Olga Neuwirth
Kloing ! / Hommage à Klaus Nomi-A Songplay in Nine Fits
© Kloing! - Kunstfest Weimar 2008 © Stephen Lehmann ©
Olga Neuwirth
Kloing ! computer-programmed piano with live video
Hommage à Klaus Nomi-A Songplay in Nine Fits,
for countertenor and ensemble with live video
Marino Formenti, piano
Andrew Watts, countertenor
Lillevan, creation live images and video
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Peter Plessas – IEM Graz, Sound design and programming (Kloing!)
Paul Jeukendrup, Sound design (Tribute to Klaus Nomi)
Gerry Cornelius, direction
Coproduction Opéra national de Paris ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of the Austrian cultural Forum
With the support of the Musical Patronage of Société Générale
This work programme has been funded with support from the European Commission.This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
Partnership with France Inter
Olga Neuwirth composed Kloing! for automated piano playing, among other repertoire, seismographic data (from the Grotta gigante in Trieste) while also being played by – or competing against – the pianist. Simultaneously pictures are screened, showing famous pianists, the seismic observation station in Trieste and a 1905 Welte-Mignon piano. Hommage à Klaus Nomi-A Songplay in Nine Fits pays tribute to an icon of popular culture, Klaus Nomi.