stele (2011) [canti guerrieri ed amorosi III]
for 5 voices and 5 instruments [S-A-CT-Bar-B; soprano-/baritone-saxophone, accordion, harpsichord/synthesizer, violin, violoncello]
texts: gilgamesh-epic, Liao Yiwu, Friedrich Nietzsche, Franz Kafka
premiere: Heidelberg, Sep 25, 2011
duration: 30 mins.

listen!stele I (8:18 min.)
listen!stele II (7:46 min.)
listen!stele III (9:02 min.)
listen!stele IV (7:18 min.)


download score excerpts and performance instructions [German]
download stele essay [German]
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gilgamesch szenen (2010) [canti guerrieri ed amorosi II]
for bass and 5 instruments [soprano-/baritone-saxophone, bass clarinet, contraforte, harp, prepared piano]
text: gilgamesh-epic
premiere: Vienna, Dec 5, 2010
duration: 20 min.

complete live-recording, Lukas Haselböck, Bass; Markus Holzer, soprano- / baritone-saxophon; Theresia Schmidinger, bass clarinet; Robert Gillinger, contraforte; Gabriela Mossyrsch, harp; Gernot Schedlberger, prepared piano; Christian Utz, conductor; Vienna December 5, 2010
listen! gilgamesch szenen I (4:21 min.)
listen! gilgamesch szenen II (2:07 min.)
listen!gilgamesch szenen III (6:22 min.)
listen! gilgamesch szenen IV (4:26 min.)
listen! gilgamesch szenen V (4:43 min.)


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drei gilgamesch gesänge (2010) [canti guerrieri ed amorosi I]
for bass and prepared piano
text: gilgamesh-epic
premiere: Vienna, June 14, 2010
duration: 15 min.

complete live-recording, Lukas Haselböck, Bass; Kaori Nishii, prepared piano; Vienna June 14, 2010
listen! drei gilgamesch gesänge I (3:59 min.)
listen! drei gilgamesch gesänge II (5:14 min.)
listen! drei gilgamesch gesänge III (4:10 min.)


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telinga – mulut [ears – mouths] (2009)
for baritone, four instruments and speaker (tape)
after texts by Agus R. Sarjono (b. 1962): Suatu Cerita dari Negeri Angin [A Story from the Country of the Wind, 1998; English Translation: Toenggoel Siagian – slightly modified by the composer] and Franz Kafka (1883-1924): Die Brücke (1917) [fragments from a short prose sketch]
duration: 20 min.
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listen!
excerpt; ensemble on_line, Jakarta, July 15, 2009


passagen: transformation (2006)
für zwei Schlagzeuger / for two percussionists
Erich Urbanner zum 70. Geburtstag
duration: 4 min.
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Glasakkord (2006)

for shō, shakuhachi and Western instruments
premiere: Berlin; Universität der Künste, Konzertsaal Bundesallee, March 23, 2006
duration: 20 min.
listen! excerpt. Kō Ishikawa, shō; Tony Clark, shakuhachi; ensemble on_line vienna; Simeon Pironkoff, conductor
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vier epigramme (2005/2006)
for percussion solo and live-electronics
premiere: Graz, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten; March 1, 2006
duration: 28 min.
listen! excerpt from epigramm 3: das knirschen. Berndt Thurner, percussion; Christian Utz, live-electronics
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passagen: durchscheinung (2005)
in memoriam Klaus Johns
for 6 instruments (flute/bass flute; clarinet (B)/bassclarinet (B); trombone; violin; violoncello; piano)
premiere: Graz, Oct 23, 2005; Ensemble Reconsil, conductor: Roland Freisitzer
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05_satie_dekooning_48 (2005)
SoundTextInstallation for 4 sound sources, PowerBook and paper after Erik Satie's Le Piège de Méduse premiere: Wien, BA-CA Kunstforum, March 3, 2005
listen! excerpt. (voices: Mira Barakat, Lillie Chilen, Lauren Free, Geoffrey Hudson, Kate Lerner, George Milly, Alisa Pearson, Christian Utz)
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specula (2005)
for solo percussion and live-electronics
premiere: Wien, BA-CA Kunstforum, March 3, 2005; Berndt Thurner
listen! excerpt 1. (Berndt Thurner, percussion; Christian Utz, live-electronics)
listen! excerpt 2. (Berndt Thurner, percussion; Christian Utz, live-electronics)
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the wasteland of minds (2003/2004)
for clarinet (A), sheng/xun, zheng, accordion, violin, violoncello and live-electronics
premiere: Wien; Wiener Konzerthaus, Neuer Saal, January 24, 2004
duration: 13 min.

