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Bernhard Gal - Book & DVD 'Zwischenbrücken', 2015...Bernhard Gal - CD 'same difference', 2010.. Gal - CD 'relive', 2008 - illustration by Nalan Yirtmac.. DVD 'Installations' , Gromoga, Austria 2007.. CD 'Installations' , Gromoga, Austria 2005.. Kai Fagaschinski and Bernhard Gál - 'going roaund in serpentines', Charhizma, Austria 2005.. Book & Audio CD 'Installations'  (Kehrer / Gromoga, 2005).. CD 'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.'  (Klanggalerie, 2004).. CD 'relisten'  (Intransitive Recordings, 2001).. CD 'Defragmentation/blue' (Plate Lunch, 2000).. CD 'bestimmung new york' (Durian, 1999)

 

 

 

 

 
Gal live at Festival City Fables , Taipei; photo: P. Francis
 
 

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Gal at Mutek, Montreal, June 2005 - Photo by TJ Norris.
[Gal live at Mutek, Montreal, 2005]
Photo: TJ Norris,high resolution (300dpi, RGB) here.

In addition to his work as a composer and installation artist, Bernhard Gál also performs live, using a laptop computer along with additional electronic devices. Gál’s solo concerts are comprised of elements from recent music and art projects as well as new field recordings, which he takes apart and reassembles in a quasi-improvised, live context. In many cases, the performances also reflect the respective concert venue, with its distinctive acoustic and sociocultural characteristics. Since 2002, Gál has given around 300 concerts on five continents and has worked in ongoing collaborations with other musicians, e.g. with clarinettist Kai Fagaschinski, vocalist/composer Jennifer Walshe and and composer Tung Chao-Ming. In 2008, the critically acclaimed audio CD relive was released on Gromoga Records, being the first published audio documentation of his solo laptop performances. He also quotes audio materials from his cd release same difference, as well as other audio materials from recent sound art and music projects.

 
 
Gal at Festival Sinapsis, Mendoza, Argentina, October 2006
[Gal live at Festival Sinapsis, Mendoza, 2006]
Photo: E. Guzman, high resolution (300dpi, RGB) here.
Sound excerpts from relive can be found here.  
 
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Gal live at Festival City Fables , Taipei
[Gal live at Festival City Fables, Taipei 2007]
Photo: P. Francis, high resolution (300dpi, RGB) here.
 
 
Gal live at  the Conservatorio de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 2006
[Gal live in Buenos Aires, 2006]

Photo: M. Giuliani, high resolution (300dpi, RGB) here.
   
 
 
CD 'relive', Gromoga Records, Austria 2008
[relive, Gal's first live album, released on Gromoga Records, 2008]
   
 

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Fagaschinski & Gal at Ausland, Berlin - February 14th, 2004, photo by Marcus Liebig
[Fagaschinski & Gal at Ausland, Berlin, 2004; photo: M. Liebig]

Gal has been working in ongoing collaborations with the following musicians/composers:


Bernhard Gal & Jennifer Walshe


Collaboration with Irish composer / voice performer Jennifer Walshe, since 2005.

 
 


Kai Fagaschinski & Bernhard Gal


Collaboration with Berlin-based clarinettist / composer-performer Kai Fagaschinski, since 2003.

 
   
   
 
 

 
 
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[tunGal at Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2002; photo: X. Hu]

tunGal (Bernhard Gal / Tung Chao-Ming)

Collaboration with Cologne -based Taiwanese composer / Gu-zheng player Chao-Ming Tung, since 2002.

