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, Kevin Barz
Author: Paul Brody
Bauhaus Art Film: Noise-electro-acoustic composition
Opéra national de Lorraine
Êtes-vous amoureux ? Demo trailer. Opera based on interviews and voice-melody.
University of Chicago guest artist (2021)
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 speakers throughout the city to explore their favourite curses and blessings, as well as the stories and memories behind them. Brody was expecting that the blessings and curses would reveal a treasure of Yiddish culture — […]
Living Arts Theater, Munich Walk with Robert Johnson
Music/Video Sound Installation by Paul Brody and Michael Grossmann Premiered at the HochX Living Arts Theater in Munich, Germany (2020) Music & Text: Paul Brody Video: Michael Grossmann The inspiration for Slow Walk with Robert Johnson came from Alvin Lucier’s 1970 milestone sound installation I Am Sitting in a Room, in which Alvin Lucier records […]
Sound Art based Composition
City of Weimar Commission (2023) Sound design for the new public space that is currently being created in the Altstadt (Historic area). Storywalk Gleisdreieck (2022) https://www.campus-stadt-natur.berlin/parks-erfahrungsraeume/park-am-gleisdreieck/storywalk-gleisdreieck/ Storywalk Gleisdreieck was a commission from the city of Berlin (Dept. Gruen Berlin). It’s a collection of interviews from experts about the fascinating park history and nature. The musical […]
Inclusion Work: Composer in Residence
Brody is composer in residence for the Utopia Ochestra, the first inclusive orchestra in Germany. He is also working with Kulturleben Berlin as the art event curator. Brody is involved in three inclusion projects through the Kulturleben Berlin association (Verein), largely financed by Aktion Mensch. His main project curating art events for the program, Bühne […]
Barenboim Foundation Boulez Saal
Webern from the Inside and Outside A Sound Installation by Paul Brody Videos and Explanation: Video 1: Artist’s Talk at Boulez Saal. Video 2: Sound installation. Video 3: Selection of Videos from the 12 tone contributors. Webern from the Inside and Outside A Sound Installation by Paul Brody (English translation of Webern letter fragments below) […]