Katrin Vellrath

is a composer, theater musician, producer and musical adviser. Beside her ongoing musical scores for theater, her work comprises compositions for art films, installations, performances, documentaries, advertising and fashion shows. In her compositions for theater she often uses field recordings, generates sounds through found material and mixes them with voices, electronic and analog instruments. Since 2015 she has been writing compositions for voices. She also studied dramatics, sociology, educational studies and musicology in Berlin.

Compositions inter alia for Mozarteum Salzburg, Schauspiel Essen, Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Nürnberg and Volksbühne Berlin. Performances / compositions inter alia at Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw, Exile Gallery, Gavin Brown´s Enterprise, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Neugerriemschneider,  saasfee*, Schinkel Pavillon. Collaborations – among others – with Schirin Khodadadian, Trevor Lee Larson, Dennis Loesch, Antje Majewski, Ingo Niermann, Rebecca Riedel, Mieke Ulfig, Alexandra Hopf, Jan-Christoph Wolter, Elisabeth Wood and Vizma Zvaigzne.

Audio

Shiver
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Fiebrig
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How much weight (Objects)
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Jessicas Koffer
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Mörder
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Frenzy
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Skarbek / LP, Sternberg Press 2005
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Sun Rises
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Woods
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Maria Stuart Tanz
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Don Karlos
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Video

The Future of Art
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Tanz im August
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SKARBEK (Reprise) Trailer
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Skarbek Marionette
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Skarbek Kristall
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Hexenjagd
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Volksvernichtung oder Meine Leber ist sinnlos
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NUN - Die Kunst der Stunde
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About

Composer, theater musician, producer for electronic and contemporary music. Beside her ongoing musical scores for theater, her work comprises compositions for art films, installations, performances and documentaries. She studied dramatics, sociology, educational sciences and musicology in Berlin. Compositions – among  others – for Frauke Finsterwalder, Schirin Khodadadian, Eva Lange, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff, Dominik von Gunten and Gustav Rueb at – inter alia – Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Theater Ingolstadt, Volksbühne Berlin, Mozarteum Salzburg, Hessisches Landestheater Marburg, Schauspiel Essen. Performances / compositions at Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw, Exile Gallery, Gavin Brown´s Enterprise, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, neugerriemschneider,  saasfee*, Schinkel Pavillon. Artistic collaborations – among others – with Alexandra Hopf, Trevor Lee Larson, Dennis Loesch, Antje Majewski, Ingo Niermann, Rebecca Riedel, Mieke Ulfig, Jan-Christoph Wolter, Elisabeth Wood, Justine Eckhaut and Vizma Zvaigzne.

 

 

Selected Compositions

 

 

Bondi Beach (Rebekka Kricheldorf), directed by Schirin Khodadadian / Stadttheater Ingolstadt/ Theater music, 2023

Being Renée Sintenis / composition for a film project by the artist Alexandra Hopf, 2023

Fegefeuer in Ingolstadt (Marieluise Fleißer) directed by Schirin Khodadadian / Stadttheater Ingolstadt / Theater music, 2022

Wonderwomb (Amir Gudarzi) directed by Eva Lange / Hessisches Landestheater Marburg / Theater music, 2022

Under the lashes / composition for voice & piano (Vizma Zvaigzne: mezzo-soprano, Justine Eckhaut: piano) for their repertoire program: Recital Chant d’amour et de mort, 2022

Spotting R / quadrophonic composition & installation for voice, bassoon, electronics & percussion (Vizma Zvaigzne: mezzo-soprano, Antonio Azzolini: bassoon) for ther sculpture Spotting Raoul by the artist Alexandra Hopf / In: Modebilder-Kunstkleider, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin 2022

Das Erdbeben in Chili (Heinrich von Kleist) director: Schirin Khodadadian / Stadttheater Ingolstadt / Theater music, 2021

Superschool´s Chor der Verzeihung /  Performance with Rebecca Riedel and Mieke Ulfig / Komödie am Kurfürstendamm, Berlin 2021

Der Goldene Schwanz (Rebekka Kricheldorf), directed by Schirin Khodadadian / Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2021

Apple Cuckoo, In: Poesie des Gärtnerns. Der Garten als Metapher und künstlerisches Wirkungsfeld / Galerie Sandro Parrotta, Köln/Bonn / Work for four voices / choral work, performance, exhibition participation, 2020

