Jonathan Bepler
Biografie
Jonathan Bepler studierte am Bennington College in Vermont Komposition, Gesang und Musikperformance. Von 1985 bis 1996 war er Gitarrist des Glenn Branca Ensemble, mit dem er Tourneen durch Europa, die USA und Asien absolvierte. In dieser Zeit entstanden auch seine ersten Opernkompositionen, gefolgt von Klanginstallationen, Schauspiel- und Ballettmusiken.
Als Komponist tritt Jonathan Bepler international bei spartenübergreifenden Projekten, Installationen und Konzerten in Erscheinung. Zu seinen jüngeren Arbeiten zählen eine Videooper, produziert mit 600 Stimmen an der Akropolis in Griechenland, eine elektronische Ballettpartitur, uraufgeführt beim Tanzfestival in Montpellier, ein Stück für vier Klaviere und Geräuschemacher an der Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York sowie die Filmmusik für den Cremaster-Filmzyklus des Künstlers Matthew Barney. Mit der Choreographin Sasha Waltz arbeitete er erstmals im Jahr 2000 als Komponist für die Inszenierung S zusammen. Es folgten gemeinsame Projekte im Rahmen der Dialoge in Essen, Berlin und Bordeaux. 2003 entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit John Jasperse für das Festival International de Danse a Cannes das Stück California. 2006 führte das Ensemble Modern am Schauspielhaus Frankfurt sein Fascia (Konzertstück für Orchester, Kinderchor, Opernsolisten und foley artists) auf.
Gegenwärtig ist das gemeinsam mit Matthew Barney entwickelte Gesamtkunstwerk River of Fundament international zu sehen.
Ausgewählte Arbeiten
2014
River of Fundament
Operatic film in collaboration with Matthew Barney. BSO Munich, BAM NYC
Within Between
Collaboration with choreographer John Jasperse
Live music: voices, ukuleles, bouzoukis, gopichands, violin, percussion
2013
BA
Live Performance in Navy Yard Drydocks, NYC in collaboration with Matthew Barney
300 voices, Banjo ensemble, String ensemble
Gezeiten Floor
Installation. ZKM Karlsruhe
Composition for wooden floor played by over 100 motors controlled by computer, and 8 channel conrete sound via speakers
2012
Curtain Callers / Theater Machine
Piece for 600 voices recorded in Royal Dramatic Theater, Stockholm, presented as installation in collaboration with Ann-Sofi Siden
2011
Tool is Loot
Score for Dance with Jennifer Lacey and Wally Cardona
Trombones, strings, woodwinds, percussion. Jonathan Bepler, Baritone
2010
KHU. Detroit.
Opera in Collaboration with Matthew Barney
2009
Guardian of the Veil
Music for chamber orchestra, marching snares, baglamas, suonas. Performed in Il Tempo Del Postino. Basel Sinfonietta, Theater Basel
Jimmy
Concert piece for Guitar, Trombone, Viola, Accordeon
Same Unknown
Soundscore for 9 channel video installation by Ann-Sofi Siden
2008
Aliens
Score for Dance by Luc Dunberry. Grand Theatre Luxembourg, Radial System V, Berlin
Les Assistantes
Collaboration with Jennifer Lacey. Premiered at Montpellier Danse
REN
Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler. Act one of Opera based on Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer
2007
8-Channel sound Installation at Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati. Residency at FWM
2006
Fascia
Concert piece for Orchestral ensemble, children's choir, opera soloists and foley artists. Performed by Ensemble Modern at Schauspielhaus Frankfurt
2005
Gezeiten
Sound score for the dance/ theater piece by Sasha Waltz and Company, Schaubühne Berlin
Mhmmm
Collaboration with choregrapher Jennifer Lacey and Designer Nadia Lauro Premiered at Montpellier Dance Festival
Live performance with David Zicarelli at Basel Festival of Electronic Music
The Rape of the Sabine Women
600 voices in the Herodeon theater at the Acropolis. Cliffside Bouzouki ensemble. Piece for butchers knives, meat, and singers
Double quartet for: together again for the first time. Multi-channel video and sound installation
2004
Performances of California at BAM Next Wave Festival. Live score for 4 Pianos and 4 foley artists
Sound and Score for Hoist. Erotic short by Matthew Barney
Dialoge
Essen, Berlin, Montpellier. Improvisational Performance with Sasha Waltz and David Zambrano
Solo Improvisation at Issue Project Room, NYC. Vocals with multichannel computer accompaniment
So Low
Solo Improvisation at Das TAT. Frankfurt, Germany
89 Seconds at Alcazar
Collaboration with video artist Eve Sussman. Whitney Biennial
2003
California
Collaboration with choreographer John Jasperse, Festival International de Danse a Cannes
Dialoge
Improvisational Performance with Sasha Waltz. Bordeaux
Transient Symphony
Oratorio for Hillside and Valley. A mobile soundtrack for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial
Improvisational performance with Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, I-Sound, Ben Rubin
Works and Process: Jonathan Bepler and Matthew Barney
Guggenheim Museum Theater, NYC. Live performance featured characters and musicians from the Cremaster films
7-channel sound score for the dance/ performance This is an Epic, with choreographer Jennifer Lacey and Designer Nadia Lauro
2002
6-Channel sound score for the video At Rest, in collaboration with artist Malerie Marder
Cremaster 3, Score for film by Matthew Barney
2001
PS2
Multichannel sound performance with dance by Claudia de Serpa Soares. PS1, NYC
2000
Score for the dance/ theater piece S by Sasha Waltz and company, Schaubühne Berlin
Improvisations with dancer KJ Holmes. P.S. 122
On Balance
Audio installation at PS1 Institute for Contemporary Art. 40 minute composition for 4 loudspeakers, SFX and Electronics
The Man in Black/ Drone Harness
12" vinyl picture-disk edition with Matthew Barney
New Music ensemble featuring Zeena Parkins, DJ Isound, Blake Lindberg, Jonathan Bepler
1999
Cremaster 2
1998
Don’t Go Without Your Echo
with choreographer Susan Rethorst, The Kitchen, NYC
Primary Orifice for the Glenn Branca Ensemble, Premiered at the Barbican Centre, London
Fremd Zieh Ich Wieder Aus
for piano and baritone, based on Schubert’s Die Winterreise
1997
Cremaster 5
Operatic score featuring The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Keep Your Hands Off
Chamber piece for piano, saxophone, cello, bass, guitar, percussion
1996
Cremaster 1
Regie: Matthew Barney
Queen of Mud
Regie: Anne Sofie Siden und Tony Gerber
1995
Automation of Accidental Gestures
Designed, constructed and composed for computer-controlled sound and sculpture installation
SINFONISCHER FILM
