Selected compositions
Stage
- Quênâh - Szenen einer Katastrophe (music theatre, text by the composer, after interviews with Bosnian refugees, Elias Canetti, Franz Kafka, Michel Butor, Heiner Müller, Gabrielle Adler, Henry Miller), 7 mixed voices a capella, 1995;
- Macht Masse Mensch (music theatre, text by Gunna Wendt & the composer, after Elias Canetti), baritone, 3 actors, 5 mixed voices, small orchestra (16 players), 1995;
- Three Women Trois Femmes Drei Frauen (music theatre work/installation, text by the composer), female voice, actress, female cellist, computer, 1996-97;
- Ramanujan (5 act opera, libretto by the composer), 10 soloists, violin, small orchestra (20 players), live computer, 1997;
- stroboscopic arias (abstract-movement scenes, text by the composer), voice, female dancer, double bass, 2000- (ongoing work; may be performed by one performer);
- Prinzessin Süssüsan (Princess Süssüsan) (opera for children, libretto: Peter Truschner & the composer), 4 adult singers/mimes, 7 child soloists, 3 children choirs, medium-sized orchestra (30 players), 2004-2007
Orchestral
- Tag - Sinfonia sacra (text by Novalis), boy soprano, soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, large orchestra, 1993;
- Ritual Virility Machine, for large orchestra, 1998;
- Entrances, for large orchestra, 2000;
- l'essence de l'insensible, small orchestra (12 players) (around hall, without conductor), click track, 2000;
- Wörterbuch der Winde (texts by Percy Bysshe Shelley, St.-John Perse, the composer), Chinese ensemble (male voice [Chinese opera tradition], sheng, gu zheng, pipa, liuqin, yangqin, percussion), Western ensemble (soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, double bass, percussion) (2 conductors), 2002;
- Sangit Sambhav (Origin of Music) (with Ashok Ranade) small orchestra (13 players), 2003;
- inside a native land (concerto), trombone, 8 groups (16 players) (without conductor), live electronics, 2002-04;
- RASAS - Ritual and Sophisticated Areas of Sound, for small orchestra (16 players), 2000- (ongoing conceptual work);
- Samagam (Together) (with Shubha Mudgal & Aneesh Pradhan), Khayal singer, Drupad singer, Tabla, Sarangi, Tanpura, 18 musicians, 2006;
- Vineland Stelae (concerto), trombone, 8 soloists (sarod, shakuhachi, tabla, gamelan ensemble, ewe drums, saxophone, jazz trumpet, marimba), 16 musicians, live-electronics and video projections, 2007
- Racines Ephémères, concert-installation for 8 wandering musicians and obbligato conductor, 2008
- Stele III for James Tenney, version for string orchestra, 2009
Chamber music
- Sonata, cello, piano, 1990;
- Variations (string quartet no. 1), 1991;
- Agni or 45 Modes of Easy Listening, two pianos, 1993;
- Dornenstück, piano 4 hands, 1994;
- alam al-mithal (string quartet no. 2), 1995;
- why sing why cry, violin, cello, 2000;
- a whirl of perspectives, violin, 2000;
- PindarExzisen (texts by Pindar, Friedrich Hölderlin), untrained female voice,
- speaker, shaman, dulcimer, zither, viola, 2002;
- awkwardly skirting disaster, cello, 2001-03;
- MORA, bass clarinet, trombone, cello, obbligato conductor, 2004;
- Petits Traités, 2 electric guitars, 2004;
- STELE I, prepared piano, 2004;
- Illusies van Harder en Zacht (Illusions of Noise and of Silence), for sheng, guzheng, viola, violoncello (other versions exist) 2004-2006 (ongoing work);
- STELE II for Wolfgang Stryi, for violin, cello, bass clarinet and gong, 2005;
- Traces and Shadows, sheng, 2006;
- STELE III for James Tenney, version for string quartet, 2006;
- Scardanelli Sonate, piano, 2007;
- Transience for 1-3 aerophones and 1-3 chordophones, from different traditions, 2008
- Souvenir de Wien, string quartet, 2009
Choral
- Hölderlin Chöre (text by Friedrich Hölderlin), mixed choir a capella, 1986 ;
