Voice and sound recordings, together with sound objects, weave a “sound carpet” which provides the basis for an electroacoustic journey. These textures serve as a kind of fertile substance for voices, from which they repeatedly emerge in fragmented form.
Video by Patrick K.-H.
Coming from a background of classical vocal performance (amongst others performing at the Volksoper Vienna, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna) over the past 10 years Martina Claussen expanded her artistic practice into electronic music composition and performance. As a composer and vocal artist she explores and combines the sounds of the human voice and sound objects with field recordings, analogue and digital electronics.
She explores the space and the performative action and has over the years steadily developed her own, distinctive style of music.
She studied computer music and electronic media at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Voice at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and Composition at the Bruckner University in Linz. Performances and concerts at various international festivals including
Ars Electronica, Wien Modern, Fylkingen-Stockholm, Festival Futura-Crest / France Acousmatic Festival St.Petersburg, Iklektik-London and the
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival.
She received the Publicity Award of SKE / Austro Mechana 2020 and works at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna where, since 2009, she holds the position of Associate Professor of Voice.
Martina Claussen’s participation is made possible with support of the Austrian Cultural Forum