Music that grows out of performance practice:
shaped by improvisation, harmonic thinking, and the physical reality of the instruments and the players.
The compositional and arranging work is closely linked to an active performing practice and often emerges in collaboration with specific ensembles or as solo repertoire, alongside commissions for a wide range of formations.
Improvisation plays a central role. The immediacy of musical interaction on stage informs both the writing and the performance, leaving space for flexibility, individual interpretation, and the emergence of new ideas in the moment.
A particular focus in the field of arrangement is the reinterpretation of Viennese music of the Strauss era. Its refined craft and subtle orchestration are translated into a contemporary percussion context while preserving structural clarity and expressive depth.
Transcription constitutes another essential area of work. Originating in the study of recordings by Gary Burton and Makoto Ozone, it developed into a means of understanding their musical language in detail and today also serves as an accessible entry point into jazz for performers less connected to improvisation.
Three fields, one artistic perspective.
Improvisation and harmonic thinking as the basis for developing new approaches to mallet instruments — sound, instrument and perspective placed in new relations.
Transcriptions of recorded performances that make interpretation, sound, and improvisational language accessible in written form — as a bridge between listening, analysis, and performance practice.
Arrangements that transfer established repertoire into new instrumental settings — with a particular focus on the refinement and flexibility of Viennese music and its reinterpretation for contemporary performance contexts.
Vienna Percussion Editions is the publishing platform for the compositional and editorial work.
The catalogue brings together original works, detailed transcriptions, and ensemble repertoire — all developed directly from performance practice and conceived as reliable working materials for performers and institutions.
A chronological overview of compositions, arrangements and transcriptions, with details on instrumentation, context and available materials.