Hannes Seidl

Born in 1977 in Bremen. Hannes Seidl is a composer. He often works in collaboration with other artists. The focus of his work lies in cross-genre formats, such as the performative exhibition format “We Can Be Heroes” (2021), radio concerts such as “You Are Here” (2020) and “Good Morning Deutschland” (2016) or scenic concerts such as “Salims Salon” (2017).

He has worked at various electronic studios, including IRCAM (Paris), C.S.C (Padova), ZKM (Karlsruhe), the electronic studio of AdK (Berlin) and IEM (Graz). He has received numerous awards, including a scholarship from the Darmstadt Summer Course and scholarships from the Akademie der Künste Berlin and the DAAD.

Hannes Seidl has worked on his pieces with various renowned ensembles such as the Ensemble Modern, Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Mosaik, Klangforum Wien, MAM:manufaktur für aktuelle musik and the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. His compositions have been performed at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, Ultima Oslo, steirischer herbst Graz, ECLAT and the Warsaw Autumn, among others.

From 2008 to 2020, he collaborated with video artist Daniel Kötter, with whom he created several music theater installations and short films. (including “Falsche Freizeit” (2010), “Ökonomien des Handelns KREDIT RECHT LIEBE” (2013-16) and the trilogy “Stadt Land Fluss” (2017-19).

Hannes Seidl lives in Frankfurt am Main and is a composition tutor at the Darmstadt Summer Course for the third time.