Stefan Fraunberger

20.09.1980: born in Hausruckviertel/Upper Austria

2000: matricualtion

00-02: civil service in Sibiu/Romania

02-05: studies of experimental and computermusics at the universitiy of music
and performing arts vienna

05-10: studies of arabic language/islamic sciences and philosophy at the
university of Vienna – at the time working on diploma thesis in the field
of islamic sciences concerning the concept of barzakh (intermediary
realm) as given by Ibn al-‘Arabī

02-10: extended travelling activities and studies in Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine,
Syria, Romania, Iran, Yemen, Pakistan and India

languages: german, english, romanian, arabic (literal & comprehension of some
dialects), French

artistic and musical activities:

98-10: concerts playing with double bass, Santur (persian dulcimer), Zambale
(romanian dulcimer) and live electronics
in Austria and abroad in the fields of improvised music, free jazz and
classical music

02-10: started playing the church organ in the romanian village of Christian.
Now continuously playing on organs in Vienna and Transsylvania
in the fields of improvisation and sound sculpture.

04-10: development of software for the regulation of room and time
concerning intonation and it’s possible projection with acoustic and
electronic means

04-10: working on a big collection of concrete and abstract „Fieldrecordings“
taken from various liminal cultures and languages, in a big and a small
scale

04-10: activities and organisation for V’elak – association for experi. electr.
music in Vienna

00-10 electroacoustic, instrumental and vocal compositions, production of
radioplays

08-10: research concerning noise, language and harmony in the context of
vowels and consonants in different cultural and religious traditions with
the aim of pragmatic sound-results. For example:
-vocalpiece: huruf wa harakatuha, WienModern Nov. 2008
-workshop: babylonic possibilities, Brunnenpassage, April 2009


Awards:
-austrian broadcast radiodrama prize 2005 for "Hänsl & Gretl in the
Microwave"
-2. prize „Hoerspiel“ 2008 with the radiodrama "Bladderwerk"



presently working and living in vienna