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Norbert Walter Peters (born March 17, 1954) in
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/ district of
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is a German composer,
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ist and author for Radio Art.


Biography


Early years

Norbert Walter Peters finished his musical education at the
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academy of music in the subjects of guitar, singing and
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in 1981. The subject
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as well as scientific research works had been a further main point in his musical education. He completed his education with studies of
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. Beside his pedagogic and artistic work Peters was just so active as music
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er and free journalist.


Career

Peters composed music for ensemble and made concerts as lute player until he 1987 came in contact to
fine artist In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function (such as p ...
s from the milieu of the
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. He received significant inspiration through contact and exchange with the Danish
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artist
Henning Christiansen Henning Christiansen (28 May 1932 in Copenhagen – 10 December 2008) was a Danish composer and an active member of the Fluxus-movement. He worked with artists such as Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Bazon Brock and Wolf Vostell as well as with his ...
and the visual US-artist and sound art pioneer
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. Peters created more and more sound performances and
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just as picture objects. Some pictures of him are represented in
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and in the
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of
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. Also in this time Peters organized two events with international artists: the
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event ''...KLÄNGE'' at the castle of
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and the
performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which involve the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. P ...
event of the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein of
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. Afterwards he was guest lecturer at the
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Academy of Fine Arts (''composition and space experience''). From December 2020 to May 2023 he was artistic director of the successful
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event series #'' coronawinter'' 2020/21/#''klangraumFinkenberg'' 2021/22 / #''klangraumFinkenbergZwei'' 2022/23 (streaming-hybrid) on the
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channel ''Stolberg Evangelisch'' in the
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''Finkenberg Church'' in Stolberg. Since 1999 Peters conceived hear pieces for the Radio Arts. Norbert Walter Peters has been able to realize a number of his
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, radio pieces,
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production and instrumental
concert A concert, often known informally as a gig or show, is a live performance of music in front of an audience. The performance may be carried by a single musician, in which case it is sometimes called a recital, or by a musical ensemble such as an ...
s by orders for composition. By radiophonic productions of the
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Berlin and
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Culture Paris. Since about 2013 he has also been developing
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compositions, which he publishes as
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contributions on his
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channel. In addition to the video work ''Depot'', a. o. t. ''Tide I - IV'' and other video works such as the multimedia composition ''# 137'' belong to this complex of works.


Works list (selection)