Nora (Henrik Ibsen), directed by Schirin Khodadadian / Saarländisches Staatstheater / Theater music, 2020

Der Wald Video. Artist: Antje Majewski, Vizma Zvaigzne: mezzo-soprano, Daniel Eichholz: percussion / Galerie Neugerriemschneider, Berlin / Works for voices and percussion, 2019

Der Kirschgarten (Anton Tschechow), directed by Schirin Khodadadian / HLTM / Theater music, 2019

Intervention (Rebekka Kricheldorf) directed by Schirin Khodadadian / Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2019

Zur Mittagsstunde (Neil LaBute) directed by Schirin Khodadadian / Schauspiel Wuppertal / Theater music, 2018

Today Is Tomorrow (writers & directors: Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff) /co-composer: John Nijenhuis aka Sir Henry / Volksbühne Berlin / Theater music, 2018

News Crime Sports (writers & directors: Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff) /co-composer: John Nijenhuis aka Sir Henry / Volksbühne Berlin / Theater music, choral work, 2017

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (Heinrich von Kleist) directed by Schirin Khodadadian / Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2017

The Song of Wheat in a Landscape. Performance by Antje Majewski, Lia Naviliat Cuncic: soprano, Vizma Zvaigzne: mezzo-soprano, Justus Wilcken: baritone. Part of Conditions of Political Choreography / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein / Work for three voices, 2017

Bernarda Albas Haus (Federico Garcia Lorca) directed by Schirin Khodadadian / Theater Osnabrück / Theater music, 2017

Das blaue Licht / Dienen (Rebekka Kricheldorf), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2017

Landscape Painting, a performance directed for video by artist Antje Majewski. Singers: Alla Vasilevitsky – soprano, Bavat Marom – mezzo soprano, Alexey Kanunikov – baritone. Part of Conditions of Political Choreography at The Center for Contemporary Art (cca.org.il/en/), Tel Aviv / Work for three voices, 2016

Chapters (Bettina Erasmy) directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen & Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2016

Skarbek (Blind Snake, Silver, Riddle) featuring Ilona Gumowska 
in a solo dance performance, directed by Antje Majewski. Libretto by Sebastian Cichocki. Invited by Max Pitegoff and Calla Henkel, Schinkel Klause / Schinkel Pavillon / Analog & electronic music, 2016

Skarbek – Reprise 2016 (Libretto: Sebastian Cichocki), directed by Antje Majweski, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw / Analog & electronic music, 2016

Wintersonnenwende (Roland Schimmelpfennig), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Nürnberg / Theater music, 2015

Hexenjagd (Arthur Miller), directed by Dominik von Gunten, co-composer: Elisabeth Wood, das theater erlangen / Theater music, choral works, 2015

Die schmutzigen Hände (Jean-Paul Sartre), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Nürnberg / Theater music, 2015

Die Kunst der Selbstabschaffung (Rebekka Kricheldorf), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, co-composer: Trevor Lee Larson, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2015

Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (Karl Kraus), directed by Dominik von Gunten, co-composer: Trevor Lee Larson, Pfalztheater / Theater music, 2015

Der Impresario von Smyrna (Carlo Goldoni), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2014

If I could only remember to rise up, Lombard-Freid Gallery, New York / Musical performance as Arises (2008-2013), 2013

Don Karlos (Friedrich Schiller), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, co-composer: Jan-Christoph Wolter, Staatstheater Nürnberg / Theater music, 2013

Volksvernichtung oder Meine Leber ist sinnlos (Werner Schwab), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Nürnberg / Theater music, 2013

Testosteron (Rebekka Kricheldorf), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2012

Unschuld (Dea Loher), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Mozarteum Salzburg / Theater music, 2012

Das kalte Herz. Kein Märchen (Gerhild Steinbuch), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Schauspiel Chemnitz / Theater music, 2011

Meteorises, Schloss Hornegg, Graz / Musical performance as Arises (2008-2013), 2011

Der Weibsteufel (Karl Schönherr), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Nürnberg / Theater music, 2011

Last Time Evas Arche, Gavin Brown ́s Enterprise, New York / Musical performance as Arises (2008-2013), 2011

Antigone (Sophokles), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, das theater erlangen / Theater music, 2011

Mars, Exile, Berlin / Musical performance as Arises (2008-2013), 2010

Arises. Artworks inspired by the music of Arises. Curator at Exile, Berlin 2010

The Future of Articulation, Zern Gallery, Berlin / Musical performance as Arises (2008-2013), 2010

