December 15, 2013 (12 noon)
Forum Kunst und Architektur, Kopstadtplatz 12, 45127 Essen

“Garten der Lüste”
exhibition opening

With “CHARM”, PerformanceMusic by John Cage, Gérard Griséy, Kunsu Shim, Gerhard Stäbler and Joh. Seb. Bach

Gerhard Stäbler/Kunsu Shim: kókkala (II) 
for one speaker (2013)

Gerhard Stäbler: A·Duo
Fragments for clarinet, cello, Toy Piano and voice (2010/2013)

Kunsu Shim: Before
for cello solo (1997)

Gérard Griséy: Charme
for clarinet solo (1969)

Kunsu Shim: positive spaces
for ensemble (1994)

J. S. Bach: Prélude aus Suite für Cello G-Dur BWV 1007
simultaneous with Kunsu Shim: excerpts of apart
for one performer with everyday objects (2000) 

Gerhard Stäbler: JC/NY
for performers with manipulators and audience (5. September 1992)

Gerhard Stäbler: Tempo!
from: Hausmusik for one or several performers (2008)
simultaneous with John Cage: Suite for Toy Piano Nr. 3, 4 und 5 (1948)

Heni Hyungjung Kim, clarinet
Gookhee Nam, cello
Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler, performance
EarPort Ensemble

An event organized by “AKTIVE MUSIK ESSEN” in cooperation with Forum Kunst und Architektur, Essen, sponsored by Kulturbüro of the town of Essen.

 

December 6, 2013 (8 pm)
Schloss Benrath, Museum Corps de Logis, Kuppelsaal
Benrather Schlossallee 100-106, Duesseldorf 

Start of the new concert series "Natürlich schön! Konzerte mit Musik und Performance"

UNVOLLENDET ("Unfinished")

Anton Webern: String Quartet op. 28

Gerhard Stäbler: Kókkaλa (II)
 for one speaker
Premiere

Morton Feldman: „Structure“ for String Quartet

Franz Schubert: Quartet c Minor D 703

Kunsu Shim: „relations“ for String Trio

Richard Wagner: „Parsifal“ (Excerpt from Act 3)
am Ende ausgefranst von Kunsu Shim / version for String Quartet

Franz Liszt: „Am Grabe Richard Wagners“ / version for String Quartet

Bernd Preinfalk: „sechs fluchten“ for Violoncello solo

Gerhard Stäbler: „Strike the ear“ for String Quartet

Kunsu Shim: „nearly infinite“ for String Quartet

with TONFALL (String Quartet of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra): 
Tonio Schibel und Johanna Klose, violin
Lolla Süßmilch, viola
Anja Schröder, violoncello

Kunsu Shim, concept and toy piano 
Gerhard Stäbler, concept and speaker

November 23, 2013
Total Museum, Seoul (South Korea)

In the context of “transfer Korea-NRW":

TRIALOG music/video/performance (II) & Art Talk
With works by Gerhard Stäbler, Kunsu Shim, Kyungwoo Chun, Nam June Paik, Yuji Itoh, Yi Sang and others

> Gerhard Stäbler:

A·Duo
FragmentBlöcke (2010)
Premiere of the version for violin and piano

JC/NY
for one performer (1992)

Tempo!
"Hausmusik" for one performer (2008)

> Kunsu Shim:

Drei Stücke
for piano trio (2012)

Buch
for three performers (2006)

apart
for one performer (2000)

Serenade for N.J. Paik
a simultaneous performance of Confused Rain (à Nam June Paik) for any number of players (2012) / excerpt of Ex.Postion (2011) / excerpt of Wechselspiele (2011) / SecondSkin for one or several performers (2012)

participation
A collective composition with the audience for two performers (2009)

Aya Hara and Satoko Inoue, piano
Kyungwoo Chun, Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler, performance
Trio The Mu:Ze
Ensemble musiCon

Event supported by Total Museum, Goethe Institute Seoul and the Ministry of Familiy, Children, Youth, Culture and Sports of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

 

November 22, 2013
Goethe Institute Seoul, concert hall, Seoul (South Korea)

