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rusty knives, torn pages

(2024) 8' / for trombone and percussion

Cosmic Rubber Band

(2024) 9' / for Oboe and fixed media

Adam und Eva

(2024) 110' / for 6 singers, an actor, choir, and orchestra

Music for Unicorns

(2022) 15' / for mezzo-soprano, modular synthesizer and live-electronics

Far from home

(2021) 23' / for four trombones and orchestra
also a version for brass quartet and orchestra
and chamber versions of both with the soloists and two pianos, two percussion

Play

(2021) 10' / for orchestra

Growth I – "Violin Concerto" for Isaak Stern

(2020) 16' / for solo violin, baritone saxophone, accordion, and percussion
or version for sextet with solo violin, flute, bass clarinet, violoncello, drum-set, and piano

Growth II – "Snare Drum Concerto" for Yoko Ono

(2021) 14' / for solo snare drum, baritone saxophone, accordion, and violin
or version for sextet with solo sanre drum, flute (piccolo), clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano

maybe yes, maybe no

(2020) 14' / for two clarinets and string quartet

Concert Etudes 6 & 7 for solo trombone

(2020) 9' / for solo trombone

echo yes no

(2019) 25' / for two harps and live-electronics

Die Katze, die ihre eigenen Wege ging

(2019) 60' / for actress, three singers, and three musicians

Homo Ludens

(2019) 10-20' / for two teams of musicians

Piangerò la sorte mia

(2018) 10' / for female voice and six instruments

Open Circle

(2018) 20' / for brass quintet

Wittgenstein & Twombly (version for concert band)

(2017/18) 20' / concerto for alto saxophone and concert band

Cartesian Rainbow

(2017) 10' / for percussion solo

Apples, Bees, and Ordnance

(2017) 18' / for alto saxophone, accordion, and violoncello

Read more … Apples, Bees, and Ordnance

Wittgenstein & Twombly

(2017) 20' / concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra

Coro di Spiriti

(2017) 5' / for choir SSATB and three percussionists

Once Around the World

(2016/17) 60' / a musical adventure with sights and sound from far away and long ago

for narrator, gramophone, animated film, and musicians
versions for orchestra, chamber orchestra, or ensemble (14 musicians)

Love Hurts - Carmen Remix (version for concert band)

(2003/16) 22' / for trombone and concert band on themes by Georges Bizet

Music for Piccolo

(2008/15) 10' / for solo piccolo

Study No. 4 - double canon

(2015) 7' / for 4 saxophones and 4 trombones

Read more … Study No. 4 - double canon

Triple Concerto

(2014) 27' / for trumpet, trombone, tuba, and orchestra

Dowland Suite

(2014) 16'' / for brass quintet

Luminous Flux

(2014) 14' / for 8 voices and percussion

Eunoia

(2014) 16' / for female voice, trombone, violoncello, piano and percussion

J.S. Bach/Svoboda – Prelude-Sarabande-Bourée

(2013) 11' / for trombone and piano (or accordion)

Robin Hood - to good to be true

(2012) 55' / music theater for all 8 and up

for mezzo-soprano and brass quintet

Music for Trombone and Brass Ensemble

(2012) 15' / for trombone and brass ensemble

Music for Trombone, Piano and Percussion

(2011) 14' / for trombone, piano and percussion

Da steht geschrieben

(2011) 12' / for mezzosoprano and harp

with a text by Friedrich Hölderlin

Die Bücher der Zeiten

(2010) 60' / for three female voices, trombone, and percussion

text: Friedrich Hölderlin

Love Hurts - Carmen Remix

(2003/10) 23' / for trombone and orchestra based on themes by Georges Bizet

Embarkment Fanfare

(2010) 4' / for 8 trombones

Introduction with Insight

(2010) 10' / for 8 trombones

Music for Open Spaces

(2010) 45' / for soprano, 8 solo trombones, tapes, and wind bands

pression for trombone solo by Helmut Lachenmann

(1969/2010) 8' / version for trombone by Mike Svoboda

Inner Antiphony

(2009) 13' / for orchestra and two percussionists

Antiphony without Irony

(2009) 12' / for four large brass ensembles and four soloists

More Pentatonic Irony

(2008) 8' / for orchestra and audience choir

Concert Etudes for Trombone solos

(2008) 20' / for solo trombone

Maestro Bastonelli's Masterpiece

(2007) 5' / mezzo-sopran and chamber orchestra

Studies to "Adorno (sex, drugs, and new music)"

(2007) 40‘ / for vocal soloist, ensemble, live-electronic with a video projection from Dietrich Hahne

The incredible Spotz

(2007) 60' / not a fairy tale, an opera for everyone aged 6 and up

20 French Songs

(2006) 28' / for mezzo-soprano, accordion, and trombone - text: Erik Satie

Study Nr. 1 "speed"

(2006) / 4' for barrel organ

Study Nr. 2 "density"

(2006) 5' / for barrel organ

Ewin, das Naturtalent

(2005/2007) 100' / music theater for all 6 and up

ALIAS - Mozart aka Rossini

(2004) 45' / for trombone (also naration), percussion, tape, and string orchestra

Read more … ALIAS - Mozart aka Rossini

Schumann's "Adagio & Allegro"

(2004) 17' / arranged and enriched for alto trombone and chamber orchestra by Mike Svoboda

Clara, Robert, and Johannes - a phantasy on a romantic triangle

(2004) 90' / for 18 musicians and trombone solo

Now, oh Now

(1982) 15' / for 4 singers and chamber orchestra
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