paul brody | sounding art

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Welcome

Dear Visitor!

Thank you for checking out my work! At first glance, it may look like a wide variety of projects are presented. But for me, they all explore the world between spoken word and music.

A story is a melody. A melody is a story.

Also, when I compose for an orchestra, I sometimes like to think the ensemble as a grand sampler; and when I compose with electronically triggered noises collected in my sampler, I often think orchestrally.

Hope you enjoy your stay!

News

Humboldt Forum Berlin Badisches Staatstheater Opera GRIPS Theater,Utopia Orchesta Storywalk Gleisdreieck

Humboldt Forum interactive sound installation, Thousand Worlds openning in Spring of 2025. This high...

Solo album & live program: Paul Brody’s Poetry Electric

FULL ALBUM ON SPOTIFY BELOW! Paul Brody’s wild and ambient compositions inspired by the...

Inclusion Work: curating, composing, workshops

Brody is involved in three inclusion projects through the Kulturleben Berlin association (Verein), largely...

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Composer

Film, theater, sound installation examples:

Music selections from unreleased full length cinema film. (Cuts to show music composition only, not content) General info hidden...

Badisches Staatstheater: An operatic-Sound Installation 2024-2027

Opéra national de Lorraine

Êtes-vous amoureux ? Demo trailer. Opera based on interviews and voice-melody.

Demokratische Sinfonie: Commission for orchestra and actors

Composition based on the voice-patterns of selected debates in German parlaiment. See youtube for more info. Interview with director,...

Clueso work: orchestral arranger and trumpet soloist with Clueos and the STÜBAphilharmonie

The video from the concerts are being edited and will be posted soon! Photo by Michael Kremer, SnapArt

Khavn De La Cruz: Film maker and Berlin DAAD fellow collaboration

Curating Inclusive Art projects Berlin there a huge push towards cultivating inclusive awareness. Kulturlaben Berlin asked me to curate...

Sound Installation

An overview of Brody’s Sound Installation Work

Brody’s sound installation wonderfully captures moments of intimacy… Süddeutsche Zeitung

Barenboim Foundation Boulez Saal

Webern from the Inside and Outside A Sound Installation by Paul Brody Videos and Explanation: Video 1: Artist’s Talk...

Munich Kammerspiele Fest. Artist in Residence

Talking Melody-Singing Story An Operatic Sound Installation

Humboldt Forum Exhibit: Thousand Worlds Openning spring 2025

Schaust du gerne in die Sterne? Womit fühlst du dich verbunden? Im 3. OG des Ethnologischen Museums entsteht ein...

Canadian Language Museum Yiddish Curses and Blessings

The Music of Yiddish Blessings and Curses installation was a collaboration with the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto. Paul Brody interviewed Yiddish...

Museums Quartier, Vienna Artist in Residence

5 MINI OPERAS IN ORDINARY LANGUAGE in collaboration with photographer, Dirk Hasskarl (https://www.hasskarl.de/) just won a prize from the...

Performer

Theater/Performance Art

The David Marton group is a collective of musicians and actors who explore the intersection of music and theater. Currently the group has two productions at the Munich Kammerspiele, a Marcel Duchamp inspired version of La Sonnambula, and a stage adaptation Kerouac's On the Road. The 2019 production will take the Marton Ensemble to the Vidy Theater in Lausanne, Switzerland. The premier is at the Vienna Theater Festival, with following performances in Paris, Belfort, Vélizy, und Montreuil, Weimar. More dates are being planned.

Recordings

1. Composer/soloist selected recordings including Paul Brody's Sadawi (Tzadik and Enja Records. 2002-2017)

2. Composer/producer selected recordings: Children's CD productions in English for Oetinger publishing.

3. Ensemble player and guest. Selected recordings on Piranha, Orient, Laika, Jazzwerkstatt, Traumton, Potomak, Traumton, Virgin, EMI records.

Ensembles

From John Zorn to Blixa Bargeld, here's the short list of ensembles:

Radio

Not Jewish Enough?

When trumpet player and composer Paul Brody moved from San Francisco to Berlin in the early 90’s, he soon...

The Fringe Sound of Berlin:
NPR Special

The Fringe Sound of Berlin What is the sound of Berlin? How does the mentality of the city of...

Southern Discomfort: WDR

Exploring the crossroads of Yiddish and American Southern culture through a road trip with bassist, storyteller, singer, Mark Rubin.

Deutschland Radio/Prix Europa

Talking Melody-Singing Story An Operatic Sound Installation by Paul Brody The installation has been selected as a radio art...

Grundgesetzland: WDR

Was bedeutet es den Deutschen, in einem Land mit Grundgesetz zu leben? Bekommt das Wort “Würde” eine andere Bedeutung,...

Most Wanted Poets: WDR

What are the effects of learning art in the harsh conditions of prison? (English version)

Awards & Grants
Press
Teaching

Awards & Grants

University of Virginia, Artist in Residence in music, German studies, Jewish Studies. 2018

Prix Europa – The European Broadcasting Festival. Talking Melody-Singing Story. 2017

Schoeneberg Neighborhood Arts Fund Grant (Kiezfond): Rote Insel Geschichten. (Collecting stories and images of the Red Island neighbourhood) Photography & story collecting project with youth and jazz musicians. 2016

Press

VOICES OF HELP EXHIBIT: TAGESSPIEGEL

TALKING MELODY-SINGING STORY SOUND INSTALLATION: sueddeutsche zeitung

BEHIND ALL WORDS CD: SPIEGEL ONLINE:

Teaching

Virginia University Artist in Residence: Lectures and workshops-German studies, Jewish Studies. (Charlottesville, Virginia. 2018)

Ashkanaz Festival: Klezmer (Toronto, Canada, 2016)

KlezKanada: Improvisation. (Quebec, Canada. 2016)