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Markus

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soprano clarinet (Bb), altosaxofon, didgeridoo, shakuhachi. New Music, experimental music, Improvisation. composition.

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My Interests

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Bodies without Organs

Member of: "Grünanlage";

"Nora Volkova Ensemble"

upcoming concerts & projects

+25.IX.'09, 20h, "Tam Tam 8" gallery Berlin: Markus Wenninger, Shakuhachi, premieres compositions for shakuhachi & electronics by Aiden Fry, Mark Solomon @ Tam Tam 8.

+14.VII.'09, Schauspielschule Ernst Busch, Immanuelkirchstr. 3-4, 2. Hinterhof, 4. Etage: "Untitled /No. 8", for dancer, camera, klarnet. & other works; guests: a dance/flute trio with Fabio Mina, fl.

+11.VII.'09, 17h, Tag der Offenen Tür, Hochschule für Schauspiel Ernst Busch, Schnellerstr. 104, Berlin: Aurélie Bauer, Katharina Resch (choreography, camera) & Markus Wenninger (cl) premiere "Untitled / No.8", performance for dancer, dancing camera, screen, prepared stage & klarnet; composition "Soupirs" by Sonia Paco-Rocchina 2005, arranged M.W.

+21.VI.'09, Griebnitzsee Berlin: "Nora Volkova Ensemble" (as, bari-s, p) perform on a raft out there on the Griebnitzsee, public performance.

+8.VI.'09, 20.30h Bremen, Schwankhalle: "Nora Volkova Ensemble" & Jan Treuner perform @ the "Out Now!" festival, "The Footage:// Kopf/Schatten" for trio (as, bari-s, el-g) & J.Treuner reading.

+15.-17.V.'09, Art Rondeel Maastricht: "Nora Volkova Ensemble" & Jan Treuner perform amongst other pieces: "The Footage//:Kopf/Schatten", by M.Wenninger, in the version for 6tett (scl,bari-s, vln, vla, el-g, synth).

+2.V.'09, Rimini: Fabio Mina (fl) & Markus Wenninger (didgeridoo, scl) @ ONFERNO festival.

+18.IV.'09, Finissage: Markus Wenninger plays "in every single way" (as solo) & "Zimmerpflanze Jochen" (scl solo) by William Engelen, @ "Galerie Thomas Schulte". , Charlottenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin

+15.III.'09, 10.30h, @Filmmuseum Potsdam: "Nora Volkova Ensemble" performs music for silent movies by Man Ray, Maya Deren, Samuel Stoll, & premieres J.A. Pamies' "...after a discussion about music, women and society" (2008) & "Let the exertion begin/Had enough of this dodgy finger/The smell of paraffin cancelles my senses/My soul now has a steady linger" by Matthew Lee Knowles.

+28.II.'09, from 20.30h on: "Gruenanlage"-night, M.Wenninger performs "Excursions No. #1-#5" for cl solo, on "word extensions 1-5" by M.L.Knowles, @ containership, Paul&Paula-riverbank

19.-22.II.'09: "Nora Volkova Ensemble" play @ 100°- theatre-festival, "Das Ende Der Welt", for violin, sopranosaksofon, altosaksofon & electric piano, by M.Wenninger: Music for "Das Paar" by Jan Treuner, for actor & dancer.

+10.XII.'08, 21h: "Nora Volkova Ensemble" & Korhan Erel play @ ICH ORYA Oranienstraße 22 - 10999 Berlin

+7.XII.'08, 19h: "Nora Volkova Ensemble" & guest Korhan Erel (synth)(ss, scl/as, vln, el-b/perc, p/prep p) play @Sbahnhof Griebnitzsee, Berlin, @ "Potsdam per Pedales".

+5.XII.'08, 20h: Markus Wenninger plays "in every single way" (as solo) & "Zimmerpflanze Jochen" (scl solo) by William Engelen, @ Architekturbüro, Tempelhoferberg 6, Berlin

+4.XII.'08, 20h: Markus Wenninger plays "Zimmerpflanze Jochen" (scl solo) by William Engelen, @ Galerie Elly Brose-Eiermann, Berlin

+28.IX.'08: "Nora Volkova Ensemble" plays "UNa Domanda Alla Terra"'s live part, & then some, @ the finissage of "Um den Uckermärker See" in Strehlow.

+26.IX.'08, 18h: "the a.m.m. trio" (Supper, Wenninger, Wenninger) @ Café Grundgehalt, Fichtestr. 19a, 10967 Berlin.

+9./10.VIII.'08: "Hygge": "Nora Vokova Ensemble" Hausmusik concert @ Lennart's, Denmark.

+19., 19h+21h/20.VII., 11h+15h,'08: "Kammer" by Ch. Kesten, @ Kammermusiksaal UdK Berlin.

+5.-17.VII.'08: Teilnahme an Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik.

+28./29.VI.'08: "Nora Volkova" (Agata & Markus Wenninger) play @ Gut Hemerten, accompaniment for a work of art by landartist Hama Lohrmann: Anton Lukoszievze, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff

+0305'08: "Nora Volkova" play "in every single way" for as + projection (premiere for saks), "The Pitiless Piano" (premiere of German version, version for voc, ss, scl, el-g, el-b, perc, tape), "obeserved in passing" (projections; premiere for fl, ss, scl, el-g, tb/sampler, laptop) by William Engelen, & "The Exploding Swan" by Jan Hufenbach (premiere for video, as, tb, laptop) @ theatre "Eigenreich".

