THE PIANIST AS A HYBRID INSTRUMENTALIST
Reflections on Stefan Prins's Piano Hero
APPENDIX
CONCERTS
Piano Hero performances by Stephane Ginsburgh
2019
Klara Festival, Kanal (Brussels) - PH #1, #2, #3 & #4
De Singel (Antwerpen) - PH #1, #2, #3 & #4 (with Beethoven op. 106)
2018
Warszawa Jesien (Warsaw Philharmony) - PH #1, #2, #3 & #4
Music Current (Dublin) - PH #1, #2, #3 & #4
2017
De Bijloke (Ghent) - PH #1, #2, #3 & #4 (premiere complete)
2016
Ultima Oslo (Oslo) - PH #1, #2 & #3
Darmstadt Ferienkurse (Darmstadt) - PH #1, #2 & #3 ( premiere new version)
Nuits du Beau Tas (Brussels) - PH #1
2015
Festival Les Inattendues (Tournai) - PH #1 & #2
Biennale SBAM (Mons) - PH #1 & #2
Conservatoire de Luxembourg (Luxemburg) - PH #1
2014
City University concert series (London) - PH #1
Festival Résonances (Braine-l'Alleud) - PH #1
Why Note (Consortium Dijon) - PH #1 & #2
Imatronic ZKM (Karlsruhe) - PH #1 & #2
2013
Ars Musica (Bozar Brussels) - PH #1 & #2 & #3 (premiere old version)
Festival Tzlil Meudcan (Tel-Aviv) - PH #1
2012
Instants Chavirés (Paris)- PH #1
Festival Loop (Brussels) - PH #1
STEFAN PRINS ALBUM RELEASE
In March 2019, the label KAIROS will release a portrait DVD+CD Box dedicated to the music of Stefan Prins. It includes a film of Piano Hero.
CREDITS
Stephane Ginsburgh (piano & keyboard)
Florian Bogner/ICST Zürich & Stefan Prins (live-electronics)
Florian Bogner/ICST Zürich (sound)
Stefan Prins, Josiah Oberholtzer & Florian Bogner (MAX programming)
Additional programming: Jan Schacher/ICST Zürich Inside-piano playing on the video samples of Piano Hero #1, #2 and #4: Frederik Croene
“Piano Hero #1” commissioned by Frederik Croene, “Piano Hero #2” commissioned by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, “Piano Hero #3” commissioned by BOZAR, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke and Ultima Oslo, “Piano Hero #4” commissioned by Muziekcentrum De Bijloke
Coproduction Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Ultima Festival Oslo, Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt & Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST) Zürich
With the support of the Flemish Authorities, the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels Art Platform, Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel & Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
Camera: Kobe Wens & Fabien De Latauwer
Video editing: Kobe Wens
Sound recording: Florian Bogner/ICST Zürich
Sound mixing and editing: Stefan Prins
Sound mixing and mastering: Stefano Bechini
Recording location: Concert Hall, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Gent, 28-29 August 2018
BIBLIOGRAPHY
On or by Stefan Prins
Holzmüller, Anne, The Politics of Poetry. Piano Hero (2011-2017), 2018
Holzmüller, Anne and Stefan Prins, A Conversation on Piano Hero #1–4 (2011-2017)
Jannsens, Tom, De pianist is een androïde, De Standaard, 27/03/2017
Prins, Stefan, Corps hybrides dans les espaces hybrides, Dissonance 140, 12/2017
Prins, Stefan, Theater van het hybride lichaam: Bewegen in onze augmented reality, Kunsttijdschrift Vlaanderen, nr. 353, 04/2015 (red. Rebecca Diependaele)
On Ludwig van Beethoven
Adorno, Theodor, Beethoven: The Philosophy of Music, Polity Press, 1998
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Kinderman, William, Beethoven, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2009
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On Karlheinz Stockhausen
Grant, M.J. and Imke Misch eds., The Musical Legacy of Karlheinz Stockhausen: Looking back and Forward, Wolke, 2016
Maconie, Robin ed., Stockhausen: Lectures and Interviews, Marion Boyars, 1989
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On music in general
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Lehman, Harry, La Révolution dans la musique digitale, Allia, 2017
Schenker, Heinrich, The Art of Performance, Oxford University Press, 2000
Other subjects
Coleman, B., Hello Avatar: Rise of the Networked Generation, The MIT Press, 2011
Ferrari, Giordano ed., Pour une scène actuelle, L'Harmattan, 2009
Ignotofsky, Rachel, Women in Science, Ten Speed Press Berkeley, 2016
PhD's alternative title
Beyond the Piano and Back - A journey through the performance of classical and new music