Flute player, artistic advisor
Michael Schmid is a musician and flutist specializing in contemporary experimental music. A fixed member of the Belgian Ictus Ensemble and as freelancer he has worked with most of the major European New Music Ensembles as chamber musician and soloist.
Next to his activity as flutist he appears as performer of concrete poetry, builds sound installations and writes sound pieces. He has a profound interest in the politics and communication processes of music making.
His latest solo appearances and creations took place at Kunstenfestival des Arts (Brussels) with “Breathcore” (2016) and “Beat fucked Elf” (2016) and “Krạchal” (2016) at BEAF – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival, Brussels (2016).
Recent collaborations include projects with choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Rosas), Boris Charmatz, Jerôme Bel, Manon de Boer (documenta 13), Georges Aperghis, Brynjar Sigurdarson and the Lafayette Anticipation Foundation (Paris).
He has recorded for cyprès, HAT records, cpo, WERGO, Stradivarius and has appeared on television and radio.
Michael Schmid est musicien, flûtiste, spécialisé dans la musique contemporaine et expérimentale.
Membre permanent de l'ensemble belge Ictus, il a travaillé en tant que musicien de chambre et soliste avec la plupart des grands ensembles européens de musique nouvelle.
En plus de son activité de flûtiste, il se produit comme interprète de poésie sonore, construit des installations sonores et écrit des pièces de sound art. Sa production est liée à son intérêt pour les questions politiques et les processus de communication de la création musicale.
Ses dernières apparitions et créations en solo ont eu lieu au Kunstenfestival des Arts (Bruxelles) avec "Breathcore" et "Beat fucked Elf", ainsi que "Krạchal" au BEAF - Bozar Electronic Arts Festival, Bruxelles.
Ses récentes collaborations incluent des projets avec la chorégraphe Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Rosas), Boris Charmatz, Jerôme Bel, Manon de Boer (documenta 13), Georges Aperghis, Brynjar Sigurdarson et la Fondation Lafayette Anticipation (Paris).
Il a enregistré pour le label Cyprès, HAT records, cpo, WERGO et Stradivarius.
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Georges Aperghis : Avis de Tempête [remastering]
Full version (2005) remastered in 2019
1 soundcloud track
Oscar Bianchi : Matra
Matra, a cantata written by Oscar Bianchi. Neuvocalsolisten, Ictus, Georges-Elie Octors. A Cyprès online release.
Ictus live : Tom Johnson
Tom Johnson, 4 short pieces, live in Opéra de Lille, 2006
1 soundcloud track
Michael Levinas: La Métamorphose
Michaël Levinas, after Franz Kafka. AEON 2012.
2 videos
Vortex Temporum
Choreography : Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker | Music : Vortex Temporum, Gérard Grisey (1996)
1 video
Romitelli : An Index of Metals (CD)
Fausto Romitelli / Paolo Pachini : An index of metals (2003) Cyprès CD, 2006
2 downloads12 videos
LABORINTUS II (Ictus & Mike Patton)
Luciano Berio : Laborintus II | Ictus, Mike Patton, Georges-Elie Octors. Ipecac CD.
Francesco Filidei : Ballata n.2
Live in Strasbourg, September22nd, 2012, Festival Musica
1 download1 soundcloud track
Hikari Kiyama: Kabuki
VENICE, Biennale Musica 2011
1 video
Fredy Vallejos : Cercles 2
Fredy Vallejos, from the multimedia performance CERCLES, San Fedele Center, Milano
1 soundcloud track
Für kommende Zeiten
Karlheinz Stockhausen : Für kommende Zeiten (For Times to Come), 1969. Duration: 10'
1 soundcloud track
George Antheil : Ballet Mécanique
1924. Edited version. MIDI files and recommendations by Paul Lehrman. Opéra de Lille, December 2012, Georges-Elie Octors (cond.)
1 video
Liquid Room VII: Sound & Vision (20' clip)
Liquid Room. Kaaitheater, April 2017. Duration: 20'
1 video
Liquid Room VIII: Phrases (teaser)
Humans, animals & cyborgs.
1 video
Grisey : VORTEX TEMPORUM I [studio version]
for piano and five instruments
1 video