Boring formless nonsense:
November 20, 2025
KULTUM, Graz, Austria
✨ Inspired by Eldritch Priest’s book Boring Formless Nonsense, this program explores the playful, provocative, and often surprising edges of musical time and structure. Each piece embraces unusual durations, unexpected gestures, and nontraditional material—inviting listeners into a space where sense, chaos, and creativity collide.
💫 Special Thanks Benedikt Alphart • KULTUM Graz Supported by Land Steiermark, Stadt Graz, BMKOES & SKE
your [voice] will not protect [us]:
October 30, 2025
BRUSEUM, Graz, Austria
your [voice] will not protect [us] presents five new works composed for voice, aulos, and ancient Greek lyre. The concert explores the intersection of ancient sound worlds and contemporary creation — blending history, performance, and innovation in a deeply personal and resonant way.
🎥 Learn more about the aulos and lyre here:
👉 https://youtu.be/mV7qSgel6_8?si=i6t0ghQR5fXGKoln
💫 Special thanks to:
Roman Grabner (BRUSEUM) and Neue Galerie Graz for their hospitality. Supported by Land Steiermark, Stadt Graz, BMKOES, and SKE.
Ascended Sound:
July 2025
YouTube Livestream
A special concert with original music inspired by the Stargate Franchise
13.07.2025, 18:00 ONLINE LIVE STREAM
Musicians from The Kunstuniversität Graz:
Jun Nakamura // Flute
Fruzsina Szücs // Clarinet
Jesús Daniel // Violin
Ilma Valentic // Violin
Mina Zakić // Cello
Anna Leyerer // Piano
Recording and audio engineer // Benedikt Alphart
Video editing // Martin Ritter
Program:
Emily Frances Ippolito // Grace Under Pressure
Alyssa Aska // Unending Window of Opportunity
Martin Ritter // …9th Chevron
Eine Episode
May 2025
Neue Galerie Graz, BRUSEUM, Graz, AT
D u o M u s e t t e
Mia Grubišić und Dora Kuzmin Maković
Eden Lonsdale // last still life
Kreśimir Klarić // Im Schatten…
Pablo Mariña // |o|
Juraj Marko Žerovnik // Echoes
Sepehr Karbassian // _rubine_
Alyssa Aska // quantenspiegel
Soyeon Park // Touché
Ivan Josip Skender // Insieme
Martin Ritter // we decide…
With support from Stadt Graz, Land Steiermark, BMKÖS, SKE-Fonds, BRUSEUM, Zeitschleife Verein
Symposium 2024:
December 2024
Hermann-Markus-Preßl Saal, Kunstuniversität Graz, Graz, Austria
Our 3rd annual symposium, and first international call for scores and lectures, features 10 lectures by researchers and musicians from Austria, Switzerland, the USA, Kazakhstan, Iran, and Mexico in addition to three concerts featuring over 15 new compositions for microtonal electric piano and electric organ. Performers include: Forrest Moody, Maria Iaiza, Aleksey Vylegzhanin, and Klaus Lang.
Soundings:
November 2024
Neue Galerie Graz, BRUSEUM, Graz, AT
Installations:
Graz Orchestra of Noise and Distortion (GONaD) // Sounding Rituals
Alyssa Aska // Schwarz-Weiß
Alyssa Aska // (4:8:16)*3
Sepehr Karbassian // Soaked
Pablo Mariña // a.b.d. No 0.2
Martin Ritter // Every Nexus2
Concert with Klaus Lang (Organ), along with installations and interpretations based on scores from
Hermann Nitsch
30.10.2024
Installations 10:00-13:00 & 15:00-18:00
Concert 19:00
With support from Stadt Graz, Land Steiermark, BMKÖS, SKE-Fonds, BRUSEUM, Zeitschleife Verein
Wirrer Wisch:
September 2024
Neue Galerie Graz, BRUSEUM, Graz, AT
Ein musikalische Führung zur Ausstellung von Günter Brus
<<Ein irrer Wisch>>
Klang.formen Kollektiv:
Alena Kiszter / Recorders und Viola da Gamba
Leona Lenger / Recorders
Theresa Winkler / Harp
Program:
Sepehr Karbassian. stubborn cold (2024) for viola da gamba and recorder.
Alena Kiszter. Sonett I (2024) for viola da gamba solo.
after a sonnet by Friedrich von Schlegel
Pablo Mariña. is (2024) for harp and two recorders.
Alena Kiszter. Sonett II (2024)for soprano recorder solo.
after a sonnet by Friedrich von Schlegel and inspired by RARA by Sylvano Bussotti
Alyssa Aska. Der Irrtum (2024) for harp and two recorders.
Alyssa Aska. durchgang (2024) for harp.
