Guitar, Improvisation, Composition

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Born 1950, Jazzbackground, Improvised Music since 1987

projects/bands
--- GRUPPE RAUSCHEN (w Reinhard Schiemann (dr) and Anne Schlöpke (Installation/Video) (1988 -1991))
--- BIG  Bremen Improvisation Group (1990)
--- CHW-Trio (w Hannes Clauss (dr) and Paul Hubweber (tb) (1992 – 95))
--- work with dancers (ensemble ”tout de suite”; Frey Faust)
--- musik for experimental films by Barbara Thiel
--- at work 1  (w Anne Schlöpke (room-installation/art-work), John Butcher (sax), Nick  Couldry (keyb), Uli Sobotta (euph) , a wig-maker and a chemist, Bremen 1996)
--- at work 2  (w Anne Schlöpke (room-installation/art-work), 3 body-therapists and Paul Hubweber (tb), Harald Kimmig (viol), Wiesbaden 1999) and Joachim Zoepf (reeds), Wolfgang Schliemann (perc), Münster 2001)
--- at work 3 : "Gabel Messer Schere Licht" (w Anne Schlöpke (performance) and Erika Enders (performance), Bremen 2004)
--- Extended Guitars (w Hans Tammen (g) and Erhard Hirt (g))
--- geHÖRgang  (w Jürgen Krusche, Bremen 1998)
--- SOLO
--- time.structured  (w Uli Sobotta (euph) and Wolfgang Schliemann (perc)) (1999 –2000)
--- für - und - aber - auch (18 makes sense) (w Anne Schlöpke (voice))
--- BIQ (w Nils Gerold (reeds, fl), Uli Sobotta (euph) and Reinhart Hammerschmidt (b))
    + Jaap Blonk (voice), Bremen 2001
    + Ge-Suk Yeo (voice), Dresden 2004
    + Paul Lovens (dr), Paul Lytton (perc). Bremen 2006 (radio broadcast)
    + Evan Parker (sax), Urs Leimgruber (sax), Bremen 2007 (radio broadcast)
    + Ge-Suk Yeo (voice), jazzahead Bremen 2008
--- Eleluku-Research for 3 soprano-ukuleles (w Jürgen Morgenstern and Wolfgang Brodsky)
--- ONE plus ONE (duos w non-musicians, Bremen 2003)
--- ”Die Wüste lebt”, performance w Hans-Wilhelm Specht, Gütersloh 2003
--- ”Tonspur”, solo-performance (amplified cardboard), Berlin 2003
--- Duo w Helmut Lemke (longstrings)
--- "Blockland ...", performance w Anne Schlöpke, Bremen 2004
--- Duo w Erhard Hirt (electronics)
--- Wörmann-Hammerschmidt-Duo, w Reinhart Hammerschmidt (b, electronics), Bremen 2004 (radio broadcast) + Dirk Marwedel (reeds), Bremen 2006
--- "the cardboard-project", video-sound-performance  w Harald Busch, Bremen 2005, Münster 2005, Halle/Saale 2006
--- "Uurglas", performance w Fine Kwiatkowski (dance), Michael Vorfeld (light), Serge van Dujnhoven (poetry) a.o., Bremen 2005
--- Vladimir Tarasov Bremen Orchestra, Bremen 2005 (radio broadcast)
--- Duo w Martin Speicher (reeds)
--- FOUR , performance w Anne Schlöpke, Reinhild Patzelt and Hans Wilhelm Specht, Bielefeld 2006
--- Bremen Eye & Ear Consort , w Monika B.Beyer (video), Tim Schomacker (lyrics, voice), Lilian von Haussen (recorder), Christoph Ogiermann (viol) and BIQ,  Bremen 2006
--- "The Flirr", piece for large improvising ensemble, Hamburg 2007
--- Cri du Coeur-Collectif, performance w Fine Kwiatkowski (dance), Willehad Grafenhorst (b,   
    electronics) and Reinhart Hammerschmidt (b), Bremen 2007
--- Duo w Claus van Bebber (turntables), Bremen 2007 (radio broadcast)
--- KLANK  w Reinhard Hammerschmidt (b), Christoph Ogiermann (viol) and Tim Schomacker (perc)

festivals  

Der Gute Ton IV, Köln 1991;  Bremer Tanzherbst 1992 ;  Auge & Ohr, Dresden
1993;  Toothbrush & Eyebrows, Bremen 1993 (radio-broadcast);  England -Tour 1995;
Pro Musica Nova, Bremen 1996 (radio-broadcast);  humannoise congress # 9,
Wiesbaden 1997;  CIEF 6, Copenhagen 1999;   A Cute Music, Bremen 2000
(radio-broadcast);  1-2-3, Kleve 2001;  Momente 2001, Hannover 2001; Belgium -
Tour 2002; Energieaustausch, Eldagsen 2002; A Cute Music II, Bremen 2003; Festival
Frei Improvisierter Musik, Dresden 2004; Gastspiele, Hamburg 2004; A Cute Music III,
Bremen 2004; Kunstfrühling, BBK Bremen 2005; Performance-Klang, Münster 2005;
Electric Renaissance, Halle/Saale 2006; DIAGONALE, Bielefeld 2006; Different Densities V,
Kassel 2007

played with

Hans Reichel,  Axel Dörner,  Maggie Nichols,  Sylvia Hallet,  Uwe Oberg,  John Butcher,  Roger Kleier,  Ulrich Phillipp,  Philippe Micol,  Rajesh Mehta,  Keith Rowe,  Phil Minton,  Günter Christmann,  John Russel,  Charlotte Hug, Frank Rühl, Gunda Gottschalk, Michael Vorfeld  a.o.

recordings

-- CHW-Trio : Serendipity, 1994 (hybrid HMP CD 7) w Paul Hubweber (tb) and Hannes Clauss (dr)
-- HumaNoise Congresses # 7 - # 9 Wiesbaden, ARTist compilation, 1998
-- Hainer Wörmann : Lower Rhine Sonata, 2001 (nurnichtnur 1001003), solo
-- Kunstfrühling 2005 - Kooperationen, BBK Bremen compilation, catalog and audioCD, 2005 (amplified cardboard)
-- Wörmann-Hammerschmidt-Duo: processes & objects , 2006 (mini-CD, small edition, Twisted Knister, Flupp 13)

writings

-- Musik im Zeitalter von Fitneß, in: Joachim Zoepf/Reinhard Gagel (Hrsg.): Können Improvisatoren tanzen ?, Wolke-Verlag, 2003,  S. 24 - 28
-- How do you like silence ?, in: Ben Gwiliam & Helmut Lemke (Ed.): Then the silence increased, Salford/Manchester 2007

Founded and run  ”Improvisationen”, concert-serie for
Free Improvised Music a.o. Arts, Bremen (1990 - 2003)

Hainer Wörmann