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Arnold Schönberg Center
Thursday, May 7, 2026, 6.30 pm
Coastline Session
Karlheinz Essl MakeNoise 0-Coast modular synthesizer
Erwin Uhrmann voice
Improvisation on Arnold SCHÖNBERG Fünf Orchesterstücke op. 16 Nr. 3 Farben (arr. Anton Webern)
automatic playing
Mia Zabelka violin, voice, electronics
Håkon Lie turntables
Improvisation on Arnold SCHÖNBERG Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment op. 47
Free admission
In Schönberg’s late works, traditional forms based on motifs and themes gradually dissolve – instead, the music develops through gestures, energies, and timbral characteristics, as if the structure arose within the sound itself. Mia Zabelka takes up this approach in her music for Schönberg’s “Phantasy” and plays with physical, psychological, and sensory impulses in dialogue with electronics. Karlheinz Essl and Erwin Uhrmann use Schönberg’s orchestral piece “Farben” [Colors] as the starting point for a free improvisation with synthesizer and voice – part of their Coastlines Sessions, which have been running for several years – venturing into new sonic worlds in dialogue with the composer’s visual art.
5.30 pm: Curator’s tour with Therese Muxeneder through the exhibition “At home with Arnold Schönberg” | reservation required
Event SFIEMA – Society for Sound Art, Free Improvisation and Experimental Music Austria in cooperation with Arnold Schönberg Center
With the support of Music Norway