* 1988 the composed performance ''DIN-S18'' for the first international
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exhibition of Switzerland * 1991 the acoustic
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''EKSIT'' for the Art Station of
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* 1991 sound performance ''Rond'' in the Basilica of St. Vitus, Mönchengladbach, D, in the context of the ENSEMBLIA-Festival, subject is the
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as an aid of locomtion or standstill. * 1999 the
sound installation Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary time-based medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms. According to Brandon LaBell ...
''vasí-on'' for the
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Festival of Contemporary Musica; a. o. as
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reflection about the use of the
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, the
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and the number
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in the
Nocturne A nocturne is a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. History The term ''nocturne'' (from French '' nocturne'' "of the night") was first applied to musical pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensembl ...
Opus 37/1, No. 11 G-minor of
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* 2000 the radio play ''CavæTóna'' (voice, percussion) for the
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, topic is a. o. t. the special
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in the
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of the
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and the
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s of the
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* 2001 the picture object ''con’tinuo'' (presented in the Styrian autumn), this
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ry work refers a. o. t. to the circle figure ''S'' about the
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of the
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r und
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* 2005 the radio play ''nota.thión – after the Flood'' (voices, violoncello) for
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Culture Paris and
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Berlin; treats a. o. t. of the tale of the
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in the
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from the
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in
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n * 2005/06 the radiophonic concert ''nota.thión – the lament of the repentant heart'' (flutes, voice, viola, to-play tape) for the
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, uses three fragments of texts of ancient oriental languages: oldEgyptian,
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and Akkadian, which reflect three opinions of the
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in the
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ary principle of life, death and
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* 2009 the radiophonic concert ''beau son.ge – An Electric Fayerie'' (voice, e-bass, e-guitar, clarinet, violoncello, slap-e-bass, percussion, to-play tape) for the
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, presented by the MOUVEMENT Festival for Contemporary Music Saarbruecken AMERICAN DREAMS – AMERIKANISCHE (T)RÄUME, as hommage to
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* 2010 the radio play ''dépôt de beau songe'' (voices, 5stringed e-bass con arco,
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s) for
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Berlin, uses texts of the Passagenwerk of
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and works with the voices of
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diseased people * 2015/20 the radio play ''D.A.S.H.'' (''dash'' – ''the line'') as in-house
music production A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...
on the computer, ''Asphalt Music #1'' according to grafic scores; Street Drawings of Italian
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s in the south of the
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in Germany serve as
graphic Graphics () are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone, to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of the data, as in design and manufa ...
pattern, which were photographically documented by the German painter Herbert Falken in the year 2003; from 2009 to 2010 these ''asphalt photos'' were presented in the museum
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of
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; published on his
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channel ''D.A.S.H.'' as part of the soundtrack to the Dance Performance ''Revelación'' of the ''PRISMA DANCE THEATRE'' (Havana/Cuba): ''Festival Dancing Town 2024'', Monschau (D), 2024-09-15 and ''Festival DZM 2024'', Cáceres (Spain), 2024-09-29. Live 2024-09-15, Monschau * 2011/2019 three Ars Acustica musikproductions with the
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master student and
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Hartmut Ritzerfeld as
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* 2016/20 the
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Is Writing Again'' as ''Asphalt Music #2'' according to grafic scores is a ternary
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for
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,
double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...
/
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,
electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...
,
percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...
, to-play tape and
prepared piano A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sounds temporarily altered by placing bolts, screws, mutes, rubber erasers, and/or other objects on or between the strings. Its invention is usually traced to John Cage's dance music for ''Works for pr ...
. The piece was performed first in the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein Live 2020-03-07 * 2022 ''Peppel Suite'' concert piece for
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,
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,
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. The piece was performed first for #klangraumFinkenberg * 2023 ''#fantasia'' (''The Burning Cembalo'') concert piece for
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. The piece was performed first for #klangraumFinkenbergZwei


Award

* Third Price at the International Short
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Competition ''Track 5'' (2025) of the
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Further reading

* Katalog "
Het Apollohuis ''Het Apollohuis'' () was a space for experimental music and visual arts, "focused in particular on...sound art, new music, performance art and the new media," founded in Eindhoven, Netherlands, by Remko Scha and Paul Panhuysen in a former 19t ...
1985–1990: exhibitions, concerts, installations, performances, lectures, publication", Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven NL 1991, * "Kunst auf Zeit. Eine Recherche", Verlag Ars Nicolai, Berlin 1993, * ''Moltkerei Werkstatt Cologne'', Projects 1981–1994, ISBN 3-923167-14-8, S. 144. * "Donaueschinger Musiktage 1999 rogramm; 15. bis 17. Oktober 1999, Pfau Verlag, Saarbrücken 1999, * "Handbuch der Musik im 20. Jahrhundert/Band 12",
Helga de la Motte-Haber Helga de la Motte-Haber (born 2 October 1938) is a German musicologist focusing on the study of systematic musicology. Life Haber was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein as the first child of Paula Haber, ''née'' Kilian, and the physicist and mathem ...
1999, * "Eine andere Sammlung", Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen 2006, ixing technique on paper''Gravétti'' - Visualization of auditive processes (2 flotages) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPZW7vNz41s * "MOUVEMENT Festival für Neue Musik Saarbrücken AMERICAN DREAMS – AMERIKANISCHE (T)RÄUME", Pfau Verlag, Saarbrücken 2009, * ''Herbert Falken - Dunkler werden, um Licht zu sein...'', Albert Gerhards/Adam C. Oellers (Hrsg.), Schnell & Steiner Verlag, Regensburg 2024, , p. 62/63 (Author)


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Four pieces for Guitar by Sheerpluck database (USA)
digital discography
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Norbert Walter Peters
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Norbert Walter Peters
in the catalogue of
New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress a ...
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Norbert Walter Peters
in the catalogue of
Australian Music Centre The Australian Music Centre (AMC), founded as Australia Music Centre in 1974 and known as Sounds Australian in the 1990s, is a national organisation promoting and supporting art music in Australia. It operates mainly as a service organisation, a ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Norbert Walter 1954 births Living people German sound artists German composers