- Exterritorial III, 'Finisterre' (text by Fernando Pessoa), 12 mixed voices, organ, 1993;
- chants translucent ephemeral (text by the composer), any 1-36 voices, computer ad libitum, 1996;
- Atish-e-Zaban (Fires of the Tongue) (Text by Faiz Ahmad Faiz), 6 solo singers (SMATBarB) a capella, 2006
Vocal
- Exterritorial II, 'Still allein' (text by Ernst Herbeck), baritone, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, 1993;
- Raggerlieder (5 songs, text by Bernhard Ragger), soprano, piano, 1994;
- Katarakt Meer Katarakt (text by Dylan Thomas), soprano, string quartet, 2 percussion, 1995;
- Tre Canti di Sigismondo d'India, mezzo-soprano, string quartet, 1995;
- Grünbein Lieder (4 songs, text by Durs Grünbein), mezzo-soprano, string quartet, 2000;
- songs on nothing (4 songs, text by Dilip Chitre), mezzo-soprano, violin, 2002;
- Lieder des Lichts (4 songs, text by Raoul Schrott), mezzo-soprano, cello, 2003;
- To those born far away from home (text by the composer), mezzo-soprano, violin, cello, 2003
ELECTROACOUSTIC
- no body no cry, 21 min, CD (radio art), 1998;
- neither here nor there, 240 min, 4 channel live installation, 2000;
- 4'33" absolute zero remix, 5 min, CD (radio art), 2001;
- Die Gesänge der Ghat Biwa, 49', CD (radio art), 2002;
- Bombay Echo Chamber, 60 min, 4 channel installation, 2003;
- Cliff! (on a poem by Ulrike Draesner), 27 min, CD (radio art), 2004;
- all over again (on a poem by Philip Larkin),1 min, CD (radio art), 2004
MULTIMEDIA / PERFORMANCE
- Cantus ad ventum (site-specific performance/open-air event, text by the composer), 5 early music voices, 3 mixed choruses, 4 hot-air balloons, 1995;
- Mind the Gaps (performance, text by the composer), female voice, speaker, 12 objects (in vitrines), light/room installation, live electronics,
- 1995;
- Schnee Schrift Sprache Schweben (performance, text by the composer), 2 folk voices, speaker, Alphorn, dulcimer, zither, film, 1995;
- Zukunftsmusik (performance, all players also roar, speak, whisper), soprano, English horn, trumpet, violin, double bass, 1999;
- making music (site-/date-specific light/audio/object installations, audience-participation/text performances, text by the composer), voice, dancer, small orchestra (14 players), 2000;
- neither here nor there (site-/performer-specific light/audio/film installations, text performances, text by the composer), butoh dancer, kathak dancer, performer (with interactive body suit), carillon, percussion, live-electronics, live-video, 2000;
- urban.dis.urban (multimedia-concert installation), film (by Yvette Mattern), 2001 (includes compositions, remixes by 10 composers); >>forwardI20.02.2002Irewind<< (site-/date-specific performance/palindromic music), 2002 (a compilation of many works by various composers using palindromes)
- PerSonAlia (collective creation with the performers) (theatre/performance), 12 performers/dancers/musicians, 2007;
Selected world premieres and other performances since 2006
(unless indicated otherwise, all performances are full evening length performances)
- Atish-e-Zaban for 6 voices a cappella, World New Music Festival Stuttgart, July 2006
- The Rasalila Project, Ensemble Modern, Venice Biennale, October 2006
- The Rasalila Project, Ensemble Modern, Alte Oper Frankfurt, November 2006
- Stele III for James Tenney, Bozzini Quartet, Montreal 2007 (15')
- Vineland Stelae for trombone and 40 musicians, REDCAT Theatre, Los Angeles November 2007
- Prinzessin Süssusan, opera for and with children, Bonn State Opera, February-April 2008
- Racines Ephemeres for 8 wandering musicians and obbligato conductor, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Vienna Modern Festival, 2008
- The Rasalila Project, Ensemble Modern, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, November 2008
- Transience, Ensemble Fiolutroniq, Montreal, May 2009 (12')