Summary

On September 22 and 23, 2019, Se-Lien Chaung and Andreas Weixler visited from Austria (Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst, and Anton Bruckner Privatuniversitat) to take part in rehearsals, a workshop, and a performance of Virtuoso Chances with students and faculty of the OSU College of the Arts and Sciences.

Project Team

Se-Lien Chaung, Electronics
Andreas Weixler, Visuals

Ohio State University Sonic Arts Ensemble
Marc Ainger, Co-Director
Federico Camara Halac, Co-director, Lapotop
Jesse He, Digital Conductor 
Samantha Burgess, Violin
Jacob Kopcienski, Sax 
Yilduz  Guventurk, Percussion 
Brianna Johnson, Dancer 
Meledi Montano, Dancer 

Project Description:

The Ohio State Sonic Arts Ensemble performed Virtuoso Chances with invited guests from Vienna, Austria, Se-Lien Chuang and Andreas Weixler, comprising the composer-performer duo Atelier Avant Austria. The performance concert featured algorithmically generated sound, improvisation, real time audiovisual processing, electroacoustic music and video.

Andreas Weixler and Se-Lien Chuang founded Atelier Avant Austria in 1996 as an artist co-op for composition, computer music and multimedia, based  in Austria. In 2018, Andreas and Sei-Lin received the 2018 ICMA award for the best European performance. Currently, both are specializing in intermedia concerts of improvisation and audiovisual real-time computing.

This special concert presentation was hosted by Livable Futures, an initiative of the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme; The Ohio State University School of Music; and Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD); with kind support of the Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City (ACFNY).