 
 
     
 
 

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Gal has performed live with the following musicians, this list including long-time collaborations as well as one-time meetings:

 
 
  Adriana Sa, Aki Onda, Alan Licht, Albin Paulus, attic plan (Shuichi Ohori and Ken Itoi), Barbara Romen, Brian Labycz, Carlos Santos, Chie Mukai, Christian Fennesz, Christof Cargnelli, Colorir, Daniel Lercher, Dickson Dee, Didi Bruckmair, Diogo De Haro, Dom Pedro, Edgar Guzman, Erdem Tunakan, Eric D'Orion, Ernesto Rodrigues, Gene Coleman, Gesine Conrad, Glen Hall, Gunter Schneider, Hannes Raffaseder, Hans Koch, Heribert Friedl, Howard Stelzer, i8u, Ide Hintze, J. Frede, Jason Soliday, Jean-Pierre Caron, Jennifer Walshe, Joerg Piringer, Jozef Cseres, Juergen Berlakovich, Kai Fagaschinski, Klaus Filip, Kojima Takashi, Lasse-Marc Riek, Leo Alves Vieira, lise (Daniel Nunes), Ludwig Wuest, Manuel Mota, Marcos Campello, Marcos Fernandez, martin l, Meng Fu-Zhu, Michal Murin, Michael Zerang, murmer, Nina Polaschegg, Pan&Tone, Peter Gossweiler, Peter Kutin, Phill Niblock, Rob Mazurek, Sawako, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Scott Allison, The Seattle Phonographers Union, Tom Dimuzio, Tom Ritchford, Tomas Phillips, Tung Chao-Ming, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Uli Bartel, Vadim Sprikut, Vladimir Djambazov, Wu Wei, Yeh Jiuan-Reng, Yuko Nexus6  
 
     
 
Cities

Gal has performed live in the following cities:

 
 
  Banja Luka, Belgrade, Beijing, Belo Horizonte, Berlin, Bern, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Cologne, Concord (NH), Darmstadt, Dieburg, Dortmund, Dubai, Eisenstadt, Florianopolis, Foshan, Frankfurt, Graz, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hammamet (TN), Hongkong, Innsbruck, Istanbul, Karlsruhe, Kyoto, Leipzig, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Lowell (MA, USA), Madrid, Meaford, Mendoza, Montevideo, Montreal, Muenster, Munich, Nagoya, New York City, Osaka, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Porto Alegre, Prague, Princeton, Pula, Quebec City, Reykjavík, Richmond, Rio de Janeiro, Rochester, Salzburg, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan (AR), Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Sarajevo, Schrattenberg, Seattle, Shanghai, Sofia, St. Poelten, Taipei, Timisoara, Tokyo, Toronto, Troy, Tuzla, Valletta, Valparaiso, Vienna, Vina del Mar, Washington (DC), Weimar, Zagreb  
 
     
 
Festivals 

Gal has performed live at the following festivals:

 
 
  Audioart Festival, Pula | Counterfit Festival, Rochester (US) | das kleine field recordings festival, Berlin | Electric Eclectics, Meaford (CA) | Festival Acousmonium, Vienna | Festival '2007: City Fables', Taipei | Festival Sláturtíð, Reykjavík | Festival internacional de Música electroacústica Ai-maako 2006, Santiago de Chile | Festival with no fancy name, NYC | FILE/Hypersonica, Sao Paulo | ICMC 2000, Berlin | Images and Music, Frankfurt | Interpenetration Festival, Graz | Jahresendzeitschokoladenhohlkörper, Vienna 2018/2019 | Musicacoustica, Beijing | Musica Livre, Florianopolis | MUTEK, Montreal | re_composed, Vienna 2023/2018 | shut up and listen!, Vienna 2006/2016/2017/2019/2020/2022/2023 | Simultan Festival, Timisoara (RO) | SINAPSIS, Mendoza | Sonic Circuits, Washington (DC) | SonoAustria, Madrid | Sound Field Festival, Chicago | Sound Travels, Toronto | Stimme+ (ZKM), Karlsruhe | The Global Composition, Dieburg (GER) | TKT FEST, Tuzla (BiH) | V:NM-Festival, Graz | x-tract-Festival, Berlin
 
 
     
 
Tours

Gal has done the following concert tours:

 
 
 

Balkan Tour 2009, USA Tour 2008, Brazil Tour 2008, USA Tour 2007, China/Taiwan Tour 2007, South America Tour 2006, North America Tour 2006,,North America Tour 2005, USA Tour 2004, Japan Tour 2003
 

 
 
     
 
 

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