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
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 talking to music critic C.F. Pichler, Dolomiten (German).
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 by Teresa Schaur-Wünsch (German).
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.
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!
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
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!”
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
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)
Moving on | Gerd Hermann Ortler is composing a new piece, called »COLLAPSING CATHEDRALS« for Symphony Orchestra, commissioned by the südtirol festival merano . meran
It was quite an euphoric experience to record Gerd Hermann Ortler’s composition PASSION with total solidarity at night in the Albertina Museum surrounded by the art of Gottfried Helnwein!
Big thanks to Matthias Schorn, Christoph Gigler, radio.string.quartet, Kris Campbell, Benedikt Missmann and his crew, Albertina Museum and last but not least: to the inspiring Gottfried Helnwein!
Photos by Elisa Maier.
An extraordinary event is coming up at Albertina Museum! The World Premiere of Gerd Hermann Ortler’s composition P A S S I O N with works by Gottfried Helnwein, musicians Matthias Schorn, Christoph Gigler, radio.string.quartet and filmmaker Benedikt Missmann! Stay tuned for more...
“Epiphany III (Presentation at the Temple)” by Gottfried Helnwein, Albertina Museum Vienna.
We regret to inform you that the PalmKlang Festival and the world premiere of Gerd Hermann Ortler’s PASSION for Clarinet, Tuba and String Quartet have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Take care everybody during these extraordinary times!
We regret to inform you that Philharmonie Luxembourg’s upcoming THE WIZARD OF OZ shows with the music of Gerd Hermann Ortler have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Thank you for your understanding during these extraordinary circumstances.
Photo by Alfonso Salgueiro Lora.
Morning show... contemporary music... pigs do fly! Check out Christoph Gigler and Matthias Schorn in this outdoor performance of Gerd Hermann Ortler’s composition Free Fugue For Two Tongues:
VIDEO-LINK: https://tvthek.orf.at/…/Act-und-Talk-Christoph-Gig…/14646594
...and if spring comes early you know who to thank 😉
