Ulf Langheinrich
- January 4, 2024
- Composer
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Ulf Langheinrich Biography
| Name | Ulf Langheinrich |
| Birthday | Feb 20 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Germany |
| Home Town | Germany |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Ulf Langheinrich is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on February 20, 1960 in Germany, Germany, Germany. Ulf Langheinrich (1960, Wolfen, Germany) is a visual artist and composer. His work is mainly concerned with non-narrative environments and performances focusing on a specific approach to time, space and body. Since 2016 he is the Artistic Director of the International Festival for computer based art CynetArt in Dresden, Germany.
In 1991 in Vienna, he co-founded with Austrian artist Kurt Hentschläger the duo GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS. Their name refers to the technique of “granular synthesis”, they apply to both sound and image, creating a new audiovisual language In more than a decade they created monumental multimedia installations and performances such as AREAL (1997–2004), FELD (2000), MODELL 5 (1994–2007), NOISEGATE (1998) or the latest POL (1998–2008). Figurative or abstract, immersive and monumental, sometimes interactive, their works were conceived in a theatrical approach and marked a new step in the aesthetic of perception. They toured worldwide in the most prestigious spaces and festivals. Several compilations of GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS works have been released on DVDs and they received the first prize of the International Biennial in Nagoya in 1995 as well as stipendiums in Austria and the USA.
His longstanding interest in combining classical music with electronic music and HD images, led him to compose the score of SINKEN in 1998 -with GRANULAR- SYNTHESIS- for symphonic orchestra and electronic in Dangerous Visions, commissioned and performed by Orchestre National de Lille and New Music French group Art Zoyd. Since this first live experiment, other similar creations followed including MINUS (still with GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS, 2002), and later under his own name, SYNTONY for the Festival d’Art Lyrique of Aix-en-Provence (2005), DRIFT LIVE (2006) again for Wien Modern and KU for TONLAGEN Festival for contemporary music in Dresden in 2010.
Remixes for Single Screen RESET, 2001, 25 min, and “MODELL 5”, 1994–1996, 30 min, ARGE INDEX (Medienwerkstatt Wien & sixpackfilm)
In 1988 he moved to Vienna pursuing his activities in his studio in the WUK (Werkstätten und Kulturhaus) which resulted to an exhibition and the publication of a catalogue of his artworks.
Ulf Langheinrich Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Composer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ulf Langheinrich is one of the richest Composer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ulf Langheinrich 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Digital Heritage: Video Art in Germany from 1963 to the Present. DVD-Rom featuring an excerpt of SWEET HEART (7’30, 1997). Rudolf Frieling & Wulf Herzogenrath / Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany
After studying industrial design he conducted audio-experiments using pipe organs, harmoniums and multiple tape machine environments as well as engaging mainly in drawing. He left East Germany in 1984 for West Germany, where he started to develop the basics of his language in painting, photography and electronic music …
Many of his works were also created in collaboration with various artists, mostly as models, using a part of their body, as American singer/performer Diamanda Galas was for GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS’ work POL (1998), performer Michael Ashcroft for the duo’s pieces WE WANT GOD NOW (1995), AREAL (1997) and FORM (2000). Japanese dancer Akemi Takeya -her face- was also the model of GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS masterpiece MODELL 5 (1995) and short piece SWEETHEARTS (1996). Ulf Langheinrich collaborated again with her later, when she asked him to design the audiovisual environment on her two body performances CE_1 and Weathering in 2005–2006. Other collaborations include the series of performances and installations MOVEMENT A (2008), MOVEMENT B (for the opening of the Hong Kong City University School of Creative Media in 2011), MOVEMENT X and MOVEMENT Y (2010) with Japanese dancer Toshiko Oiwa and MOVEMENT C (2012) and MOVEMENT Z (2014) with Chinese dancer Luo Yuebing. He also worked on the music and sound design of the performance “N” for French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj in 2004 and co-directed the short film SPINTEX with British artist Gina Czarnecki in Ghana in 2008. In 2015 he created the images and collaborated to the lighting design of the opera SOLARIS by Dai Fujikura and Saburo Teshigawara, after Stanislas Lem’s novel, premiered at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and toured at Lille Opera and Lausanne Opera.
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Ulf Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Ulf Langheinrich celebrates birthday on February 20 of every year.