SINGING ADORNO

Thursday 20. November 2025
Kulturkotter Graz

Gründler and Lepenik singing Adorno and other philosophers
or two solo entertainers play simultaneously and together.

image by Gemini

Adorno’s texts serve as material for refrains or verses that arise planned or spontaneously in improvisation, as well as texts by other philosophers. Lepenik and Gründler’s long-standing experimental work at the interface between pop and classical music approaches a joyful exploration of song structure in this project. Two solo entertainers play simultaneously and together:

Robert L. singing and (pop) accompaniment
Seppo G. singing and (rhythmic) accompaniment

Seppo Gründler (* 1956 Klagenfurt, lives in Graz) is a sound and media artist, working in the field of guitar, software, and electronics. He is co-organizer of the Styrian Improvisation Orchestra, holds a doctorate in medicine, is a visiting professor of sound design at the Danube University Krems, and is a lecturer at the Institute for Design and Communication/University of Applied Sciences J, a board member of the Institute for Media Archaeology, and the Association for New & Improvised Music.
The author of several CDs. His current live performances include the Klammer & Gründler Duo, solo concerts, and “the nomadic producers” with Rupert Lehofer.
https://gruendler.mur.at

Robert Lepenik (* 1966 Graz, lives in Graz) studied classical guitar at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. In his artistic work, he focuses intensively on improvisation and electronic music. Lepenik is a member of the artist collective TONTO and crew8020_music, as well as the band projects The Striggles, The Guitars of Love, Melville, LaLeLoo, and Fetish 69, and has released twelve recordings of his own works. He also curates various film series and composes music for theater and film.
https://lepenik.mur.at