EXPEDITION TO PARADISE on TV & Stream
Watch the world premiere of EXPEDITION TO PARADISE here: L I N K
EXPEDITION TO PARADISE - Double Concerto for Clarinet, Trumpet and Orchestra
We are delighted to announce that GHO will compose a double concerto for clarinet, trumpet and orchestra. The composition, titled EXPEDITION TO PARADISE, will be performed in October 2025 in South Tyrol and at the Wiener Konzerthaus. The soloists are Bertold Stecher, trumpeter of the Berlin Philharmonic, and Andrea Götsch, clarinettist of the Vienna Philharmonic. The Südtirol Filarmonica will be conducted by Michael Pichler.
A Look Back on the PASSION Performance
PASSION at the Stadttheater Wiener Neustadt
PASSION, a composition by GHO to pictures by Gottfried Helnwein, will be performed on April 21 at the Stadttheater Wiener Neustadt by Matthias Schorn (clarinet), Christoph Gigler (tuba) and the radio.string.quartet.
Prof. Dr. Klaus Albrecht Schröder, the former director of the Albertina Museum in Vienna, will join GHO in giving an introduction to the concert.
FREE FUGUE FOR TWO TONGUES at the Wiener Konzerthaus
TOTENLIED - Release
GHO’s composition for string quartet, TOTENLIED, was released on CroworD’s album The Ignorance Cut. The piece was recorded by the Esperia Quartett at the Ölberg-Kirche in Berlin. This composition also forms the beginning of the album’s opening track Brothers.
WOLF ≈ Das Mystical - World Premiere at the Salzkammergut-Seebühne
GHO’s musical theatre »WOLF - Das Mystical« based on the libretto by Franzobel premiered in May 2024 at the newly built Salzkammergut-Seebühne on Lake Wolfgang. The show ran until the end of June. All performances were sold out. Here's to the future!
WOLF ≈ Das Mystical
We’re delighted to announce that GHO composes the music for WOLF ≈ Das Mystical. The renowned Austrian author Franzobel writes the libretto. The premiere of this new music theater will take place on May 23, 2024 at the newly built Salzkammergut-Seebühne Wolfgangsee. Click here for more information
Photo by SN / Stefanie Schenker
MOSAIC - World Premiere at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Wonderful premiere of MOSAIC at the Elbphilharmonie!
Thanks to Fanny Mendelssohn Förderpreis and to the amazing artists Joséphine Olech, Vera Karner, Matthias Schorn, Tamas Palfalvi, Jelizaveta Vasiljeva, Matthias Well, Dorothea Schupelius, Sào Soulez Larivière, Christoph Heesch and Dominik Wagner. BRAVI TUTTI!
Photos by Claudia Höhne
GHO INTERVIEW
GHO talking to music critic C.F. Pichler, Dolomiten (German).
MOSAIC for Miniature Orchestra
GHO will conduct his new composition MOSAIC at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg on September 3rd. This piece is commissioned by the Fanny Mendelssohn Förderpreis in honour of the 175th anniversary of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy‘s passing. It will be performed by the outstanding Fanny Mendelssohn Artists and Matthias Schorn!
Photo by Jana Madzigon
GHO PORTRAIT in DIE PRESSE
GHO Portrait in Die Presse by Teresa Schaur-Wünsch (German).
URKNALL on Austrian National Radio OE1
For those who missed the radio broadcast of GHO’s URKNALL: the live recording will be available on Ö1 until June 24!
https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20220617/682327/Das-Oe1-Konzert
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Live from the Wiener Konzerthaus with Olivier Latry, philBlech Wien, Wiener Singakademie, coro siamo and Chorus Juventus/ORG der Wiener Sängerknaben.
URKNALL - World Premiere at the Wiener Konzerthaus
World Premiere of GHO’s composition »URKNALL. The Birth of the Universe« at the Wiener Konzerthaus with Olivier Latry, PhilBlech Wien, Wiener Singakademie, coro siamo and Chorus Juventus/ORG der Wiener Sängerknaben. What an amazing evening! BRAVI TUTTI!
URKNALL in the making
PASSION at the PalmKlang Festival
GHO’s composition PASSION to pictures by Gottfried Helnwein can finally be performed in front of audience at the PalmKlang Festival in Oberalm Salzburg on April 10
• With Matthias Schorn (clarinet), Christoph Gigler (tuba) and the radio.string.quartet
• Tickets and live stream: palmklang.at/sonntag
URKNALL - Rehearsals have started!
URKNALL. The Birth of the Universe
We’re delighted to announce that GHO was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus to write a composition for Olivier LATRY, phil Blech and the Wiener Singakademie!
This 40 minute piece is called «URKNALL. The Birth of the Universe for Organ, Brass Ensemble, Percussion and Female Choir». It will be premiered in May 2022, preceding Gustav Holst's «The Planets» (arranged by Mark Gaal).
GHO: “I'm really looking forward to join forces with these extraordinary musicians to seek out new life and to boldly go where no man has gone before!”
GHO CHAMBER MUSIC LIVE AT THE MuTh VIENNA
Vienna Philharmonic soloists Matthias Schorn, Christoph Gigler and Josef Reif are playing some of GHO’s chamber music together with students from the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK). The concert is part of Matthias Schorn’s series Matthias Schorn in the MuTh and takes place on May 31st | 7.30 pm (CET) | MuTh (Am Augartenspitz 1, 1020 Vienna)
Matthias Schorn, Photo: Moritz Schell
GHO PASSION - Film Premiere
In these challenging times, the cultural life and in particular the stage for music and performance has been shut down.
PASSION: The hope for resurrection. That's the message that inspired composer Gerd Hermann Ortler to join forces with other art forms. The result is a spectacular film, an encounter between music and fine art, a special concert in front of art works by Gottfried Helnwein in the ALBERTINA MUSEUM.
Tune in to watch the full film on Good Friday, 2 April 2021 at 3pm CET on the YouTube Channel & Facebook Page of the ALBERTINA Museum!
Trotz Lockdown: Musikalische Online-Auferstehung in der ALBERTINA | Albertina, 31.03.2021 (ots.at)