listen! excerpt. ensemble on_line, Yeh Jiuan-Reng, zheng, Wu Wei, sheng; Simeon Pironkoff, conductor
Studio-Recording; aAmplify Studios Vienna; Jan 25, 2004

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Speculum (2003)
for four percussionists
dedicated to the Schlagquartett Köln
premiere: Cologne, December 18, 2003
d uration: 20 min.
listen! excerpt; Schlagquartett Köln, Cologne, December 18, 2003
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repercussion.camouflage.report (2003)
(Rückprall.Tarnung.Bericht)
for flute, trombone, sheng/xun, percussion and live-electronics
premiere: Cologne, July 03, 2003
duration:15 min.
listen! excerpt. ensemble on_line, Wu Wei, sheng; Simeon Pironkoff, conductor; Cologne July 3, 2003
score sample score excerpt
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Wu 0 (2003)
for sheng/xun, zheng/voice, E-guitar and Quarter-Tone Trumpet
for Wu Wei, Xu Fengxia, Burkhard Stangl and Franz Hautzinger
listen!
excerpt. Wu Wei, sheng; Xu Fengxia, zheng, Burkhard Stangl, E-guitar, Franz Hautzinger, Quarter-Tone Trumpet; Vienna, April 1, 2003


Zersplitterung [Fragmentation] (2002)
for baritone, piano and glass-percussion
dedicated to Martin Lindsay, Jong-Ah Yoon, Dirk Rothbrust
premiere: Essen, 22.06.2002
duration: 16 min.
listen! part 1 (3:37 min.) Martin Lindsay, baritone; Jong-Ah Yoon, piano; Dirk Rothbrust, glass-percussion
Duisburg, Earport, Rice&Bread, 22.06.2002

listen! part 3 (3:56 min.)
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Site [Basho]
for gagaku-ensmeble and electronics (2001)

for gagaku-ensemble (16 players) and live-electronics
premiere: Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Akiyoshidai, Japan 10.03.2001
duration: 40 min.
listen! part 1 (8:24 min.) Wakatake Gagaku Ensemble Yamaguchi, Christian Utz: live-electronics
Akiyoshidai International Art Village, 10.3.2001

released on the CD SITE
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Interference [jiao die sheng luan]
für Klavier und 8 chinesische Instrumente (2001)

for piano and 8 Chinese instruments
dedicated to Wen-Tsien Hong and China Found Music Workshop Taipei
premiere: Cologne, Deutschlandfunk, 12.4.2001
duration: 15 min.
listen! part 2 (1:47 min.) China Found Music Workshop Taipei, Wen-Tsien Hong: piano; Christian Utz: conductor
Cologne, Deutschlandfunk, 12.04.2001

score sample score excerpt
released on the CD SITE
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Unsichtbares Theater für Ensemble und Live-Elektronik (2001)
In cooperation with: Künstlerhaus Boswil
for seven instruments and live-electronics
fl, ob, bas, trb, vla, vc, pno
dedicated to Klangforum Wien
premiere: Basel, 21.11.2001
duration: 14 min.
listen! part 1 (3:16 min.) Klangforum Wien, Ed Spanjaard: conductor, Christian Utz and Wolfgang Musil: live-electronics
Basel, Europäischer Musikmonat, 21.11.2001

