythms - think of English, Italian or French. Stresses manifest themselves differently, syllables vary in length and articulation sometimes takes on special significance. But how are the different musics of the world and their languages connected? How do lyrics sound when they are sung in a language that is not the singer's mother tongue, and can music help us to learn a new language?”

Sonic Positions ELAK concert in the Klangtheater of the FAL. New works by ELAK students. Here I played my piece “Ebbing Tide” performed live by Sabina Islam.Here the complete list of artists:Moritz Bernhard, Kasho Chualan, Ilija Danziger, Helena Dechentreiter, Pit Frantzen, Valentin Gruber, Miriam Jochmann, Marija Jociute, Philipp Kleinwort, Moritz Kölnbauer, Bo Leiter, Marius Neuner, Ellen Preuss, Stefan Raschbacher, Moritz Seidel, Markus Sepperer, Simon Spielhofer, Finnian Treherne, Georg Volkert, Anatol Wetzer

Sonic Scratch Ensemble (Georg Volkert, Bo Leiter, Markus Sepperer, Raphael Dombrowski)

Guests : Lan Sticker, Emanuel Hohl & Sebastian MeierThe photos are of the Klangtheater at the mdw and includes the set-up of different performances by my colleagues.

My entry to the second FFM film scoring competition in 2023.

Adding an extra layer of awareness to the streets of Hernals.SONIC CELL temporarily borrows urban spaces to transform our perception and make us aware of the meanings embedded in the spaces’ relations with the city’s history. As an editor, if you will, writing on its genome.Thursday 26. October 2023, 19 :00 – 22:00
Dornerplatz, 1170 Vienna.Artists: Elizaveta Trukhanova (AT/RU), Finnian Treherne (UK/CZ/DE), Philipp Kleinwort (AT).From synthetic chlorophilia across technoid amphibians to appeasing the techno-animistic deities.

Der gute Ton 23.10.2023: Soundscapes

What does a forest sound like when it is pierced by light? Who can imagine music in the midst of construction site noise? And what influence does film music have on our attitude to film? A wide variety of images can be painted with the help of soundscapes. Everything from music and natural sounds to the human voice can be used to create a sceneComposer and student on the electroacoustic and experimental music programme Finnian Treherne talks to sound engineering student and presenter Maximilian Fugger about the connection between music and images.Guest: Finnian TreherneDesign & sound engineer: Maximilian Fugger Quelle: https://guteton.blogspot.com/2023/10/der-gute-ton-23102023-klangkulissen.html

In these electro-acoustic miniature worlds we suddenly and quite clearly see different signatures of the ten young composers who are currently students of ELAK (course for electro-acoustic and experimental music). The miniatures are presented in a kind of Petersburg hanging for the ears - postcards from other worlds. These ten experimental works are magical and precise soundscapes. With works by Kasho Chualan, Ilja Danzinger, Valentin Gruber, Miriam Jochmann, Philipp Kleinwort, Sebastian Meyer, Marius Neuner, Ellen Preuss, Stefan Raschbacher and Finnian Trehern

Radio Stream of “Photonic Forest” with the Sound Campus Linz Stream in collaboration with ARS ELECTRONICA on Res.radio. Listen HERE

”Reflecting on modes of production, distribution and visibility of music and sound art, the “Stream Compilation” is a set of self-produced, published and un-published works across genres. From electroacoustic and experimental compositions to radio art, poetic sound theatre and electro-pop explorations, these pieces intersect in a collective stream of horizontal listening”

Release of “Photonic Forest” on all major streaming platforms. This piece is about nature and the question, whether humanity with all its´ involvement in destroying the planet we live on, can still be part of nature. This piece was first composed for and performed at the “ELAK SOMMER CONCERT” of 2023 and then at the “KOMETENTURNEN #02”. This piece began in Schrattenberg, Austria. Together with my colleagues, we had a workshop there organised by my professors of the ELAK. We focused on nature and our own work, without any given rules. I spent all my time in the woods and on the grounds of the old Schrattenberg castle ruin, which was our direct neighbour for a week. Birds, wind, the train sounds from the valley below and waterfalls were the themes I explored, recording them with my field recorder. This later evolved into this piece, Photonic Forest. The photos below I took are of the old ruins and castle grounds where I recorded.

“Release of longing is my first collaboration with my good friend Paul C. Schmidt. This piece is about the feeling we all have and know, the feeling of longing. This composition was entirely improvised and created in one could say one take.” - Finnian TrehernePaul C. Schmidt on the piano and Inga Quint on the cello.

KOMETENTURNEN #02 in cooperation with SITTING IN A ROOM #05 and the New Vienna Musikverein 22.07.2023with Angélica Castelló, Finnian Treherne, Arthur Fussy, Matthias Makowsky & Will Lopesn. Finnian Treherne presents and spatialises the final version of “Photonic Forest”

ELAK SUMMER CONCERT 2023 with pieces by students of the ELAK course at the mdw. Finnian Treherne presented and spatialised his piece “Photonic Forest”.

Scoring the short film “Shark” by Nick Pasveer. Unfortunately this project was shelved and will hopefully be completed sometime in the near future.

Scoring the short film “Floating Above the Abyss” by the director Patrick McConnell. The short film is about the serious, less known and often overlooked water pollution in England.

Scoring the short film “Das Spiegelbild” by Nick Pasveer. Unfortunately this project has been shelved and will be continued some time in the near future.

This was my entry to the BIFSC Film Scoring Contest in 2023

ELAK CONCERT with latest pieces by the ELAK stundents at the mdw. Finnian Treherne presented his piece “Momentum” . “This piece is very special to me as it was my first piece during my first semester of studies. I decided to implement a combination of sampled instrumenents of personal recordings, some processed with effects and some not. A very personal aspect to this piece is the Djemebe I played to addrhythmic textures that were so important in my childhood in Tuscany. The yearly giostras, where many drummers would parade through my home town, something I found very thrilling and to this day believe was one of the first musical influences I had." https://esel.at/termin/117147/elak-werkstattkonzert

This was my entry to the first FFM scoring competition. I worked mainly with strings as my main instrument, trying to achieve a partially synthetic touch.