In the context of ”transfer Korea-NRW“:

TRIALOG Musik/Video/Performance (I)
PianoVideoConcert. Compositions for piano with four hands by Gerhard Stäbler, Kunsu Shim and Franz Liszt with video-recordings by Kyungwoo Chun and students of the Chung-Ang University Seoul

> Gerhard Stäbler:

pièces chaudes
for piano with four hands (2005)
with a video by students of Chungang University Seoul

Mondspiel
for piano with four hands (2005)
with the Video "Seventeen Moments" by Kyungwoo Chun

> Kunsu Shim:

quasi a due
for 4-hand piano (2009)
with a video made by students of the Chungang University Seoul

trace, elements (IIa)
for 4-hand piano (2005)
with the video "Support" by Kyungwoo Chun

zu.sammen
for 4-hand piano (2011)
with the video "Bremen" by Kyungwoo Chun

trace, elements (IIb)
for 4-hand piano (2007)
with the video "Burden" by Kyungwoo Chun

Aya Hara and Satoko Inoue, piano

Event supported by Goethe Institute Seoul and the Ministry of Familiy, Children, Youth, Culture and Sports of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

 

Oktober 23, 2013 (8 p.m.)
Kunsthalle Duesseldorf, Grabbeplatz 4, Duesseldorf

PerformanceConcert
In the context of the project „Transfer Korea - NRW“

Gerhard Stäbler: Fallzeit
for one percussionist (1997)

Kunsu Shim: Here to me (I)
for 12 voices (2012)

Younghi Pagh-Paan: Hin-Nun (Weißer Schnee)
for 6 female voices (1979/85)

Roland Techet: Spiegelung
inspired by Yi Sang for 12 solo voices (2013)
Premiere

Giacinto Scelsi: Hô (Nr. 1 und Nr. 2)
for a female singer (1960)

Gerhard Stäbler: Burning Minds
for 12 voices (1997)

Kyungwoo Chun: Red Book
for video with music by Gerhard Stäbler (2009)

Kyungwoo Chun: Flower Fist
for video with a performance by Kunsu Shim (2009)

Kunsu Shim: TransFonie
A Collage on Nam June Paiks Symphonie Nr 5
with poems/fragments by Yi Sang, Chung Kwang, Raoul Hausmann, Jackson MacLow, Dieter Roth and Beethovens Symphonie Nr. 5 (first movement)

Gerhard Stäbler: Cassandra
for percussion (1996)

Gerhard Stäbler: JC/NY
for one performer (1992)

Gerhard Stäbler: TEMPO!
"Hausmusik" for one performer (2008)

Kunsu Shim: Here to me (II)
for 12 voices (2012)

Alexandra von der Weth, soprano
Torsten Gellings, percussion/performance
Vokalensemble Anima Mundi (Director: Roland Techet)
Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler, performance 

 

June 30, 2013 (12 noon)
Forum Kunst und Architektur, Kopstadtplatz 12, 45127 Essen

Opening of an art exhibition, organized by the Ruhrländischer Künstlerbund
with a performance by Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler

Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler, performance

 

June 15, 2013
Heinrich-Heine-Institut, Bilker Str. 12-14, 40213 Düsseldorf

In the context of “Experimentale. Literatur und Medien”:
amongst others performances by Kunsu Shim, Gerhard Stäbler and students of the Academy of Arts Düsseldorf

 

May 7, 2013 (7 pm)
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Grabbeplatz 4, 40213 Düsseldorf

Night foyer ”Salon des Animateurs“
Book presentation with PerformanceMusic

SAPPHO FRAGMENTS
An art book by John McDowall and Gerhard Stäbler

bild.klang.los
A Trialogue by Kyungwoo Chun, Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler
Published by Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Total Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul (Pfau Verlag)

Gregor Jansen in conversation with John McDowall, Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler.
PerformanceMusic by Josef Anton Riedl, Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler.