listen! part 4 (2:51 min.)
score sample score excerpt
released on the CD BOSWIL
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together // apart (2001/2006)
for kayagum, taegum, saenghwang, violoncello, piano and electronics
dedicated to the Contemporary Music Ensemble Seoul
premiere: Wellington / NZ, February 10, 2007
duration: 14-16 min.
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Abstrakte Reise [Chouxiang zhi you] (2000)
for soprano, string quartet and tape
dedicated to Anna-Maria Pammer and the Arditti-Quartet
text: Christian Utz after Marco Polo, Joseph Conrad, Yang Lian und Laozi
premiere: Hannover, EXPO 2000, 16.6.2000
duration: 21 min.
listen! part 1: "Darkness" (5:18 min.) Arditti Quartet London, Anna Maria Pammer: soprano, Rainer Stelzig: speaker (tape)
Hannover, NDR, EXPO 2000, 16.06.2000

listen! Intersection 3 (1:10 min.)
score sample score excerpt
released on the CD SITE
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kreise - yuan [Circles] (1998/1999/2001)
Musik-Sprach-Konstellationen [music-language-constellations]
Speaker (opt), Soprano, shakuhachi (opt), fl, viol, vla, vc, pipa, live-electronics (opt), tape
konzept: Christian Utz, Christine Huber, Thea Brejzek
texts: Yang Lian, Christine Huber, Bo Juyi
I. Polymorphie (I-V), II. Inseln (1-7)
premiere: Lana, 1.9.1999
duration: 15 - 35 min
listen! Polymorphie III (3:10 min.) Varianti; Manfred Schreier, conductor: Angelika Luz, soprano; Wang Ming, pipa; Tony Clark, shakuhachi speakers (Tape): Lenore Steller, Alisa Pearson, Giwi Margwelaschwili, Yang Lian
Stuttgart, Festival Éclat, 11.02.2001

listen! Insel 2 (1:47 min.)
score sample score excerpt
released on the CD SITE
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Ouran yizhi / Koinzidenzen (1999)
for 6 Chinese instruments
xiao, sheng, erhu, pipa, zhong ruan, guzheng
premiere: Taipei, 11.10.1999
duration: 11 min.
listen! part 1 (5:32 min.) China Found Music Workshop Taipei, Wen-Tsien Hong, piano; Christian Utz, conductor
Vienna, ORF Radiokulturhaus, 22.10.1999

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Lichtung (1997-99)
audiovisual installation for 2 monitors, speaker, 1 musician, 1997
VHS, 2 tapes à 45 min.
1st perf.: Vienna, 3.6.1997
2nd perf.: Mürzzuschlag, 30.4.1998
3rd perf.: Darmstadt, 8.4.1999
listen! parts 1+2 (8:28 min.) produced at the institute of electroacoustics and experimental music Vienna
released on the CD CONSERVED (radiophonic verison)
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éloignement (1995-1999)
3 simultaneous music performance pieces
In cooperation with: Fortbildungszentrum für Neue Musik Lüneburg
éloignement 26'58,8'' for flute [pic, fl, alto fl, bfl] and loudspeaker
éloignement 34'30'' for piano and loudspeaker
éloignement 36' for speaker and loudspeaker
[éloignement x for humans and objects]
premiere: éloignement6 (45'): Vienna 21.9.1996
premiere. of éloignement 26'58,8'' and éloignement 34'30'': Schreyahn 3.6.1999
premiere. of éloignement 36': Vienna 19.6.1999
duration: cf. titles
listen! excerpt, éloignement 34'30'' (3:36 min.) Jan Czajkovski: piano, Christian Utz: live-electronics
Vienna, Alte Schmiede, 02.11.1999