+2803'08: "Nora Volkova" plays "looking for a man to love and fuck", for ss / scl (Bb) / v / vla / acc / el-g + projection by Mark Barden @ gallery "Scherer8".

+20 & 2103'08: "Nora Volkova" plays "looking for a man to love and fuck", for ss / scl (Bb) / v / vla / acc / el-g + projection by Mark Barden, premiere!, @ theatre "Eigenreich".

+903'08: "Nora Volkova" plays @ "Märchenhütte", Monbijoupark, Berlin.

+1412'07, 19.30h, Kammermusiksaal der UdK Berlin: Participation in a workshop-concert with compositions by Christian Kesten.

+0712'07, 19h: "Nora Volkova" plays "Die großen Probleme habe ich immer am Anfang", von Georg Monninger @ Gallery "After The Butcher".

+17./18.11.'07: Ensemblemeeting Berlin : it will be as bad as it looks. "Nora Volkova Ensemble" plays G. Stäbler's "Red on Black / Hart auf Hart", 1986.

+ 1809'07: Hausmusik @ Mark Barden's. p, v, scl/as. 3 instrumental solos, Gerhard Stäbler's "Hart auf Hart" (trio version). For Mark is leaving to Freiburg.

+ 23.-2608'07: Teilnahme am Meisterkurs Saxophon in Boswill, Schweiz bei Armbruster & Gubler, mit Ballif, "Solfeghietto No 8" & Lenners "Monotaurus", as solo.
+ 2108'07: Participation in P.Oliveiros' "Worldwide Tuning Meditation" concert.

+ 2807'07 Uckermark Kirchenmusik-Projekt (Informationen) Nora Volkova - 4tett: Fabio Mina, fl; Annika Handrock, vib; Jan Hufenbach, el-g; Markus Wenninger scl/as. Program: Canons from J.S.Bach "Musikalisches Opfer", BWV 1079; G. Sclesi "Ko-Lho" (fl,cl) 1966; M.Wenninger "Anastomose I: 1079" 2006 (UA)

+ 1506'07: Hausmusik @ Mark Barden's: Claude Lenners: Monotaurus, as solo, 1992

+ 01.06'07, 21h: @ "Eigenreich" Theatre beim "Duo Merzouga"; Improvisationsmusik

+ 1705'07, 20h , "Zentrale Randlage" , "the amm trio" (A.Wenninger/ss, M.Supper/synth, M.Wenninger/as): "Facing Phasing Scelsi".

+ 1105'07, 1930h: Dinnerconcert @ Sabat, Gneisenaustr. 43, Berlin: "Solidarity" (2007) by Joseph Kurdika: sop/toy-p, harmonium, ukulele, shakuhachi; "For Blinky Palermo" by Taylan Susam: harmonium, cel, cl.

+ 3003'07, 20h, Gallery "Praxis Hagen" , Berlin, together with F. Mina (fl) & A. Wenninger (ss): "H.: Die Freiheit ist der Urspung des Satzes vom Grunde"; the gallery's floor is the score (sic); "quelle vive luci" by F. Mina, for fl + scl; "Each One Is ONe, There Are many Of them" 1/17 by A. Lukosievze

+ 2003'07, 22h, Festival "Märzmusik" , Berlin, "sonic arts lounge": Compositions in the wake of O.Finnendahl's "Grep" & B.Beins' "adapt/oppose".

My Blog

machines

(If I have to endure this demented idiot Sido in the ad above one more time I get immediate eye cancer! Take it away from me!)/Just returned from visiting the great exhibition "Romantische Maschinen" ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:45:00 GMT

run

I had forgotten completely over the years what a joy it is to run! So good that I came round to gallop through my quarter, along the Spree river & back, in this slightly thick air today, not much wind...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:06:00 GMT

white

White is the hall's padding, the dancefloor, where we rehearsed for the second time today, working on the piece "No.8" by the two choreographers/dancers I begun to collaborate with. One side is a full...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:45:00 GMT

practice floor

Two nice though tiresome shifts at the neurology ward in a huge hospital behind me, a place where I'll try to find work for certain, they say there's two job vacancies open at the moment. There's stil...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:44:00 GMT

engine

Came home from Giesübel, a smaller village in the middle of Germany, very lovely it is there indeed, felt very at home amongst the schist-decked houses & the steep hills. I.C., my Kinästhetics teacher...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:11:00 GMT

torched

Twelve or so there were, torches, on this raft Th. had shrouded in a huge whiteish cloth, as we drove out on Tiefer See / Havel, late afternoon, dusk setting in, luckily without a drop of rain, the so...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:40:00 GMT

leave

It's done, finally, I quit there at the coma-ward. Another bad row with a quartett of members of the team there & I had it. The last two years there went increasingly bad, & it takes me a long time to...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:53:00 GMT

hook

Had a wonderful in depth conversation with I.C. yesterday, when she asked me to become her partner, junior, as she expressed herself (does do this eerie age-consternation of mine some good indeed), in...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:55:00 GMT

"it's not enough it's not enough"

Back in B; after a long drive, in a fine huge car, though, A. & me arrieved in B., somewheres out there in an industrial area, where we gave back the car & waited with our agonizingly heavy luggage fo...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:53:00 GMT

rain

Of course rain, for I'm in HB. Lots of. Rain, I mean. /Premiere of "The Footage II//:Kopf/Schatten" went great, another case when the dress rehearsal left me hmhm'ing in some corner of my mind, but th...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:08:00 GMT