Andreas Eduardo Frank: Hear it Coming

‘The future belongs to those who hear it coming’–a quote from David Bowie–is the starting point for ‘Hear It Coming’, a full-length immersive sound performance.

Together with the SWR Experimental Studio, Andreas Eduardo Frank, Marcus Weiss, Uli Fussenegger, Sarah Maria Sun, Jeanne Larrouturou and Thomas Giger are developing a walk-in sound space made up of people, instruments, loudspeakers and light. The audience and musicians share a common space without a fixed sweet spot; above them floats a matrix-like speaker system.

The sound takes on a physical presence: it wanders, transforms and unfolds plastically in space. Individual hearing recedes in favour of an intense collective perception–a recalibration of the senses.

In six songs, restlessness becomes the engine of alertness. Inspiration is provided by forms of movement and sound phenomena from the animal kingdom: percussion, electronics and spatial sound are reminiscent of wing beats, swarms and erratic flight patterns. The starting point for the composition is joint improvisations, from which personal material is condensed into an overall composition.

Andreas Eduardo Frank
© Cedric Merkli

Andreas Eduardo Frank (*1987) is a composer, media artist, and performer. His oeuvre is characterised by close collaborations with outstanding interpreters and artists from various disciplines.

In his works, he explores the intersection between the real and the virtual, blending music, performance, choreography, video, and theatre. He plays with absurdity, humour, and precision, aiming to »virtuosically sparkle with what does not shine, build thought castles without fear of tearing them down, to derive from their rubble a genuine concept of music that boldly flirts with other disciplines.«

Numerous performances and commissions across Europe, Asia, and America have seen him actively involved not only as a composer but also as a sound director or performer. His works are interpreted internationally by renowned ensembles and artists. Since 2019, he has been the artistic director of Ensemble Lemniscate Basel, he is the winner of the 64th Composition Competition of the City of Stuttgart, and since 2021, a member of the programming committee of the Festival Rümlingen.

Biography, as of February 2022

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