Bernhard Gál
Bernhard Gál, born in 1971, is an Austrian artist, composer and musicologist. He works across music for traditional instruments, electro-acoustic pieces, and art installations. Many of his intermedia works blend sound with light, objects, video and space.
He is the director of the Austrian art organization "sp ce" and runs the record label Gromoga Records.
Gál's work has been presented in concerts, installations and exhibitions across Europe, Asia and the Americas. He has been invited to many festivals around the world, including Donaueschinger Musiktage in Germany, Donaufestival in Austria, FILE in São Paulo, MATA Festival in New York, Mutek in Montreal and Wien Modern.
He has collaborated with artists such as Yumi Kori, P. Michael Schultes, G.S. Sedlak and Emre Tuncer.
Gál has received several awards, including the Karl Hofer Prize in Berlin (2001), a DAAD Artists in Berlin fellowship (2003), the Austrian State Scholarship for Composition (2004), and the Outstanding Artist Award for Music from the City of Vienna (2010).
His music has been released on about 30 audio publications by labels such as Durian, Plate Lunch, Intransitive Records, Bremsstrahlung, Klanggalerie, Charhizma and Gromoga. He currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
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