A selection by michael obst
pUBLICATIONS
Contrary to some assessments, music does not exist on paper. It also does not exist on tape or CD. It is exclusively a physical process, whose basis is the connection with the phenomenon of time. Therefore, music is a unique event, because every performance will bring forward a new result. Strictly speaking, the same applies to recording media, although - apart from music composed explicitly for this medium - music captured on a recording is merely like a photograph of the real world.
MIchael Obst
When people say they have understood a piece of music, they are confusing "understanding" with "experiencing". We are not able to understand why a piece of music at a certain place in a certain environment at a certain time affects us in one way or another, because this experience cannot be repeated, and with its complexity and uniqueness it eludes our rational thinking in real time and in retrospect. We can therefore only call it an "experience", but not an "understanding".
MIchael Obst
CD publications
Michael Obst – Metal Drops
Inside – Metal drop music – Ye-Na-Je1984
Composed by – Michael Obst
Recording Supervisor – Michael Obst
Recording Supervisor – Marcel Schmidt
Wergo SM1043-2
Michael Obst – Crystal World
Crystal World Part I – Crystal World-ChoralePart II – Intermède – Crystal World Part III
1987
Composed by – Michael Obst
Engineer – Stephan Behrens
Wergo WER 2011-50
Michael Obst –
Compositeurs d’aujourd’hui
Kristallwelt III – Fresko – Nachtstücke
1996
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Directed by – David Robertson
Adès 205 832
AUDIO APPEARANCES
Donaueschinger Musiktage 1995
Diaphoniafür Solisten, großes Orchester
und Live-Elektronik (1993/94)
SWF – Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden
Directed by – Michael Gielen
col legno WWE 31898
Modern Works for Wind Ensemble
Oktett für Bläserensemble (1998/99) Bläserensemble Sabine MeyerEMI CLASSICS 7243 5 57084 2 7
Hommage á Schostakowitsch
Trio No. 2
für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier (2006)
ABEGG – Trio
Ulrich Beetz, Violine; Birgit Erichson, Violoncello; Gerrit Zitterbart, Klavier
TACET LC 07033
Klangvisionen
Andere Welten – 50 Jahre Neue Musikin Nordrhein-Westfalen – 6
Fábrica für elektronische Klänge (1996)
Koch Schwann – 3-5037-3
Musik Für Tonband 1950-2000
Musik in Deutschland 1950 – 2000Metal Drop Music
(1980/81)
RCA Red Seal 74321 73503 2
IRCAM: Les Années 90
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler II: Inferno(1991/92, excerpt)
IRCAM – ircam 008
Cultures Électroniques 14
Série IMEB-UNESCO-CIME, 27th Competitionof Electroacoustic Music, Bourges, 2000.
Metal Drop Music
(1980/81)
Le Chant Du Monde – LDC 278072-73
Cultures Électroniques 18
Série IMEB-UNESCO-CIME, 32th Competition of Electroacoustic Music, Bourges, 2005.Inside
(1981/82)
Le Chant Du Monde – LDC 278072-7
About Michael obst
Michael Obst is a composer, pianist, and teacher. He began his successful composing career with electronic music and subsequently composed works for music theater, film and concert halls. His experience as a pianist with the Ensemble Modern, enriched his understanding of contemporary music. After 25 fulfilling years of teaching, he is now excited to once again concentrate on his own composition projects.
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