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yao yao ti ti (1998)
The night of the insects
for voice (soprano) and piano
dedicated to Alisa Pearson
premiere: New York 08.11.1998
duration: 9 min.
listen! excerpt (1:13 min.) Alisa Pearson, soprano
Jan Czajkovski, piano
Vienna, Alte Schmiede, 02.11.1999

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appetition - dissolution (1998)
Tastenmusik für Hong Wen-Tsien
[key music for Hong Wen-Tsien]
piano solo
premiere: Vienna 02.11.1999
duration: 30 min.
listen! excerpt (6:10 min.) Jan Czajkovski, piano
Vienna, Alte Schmiede, 02.11.1999

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Wiener Blut (1998)
Operette von Johann Strauß Sohn
Libretto: Viktor Leon und Leo Stein
Neufassung von Johannes C. Hoflehner (Textbearbeitung) und Christian Utz (Musikalische Bearbeitung)
for chamber ensemble and 8 actors
fl/pic/bfl, klar (es/b/bklar), trp, trb, tba, perc, viol, vla, vc, db
duration: 90 min.
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sheng-yue-lü [voix-lune-voyage] (1998)
pour quatuor vocal
deux sopranos, mezzo-soprano, barytone,
pour Les Jeunes Solistes
premiere: Royaumont, 26.9.1998
duration: 10 min.
listen! part 3 (3:51 min.) Les Jeunes Solistes, Rachid Safir: conductor
Royaumont, Voix Nouvelles, 26.09.1998




Zum Beispiel Tantalos [Tantalos, for example] (1997)
8 Musik-Theater-Szenen im öffentlichen Raum
[8 music-theatre-scenes in public space]
text: Wolfgang Kindermann,
stage director: Johannes C. Hoflehner
2 actors, 2 singers, 4 musicians
fl, trp, viol, vc, tape, live-electronics
premiere: Vienna 3.11.1997
duration: 80 min.
listen! Aller Tage Abend (4:58 min.) Petra Jeup, Rainer Stelzig, peakers, Alisa Pearson, Bartolo Musil, singers, Tantalos Ensemble; Christian Utz, conductor
Vienna, studio recording, 12.11.1997

listen! Der Mieter (6:00 min.)
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interjectionen (1997)
a commentary
electronic music
text: Christine Huber, Helmut Schranz
premiere (4-channel verison): Vienna 30.4.1997
duration: 6 min.
listen! part 1 (2:27 min.) Rainer Stelzig, speaker
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die zelluloidleichen von Marrakesch (1996)
music after William S. Burroughs
for 2 musicians, voices and live-electronics
text: William S. Burroughs
premiere: Quedlinburg 8.6.1996, (viol, pno), Vienna 21.9.1996 (vc, pno)
duration: 15 – 25 min.
listen! excerpt (5:14 min.) developed in collaboration with Matthias Graf
Michael Moser, violoncello, Christian Utz: piano, MAX-programming
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mosaic (1996)
music for 2 samplers and computer in five phases
collaboration with Raino Rapottnig
premiere: Vienna 21.9.1996
duration: 20 – 35 min.
listen! part 1 (6:28 min.) in collaboration with Raino Rapottnig
Raino Rapottnig, ensonic-sampler
Christian Utz, K2000, MAX-programming
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circle (1996)
Spiel für 5 Musiker, 2 Dirigenten und Live-Elektronik
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quarks (1996)
27 parts for piano, 1996
concert version of éloignement 34 '30'' for piano and loudspeaker
premiere: Lüneburg 4.6.1999
duration: 18 min.
Jan Czajkovski, piano (Lüneburg, 04.06.1999):
listen! quarks 1 (0:45 min.)
listen! quarks 3 (0:29 min.)
listen! quarks 4 (0:39 min.)
listen! quarks 5 (0:37 min.)
listen! quarks 8 (0:38 min.)
listen! quarks 12 (0:27 min.)
listen! quarks 15 (0:36 min.)
listen! quarks 20 (0:25 min.)
listen! quarks 24 (0:19 min.)
listen! quarks 25 (0:27 min.)
listen! quarks 26 (0:40 min.)
listen! quarks 27 (0:54 min.)
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time freeze, (1995/1996)
electronic music
text: Friedrich Hölderlin
premiere (4-channel-version): Vienna, 21.9.1996
duration: 45 min.
listen! excerpt (6:32 min.) produced at the institute of electroacoustics and experimental music Vienna
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Lichtung [Glade] (1995)
Music-Theatre after Christine Huber
text: Christine Huber
scenario: Johannes C. Hoflehner
3 actors, 8 musicians, live-electronics, 8-channel tape, slide projections, light design
premiere: Vienna 22.03.1995
duration: 60 min.
listen! parts 1+2 (8:28 min.) produced at the institute of electroacoustics and experimental music Vienna
released on the CD CONSERVED
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Lichtung [Glade]
Radiophonic Version (1995)