The Future of Art (documentary, 157 min) directed by Ingo Niermann & Erik Niedling, Sternberg Press / Film music, 2010

Maria Stuart (Friedrich Schiller), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, co-composer: Trevor Lee Larson, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2010

Die Grosse Pyramide (documentary, 80 min) directed by Frauke Finsterwalder, Walker + Worm Film / Film music, 2009

Faust 2 (Johann Wolfgang Goethe), directed by Gustav Rueb, Landestheater Tübingen / Theater music, 2008

Gala of The Great Pyramid Performance by Arises: Dead Souls at Hau 1, Berlin / Musical performance as Arises (2008-2013), 2008

Masterworks of the 21 Century Performance by Arises & Trevor Lee Larson: Kill your bed, Ben Kaufmann Gallery, Berlin / Musical performance as Arises (2008-2013), 2008

Trunkener Prozeß (Bernard-Marie Koltès), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2008

Rausch / Frenzy (HD Video, 14 min, colour, sound) directed by Antje Majewski, Kunsthaus Dresden / Music for art film, 2008

Morgen in Katar (Theresia Walser), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2008

Kobold (Video, 8 min, colour, sound) directed by Antje Majewski, 2007

Dekonditionierung (Multi Channel Video Installation) directed by Antje Majewski, Galerie Ballhaus Ost, Berlin / Music for art film, 2007

Endstation Sehnsucht (Tennessee Williams), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Schauspiel Essen / Theater music, 2007

Blackbird (David Harrower), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2007

Bridge Performance by Juliane Solmsdorf & Antje Majewski , Künstlerhaus Stuttgart / Electronic music, 2006

Die Räuber (Friedrich Schiller), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, co-composer: Jan-Christoph Wolter, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2006

Rosa und Blanca (Rebekka Kricheldorf), directed by Thomas Bockelmann, co-composer: Jan-Christoph Wolter, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2006

Skarbek (LP) released with a catalogue at Lukas & Sternberg Press / Analog & electronic music, 2005

No School Today (Video, 12 min, colour, sound) directed by Antje Majewski / Music for art film, 2005

Heaven (George F. Walker), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, Landestheater Tübingen / Theater music, 2005

Skarbek. Dance Theatre Performance directed by Antje Majewski & Ingo Niermann, Bytomskie Centrum Kultury, Bytom, PL & Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin / Analog & electronic music, 2005

So wild ist es in unseren Wäldern schon lange nicht mehr (Theresia Walser), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, co-composer: Jan-Christoph Wolter, Staatstheater Kassel / Theater music, 2004

Europa (12″) by Katrin V & Armin von Milch: released on SST/Kompakt / Electronic music, 2004

Das Mass der Dinge (Neil La Bute), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, co-composer: Jan-Christoph Wolter, Theater Ingolstadt / Theater music, 2003

Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh), directed by Schirin Khodadadian, co-composer: Jan-Christoph Wolter, Theater Ingolstadt / Theater music, 2002

Selected references

Archiv der Jugend, Adidas, Berlinische Galerie, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw, das theater erlangen, Exile Gallery, Gallerie Ballhaus Ost, Gavin Brown´s Enterprise, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Hessisches Landestheater Marburg, HKW Berlin, LTT, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Mozarteum Salzburg, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, neugerriemschneider, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, saasfee*, Schinkel Pavillon, Solution, Staatstheater Kassel,  Staatstheater Stuttgart, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Sternberg Press, Tanz im August, Stadttheater Ingolstadt, The Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv, Theater Osnabrück, The Twins (Sontag/Schaad), Trigger Happy Productions, Volksbühne Berlin, Waahr, Walker&Worm, Wolford, Zign.

 

Video & photo credits

Bernarda Albas Haus © Siegersbuschfilm for Theater Osnabrück2017 /Hexenjagd © das theater erlangen2015 /Die schmutzigen Hände © Staatstheater Nürnberg2015 / Die schmutzigen Hände © image: Marion Bührle2015 / Tanz im August © all the dance companies, Creative direction: Richard Rossmann, Christian Himmelspach2014 / Volksvernichtung oder Meine Leber ist sinnlos © Martin Fürbringer for Staatstheater Nürnberg2013  

Thanks to Dennis Loesch for his GRADIENTS.

Katrin Vellrath 2009

mail@katrin-vellrath.com

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