Harald Muenz

Harald Muenz (he/him), b. 1965,
Is a transdisciplinary artist realising instrumental, vocal and radiophonic works with an artistic focus on phonetic composition.

Harald's compositions have been commissioned by Ensembles Mosaik, auditivvokal, hand werk, Apartment House, Modern, musikfabrik; by radio stations such as Hessischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, BBC, Deutschlandfunk, DLF Kultur, among others.
Harald's works have been performed and broadcast internationally and have been documented on several CDs (portrait CD nearly-fast with Ensemble Mosaik @Coviello).
Frequent collaborations with experimental poets (Florian Neuner, Mathias Traxler, Cristian Forte, Christian Filips, Roža Domašcyna, among others)
On the VR platform Second Life, Harald (aka Cuirec d’Erc) has realised several interactive sound installations and has been a member of the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse (aom) since 2017.
Harald is also active as a multilingual speech performer (trio sprechbohrer), author and lecturer.
Harald's music has been occasionally described by others as ‘worldly,’ ‘non-conformist,’ or ‘provocative.’

www.haraldmuenz.eu
Work list on http://composers21.com/compdocs/muenzh.htm

Artist residencies
1996 Künstlerhaus Schloß Wiepersdorf (Brandenburg/Germany)
2000 Villa Aurora (Los Angeles/USA)
2021 Künstlerhof Schreyahn (Niedersachsen/Germany)
2023 Atelier Galata (Istanbul/Turkey)

Studies
Composition at Music Universities in Cologne (J. Fritsch, K. Meyer, C. Barlow) and Stuttgart (H. Lachenmann)
PhD in Composition from Brunel University London (J. Croft)
Phonetics at Cologne University’s Institute for Linguistics (G. Heike, G. Sachse)
„Cleaning the House“ Workshop by the Marina Abramović Institute

Teaching
2001-2005 Lecturer for Aesthetic Phonetics, Institute for Linguistics, University of Cologne (part-time)
2006-11 Artistic Director of Musikhochschule Lübeck's Studio for Electronic Music (part-time)
2005-16 Lecturer in Composition Brunel University London (full-time permanent)
2016 Decision to work as a full-time freelance composer again
2017-22 current Lecturer at International Ensemble Modern Academy Frankfurt/M. (IEMA; part-time)

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Harald Muenz’s tracks

• … meanwhile, in another life … (2021) by Harald Muenz
• 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 [ˈpʰeɾsu]. Melodrammetto per soprano e pianoforte (2021, live recording WP) by Harald Muenz
• FAKE MUSIC ASSOCIATION presents: "CHUZPE" (2020) by Harald Muenz
• VAGES unter LAS die/der VEGAS decke (2010), 3) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz
• Im Merzen am Rheine - zweisilbig parallel (2016), 5) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz
• ..und dann Ist mir donaueschingen dazwischengekommen... (2007), 1) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz
• tsvi: -Satz (2008), 2) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz
• devil's triangle (2019) for oboe, saxophone, speech, and playback by Harald Muenz
• Appendix zum Sprechbuch des neuen Unmenschen (2020) by Harald Muenz
• [funda'men defi'nit] for ten voices (2019) by Harald Muenz