Harald Muenz ˈhaːʁalt mʏnt͡s Cologne 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.’ https://linktr.ee/haraldmuenz Work list on www.haraldmuenz.eu Artist residencies 1996 Künstlerhaus Schloß Wiepersdorf (Brandenburg/Germany) 2000 Villa Aurora (Los Angeles/USA) 2020 Atelier Galata (Istanbul/Turkey; currently postponed for COVID-19) 2021 Künstlerhof Schreyahn (Niedersachsen/Germany) 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 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 freelance composer again 2017-- current Lecturer at International Ensemble Modern Academy Frankfurt/M. (IEMA; part-time) Legal Disclaimer: „Es gelten die Vorschriften des deutschen Urheberrechts in seiner jeweiligen Fassung. Alle Rechte der Urheber an den geschützten Werken, die auf der Website enthalten sind, bleiben vorbehalten. Ohne ausdrückliche Genehmigung durch die GEMA darf eine weitergehende Nutzung der Werke, über das Anhören der eingestellten Musikwerke hinaus, nicht erfolgen.“ Harald Muenz’s tracks FAKE MUSIC ASSOCIATION presents: "CHUZPE" (2020) by Harald Muenz published on 2020-12-15T22:35:25Z VAGES unter LAS die/der VEGAS decke (2010), 3) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz published on 2020-07-11T13:55:15Z Im Merzen am Rheine - zweisilbig parallel (2016), 5) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz published on 2020-07-11T13:50:40Z ..und dann Ist mir donaueschingen dazwischengekommen... (2007), 1) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz published on 2020-07-11T13:46:29Z tsvi: -Satz (2008), 2) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz published on 2020-07-11T13:41:54Z devil's triangle (2019) for oboe, saxophone, speech, and playback by Harald Muenz published on 2020-05-08T09:43:20Z Appendix zum Sprechbuch des neuen Unmenschen (2020) by Harald Muenz published on 2020-02-16T09:35:44Z [funda'men defi'nit] for ten voices (2019) by Harald Muenz published on 2019-11-19T11:14:19Z Comme vous savez ... (2019; live recording) for five masked vocalists by Harald Muenz published on 2019-04-11T08:10:56Z Oiseaux d'artifice -- une nature morte (2018) by Harald Muenz published on 2018-09-22T23:01:57Z
VAGES unter LAS die/der VEGAS decke (2010), 3) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz published on 2020-07-11T13:55:15Z
Im Merzen am Rheine - zweisilbig parallel (2016), 5) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz published on 2020-07-11T13:50:40Z
..und dann Ist mir donaueschingen dazwischengekommen... (2007), 1) from "Das Zungenbuch" by Harald Muenz published on 2020-07-11T13:46:29Z
devil's triangle (2019) for oboe, saxophone, speech, and playback by Harald Muenz published on 2020-05-08T09:43:20Z
Appendix zum Sprechbuch des neuen Unmenschen (2020) by Harald Muenz published on 2020-02-16T09:35:44Z
Comme vous savez ... (2019; live recording) for five masked vocalists by Harald Muenz published on 2019-04-11T08:10:56Z