last website update 10/30/2024

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the opera "Adam und Eva" finished

From the first exposé and discussion with the commissioning body to the final note in the final bar of the final page, it was a process of over four years.

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artist portrait at BASF Kultur

With a fourth and final project, the family concert Once Around the World, my artist portrait in BASF Kultur concert series will come to an end mid-June.

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Triple Concerto in Karlsruhe

Composers: remember that when you write for an orchestra, the audience will be mostly grey-haired (if they have hair at all), but very attentive – they paid to listen after all.

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25 Years "The Alphorn in Manhattan"

Some more photos to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of my CD "The Alphorn in Manhattan", an iconic sound adventure in NYC from 1997.

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Sextet versions of the Violin Concerto and Snare Drum Concerto

My weeklong artist-in-residence at the Mishima Contemporary Music Days in Mishima Japan was not only full of memorable concerts ...

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Music for Unicorns ...

In the opera I am writing, Adam and Eva, two old unicorns swim downstage and offer an ironic take on some heavy thoughts ...

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artist-in-residence at the Mishima Contemporary Music Days

Until just recently, I always had a negative take on the common saying "Jack of all trades, master of none" thinking that applied to me and my multiple fields of endeavor.

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Mike Svoboda's Alphorn Special is back on stage

A "tongue-in-ear" homage to complex simplicity in our simply complicated world. Back on stage!

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