STIO Adventure 24 at Stockwerk

THE GUITARS AND THE SEA
Conducting for guitars and improvisation orchestra by Robert Lepenik and Seppo Gründler.

HOW THE WORLD CAME INTO BEING THROUGH SITTING
Rudi Widerhofer: Speech Performance
Josef Klammer: Speech Synthesis and Wii Remote Conducting

THE GUITARS AND THE SEA

Guitar sound, pure and unadulterated and without the usual effects is the focus of this conducting. So-called stompboxes or landmines are banned in favor of the dialogue between orchestra and guitars.

STIO musicians partizipating:
Claudia Cervenca (vocals), Kerstin Türtschner (vocals), Annette Giesriegl (vocals), Oskar Mörth (voccals), Yvonne Hofmeister (vocals), Hana Kunčič (violin), Álvaro Vallejo Larre (violin), Anna Grenzner (cello), Dominik Kreuzer (trumpet), Fredi Lang (trumpet), Jean Christophe Mastnak (trumpet, flugelhorn), Christoph Wundrak (trumpet, euphonium), Jean-Baptiste Rousseaux (trumpet), Madeline Dietrichstein (saxophone), Roman Trubchaninov (saxophone), denovaire (esraj), Seppo Gründler (guitar), Harald Hofmeister (guitar), Michl Laab (guitar), Robert Lepenik (guitar), Ana Ostojić (piano), Leon Erdödy (piano), Nick Acorne (electronics), Richie Herbst (synthesizer), Reinhard Ziegerhofer (double bass), Margarethe Mayerhofer-Lischka (double bass), Josef Klammer (augmented percussion), Franz Schmuck (percussion), Patrick Wurzwallner (drums), Keyvan Paydar (drums)

STIO was founded by V:NM Graz in April 2012 and consists of musicians from the Austrian Improvised music scene. It also has a certain amount of fluctuating musicians, guest artists, and conductors who are familiar with the language of improvised music.

There are roughly between 15-35 musicians depending on the theme of the concert. The instrumentation can vary drastically, but can include horns, reeds, strings, keyboards, percussion, voice, electronic and computerized instruments, ’ethno’ instruments, or even prepared and self-made instruments.