A few years ago Christoph Dienz, a Tirolean composer who lives in Vienna, started to play the zither. The unusual sounds which he produces with the folkloristic instrument can be heard on the double CD »Dienz Zithered«.
In autumn 2005 Christoph Dienz was awarded the Emil-Berlanda Award for artistic achievements by the Tirolean Government. This award has also been given to Gunter Schneider or Wolfgang Mitterer. That Christoph Dienz has been accepted to this honourable society has something to do with the fact that he’s a bassoonist at the Viennese State Opera, that he’s the leader of the band “Knödel” and it has also something to do with is completely new way of playing the zither, an instrument which is typical for Austrian folk music. The stringed instrument actually doesn’t seem very modern but Dienz, who has been asked to compose a zither song for the Klangspuren Festival, discovered a new approach. His compositions are complex in rhythm, full of tensions and obviously influenced by new trends from the classical and the electronic music. However, their most striking element is the unbelievable diversity of sounds. The double CD, which was released in 2005, is divided into the sections »pure zither« and »zither remixed«. The second part includes co-operations with other musicians, e. g. Hannes Strobl, Cay Taylon or DJ DSL while the first part is dedicated to zither music only. In this part – boosted by electronical and mechanical tools – unfolds a fantastic world of sounds. Sounds resembling acoustic guitars, steel guitars, cembalos, Aeolian harps or electronic sounds – everything is produced by the zither. The music is very unconventional, modern and exciting; it’s a trip to a musical cosmos far from folkloristic, patriotic songs.
Dienz Zithered, Hoanzl 2005
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