sprechbohrer

in 2004, i co-founded the speech art trio sprechbohrer together with sigrid and georg sachse. i have since also solo-performed numerous times as a multilingual speaker e.g. in cage's 'mesostics re and not re duchamp' and in several of my own works.

together with lettrétage berlin, sprechbohrer realised the large-scale collaborative project "the poets' sounds," touring europe with six international poets, funded by kulturstiftung des bundes and kunststiftung nrw.

in 2009, following five years of engagement with the work, sprechbohrer made the first complete recording of hans g helms's fa:m' ahniesgwow (1959). intensive communication with the author ensured a high degree of interpretive authenticity. the recording was released by wergo in 2011 and selected for the quarterly critics' list of the preis der deutschen schallplattenkritik (iii/2011). to this day, we remain the only ensemble to perform this legendary experimental literary work in its entirety (90') in live concert settings.

works for sprechbohrer

• 2025merzbus, -a, -um – mit much schmerz, polyphonetic poeTexts for three voices, 15′25. premiere 26.9.2025, festival fragment, kristiansand, sprechbohrer.
• 2020Appendix zum Sprechbuch des neuen Unmenschen, radiophonic composition, 48′58. commissioned by hr2-kultur, voices: sprechbohrer. first broadcast 15.2.2020.
• 2017d(r)e(i)ChiffrAGE for three speakers with random-controlled live text generator, festival acht brücken köln.
• 2016Das kleine Da-da-da for three phonetic voices, 6′30. premiere 21.6.2016, sprengel museum hannover, sprechbohrer.
• 2007–16Das Zungenbuch, cycle in five movements for three phonetic voices, texts by the composer, florian neuner, christian filips, monika rinck. premieres 2007–2016 in cologne and berlin, sprechbohrer and members of the singakademie berlin.