Martin Ritter. Musik für 2 Flötchen (3) (2024) for 2 renaissance recorders.
with introductions to the art work by Roman Grabner (Leitung BRUSEUM)
With support from Stadt Graz, Land Steiermark, BMKÖS, SKE-Fonds, BRUSEUM, Zeitschleife Verein
losing myself:
April 2024
Neue Galerie Graz, BRUSEUM, Graz, AT
Collaboration between Ensemble Between Feathers and Zeitschleife Verein.
Part of the exhibition “searching myself” by artist Johann Rausch:
Neue Galerie Graz. Link to Exhibit
Program:
Alyssa Aska – mea lux (2024) for voice, flute, percussion, and accordion
Pablo Mariña – mta (2024) for voice and flute
Dilay Doğanay – timePiece (2024) for solo voice
Sepehr Karbassian – above the narrow pass (2023) for flute, percussion, and accordion
Martin Ritter – beater of the head (2024) for voice and thunder sheet
Klaus Lang – cantica christinae II – confluents (2021) for ensemble
Enharmonic Interfaces and Controllers for Keyboard Instruments Symposium (2023):
December 2023
Hermann-Markus-Preßl Saal, Kunstuniversität Graz, Graz, Austria
Collaboration with Organon and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
On December 15-16, 2023, Zeitschleife co-hosted and supported a symposium featuring concerts, presentations, and a demonstration of a newly-create instrument, the Frescobaldi2.
Featuring: Marc Sabat, Klaus Lang, Alyssa Aska, Pablo Mariña, Martin Ritter, Forrest Moody, Aleksey Vylegzhanin, Maria Iaiza, Barbara Konrad, Atousa Falamarzian, Sepehr Karbassian
The symposium featured a number of talks, each exploring a different aspect related to microtonality and intonation on keyboard instruments.
Windscapes:
November 2023
Herz Jesu Kirche, Graz, AT
Collaboration between ensemble 2K+ (Novi Sad) and Zeitschleife (Graz).
Featuring the 2k+ ensemble in their international debut:
Jelena Trabaticki, flute
Marija Pilipović, flute
Manuela Villiger, saxophones
Marko Džomba, saxophones
Branko Džinović, accordion
Program:
Sepehr Karbassian – shades I (2023) for ensemble
Tamara Basaric Quadroni – Euthymia vespertina (2023) for flute and accordion
Pablo Mariña – uN (2023) for ensemble
Svetozar Nesic – Air Condition (2023) for ensemble
Martin Ritter – Controlled Panic (2023) for ensemble
Djordje Markovic – “Whereof one cannot speak…” (2023) for flute, saxophone, and accordion
Alyssa Aska – exaltation (2023) for ensemble
Constellation:
June 2023
Herz Jesu Kirche, Graz, Austria
Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka (double bass) and Manuel Alcaraz Clemente (percussion) in various constellations of solo and duo, in an intimate and resonate setting
Performed June 22, 2023 at Herz-Jesu Kirche, Graz
Program:
Liza Lim, An Elemental Thing (2017) for percussion solo
Martin Ritter, Feigenbaum (2021-2023) for double bass solo
Alyssa Aska, Boio’s Hymn (2023) for double bass and prayer bowls
Martin Ritter, Hörwinkel IV (2023) for double bass and percussion
Daniela Fantechi, dentro una stanza (2014) for double bass solo
Martin Ritter, Hörwinkel II (2023)
Sonic Gardens:
June 2023
Neue Galerie Graz, BRUSEUM, Graz, AT
This project was conceived based on the seed idea of “garden”, with growth being a primary component. The final work consists of four pieces for various constellations of the ensemble and electronics. The performance guides the audience through the space in the similar way that a garden contains paths and enclosures, with musical pieces existing in both fixed spaces as well as while on the move. The complete work represents the cyclical nature of growth, beginning in its initial stages, progressing through maturity and deterioration, and finally being reborn. We chose to have this work performed in the Bruseum in Graz because it had many rooms and could provide an experience for the audience that was not limited to sitting in a singular space and listening; rather, they were allowed and even encouraged to explore the performance space during the concert.
VOICE.ONLY: PnoneAesthetic
May 2023
Leech Kirche, Graz, AT
Collaboration with and supported and sponsored by singer Helena Sorokina and Kulturverein StimmKubator
Performances May 6, 2023 at the SONify! Festival of Music and Artistic Research and May 26, 2023 at the Hundertwasserkirche in Bärnbach, Steiermark, Austria.
It is not always easy to stay true to oneself and maintain inner peace in times of external unrest, whether due to political circumstances, existential concerns, or personal issues. In such situations the world and, most importantly, our perception of it, undergoes a vast transformation. With the sight of the environment around us, where the cathedrals of our dreams collapse and walls are erected to isolate people from each other, our self-definition also changes. It is only natural that the human voice, the most expressive natural instrument, plays a crucial role in the search for one’s own identity.