 

May 3, 2013 (7.30 pm)
Kleiner Konzertsaal, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Düsseldorfer Str. 19, Duisburg

”Nachtstimmung“

Daniel Verasson: dunkel mit motette
for flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, vocals and accordion

Kunsu Shim: Set of Meanings (I)
for ensemble (2013)

Beat Furrer: Trio
for soprano saxophone, flute and clarinet

Kunsu Shim: Set of Meanings (II)
for ensemble (2013)

Jacob TV: Insonnia
for mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, accordion and percussion

Arnold Schönberg: excerpt of Pierrot Lunaire, No.7 Der kranke Mond  
for flute and vocals

Kunsu Shim: Set of Meanings (III)
for ensemble (2013)

Gerhard Stäbler: Die Nacht sitzt am Tisch
Arranged for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, voice and accordion

Ensemble Stufe 8
Pia Hauser, flute
Hasti Molavian, vocals
Kyusang Jeong, clarinet in Bb and bass clarinet
Florian Walter, soprano- and baritone-saxophones and bass clarinet
Slavi Grigorov, accordion
Lukas Tobiassen, director

 

March 27, 2013 (8 pm)
Kjarvalsstadir (Reykjavik Art Museum), Reikjavik (Iceland) 

PerformanceConcert in the ”Jatharber concert series“

Kunsu Shim: In zwei Teilen (I)
for ensemble (2000)

Kunsu Shim: Introduction to participation
Composition for audience (2009)

Gerhard Stäbler: Augentanz / Mundstücke
Performances (1999)

Kunsu Shim: before
for violin (1994/2001)

Gerhard Stäbler: A·Duo
Fragments for clarinet and piano (2010)

Gerhard Stäbler: INTERNETx12/SCRAP
for violin solo, piano, and ensemble (2002/2003)

Kunsu Shim: happy for no reason
for ensemble (2000)

Gerhard Stäbler: Übungen der Annäherung
Trio for clarinet(s) or saxophone(s), percussion and piano (2007)

Kunsu Shim: participation
Composition for audience (2009)

Kunsu Shim: In zwei Teilen (II)
for ensemble (2000)

Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir, piano
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, violin
Frank Aarnink, percussion
Grímur Helgason, clarinet
Fengjastrútur
Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler, performance

 

March 9, 2013 (6 pm)
Kunstlabor, Schule an der Waldlehne 111,
45149 Essen

MusicLab
Exhibition opening with performances by and with Gerhard Stäbler and Kunsu Shim

Gerhard Stäbler, performance
Kunsu Shim, performance

 

February 27, 2013 (7.30 pm)
Forum für Kunst und Architektur, Kopstadtplatz 12, Essen-Mitte

VIER^••
Dance by/with Sergio Antonino and Avi Kaiser.
Music by/with Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler.

An EarPort Event in cooperation with "The Roof" (Duisburg), sponsored by "Kulturbüro der Stadt Essen".

 

February 18, 2013 (6 pm)
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Eiskellerstraße 1, Düsseldorf

Opening of "Rundgang 2013"

Gerhard Stäbler: X - für Verschlüsse
for ensemble (1994)

Opening speach by Tony Cragg, principal of the Academy of Arts Düsseldorf

Kunsu Shim: Happy for no reason
for ensemble (2000)

Performer:
Students of the Academy of Arts Düsseldorf
with Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler

 

February 2, 2013 (9 pm)
TUFA Trier e.V., Wechselstr. 4-6, 54290 Trier

"OPENING 13 - international festival for contemporary sound art":

Kunsu Shim + Gerhard Stäbler: "Moving Bodies"
PerformanceWorks

Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler, performance

 

February 1, 2013 (7 pm)
TUFA Trier e.V., Wechselstr. 4-6, 54290 Trier

"OPENING 13 - international festival for contemporary sound art":

Gerhard Stäbler: ]ROSES[
for soprano and percussion quartet (2004)

Kunsu Shim: this sky
for 16 drums (2004)

Schlagquartett Köln
Irene Kurka, soprano

 

January 17 and 18, 2013 (7.30 pm)
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Grabbeplatz 4, 40213 Düsseldorf

PerformanceConcert
on the exhibition of the Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen
With works by Laurie Anderson, Kunsu Shim, Gerhard Stäbler and James Tenney amongst others

Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler, performance
Ensemble "Lunapark", Netherlands