text: Christine Huber
1st broadcast (Stereo-Version): Ö1, Zeit-Ton, 01.06.1996
premiere (8-channel version): Vienna 25.06.1995
premiere (Stereo-Version): Vienna 24.04.1996
duration: 24 min.
listen! parts 1+2 (8:28 min.) produced at the institute of electroacoustics and experimental music Vienna
released on the CD CONSERVED
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Ludwigologie. Ein Exzerpt (1995)
Game for female singer, loudspeaker, pianist and Bösendorfer-computerpiano
text: 60 short excerpts in different languages by various authors
premiere: Karlsruhe, 15.05.1995
duration: 20 min.
listen! final section (3:36 min.) Babette Dieterich, voice
Jan Czajkovski: piano Christian Utz: computerpiano-programming

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Yes
radiophonic Version (1994)

text: James Joyce
voices: Susa Paul, Bartolo Musil, instruments: Elisabeth Flunger, Hannes Löschel
1st broadcast: ORF-Kunstradio, 5.5.1994
duration: 37 min.
listen! part 8 (4:59 min.) produced at the institute of electroacoustics and experimental music Vienna
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Das demaskierte Universum [The unmasked Universe] (1992-1994)
Intermedial Music-Theatre after René Magritte
texts: Friedrich Hölderlin, Stephane Mallarmé
viol, vla, 2 perc, pno, conductor, dance, slide projections, video installation, light design
premiere: Vienna 08.04.1994
duration: variable (15-45 min.)
listen! part 5 (3:29 min.) Ensemble KlangArten, Thomas Dézsy, conductor
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Yes (1993)
Scenic Monologue after James Joyce
for actress, male singer, 2 instrumentalists, tape 2 slide projections, light design
text: James Joyce
premiere: Vienna 24.6.1993
duration: 40 min.
listen! part 8 radiophonic Version (4:59 min.) produced at the institute of electroacoustics and experimental music Vienna
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éloges (1992)
Trois Invocations pour deux pianos
premiere: Vienna 16.04.1993
duration: 18 min.
listen! I final section (5:55 min.) Daniel N. Seel, Annemie Egri, pianos
Karlsruhe, 15.4.1995

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...sans compter les temps morts (1991)
pour ensemble de chambre
fl, bfl, clar (a), bklar (b), perc, cel, 2 vla, 2 vc
premiere: Vienna 19.03.1992
duration: 20 min.
listen! part 1 (7:20 min.) Ensemble KlangArten, Thomas Dézsy, conductor


Chant pour un Équinoxe (1990)
for full orchestra and mezzo-soprano
text: Saint John Perse
(4/3/3/2; 4/2/3/1; perc (3); 10/8/8/6/6)
premiere: Vienna 30.4.1997
duration: 18 min.
listen! excerpt (7:06 min.) ProArte Orchester Vienna, Ingrid Hofer: mezzo-soprano, Kyrill Petrenko: conductor