Therefore, this contemporary music project was developed around the important question: ”Where does the human voice begin and end?” Is it still our own voice if it is modified by electronics? What role does language play in the development of the voice and the definition of an individual? Are the syllables we understand more important than those we do not understand? The music of Graz-based composers Alyssa Aska, Martin Ritter, Pablo Mariña, and Sepehr Karbassian, as well as Gülçin Yüksel, all of which is based exclusively on phonemes without semantic content, guides the listener through reflections and various phases of the natural and electronically transformed human voice of singer Helena Sorokina.
Program – new works by:
Martin Ritter (*1982 Austria)
Alyssa Aska (*1985 USA/Austria)
Pablo Mariña (*1989 Mexico/Austria)
Sepehr Karbassian (*1990 Iran/Austria)
Gülcin Yüksel (*2001 Turkey/Austria)
Wandelkonzert:
December 2022
Herz Jesu Kirche, Graz, AT
Collaboration between Zeitschleife Verein and Organon, featuring Aleksey Vylegzhanin and Klaus Lang
Performed December 14, 2022 at Herz-Jesu Kirche in Graz, Austria.
Throughout the concert, the audience was invited to listen and explore in different areas of the church, and it concluded with an interactive performance at the organ itself.
Program:
Unterkirche
the ugly house. V – Klaus Lang (composer/organist)
replication.instantiation – Alyssa Aska (composer) Aleksey Vylegzhanin (organist)
d.b.a. No 2 – Pablo Mariña (composer) Aleksey Vylegzhanin (organist)
Kirche
el sonido luminoso – Klaus Lang (composer/organist)
Nexus 2 – Martin Ritter (composer) Aleksey Vylegzhanin (organist)
the world spins – Alyssa Aska (composer) Klaus Lang (organist) Barbara Konrad (organ assistant)
infinite superposition #3, Iteration 1 – Boris Filanovsky (composer) Aleksey Vylegzhanin (organist) Martin Ritter (organ assistant)
d.b.a. No 1 – Pablo Mariña (composer) Aleksey Vylegzhanin (organist) + audience participation
Unterkirche (loudspeaker installation)
(4:8:16)*3 – Alyssa Aska
Every Nexus^2 – Martin Ritter
a.b.d. No 0.2 – Pablo Mariña
Enharmonic Interfaces and Controllers for Keyboard Instruments Symposium (2022):
December 2022
Hermann-Markus-Preßl Saal, Kunstuniversität Graz, Graz, Austria
Collaboration with Organon and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
On December 10, 2022, Zeitschleife co-hosted and supported a symposium featuring concerts, presentations, and a demonstration of a newly-create instrument, the Frescobaldi2.
Featuring: Forrest Moody, Klaus Lang, Atousa Falamarzian, Laura Hanetseder, Zuzana Gulová, Alyssa Aska, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Carlo Gesualdo, Sepehr Karbassian, Matthias S. Krüger, Pablo Mariña, Ercole Pasquini, Martin Ritter
The symposium featured a number of talks, each exploring a different aspect related to microtonality and intonation on keyboard instruments.
Miss Prolationum Spatii:
December 2022
Basilica Mariatrost, Graz, AT
St. Andrä Kirche, Graz, AT
Ockeghem’s Missa Prolationum (15th c.) arranged for Renaissance Recorder Consort, presented with alongside newly composed works against a backdrop of live electronics that extend and provide counterpoint to the space and resonance of the performed music.
Sféra Ensemble, recorders:
Laura Dümplemann
Laura Hanetseder
Tzu-chi Kuo
Zuzana Gulová
Johannes Ockeghem ( ? – 1497) Missa Prolationum
aus MS Chigi C.VIII.234 “Chigi Codex”
Kyrie
Alyssa Aska (*1985) Gloria.0
Gloria
Pablo Mariña (*1989) y&y
Credo
Sanctus
Martin Ritter (*1982) Benedictus.0
Agnus Dei
ORGANON: Rodgers Concert:
February 2022
Orgelinstitut, Kunstuniversität Graz
Collaboration with Organon, featuring Aleksey Vylegzhanin
recorded in February 2022 at the Kunstuniversität Graz (concert-recording due to current Covid-19 audience restrictions)
This project was designed around the Rodgers Organ/Schwarze Orgel at the Institute for Church and Organ Music at the Kunstuniversität Graz. The impetus behind this recording was a research project by Pablo Mariña, in which he modified the timbre of the organ with access and modulation at the sampling rate of the organ. Subsequent works were then conceived to create a concert-length performance, including a piece by Alyssa Aska that requires prerecording sections of MIDI in order to perform (as well as a specific tuning system) and by Martin Ritter that makes use of different tuning presets to demonstrate the difference in sound. Aleksey also performed a piece by Boris Filanovsky that contained several complicated stop changes.
Program:
Boris Filanovsky – Infinite Superposition #3, iteration 1
Alyssa Aska – every star. every planet.
Martin Ritter – Nexus 2
Pablo Mariña – d.b.a. No. 2