Thomas Larcher

Poems is a cycle which currently consists of twelve pieces for piano. The pieces were composed to be also suitable for performance by children, although the demands for each piece vary considerably. A...

Larcher's original work for tenor and prepared piano is shaped closely around the text of short poems and fragments collected by the composer. Despite its fragmentary nature a continuum is created, ea...

This extremely virtuoso string quartet setting uses its three main sections to describe a way from the imaginative search of melodies and sounds via rhythmic ecstasy to an initially third-heavy epilog...

The title of Thomas Larcher's third string quartet, Madhares, refers to the name of a deserted place on the island of Crete which inspired him to compose this work. Larcher developed the piece from re...

It was not until his late twenties that the pianist, Thomas Larcher, known as an expert of contemporary music, began his career as a composer. Among his most interesting works is the string quartet 'C...

A heartfelt love of sound, of small form becomes perceptible. Mysterious landscapes emerge: full of manic concentration, obsession even in submerging into a note, a sound, a small figure, full of turn...

Vier Seiten for violoncello is an attempt to present an event that in reality takes about two seconds in extreme slow motion, thus making even the micromovements visible or audible beyond the straight...

Thomas Larcher ist vor allem als international gefragter Pianist bekannt, der eine eindrucksvolle Serie von CDs bei dem renommierten Label ECM New Series vorgelegt hat. Doch auch als Komponist verzeic...

Noodivihik deals with time on a macro and a micro level. The macro time level is divided into two parts: fast and slow. The first part ('citric acid') works with two basic rhythmic patterns and their...

Poems is a cycle which currently consists of twelve pieces for piano. The pieces were composed to be also suitable for performance by children, although the demands for each piece vary considerably. A...

Larcher's original work for tenor and prepared piano is shaped closely around the text of short poems and fragments collected by the composer. Despite its fragmentary nature a continuum is created, ea...

In a magazine with reports on mental institutions, Thomas Larcher came across interviews with patients: 'These sentences are of a strong inner power, yet do not claim to convey an overall picture of t...

This extremely virtuoso string quartet setting uses its three main sections to describe a way from the imaginative search of melodies and sounds via rhythmic ecstasy to an initially third-heavy epilog...

A heartfelt love of sound, of small form becomes perceptible. Mysterious landscapes emerge: full of manic concentration, obsession even in submerging into a note, a sound, a small figure, full of turn...

Vier Seiten for violoncello is an attempt to present an event that in reality takes about two seconds in extreme slow motion, thus making even the micromovements visible or audible beyond the straight...

Noodivihik deals with time on a macro and a micro level. The macro time level is divided into two parts: fast and slow. The first part ('citric acid') works with two basic rhythmic patterns and their...

Smart Dust' devices are tiny wireless microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS) which are able to sense everything from light to vibrations. Thanks to new developments in silicon processing, these 'motes'...

In a magazine with reports on mental institutions, Thomas Larcher came across interviews with patients: 'These sentences are of a strong inner power, yet do not claim to convey an overall picture of t...

The title of Thomas Larcher's third string quartet, Madhares, refers to the name of a deserted place on the island of Crete which inspired him to compose this work. Larcher developed the piece from re...

It was not until his late twenties that the pianist, Thomas Larcher, known as an expert of contemporary music, began his career as a composer. Among his most interesting works is the string quartet 'C...

Manchmal muss man sich für einen Werktitel entscheiden, bevor man überhaupt begonnen hat, das Stück zu komponieren. Man hat Vorstellungen im Kopf, Material, das Konzept einer Form, einen Geruch, Kläng...

I do not compose my pieces for a certain voice range or orchestration, but for musicians, for people. It is almost impossible for me to produce a piece without having a particular person in mind or to...

Larcher's original work for tenor and prepared piano is shaped closely around the text of short poems and fragments collected by the composer. Despite its fragmentary nature a continuum is created, ea...