Festival

airborne extended

Elena Gabbrielli flutes

Sonja Leipold harpsichord, keyboard

Caroline Mayrhofer recorders, Paetzold recorders

Tina Žerdin harp

Alisa Kobzar sound design

 

 

Manuela Kerer kaput II, for flute, Paetzold recorder, harp, cembalo, tape (2017)

Bernhard Lang London in the Rain, Monadologie XXIX, for flute, recorder, harp, harpsichord/keyboard (2014)

Hannes Kerschbaumer not.to, for piccolo, Paetzold recorder, resonating surfaces (2017)

Eloain Lovis Ole Hübner trauma und zwischenraum 1, for recorder, Paetzold contrabass recorder, flutes, prepared harp, prepared harpsichord (2020)

Alexander Kaiser The difficulty of crossing a field, for bass flute, Paetzold recorder, prepared harpsichord (2017)

Manuel Zwerger RAVE PARTY FOR KIDZ: LEVEL 2, for prepared harp, prepared Paetzold recorder, 2 performers, video (2020)

 

Further program information

airborne extended is a quartet for contemporary music consisting of flute, recorder/Paetzold, harp and harpsichord, with electronics, objects and performance.

The ensemble was founded in 2013 and its unique instrumental combination offers the possibility of creating a wide range of new sounds and colors, that in recent years has inspired several generations of composers from all over the world. Its constantly growing repertoire counts more than 80 premieres – working with both up-and-coming and established composers.
As a selected ensemble for NASOM 2018/19 - New Austrian Sound of Music airborne extended was official Austrian cultural ambassador and performed in international venues and festivals such as Wien Modern, musikprotokoll Graz, Stanislawsky Electrotheatre Moscow, Kalv Festivalen, Poznan Music Spring, Tempo Reale Festival, Vancouver New Music, National Opera Athen and many more.
Besides its concert activities, airborne extended offers regularly lectures and workshops for composers and instrumentalists and already collaborated with different academic institutions such as Kunstuniversität Graz, Bruckner Universität Linz, Tiroler Landeskonservatorium Innsbruck, Anadolu Üniversitesi Eskişehir, Bilkent University Ankara, State Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow, Royal Academy Aarhus, Academy of Music and Drama Gothenburg.