Michael Schmid (BE/DE)

BIOGRAPHY

Michael Schmid is a musician and flutist specialising 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. His project BREATHCORE (since 2015) has been an on-going investigation of the dynamics of breath within a social, artistic and political context.

His latest solo appearances and creations took place at Kunstenfestival des Arts (Brussels) with Breathcore (2016), Beat fucked Elf (2016), Krachal (2016) at BEAF – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival, Brussels (2017), Breathcore at the Musée Cantonale de Beaux Arts, Lausanne (2019), Riviera Blues (2019) in Kaaitheater, The Pitch (2020, sound installation) in Kammerspiele, Munich.

Recent collaborations include projects with choreographers A.T. de Keersmaeker (Rosas), B. Charmatz, J. Bel, D. Linehan; visual artist M. de Boer (documenta 13; Wiener Secession); composer G. Aperghis; designer B. Sigurdarson (Lafayette Anticipation, Paris) and Kris Verdonck (A Two Dogs Company). 

03.04.2022

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